Method and apparatus for evaluating power equipment
First Claim
1. A method for evaluating pieces of building infrastructure equipment, comprising the steps of:
- (a) storing, in a data base, for each piece of equipment, a record containing an associated identification, and an operating tolerance specification, designating an acceptable range of operating parameters;
(b) selecting said each piece of said infrastructure equipment for evaluation by retrieving from said data base said identification and corresponding operating tolerance specification for said each piece of equipment;
(c) evaluating said selected piece of equipment by conducting a test of current operating parameters to determine if said selected equipment piece has each of its operating parameters within the specified acceptable range, and if not, then(i.) assessing what impact said selected piece of equipment has on the distribution network when said selected piece of equipment has at least one operating parameter outside the specified acceptable range;
(ii.) taking corrective action on said selected piece of equipment in accordance with the impact;
otherwise,(d) selecting another of said pieces of equipment; and
(e) repeating steps (a)-(d) until said equipment pieces have been selected.
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Abstract
A technician evaluates each of the pieces (22, 24, 26 and 28) of building infrastructure equipment in a distribution network (18) by accessing a data base (34) to obtain a record (36i) for the selected equipment piece. Each record contains an identification for the selected equipment piece as well as its operating tolerance specification. A comparison of the actual operating parameters to the operating tolerance specification reveals whether the piece of equipment is operating properly. Should the equipment have an operating parameter outside an acceptable range, the out-of-compliance data entry value is visually flagged and the impact of that piece of equipment on the network is assessed to determine the appropriate corrective action.
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1. A method for evaluating pieces of building infrastructure equipment, comprising the steps of:
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(a) storing, in a data base, for each piece of equipment, a record containing an associated identification, and an operating tolerance specification, designating an acceptable range of operating parameters; (b) selecting said each piece of said infrastructure equipment for evaluation by retrieving from said data base said identification and corresponding operating tolerance specification for said each piece of equipment; (c) evaluating said selected piece of equipment by conducting a test of current operating parameters to determine if said selected equipment piece has each of its operating parameters within the specified acceptable range, and if not, then (i.) assessing what impact said selected piece of equipment has on the distribution network when said selected piece of equipment has at least one operating parameter outside the specified acceptable range; (ii.) taking corrective action on said selected piece of equipment in accordance with the impact;
otherwise,(d) selecting another of said pieces of equipment; and (e) repeating steps (a)-(d) until said equipment pieces have been selected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for evaluating pieces of infrastructure equipment in a distribution network, comprising,
a data base storing a record for each piece of equipment containing an associated identification and an operating tolerance specification specifying an acceptable range of operating parameters; - and
a processor for retrieving from said data base said identification and corresponding operating tolerance specification for a selected piece of equipment;
evaluating said selected piece of equipment by determining if said selected equipment piece has each of its operating parameters within the specified acceptable range; and
if not, then(i.) determining what impact said selected piece of equipment has on the distribution network when said selected piece of equipment has at least one operating parameter outside the specified acceptable range; (ii.) specifying corrective action on said selected piece of equipment in accordance with the impact. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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