IP Library Granted Patent US 10,990,070
Granted Patent B2
US 10,990,070 · App. 16/069,036 · Granted Apr 27, 2021

Plant analyzer, plant analysis method, and program thereof

Inventors: Yasuoki Tomita (Yokohama, JP); Katsuhiko Abe (Yokohama, JP); Shintaro Kumano (Tokyo, JP); Motoshi Takasu (Yokohama, JP); Etsushi Kanno (Yokohama, JP); Takahiro Kawaguchi (Yokohama, JP); Takayoshi Isoda (Yokohama, JP); Yuki Enomoto (Yokohama, JP); Nobuhiro Osaki (Yokohama, JP); Kazuyuki Misawa (Yokohama, JP); Akihisa Endo (Yokohama, JP); Masao Ogino (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,990,070
App. No.
16/069,036
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A state quantity acquiring unit is configured to acquire a state quantity of a turbine. A time calculation unit is configured to calculate an operable time at an over firing operation of the turbine based on a design life of the turbine and a state quantity. A distance calculation unit configured to calculate a Mahalanobis distance based on the state quantity. A determination unit configured to determine whether or not the over firing operation of the turbine is possible by the Mahalanobis distance and the operable time.

Claims (29)

1. A plant-analyzing computer in which a plant analyzer is implemented and which comprises an auxiliary storage device and a processor,

wherein the auxiliary storage device is configured to store programs, which are read out by the processor,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the programs and control the plant analyzer to:

acquire state quantities of a turbine using a sensor;

calculate an operable time at an over firing operation of the turbine based on a design life of the turbine and the state quantities;

calculate a Mahalanobis distance based on a calculated heat balance, wherein the calculated heat balance is a state quantity;

determine whether or not the over firing operation of the turbine is possible by the Mahalanobis distance and the operable time, and

determine results of the over firing operation should not be carried out when the operable time is less than a predetermined time and the over firing operation should not be carried out when the Mahalanobis distance exceeds a possibility determination threshold value; and

output proposal information indicating the results on a display.

2. The plant-analyzing computer according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the programs and control the plant analyzer to determine whether or not the over firing operation of the turbine is possible by whether or not a power selling price is less than a predetermined threshold value, the Mahalanobis distance and the operable time.

3. The plant-analyzing computer according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the programs and control the plant analyzer to:

calculate a history variable with respect to a history of the state quantities; and

calculate the operable time at the over firing operation of the turbine based on a history variable corresponding to the design life of the turbine and the calculated history variable.

4. The plant-analyzing computer according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the programs and control the plant analyzer to detect a fault of the turbine based on the Mahalanobis distance calculated.

5. A plant analysis method causing a processor of a plant-analyzing computer in which a plant analyzer is implemented to execute steps of:

acquiring state quantities of a turbine including a temperature of the turbine using a sensor;

calculating an operable time at an over firing operation of the turbine based on a design life of the turbine and calculated state quantities;

calculating a Mahalanobis distance based on a calculated heat balance, wherein the calculated heat balance is a state quantity; and

determining whether or not the over firing operation of the turbine is possible by the Mahalanobis distance and the operable time,

wherein, in the step of determining, determine results of the over firing operation should not be carried out when the operable time is less than a predetermined time, and the over firing operation should not be carried out when the Mahalanobis distance exceeds a possibility determination threshold value; and

output proposal information indicating the results on a display.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable computer medium storing programs that are read out by a processor of a plant-analyzing computer in which a plant analyzer is implemented and that causes the processor to execute:

acquiring state quantities of a turbine using a sensor;

calculating an operable time at an over firing operation of the turbine based on a design life of the turbine and the state quantities;

calculating a Mahalanobis distance based on a calculated heat balance, wherein the calculated heat balance is a state quantity; and

determining whether or not the over firing operation of the turbine is possible by the Mahalanobis distance and the operable time,

determining results of the over firing operation should not be carried out when the operable time is less than a predetermined time and the over firing operation should not be carried out when the Mahalanobis distance exceeds a possibility determination threshold value; and

output proposal information indicating the results on a display.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 6, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054344/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2018
From: TOMITA, YASUOKI; ABE, KATSUHIKO; KUMANO, SHINTARO; TAKASU, MOTOSHI; KANNO, ETSUSHI; KAWAGUCHI, TAKAHIRO; ISODA, TAKAYOSHI; ENOMOTO, YUKI; OSAKI, NOBUHIRO; MISAWA, KAZUYUKI; ENDO, AKIHISA; OGINO, MASAO
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046308/0594 →
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