Methods and systems for monitoring and diagnosing machinery by incremently testing a rule
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1. A computer-implemented method of managing a machinery monitoring system, said method comprising:
- relating an asset output to at least one asset input wherein the at least one asset input includes at least one of a measured process parameter and a derived process parameter relatable to the asset output;
generating at least one rule based on the relation wherein the at least one rule defines the asset output based on the at least one asset input;
selecting at least one of live asset data, historical asset data, user-supplied asset data, and third party supplied asset data to test the at least one rule;
testing the at least one rule incrementally using the selected asset data and by comparing each asset output to each respective expected asset output, wherein the test comprises a plurality of incremental steps to be performed;
determining an expected asset output for the selected data after the plurality of incremental steps are performed;
monitoring the asset output of the at least one rule at each increment;
displaying incremental results after each of the plurality of incremental steps are completed, wherein each of the incremental results includes a numerical value corresponding to an intermediate value of a test result, wherein a numerical value of at least one incremental result is at least one of a sum, a difference, a product and a quotient of two or more incremental results; and
outputting the test result.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method of managing a machinery monitoring system is provided. The method includes relating an asset output to at least one asset input, generating at least one rule based on the relation, selecting at least one of live asset data, historical asset data, user-supplied asset data, and third party supplied asset data to test the at least one rule, testing the at least one rule incrementally using the selected asset data, and monitoring the output of the at least one rule at each increment.
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42 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of managing a machinery monitoring system, said method comprising:
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relating an asset output to at least one asset input wherein the at least one asset input includes at least one of a measured process parameter and a derived process parameter relatable to the asset output; generating at least one rule based on the relation wherein the at least one rule defines the asset output based on the at least one asset input; selecting at least one of live asset data, historical asset data, user-supplied asset data, and third party supplied asset data to test the at least one rule; testing the at least one rule incrementally using the selected asset data and by comparing each asset output to each respective expected asset output, wherein the test comprises a plurality of incremental steps to be performed; determining an expected asset output for the selected data after the plurality of incremental steps are performed; monitoring the asset output of the at least one rule at each increment; displaying incremental results after each of the plurality of incremental steps are completed, wherein each of the incremental results includes a numerical value corresponding to an intermediate value of a test result, wherein a numerical value of at least one incremental result is at least one of a sum, a difference, a product and a quotient of two or more incremental results; and outputting the test result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implemented machinery monitoring system for a plant, said system comprising:
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a client system comprising a user interface; a database for storing Rule Sets, wherein the Rule Sets include at least one rule expressed as a relational expression of a real-time data output relative to a real-time data input that includes at least one of a measured process parameter and a derived process parameter relatable to the real-time data output, wherein the relational expression is specific to a plant asset; and a processor programmed to control said machinery monitoring system to, said processor manager programmed to; prompt a user for a security control password; generate a plant asset operational rule from an application expert wherein the operational rule defines the real-time data output based on the at least one real-time data input; test said rule based on at least one of live asset data, historical asset data, user- supplied asset data, and third party supplied data, wherein the test includes comparing the real-time output to an expected real-time output, and wherein the test comprises a plurality of incremental steps to be performed; determine an asset output after the plurality of incremental steps are performed; display incremental results after each of the plurality of incremental steps are completed, wherein each of the incremental results includes a numerical value corresponding to an intermediate value of a test result, wherein a numerical value of at least one incremental result is at least one of a sum, a difference, a product and a quotient of two or more incremental results; and output the test result. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for managing a machinery monitoring system using a server system coupled to a client system and a database, said client system including a user interface, said program comprising a code segment that prompts a user for a security control password and then:
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relates an asset output to at least one asset input that includes at least one of a measured process parameter and a derived process parameter relatable to the asset output; generates a plant asset operational rule from an application expert wherein the operational rule defines an asset output based on at least one asset input; tests said rule based on at least on of live asset data, historical asset data, user-supplied asset data, and third party supplied data wherein the testing includes comparing the asset output to a respective expected asset output, wherein the test comprises a plurality of incremental steps to be performed; determines an asset output after the plurality of incremental steps are performed; displays incremental results after each of the plurality of incremental steps are completed, wherein each of the incremental results includes a numerical value corresponding to an intermediate value of a test result, wherein a numerical value of at least one incremental result is at least one of a sum, a difference, a product and a quotient of two or more incremental results; and outputs said results of said test. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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34. A computer program in accordance with 33 further comprising a code segment that:
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locates Rule Set files; prompts a user for an encryption key; and interprets said Rule Set file. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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