SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE AN INTELLIGENT PIPELINE MANAGEMENT GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE MAP DISPLAY

• US 20160103433A1
• Filed: 10/08/2014
• Published: 04/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Sahni, Urvashi, Mudunuru, R K Raju, Reddy, Sudhakar Y., Aluri, Purushothama Reddy
• Application Number:
  US14/509,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20160103433A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range

Abstract

A pipeline status database may store information about the current status of a plurality of pipeline portions comprising a pipeline, each pipeline portion being adapted to transport a substance. An intelligent pipeline monitoring platform coupled to the pipeline status database may include a mapping module to automatically determine location information associated with each of the plurality of pipeline portions and a graphical user interface module having access to real world map information. A communication port coupled to intelligent pipeline monitoring platform may transmit information to create for a user a visual representation of the plurality of pipeline portions, including information about the current status of at least one pipeline portion, on a graphical user interface map display in accordance with the location information.

Claims

1. A system associated with a pipeline, comprising:

a pipeline status database storing information about the current status of a plurality of pipeline portions comprising the pipeline, each pipeline portion being adapted to transport a substance;

an intelligent pipeline monitoring platform coupled to the pipeline status database, including;

a mapping module to automatically determine location information associated with each of the plurality of pipeline portions, and

a graphical user interface module having access to real world map information; and

a communication port coupled to intelligent pipeline monitoring platform to transmit information creating for a user a visual representation of the plurality of pipeline portions, including information about the current status of at least one pipeline portion, on a graphical user interface map display in accordance with the location information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the intelligent pipeline monitoring platform further includes:

an analytic module, having access to historical pipeline information, to generate predictive risk information associated with at least one of the pipeline portions.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the predictive risk value is based at least in part on a volume of substance transported via the at least one pipeline portion.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the predictive risk information comprises at least one of:

(i) a value, (ii) a category, (iii) a percentage, and (iv) a color.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the intelligent pipeline monitoring platform further includes:

a user control module to receiving weighing values for risk parameters used by the analytic module.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein at least one of the risk parameters is associated with:

(i) a corrosion wall thickness loss, (ii) a pressure change, (iii) weather and flood risk, (iv) earthquake risk, (v) mechanical damage, and (vi) pipeline dent risk.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the location information is associated with at least one of:

(i) pixels, (ii) coordinates, (iii) latitudes and longitudes, (iv) global positioning system information, (v) distances, and (vi) geographic information system data.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the substance is at least one of:

(i) a gas, (ii) propane, (iii) a liquid, and (iv) oil.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface map display further includes at least one of:

(i) topographical information, (ii) a geographic feature, (iii) street information, (iv) population information, (v) weather information, (vi) seismic information, (vii) building information, and (viii) predicted impact radius information.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface map display further includes, for at least one pipeline segment, at least one of:

(i) an anomaly description, and (ii) a work order description.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface map display further includes an enterprise level active risk value associated with a plurality of different pipelines.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the pipeline portions is associated with:

(i) a compressor station, (ii) a main line valve, (iii) a field crew, and (iv) a pipeline meter.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication port is adapted to create the visual representation in accordance with a number of different display platforms.

14. A method associated with a pipeline, comprising:

receiving, at an intelligent pipeline management platform, information about a current status of a plurality of pipeline portions, each pipeline portion being adapted to transport a substance;

automatically determining, by a computer processor of the intelligent pipeline management platform, location information associated with each of the plurality of pipeline portions;

automatically generating, by the computer processor, predictive risk information associated with at least one of the pipeline portions based on historical pipeline information and a volume of substance transported via the at least one pipeline portion; and

transmitting information to create a visual representation of the pipeline portions on a graphical user interface map display, in accordance with the location information, including the predictive risk information.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving from a user weighing values for risk parameters used by the analytic module, including at least one weighing value associated with;

(i) a corrosion wall thickness loss, (ii) a pressure change, (iii) weather and flood risk, (iv) earthquake risk, (v) mechanical damage, and (vi) pipeline dent risk.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the graphical user interface map display further includes at least one of:

(i) topographical information, (ii) a geographic feature, (iii) street information, (iv) population information, (v) weather information, (vi) seismic information, (vii) building information, and (viii) predicted impact radius information.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the graphical user interface map display further includes, for at least one pipeline segment, at least one of:

(i) an anomaly description, and (ii) a work order description.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the graphical user interface map display further includes an enterprise level active risk value associated with a plurality of different pipelines.

19. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, cause the computer processor to perform a method associated with a plurality of pipeline portions, the method comprising:

receiving, at an intelligent pipeline management platform, information about a current status of a plurality of pipeline portions, each pipeline portion being adapted to transport a substance;

automatically determining, by a computer processor of the intelligent pipeline management platform, location information associated with each of the plurality of pipeline portions;

automatically generating, by the computer processor, predictive risk information associated with at least one of the pipeline portions based on historical pipeline information and a volume of substance transported via the at least one pipeline portion; and

transmitting information to create a visual representation of the pipeline portions on a graphical user interface map display, in accordance with the location information, including the predictive risk information.

20. The medium of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving from a user weighing values for risk parameters used by the analytic module, including at least one weighing value associated with;

(i) a corrosion wall thickness loss, (ii) a pressure change, (iii) weather and flood risk, (iv) earthquake risk, (v) mechanical damage, and (vi) pipeline dent risk.

21. The medium of claim 19, wherein the graphical user interface map display further includes at least one of:

(i) topographical information, (ii) a geographic feature, (iii) street information, (iv) population information, (v) weather information, (vi) seismic information, (vii) building information, (viii) predicted impact radius information, (ix) an anomaly description, and (x) a work order description.