MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- an analysis module operable to receive data from a heat transfer device, and to compute a performance indicator indicative of an incipient anomaly condition of the heat transfer device based upon the received data, or to compute a normalized efficiency of the heat transfer device, wherein the normalized efficiency represents a corrected efficiency that isolates effects of one or more process parameters on performance of the heat transfer device;
wherein the data represents a measurable process parameter or a change in a measurable process parameter in the heat transfer device.
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Abstract
A system includes an analysis module and/or a prediction module. The analysis module receives data from a heat transfer device, and can compute a performance indicator indicative of an incipient anomaly condition of the heat transfer device based upon the received data, and/or can compute a normalized efficiency of the heat transfer device. The normalized efficiency represents a corrected efficiency that isolates effects of a process parameter on performance of the heat transfer device. The data represents a measurable process parameter or a change in a measurable process parameter in the heat transfer device. The prediction module receives the data and computes a performance indicator to predict performance degradation of the heat transfer device over time based upon the received data. Associated methods are provided.
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25 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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an analysis module operable to receive data from a heat transfer device, and to compute a performance indicator indicative of an incipient anomaly condition of the heat transfer device based upon the received data, or to compute a normalized efficiency of the heat transfer device, wherein the normalized efficiency represents a corrected efficiency that isolates effects of one or more process parameters on performance of the heat transfer device;
wherein the data represents a measurable process parameter or a change in a measurable process parameter in the heat transfer device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system, comprising:
a prediction module operable to receive data from the heat transfer device and to compute a performance indicator to predict performance degradation of the heat transfer device over time based upon the received data, wherein the data represents a measurable process parameter or a change in a measurable process parameter in the heat transfer device, and thereby to predict a performance degradation over time of a heat transfer device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method, comprising:
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diagnosing via a knowledge based network at least one probable cause of performance degradation of the heat transfer device based on at least one symptom indicating a change in performance of the heat transfer device;
analyzing via the knowledge based network the at least one probable cause of performance degradation in the heat transfer device to estimate a time to failure of the heat transfer device; and
validating via the knowledge based network the at least one probable cause based on at least a previous occurrence of the change in performance of the heat transfer device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A method, comprising:
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obtaining data representing one or more measurable process parameters or a change in the one or more measurable process parameters of the heat transfer device;
calculating an initial efficiency of the heat transfer device based on the at least one or more measurable process parameters; and
applying a normalization model to the data to determine a normalized efficiency of the heat transfer device, wherein the normalized efficiency represents a corrected efficiency, different from the initial efficiency, that isolates the effects of the one or more process parameters of the heat transfer device. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A method, comprising:
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providing data representing a measurable process parameter or a change in a measurable process parameter in a heat transfer device to an analysis module to compute a performance indicator or to an efficiency correction unit to calculate an initial efficiency;
detecting an anomaly condition in the heat transfer device via a trend detection module based upon the a performance indicator;
generating one or more prediction models based on an anomaly condition, and the prediction model provides one or more probable causes of failure;
detecting incipient failure of the heat transfer device via the one or more prediction models; and
providing an anomaly reduction medium to the heat transfer device based on the initial efficiency or on the incipient failure detection to reduce the effects of at least one of the anomaly conditions and thereby to defeat the failure mode.
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