Systems and Methods for Gas Turbine Operational Impact Modeling Using Statistical and Physics-Based Methodologies
First Claim
1. A method for operational impact modeling, the method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processors, operational conditions data associated with a hardware component of a gas turbine;
based at least in part on the operational variation data, applying, by one or more processors, statistical methods to establish an operational profile of the hardware component;
receiving, by one or more processors, operating parameters and operational conditions data associated with the hardware component;
based at least in part on the operating parameters and the operational conditions data, applying, by one or more processors, physics-based methods to establish an operational impact factor of the hardware component; and
based at least in part on the operational profile and the operational impact factor determining, by one or more processors, a probability of a failure of the hardware component within a time period.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for gas turbine operational impact modeling using statistical and physics-based methodologies are disclosed. According to one embodiment of the disclosure, a method can include receiving, by one or more processors, operational conditions data associated with a hardware component of a gas turbine; based at least in part on the operational variation data, applying, by one or more processors, statistical methods to establish an operational profile of the hardware component; receiving, by one or more processors, operating parameters and operational conditions data associated with the hardware component; based at least in part on the operating parameters and the operational conditions data, applying, by one or more processors, physics-based methods to establish an operational impact factor of the hardware component; and based at least in part on the operational profile and the operational impact factor determining, by one or more processors, a probability of a failure of the hardware component within a time period.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for operational impact modeling, the method comprising:
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receiving, by one or more processors, operational conditions data associated with a hardware component of a gas turbine; based at least in part on the operational variation data, applying, by one or more processors, statistical methods to establish an operational profile of the hardware component; receiving, by one or more processors, operating parameters and operational conditions data associated with the hardware component; based at least in part on the operating parameters and the operational conditions data, applying, by one or more processors, physics-based methods to establish an operational impact factor of the hardware component; and based at least in part on the operational profile and the operational impact factor determining, by one or more processors, a probability of a failure of the hardware component within a time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for operational impact modeling, the system comprising:
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one or more processors operable to receive operational conditions data from one or more sensors associated with a gas turbine; a physics based analysis technique operable to generate an operational impact factor based at least in part on the operational conditions data; a database and real time operational model including historical operational conditions data associated with the hardware component of the gas turbine; a comparison module operable to generate operational variation data based at least on the operational conditions data and the historical and real-time operational conditions data; a statistical methods module operable to generate an operational profile based at least in part on the operational variation data; and a prediction module operable to generate a probability of a failure of the hardware component within a specified time period based at least in part on the operational impact factor and the operational profile. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for operational impact modeling, the method comprising:
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receiving, by one or more processors, operational variation data associated with a hardware component of a gas turbine; based at least in part on the operational variation data, applying, by one or more processors, statistical methods to establish an operational profile of the hardware component; receiving, by one or more processors, operating parameters data and operational conditions data associated with the hardware component; based at least in part on the operating parameters data and the operational conditions data, applying, by one or more processors, physics-based methods to establish an operational impact factor of the hardware component; and based at least in part on the operational profile and the operational impact factor determining, by one or more processors, a probability of a failure of the hardware component within a time period.
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