SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

• US 20130013523A1
• Filed: 07/07/2011
• Published: 01/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Herrera Campos, Oswaldo Salvador
• Application Number:
  US13/177,949
• Publication Number:
  US 20130013523A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/317
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system and a method. In one embodiment, the system includes an emergency preparedness system having a dynamic checklist tool configured to use a master checklist to produce a plant-specific checklist based on a selection of at least one emergency event, and to produce actionable articles having at least one emergency preparedness recommendation for a plant.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an emergency preparedness system comprising;

a dynamic checklist tool configured to use a master checklist to produce a plant-specific checklist based on a selection of at least one emergency event, and to produce actionable articles having at least one emergency preparedness recommendation for a plant.

2. The system of claim 1, comprising an inference engine configured to use the plant-specific checklist and knowledge rules to infer the at least one emergency preparedness recommendation, wherein the knowledge rules are stored in a knowledge repository.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the inference engine comprises an expert system.

4. The system of claim 1, comprising an emergency locations tool, wherein the emergency locations tool is configured to use the at least one emergency event and a geographic location to identify the plant.

5. The system of claim 1, comprising an emergency locations tool, wherein the emergency locations tool is configured to visually present a plurality of plant icons overlaid on a map and information related to each plant icon.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the plant comprises a power plant having a turbine system, and the at least one emergency preparedness recommendation comprises a turbine system recommendation.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the turbine system recommendation comprises a realigning or rebalancing of a shaft, a replacement of a turbine system component, an upgrade of the turbine system component, a repair of the turbine system component, or a combination thereof.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the plant comprises an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant, and the at least one recommendation comprises a feedstock preparation unit recommendation, a gasifier recommendation, a gas treatment unit recommendation, a sulfur processor recommendation, a water treatment unit recommendation, a gas processor recommendation, a cooling tower recommendation, a gas turbine system recommendation, an air compressor system recommendation, a diluent nitrogen compressor recommendation, a steam turbine system recommendation, a heat recovery steam generation (HRSG) recommendation, a load recommendation, a condenser recommendation, or a combination thereof.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the plant comprises a power plant, a chemical plant, a refinery, a manufacturing plant, or a combination thereof.

10. A method for disaster preparedness comprising:

performing a plant assessment optimization service, wherein the performing the plant assessment optimization service comprises;

preparing a checklist of items specific to the plant based on at least one disaster event;

assessing the items in the checklist, wherein assessing comprises evaluating items for disaster preparedness based on the at least one disaster event; and

preparing an assessment report based on the assessing of the items.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the checklist comprises an equipment checklist, a process checklist, a human resources checklist, or a combination thereof.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the assessment report includes at least one recommendation for an upgrade, repair, or replacement of a plant component.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the plant component comprises a feedstock preparation unit, a gasifier, a gas treatment unit, a sulfur processor, a water treatment unit, a gas processor, a cooling tower, a gas turbine system, an air compressor system, a diluent nitrogen compressor, a steam turbine system, a heat recovery steam generation (HRSG) system, a load, a condenser, or a combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the performing the plant assessment optimization service comprises using an emergency preparedness system having a dynamic checklist tool.

15. An article of manufacture comprising non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

code configured to enable selection of at least one disaster event;

code configured to enable identification of a plant;

code configured to present a checklist of items related to the plant and to the at least one disaster event;

code configured to compile disaster assessment information related to each item; and

code configured to prepare a disaster assessment report based on the disaster assessment information.

16. The article of claim 15, wherein the code configured to compile disaster assessment information related to each item comprises code configured to use an inference engine to infer the disaster assessment information based on knowledge rules.

17. The article of claim 15, wherein the code configured to enable identification of the plant comprises code configured to derive a geographic location based on the at least one disaster event.

18. The article of claim 15, wherein the code configured to present a checklist of items comprises code configured to present a plant-specific checklist of items based on a master checklist of items and the plant.

19. The article of claim 15, wherein the code configured to compile disaster assessment information related to each item comprises code configured to compile textual information, picture information, audio information, video information, or a combination thereof.

20. The article of claim 15, wherein the code configured to prepare the disaster assessment report comprises code configured to recommend a plant component upgrade, a plant component repair, a plant component replacement, or a combination thereof.