Automatic remote monitoring and diagnostics system
First Claim
1. A Monitoring and Diagnostics System, comprising:
- a monitored unit comprising a wind turbine including at least one sensor configured to measure fault data of said monitored unit;
a network; and
a monitoring unit coupled to said monitored unit via said network, said monitoring unit configured to receive the fault data via said network, said monitoring unit comprising a reasoning engine comprising a diagnostics knowledge, said reasoning engine configured to;
analyze the fault data and deduce diagnostics information from said diagnostics knowledge and based on the fault data;
provide suggestions for possible next steps to be undertaken based on the diagnostics information; and
determine and initiate a course of action to be taken on said monitored unit based on the information contained in the fault data.
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Abstract
A Monitoring and Diagnostics System is provided, which includes a monitoring unit and a monitored unit remotely located from the monitoring unit. The System also includes communication means between the monitoring unit and the monitored unit. The monitored unit includes data acquisition means for providing fault data of the monitored unit and the communication means are adapted to communicate the fault data from the monitored unit to the monitoring unit. The monitoring unit includes a rules engine having a set of expert rules for analyzing the information contained in the fault data and being adapted to deduce diagnostics information from the rules and from the information. In addition, a communication method for communicating between a first Programmable Logic Controller and a second Programmable Logic Controller or a central unit is provided, in which a description file is provided.
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16 Claims
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1. A Monitoring and Diagnostics System, comprising:
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a monitored unit comprising a wind turbine including at least one sensor configured to measure fault data of said monitored unit; a network; and a monitoring unit coupled to said monitored unit via said network, said monitoring unit configured to receive the fault data via said network, said monitoring unit comprising a reasoning engine comprising a diagnostics knowledge, said reasoning engine configured to; analyze the fault data and deduce diagnostics information from said diagnostics knowledge and based on the fault data; provide suggestions for possible next steps to be undertaken based on the diagnostics information; and determine and initiate a course of action to be taken on said monitored unit based on the information contained in the fault data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for monitoring a unit using a Monitoring and Diagnostics System, said method comprising:
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coupling a monitoring unit to a monitored unit via a network, the monitored unit comprising a wind turbine, the monitoring unit including a reasoning engine, the reasoning engine including a processor and diagnostics knowledge; receiving, by the monitoring unit, fault data from the monitored unit via the network; analyzing information contained in the fault data using the processor; determining, by the reasoning engine, diagnostics information from the information using the diagnostics knowledge; providing, by the reasoning engine, suggestions for possible next steps to be undertaken based on the diagnostics information; and determining and initiating, by the reasoning engine, a course of action to be taken on the monitored unit based on the information contained in the fault data.
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14. A monitoring unit, comprising:
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a communication interface configured to receive fault data from a remotely located wind turbine via a communication means; and a reasoning engine configured to; analyze the fault data; determine a remedial action to be taken on the wind turbine based on the information contained in the fault data; and initiate the remedial action. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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