Method and system for monitoring operation of a system asset

1. A device for use in monitoring operation of a system, said device comprising:

a display device; and

a processor coupled to said display device, said processor configured to:

display, on said display device, a three-dimensional plot of a first operational characteristic of a system asset as a function of a second operational characteristic and a third operational characteristic of the system asset;

receive a selection of the second operational characteristic;

display a two-dimensional plane within the three-dimensional plot at the selected second operational characteristic;

identify a peak of each of a plurality of spectrums where the two-dimensional plane intersects each of the plurality of spectrums;

display, on the display device, a line contained within the two-dimensional plane and connecting each of the identified peaks;

transform the three-dimensional plot into a two-dimensional plot of the first operational characteristic as a function of the third operational characteristic at the selected second characteristic; and

display the two-dimensional plot on said display device.

2. A device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said processor is configured to:

display a measured vibration of the system asset as the first operational characteristic;

display a measured rotational frequency of the system asset as the second operational characteristic; and

display a plurality of periods of time in which the vibration and the rotational frequency were measured as the third operational characteristic.

3. A device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said processor is configured to display a plot of data represented within the two-dimensional plane as the two-dimensional plot.

4. A device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said processor is configured to display the two-dimensional plane at least partially transparently within the three-dimensional plot.

5. A device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to display, within each of the plurality of spectrums, the first operational characteristic as a function of the second operational characteristic at a different value of the third operational characteristic.

6. A device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said processor is further configured to:

receive a first transformation command; and

transform the three-dimensional plot to the two-dimensional plot in response to the first transformation command.

7. A device in accordance with claim 6 , wherein said processor is further configured to:

receive a second transformation command; and

transform the two-dimensional plot to the three-dimensional plot in response to the second transformation command.

8. A method of displaying data, said method comprising:

receiving data representative of a first operational characteristic of a system asset, of a second operational characteristic of the system asset, and of a third operational characteristic of the system asset;

displaying, on a display device, a three-dimensional plot of the first operational characteristic as a function of the second operational characteristic and of the third operational characteristic;

receiving a selection of the second operational characteristic;

displaying a two-dimensional plane within the three-dimensional plot at the selected second operational characteristic;

identifying a peak of each of a plurality of spectrums where the two-dimensional plane intersects each of the plurality of spectrums;

displaying, on the display device, a line contained within the two-dimensional plane and connecting each of the identified peaks;

transforming the three-dimensional plot into a two-dimensional plot of the first operational characteristic as a function of the third operational characteristic at the selected second characteristic; and

displaying the two-dimensional plot on the display device.

9. A method in accordance with claim 8 , wherein said receiving data representative of a first operational characteristic, a second operational characteristic, and a third operational characteristic comprises:

receiving data representative of a measured vibration of the system asset as the first operational characteristic;

receiving data representative of a measured rotational frequency of the system asset as the second operational characteristic; and

receiving data representative of a plurality of periods of time in which the vibration and the rotational frequency were measured as the third operational characteristic.

10. A method in accordance with claim 8 , further comprising displaying, within the two-dimensional plot, data represented within the two-dimensional plane.

11. A method in accordance with claim 8 , further comprising displaying the two-dimensional plane to be at least partially transparent within the two-dimensional plot.

12. A method in accordance with claim 8 , the method further comprising displaying, by the plurality of spectrums, the first operational characteristic as a function of the second operational characteristic at different values of the third operational characteristic.

13. A method in accordance with claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving a first transformation command; and

transforming the three-dimensional plot to the two-dimensional plot in response to the first transformation command.

14. A method in accordance with claim 13 , further comprising:

receiving a second transformation command; and

transforming the two-dimensional plot to the three-dimensional plot in response to the second transformation command.

15. A device for use in monitoring operation of a system, the device comprising:

a processor configured to:

generate, for display on a display device, a three-dimensional plot of a first operational characteristic of a system asset as a function of a second operational characteristic and a third operational characteristic of the system asset;

receive a selection of the second operational characteristic;

generate, for display on the display, a two-dimensional plane within the three-dimensional plot at the selected second operational characteristic;

identify a peak of each of a plurality of spectrums where the two-dimensional plane intersects each of the plurality of spectrums;

generate, for display on the display device, a line contained within the two-dimensional plane and connecting each of the identified peaks;

transform the three-dimensional plot into a two-dimensional plot of the first operational characteristic as a function of the third operational characteristic at the selected second characteristic; and

generate, for display on the display device, the two-dimensional plot.

16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to:

generate, for display on the display device, a measured vibration of the system asset as the first operational characteristic;

generate, for display on the display device, a measured rotational frequency of the system asset as the second operational characteristic; and

generate, for display on the display device, a plurality of periods of time in which the vibration and the rotational frequency were measured as the third operational characteristic.

17. The device of claim 15 , wherein, the processor is configured to generate, for display on the display device, a plot of data represented within the two-dimensional plane as the two-dimensional plot.

18. The device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to generate, for display on the display device, the two-dimensional plane at least partially transparently within the three-dimensional plot.

19. The device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to generate, for display on the display device, within each of the plurality of spectrums, the first operational characteristic as a function of the second operational characteristic at a different value of the third operational characteristic.

20. The device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a first transformation command; and

transform the three-dimensional plot to the two-dimensional plot in response to the first transformation command.