Systems and Methods to Determine Competitiveness of a Long Term Service Agreement
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1. A system comprising:
- a first sensor; and
a first computer communicatively coupled to the first sensor, the first computer configured to;
automatically obtain via the first sensor, a first set of performance parameters of a first power plant asset over a period of time; and
compute from the first set of performance parameters, a first cost factor that is defined, at least in part, on the basis of an amount of electric power generated by the first power plant asset over the period of time.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to analyzing costs, and more particularly, to analyzing costs associated with a power plant asset. In one embodiment, a system can include a first sensor and a first computer communicatively coupled to the first sensor. The first computer can be configured to automatically obtain via the first sensor, a first set of performance parameters of the first power plant asset over a period of time. The first computer can be further configured to compute from the first set of performance parameters, a first cost factor that is defined, at least in part, on the basis of an amount of electric power generated by the first power plant asset over the period of time.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a first sensor; and a first computer communicatively coupled to the first sensor, the first computer configured to; automatically obtain via the first sensor, a first set of performance parameters of a first power plant asset over a period of time; and compute from the first set of performance parameters, a first cost factor that is defined, at least in part, on the basis of an amount of electric power generated by the first power plant asset over the period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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using at least a first sensor communicatively coupled to at least a first computer to monitor a first power plant asset, the monitoring directed, at least in part, at automatically obtaining performance parameters of the first power plant asset over a period of time; and using the performance parameters obtained from the first power plant to automatically compute a first cost factor that is proportional, at least in part, to an amount of electric power generated by the first power plant asset over the period of time. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, instructions executable by a computer for performing operations comprising:
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automatically obtaining performance parameters of a first power plant asset over a period of time; and computing from the performance parameters obtained from the first power plant, a first cost factor that is defined, at least in part, on the basis of an amount of electric power generated by the first power plant asset over the period of time. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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