Systems and Methods for Monitoring of Equipment Using a Configurable Rule Base

• US 20140200686A1
• Filed: 01/14/2013
• Published: 07/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology, LLC (General Electric Company)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Madam, Narayanan Urupuniakavu, Sun, Haiyan
• Granted Patent: US 9,581,995 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/52
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0229 knowledge based, e.g. expert systems; genetic algorithms

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for monitoring of equipment using a configurable rule base are disclosed. Configuration information associated with equipment may be identified, and a set of one or more configured rules may be generated from one or more configurable base rules based at least in part on the configuration information. One or more measured parameters associated with the equipment based at least in part on the set of one or more configured rules, and output information associated with the equipment may be generated based at least in part on the analysis.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying, by one or more computer processors, configuration information associated with an equipment;

generating, by the one or more computer processors, a set of one or more configured rules from one or more configurable base rules based at least in part on the configuration information associated with the equipment;

analyzing, by the one or more computer processors, one or more measured parameters associated with the equipment based at least in part on the set of one or more configured rules; and

generating, by the one or more computer processors, output information associated with the equipment based at least in part on the analyzing.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more measured parameters associated with the equipment comprise at least one of:

a temperature measurement, a pressure measurement, a power measurement, a current measurement, or a voltage measurement.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the equipment comprises a fluid-cooled generator.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of:

information relating to one or more design parameters associated with the equipment,

information relating to one or more installation parameters associated with the equipment, or

information relating to one or more operating parameters associated with the equipment.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

utilizing at least a portion of the output information associated with the equipment to facilitate at least one of;

identifying one or more anomalies associated with an operation of the equipment,

generating one or more alarms associated with the operation of the equipment,

identifying one or more potential causes for the one or more anomalies, or

providing one or more recommendations relating to the operation of the equipment.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more measured parameters comprises historical operating data associated with the equipment.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information is identified based at least in part on at least one of:

information stored in one or more databases, or

information collected from an installation site of the equipment.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information is first configuration information, the equipment is a first equipment, and the set of one or more configured rules is a first set of one or more configured rules, further comprising:

identifying, by the one or more computer processors, second configuration information associated with a second equipment;

generating, by the one or more computer processors, a second set of one or more configured rules from the one or more configurable base rules based at least in part on the second configuration information associated with the second equipment;

analyzing, by the one or more computer processors, one or more measured parameters associated with an operation of the second equipment based at least in part on the second set of one or more configured rules; and

generating, by the one or more computer processors, output information associated with the second equipment based at least in part on the analysis of the one or more measured parameters associated with the second equipment.

9. A system comprising:

one or more computers, wherein each computer comprises;

one or more processors; and

at least one memory communicatively linked to the one or more processors, wherein the at least one memory of at least one of the computers comprises;

a configuration module comprising computer-executable instructions executable by at least one processor of the one or more processors to identify configuration information associated with an equipment;

a rule engine comprising;

computer-executable instructions executable by the at least one processor to generate, based at least in part on the configuration information, a set of one or more configured rules from one or more configurable base rules,

computer-executable instructions executable by the at least one processor to analyze one or more measured parameters associated with the equipment based at least in part on the set of one or more configured rules, and

computer-executable instructions executable by the least one processor to generate output information associated with the equipment based at least in part on the analysis of the one or more measured parameters associated with the equipment.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of:

information relating to one or more design parameters associated with the equipment,

information relating to one or more installation parameters associated with the equipment, or

information relating to one or more operating parameters associated with the equipment.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more measured parameters comprises historical operating data associated with the equipment.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the configuration information is first configuration information, the equipment is a first equipment, and the set of one or more configured rules is a first set of one or more configured rules, and wherein the configuration module further comprises:

computer-executable instructions executable by the at least one processor to identify second configuration information associated with a second equipment, and

the rule engine further comprises;

computer-executable instructions executable by the at least one processor to generate, based at least in part on the second configuration information, a second set of one or more configured rules from the one or more configurable base rules,

computer-executable instructions executable by the at least one processor to analyze one or more measured parameters associated the second equipment based at least in part on the second set of one or more configured rules, and

computer-executable instructions executable by the at least one processor to generate output information associated with the second equipment based at least in part on the analysis of the one or more measured parameters associated with the second equipment.

13. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that upon execution by one or more computer processors causes operations to be performed, the operations comprising:

identifying configuration information associated with an equipment;

generating a set of one or more configured rules from one or more configurable base rules based at least in part on the configuration information associated with the equipment;

analyzing one or more measured parameters associated with the equipment based at least in part on the set of one or more configured rules; and

generating output information associated with the equipment based at least in part on the analyzing.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the one or more measured parameters comprise at least one of:

a temperature measurement, a pressure measurement, a power measurement, a current measurement, or a voltage measurement.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the equipment comprises a fluid-cooled generator.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of:

information relating to one or more design parameters associated with the equipment,

information relating to one or more installation parameters associated with the equipment, or

information relating to one or more operating parameters associated with the equipment.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

utilizing at least a portion of the output information associated with the equipment to facilitate at least one of;

identifying one or more anomalies associated with an operation of the equipment,

generating one or more alarms associated with the operation of the equipment,

identifying one or more potential causes of the one or more anomalies, or

providing one or more recommendations relating to the operation of the equipment.

18. The computer-readable of claim 13, wherein the one or more measured parameters comprises historical operating data associated with the equipment.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the configuration information is identified from at least one of:

information stored in one or more databases, or

information collected from an installation site of the first equipment.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the configuration information is first configuration information, the equipment is a first equipment, and the set of one or more configured rules is a first set of one or more configured rules, the method further comprising:

identifying second configuration information associated with a second equipment;

generating a second set of one or more configured rules from the one or more configurable base rules based at least in part on the second configuration information associated with the second equipment;

analyzing one or more measured parameters associated with an operation of the second equipment based at least in part on the second set of one or more configured rules; and

generating output information associated with the second equipment based at least in part on the analysis of the one or more measured parameters associated with the second equipment.