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US 11,416,951 · App. 15/771,408 · Granted Aug 16, 2022

Equipment management system and equipment management method

Inventors: Taku Nakayama (Yamato, JP); Kei Iwata (Kawasaki, JP); Takashi Furukawa (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,416,951
App. No.
15/771,408
Granted
Aug 16, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An equipment management system 100 comprises a manager 210 configured to manage information on a plurality of power generation facilities 300 having a power generation equipment 310 connected to a power grid configured by a power transmission network; and a controller 230 configured to, when defect information on defect of a power generation equipment 310 provided in a first power generation facility, which is one of the plurality of power generation facilities, is acquired, predict defect of a power generation equipment 310 provided in a second power generation facility, which is different from the first power generation facility. The controller 230 is configured to predict the defect of the power generation equipment 310 provided in the second power generation facility based on the cause of the defect of the power generation equipment 310 provided in the first power generation facility.

Claims (52)

1. An equipment management system, comprising:

at least one processor configured to

manage maintenance information indicating a first maintenance period during which maintenance of a first power generation equipment is performed,

acquire a first power control period during which control of the first power generation equipment is required, and information indicating a curtail degree of a power flow amount during the first power control period, and

adjust the first maintenance period based on the first power control period,

wherein

the first power generation equipment is connected to a power grid configured by a power transmission network,

the first power control period includes a first reverse power flow curtail period during which a plurality of power generation equipment outputs a first power flow amount to the power grid based on the curtail degree of the power flow amount, the plurality of power generation equipment including the first power generation equipment, a second power generation equipment, and a third power generation equipment, and

the at least one processor is configured to

adjust the first maintenance period to overlap the first reverse power flow curtail period,

determine that a second maintenance period of the second power generation equipment is scheduled, and a third maintenance period of the third power generation equipment is not scheduled, and

in response to determining that the second maintenance period of the second power generation equipment is scheduled and the third maintenance period of the third power generation equipment is not scheduled,

adjust the second maintenance period to overlap the first reverse power flow curtail period, so that a power flow amount of the third power generation equipment is not curtailed during the first reverse power flow curtail period, and

control operation of the first power generation equipment, the second power generation equipment, and the third power generation equipment according to the first maintenance period and the second maintenance period.

2. The equipment management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one processor is configured to adjust the first maintenance period to cause the first reverse power flow curtail period to be shorter than the first maintenance period.

3. The equipment management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the information further indicates a further curtail degree of the power flow amount during the first power control period,

the first power control period further includes a second power flow curtail period during which the power grid outputs a second power flow amount to the plurality of power generation equipment based on the further curtail degree of the power flow amount, and

the at least one processor is configured to adjust the first maintenance period to cause the first maintenance period to not overlap the second power flow curtail period.

4. The equipment management system according to claim 3 , wherein,

the at least one processor is configured to perform a process of adjusting the first maintenance period when the first power generation equipment is an equipment having an obligation to curtail the first power flow amount.

5. The equipment management system according to claim 4 , wherein

the at least one processor is configured to not perform the process of adjusting the first maintenance period when the first power generation equipment is not the equipment having the obligation to curtail the first power flow amount.

6. The equipment management system according to claim 3 , wherein

the at least one processor is configured to select a maintenance menu to be performed without overlapping the second power flow curtail period from among maintenance menus to be performed during the first maintenance period.

7. The equipment management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first power generation equipment has an obligation to curtail the first power flow amount,

the second power generation equipment has no obligation to curtail the first power flow amount,

the third power generation equipment has an obligation to curtail the first power flow amount, and

the at least one processor is configured to adjust the second maintenance period to overlap the first reverse power flow curtail period in response to determining that the third maintenance period is not scheduled within a predetermined period with reference to the first reverse power flow curtail period.

8. The equipment management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one processor is configured to select a maintenance menu to be performed while overlapping the first reverse power flow curtail period from among maintenance menus to be performed during the first maintenance period.

9. The equipment management system according to claim 8 , wherein

a priority order is previously determined in the maintenance menus to be performed during the first maintenance period, and

the at least one processor is configured to select the maintenance menu to be performed while overlapping the first reverse power flow curtail period based on the priority order.

10. The equipment management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one processor is configured to,

in response to acquiring the first reverse power flow curtail period, adjust the first maintenance period to overlap the first reverse power flow curtail period, and

in response to acquiring a second power flow curtail period during which a second power flow amount from the power grid to the plurality of power generation equipment is curtailed, adjust the first maintenance period to not overlap the second power flow curtail period.

11. An equipment management method, comprising:

managing maintenance information indicating a first maintenance period during which maintenance of a first power generation equipment is performed;

acquiring a first power control period during which control of the first power generation equipment is required, and information indicating a curtail degree of a power flow amount during the first power control period;

adjusting the first maintenance period based on the first power control period,

wherein

the first power generation equipment is connected to a power grid configured by a power transmission network,

the first power control period includes a first reverse power flow curtail period during which a plurality of power generation equipment outputs a first power flow amount to the power grid based on the curtail degree of the power flow amount, the plurality of power generation equipment including the first power generation equipment, a second power generation equipment, and a third power generation equipment, and

the adjusting the first maintenance period includes adjusting the first maintenance period to overlap the first reverse power flow curtail period;

determining that a second maintenance period of the second power generation equipment is scheduled, and a third maintenance period of the third power generation equipment is not scheduled; and

in response to the determining,

adjusting the second maintenance period to overlap the first reverse power flow curtail period, so that a power flow amount of the third power generation equipment is not curtailed during the first reverse power flow curtail period, and

controlling operation of the first power generation equipment, the second power generation equipment, and the third power generation equipment according to the first maintenance period and the second maintenance period.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2018
From: NAKAYAMA, TAKU; IWATA, KEI; FURUKAWA, TAKASHI
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045728/0427 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2015-212053 · Oct 28, 2015 · national
JP JP2015-212055 · Oct 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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