Methods for asset health management and systems thereof
First Claim
1. A method for optimizing utilization of one or more assets, the method comprising:
- obtaining at an optimization processing apparatus operational data and physical condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets and specification data, historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets;
conducting with the optimization processing apparatus one or more diagnostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained the operational data, the physical condition data, and the retrieved specification data;
conducting with the optimization processing apparatus one or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained operational data, the physical condition data, the specification data, the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data;
determining one or more optimization instructions with optimization processing apparatus for the at least one asset based on the conducted diagnostics and prognostics, wherein at least one of the conducting one or more diagnostics and the conducting one or more prognostics further comprises determining one or more maintenance needs related to at least one of the one of the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets in a near term comprising before a first designated period of time and over a long term comprising after the first designated period of time and wherein the one or more optimization instructions are further based on the determined near term and long term maintenance needs; and
displaying with the optimization processing apparatus the determined one or more optimization instructions.
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Abstract
A method, computer readable medium, and system for optimizing utilization of one or more assets includes obtaining at least one of operational data and condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets. At least one of historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets is retrieved. One or more diagnostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets is conducted based on the obtained at least one of the operational data and the condition data. One or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets is conducted based on the at least one of the obtained operational data and condition data and on the retrieved at least one of the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data. One or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset are determined based on the conducted diagnostics and prognostics and the determined one or more optimization instructions are displayed.
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54 Claims
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1. A method for optimizing utilization of one or more assets, the method comprising:
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obtaining at an optimization processing apparatus operational data and physical condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets and specification data, historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets; conducting with the optimization processing apparatus one or more diagnostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained the operational data, the physical condition data, and the retrieved specification data; conducting with the optimization processing apparatus one or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained operational data, the physical condition data, the specification data, the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data; determining one or more optimization instructions with optimization processing apparatus for the at least one asset based on the conducted diagnostics and prognostics, wherein at least one of the conducting one or more diagnostics and the conducting one or more prognostics further comprises determining one or more maintenance needs related to at least one of the one of the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets in a near term comprising before a first designated period of time and over a long term comprising after the first designated period of time and wherein the one or more optimization instructions are further based on the determined near term and long term maintenance needs; and displaying with the optimization processing apparatus the determined one or more optimization instructions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for optimizing utilization of one or more assets comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one processor, causes the processor to perform steps comprising:
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obtaining operational data and physical condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets and specification data, historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets; conducting one or more diagnostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained the operational data, the physical condition data, and the retrieved specification data; conducting one or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained operational data, the physical condition data, the specification data, the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data; determining one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset based on the conducted diagnostics and prognostics, wherein at least one of the conducting one or more diagnostics and the conducting one or more prognostics further comprises determining one or more maintenance needs related to at least one of the one of the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets in a near term comprising before a first designated period of time and over a long term comprising after the first designated period of time and wherein the one or more optimization instructions are further determined based on the determined near term and long term maintenance needs; and displaying the determined one or more optimization instructions. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system for optimizing utilization of one or more assets, the system comprising:
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one or more data acquisition systems that obtain at least one of operational data and physical condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets and specification data, historical maintenance data, and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets; at least one diagnostic processing system that conducts one or more diagnostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained the operational data, the physical condition data, and the specification data on the one or more elements; at least one prognostic processing system that conducts one or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained operational data, the physical condition data, the specification data, the historical maintenance data, and the life-cycle data; an optimization processing system that determines one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset based on the conducted diagnostics and prognostics from the at least one diagnostic processing system and the at least one prognostic processing system, wherein at least one of the diagnostic processing system and the prognostic processing system determines one or more maintenance needs related to at least one of the one of the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets in a near term comprising before a first designated period of time and over a long term comprising after the first designated period of time and wherein the optimization processing system determines the one or more optimization instructions further based on the determined near term and long term maintenance needs; and a display system that displays the determined one or more optimization instructions. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method for optimizing utilization of one or more assets, the method comprising:
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obtaining at an optimization processing apparatus operational data and physical condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets and specification data, historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets; conducting with the optimization processing apparatus one or more diagnostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained the operational data, the physical condition data, and the retrieved specification data; conducting with the optimization processing apparatus one or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained operational data, the physical condition data, the specification data, the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data; obtaining at the optimization processing apparatus cost data for replacing one or more of the elements of the at least one asset, wherein the obtaining cost data further comprises obtaining a maintenance budget for the at least one of the assets, wherein at least one of the conducting one or more diagnostics and the conducting one or more prognostics determines a risk of failure of at least one of the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets; determining one or more optimization instructions with the optimization processing apparatus for the at least one asset based on the conducted diagnostics and prognostics, the obtained cost data, the obtained maintenance budget and the determined risk of failure; displaying with the optimization processing apparatus the determined one or more optimization instructions.
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50. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for optimizing utilization of one or more assets comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one processor, causes the processor to perform steps comprising:
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obtaining operational data and physical condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets and specification data, historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets; conducting one or more diagnostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained the operational data, the physical condition data, and the retrieved specification data; conducting one or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained operational data, the physical condition data, the specification data, the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data; obtaining cost data for replacing one or more of the elements of the at least one asset, wherein the obtaining cost data further comprises obtaining a maintenance budget for the at least one of the assets, wherein at least one of the conducting one or more diagnostics and the conducting one or more prognostics determines a risk of failure of at least one of the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets; determining one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset based on the conducted diagnostics and prognostics, the obtained cost data, the obtained maintenance budget and the determined risk of failure; and displaying the determined one or more optimization instructions.
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51. A system for optimizing utilization of one or more assets, the system comprising:
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one or more data acquisition systems that obtain at least one of operational data and physical condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets and specification data, historical maintenance data, and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets; at least one diagnostic processing system that conducts one or more diagnostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained the operational data, the physical condition data, and the specification data on the one or more elements; at least one prognostic processing system that conducts one or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained operational data, the physical condition data, the specification data, the historical maintenance data, and the life-cycle data; an optimization processing system that determines one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset based on the conducted diagnostics and prognostics from the at least one diagnostic processing system and the at least one prognostic processing system, wherein the optimization processing system determines the one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset further based on an obtained maintenance budget for the at least one assets and a risk of failure of at least one of the one of the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets determined by at least one of the prognostic processing system and the diagnostic processing system; and a display system that displays the determined one or more optimization instructions.
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52. A method for optimizing utilization of one or more assets, the method comprising:
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obtaining at an optimization processing apparatus at least one of operational data and condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets, data on one or more upgrades for replacing two or more of the elements of the at least one asset with a smaller number of one or more upgraded elements, and at least one of specification data, historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets; conducting with the optimization processing apparatus one or more diagnostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained at least one of the operational data and the condition data; conducting with the optimization processing apparatus one or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained at least one of the operational data and the condition data and the obtained at least one of the specification data, the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data; determining with the optimization processing apparatus one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset based on the conducted diagnostics and prognostics and the obtained replacement data; and displaying with the optimization processing apparatus the determined one or more optimization instructions.
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53. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for optimizing utilization of one or more assets comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one processor, causes the processor to perform steps comprising:
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obtaining at least one of operational data and condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets, data on one or more upgrades for replacing two or more of the elements of the at least one asset with a smaller number of one or more upgraded elements, and at least one of specification data, historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets; conducting one or more diagnostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained at least one of the operational data and the condition data; conducting one or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained at least one of the operational data and the condition data and the obtained at least one of the specification data, the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data; determining one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset based on the conducted diagnostics and prognostics and the obtained replacement data; and displaying the determined one or more optimization instructions.
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54. A system for optimizing utilization of one or more assets, the system comprising:
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one or more data acquisition systems that obtain at least one of operational data and condition data for one or more elements of at least one of the assets, data on one or more upgrades for replacing two or more of the elements of the at least one asset with a smaller number of one or more upgraded elements, and at least one of specification data, historical maintenance data and life-cycle data for the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets; at least one diagnostic processing system that conducts one or more diagnostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on the obtained at least one of the operational data and the condition data; at least one prognostic processing system that conducts one or more prognostics on the one or more elements of the at least one of the assets based on obtained at least one of the operational data and the condition data and the obtained at least one of the specification data, the historical maintenance data and the life-cycle data; an optimization processing system that determines one or more optimization instructions for the at least one asset based on the conducted diagnostics and prognostics from the at least one diagnostic processing system and the at least one prognostic processing system and the obtained replacement data; and a display system that displays the determined one or more optimization instructions.
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