METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING MACHINERY
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Abstract
A method and system for operating a facility having a plurality of equipment combinations wherein each equipment combination is operating interactively with at least one of another of the plurality of equipment combination is provided. The method includes receiving, in real-time, for each of the plurality of equipment combinations, a plurality of measured process parameters, determining at least one derived quantity from the plurality of measured process parameters, and recommending a change to an equipment operation based on the measured process parameters and the derived quantities.
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22 Claims
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9. A method of analyzing the health of an equipment combination operating in a system that includes a plurality of other equipment combinations coupled to the equipment combination through conduits, and wherein the equipment combination includes a driver machine and a driven machine coupled in rotational synchronicity, said method comprises:
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receiving a measured process parameter associated with the driver machine; receiving a measured process parameter associated with the driven machine; receiving at least one measured process parameter associated with the plurality of other equipment combinations; and deriving a process parameter quantity for at least one of the measured process parameter associated with the driver machine and the measured process parameter associated with the driven machine using the at least one measured process parameter associated with the plurality of other equipment combinations. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. An integrated monitoring and control system for a plant wherein the plant has a plurality of equipment combinations that are operable interactively with each other and with individual equipment and wherein the combinations are operable to maintain selected plant operational conditions, said monitoring and control system comprising:
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a plurality of sensors operatively coupled to the equipment combinations, the plurality of sensors measuring process parameters for monitoring plant operation and assessing equipment combination condition, and providing output signals to said monitoring and control system; a derived quantity layer communicatively coupled to a data bus, said derived quantity layer configured to; receive the measured process parameters; and compute values for process parameters using the measured process parameters; a rule set layer comprising at least one rule associated with at least some of the plurality of equipment combinations for determining a health of the equipment combination; and a recommendation layer for correlating the health of the equipment combination to at least one of a mitigating procedure, a maintaining procedure, and an operation procedure. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for monitoring a plant, the plant having a plurality of equipment combinations operating interactively with each other and with individual equipment, said program comprising a code segment that controls a computer that receives a plurality of process parameters from sensors operatively coupled to the equipment combinations and individual equipment and then:
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derives values for process parameters using the measured process parameters; selects a rule from a set of rules comprising a plurality of commands that direct data analysis for each at least one of measured process parameter, a derived quantity, a plurality of measured process parameters and a derived quantities associated with an equipment combination; and
recommends at least one of a mitigating procedure, a maintaining procedure, and an operation procedure. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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