GAS PIPELINE NETWORK CONFIGURATION SYSTEM

• US 20120209653A1
• Filed: 02/15/2011
• Published: 08/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Andoji, Kavitha, Mukkavilly, Swetha Prasanna, Rapolu, Sudha Reddy
• Application Number:
  US13/027,660
• Publication Number:
  US 20120209653A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations

Abstract

Aspects of the invention provide for a pipeline network configuration system. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed having: at least one computing device adapted to configure a pipeline network by performing actions including: obtaining fault data about components in the pipeline network, the fault data including: fault history data, fault ticket data, and historical disaster data; determining a replacement priority for at least two of the components in the pipeline network based upon the fault data; and generating a set of replacement work instructions, along with a geographical information system (GIS) visualization, for the at least two components based upon the replacement priority.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one computing device adapted to configure a pipeline network by performing actions comprising;

obtaining fault data about components in the pipeline network, the fault data including;

fault history data, fault ticket data, and historical disaster data;

determining a replacement priority for at least two of the components in the pipeline network based upon the fault data; and

generating a set of replacement work instructions for the at least two components based upon the replacement priority.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the fault data further includes geographical information system (GIS) data about the components in the pipeline network.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one computing device is further adapted to create a GIS work instruction map based upon the replacement work instructions, the GIS work instruction map including at least one of the following:

color-coded indicators of the replacement priority of at least one of the at least two components; and

actuatable display windows displaying at least one of;

the fault data and the replacement work instructions for the at least one of the at least two components.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one computing device is further adapted to create a GIS work instruction map based upon the replacement work instructions, and wherein the determining of the replacement priority for each of the at least two components includes:

determining whether the component belongs to a site location;

designating the component as a start node in the case that the component does not belong to a site location; and

progressively gathering fault data about neighboring components along the pipeline network until reaching a regulating station, the fault data about the neighboring components including geographical information system (GIS) data about the neighboring components.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the determining of the replacement priority for each of the at least two components further includes:

determining a grouping threshold based upon the fault data for the components and the neighboring components;

forming distinct clusters including at least one of the components and the neighboring components, the forming based upon the grouping thresholds; and

scoring the distinct clusters based upon fault severity criteria.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the grouping threshold is based upon a number of component leaks within a physical distance.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the fault data further includes at least one of installation date data, inspection date data, component environmental data, component repair history data or component demographic data.

8. A program product stored on a computer readable medium, which when executed by at least one computing device, performs the following:

obtains fault data about components in the pipeline network, the fault data including;

fault history data, fault ticket data, and historical disaster data;

determines a replacement priority for at least two of the components in the pipeline network based upon the fault data; and

generates a set of replacement work instructions for the at least two components based upon the replacement priority.

9. The program product of claim 8, wherein the fault data further includes geographical information system (GIS) data about the components in the pipeline network.

10. The program product of claim 9, wherein the at least one computing device is further adapted to create a GIS work instruction map based upon the replacement work instructions, the GIS work instruction map including at least one of the following:

color-coded indicators of the replacement priority of at least one of the at least two components; and

actuatable display windows displaying at least one of;

the fault data and the replacement work instructions for the at least one of the at least two components.

11. The program product of claim 8, wherein the at least one computing device is further adapted to create a GIS work instruction map based upon the replacement work instructions, and wherein the determining of the replacement priority for each of the at least two components includes:

determining whether the component belongs to a site location;

designating the component as a start node in the case that the component does not belong to a site location; and

progressively gathering fault data about neighboring components along the pipeline network until reaching a regulating station, the fault data about the neighboring components including geographical information system (GIS) data about the neighboring components.

12. The program product of claim 11, wherein the determining of the replacement priority for each of the at least two components further includes:

determining a grouping threshold based upon the fault data for the components and the neighboring components;

forming distinct clusters including at least one of the components and the neighboring components, the forming based upon the grouping thresholds; and

scoring the distinct clusters based upon fault severity criteria.

13. The program product of claim 12, wherein the grouping threshold is based upon a number of component leaks within a physical distance.

14. The program product of claim 8, wherein the fault data further includes at least one of installation date data, inspection date data, component environmental data, component repair history data or component demographic data.

15. A system comprising:

at least one computing device adapted to configure a gas pipeline network by performing actions comprising;

obtaining fault data about components in the gas pipeline network, the fault data including;

fault history data, fault ticket data, and historical disaster data;

determining a replacement priority for at least two of the components in the gas pipeline network based upon the fault data; and

generating a set of replacement work instructions for the at least two components based upon the replacement priority; and

a user interface operably connected to the at least one computing device, the user interface for displaying the replacement work instructions.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the fault data further includes geographical information system (GIS) data about the components in the gas pipeline network.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one computing device is further adapted to create a GIS work instruction map based upon the replacement work instructions, the GIS work instruction map including at least one of the following:

color-coded indicators of the replacement priority of at least one of the at least two components; and

actuatable display windows displaying at least one of;

the fault data and the replacement work instructions for the at least one of the at least two components.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one computing device is further adapted to create a GIS work instruction map based upon the replacement work instructions, and wherein the determining of the replacement priority for each of the at least two components includes:

determining whether the component belongs to a site location;

designating the component as a start node in the case that the component does not belong to a site location; and

progressively gathering fault data about neighboring components along the gas pipeline network until reaching a regulating station, the fault data about the neighboring components including geographical information system (GIS) data about the neighboring components.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the determining of the replacement priority for each of the at least two components further includes:

determining a grouping threshold based upon the fault data for the components and the neighboring components;

forming distinct clusters including at least one of the components and the neighboring components, the forming based upon the grouping thresholds; and

scoring the distinct clusters based upon fault severity criteria.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the grouping threshold is based upon a number of component leaks within a physical distance.