IP Library Granted Patent US 11,314,236
Granted Patent B2
US 11,314,236 · App. 16/967,886 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

Plant equipment monitoring control system and plant equipment monitoring control method

Inventor: Yuji Otani (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES POWER ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
G05B19/41865G05B19/4183G05B19/4185G05B19/41885
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Patent No.
US 11,314,236
App. No.
16/967,886
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An objective of the present invention is to achieve optimal operating guidance on day-to-day operations in a plant while also achieving, for example, soundness and reduced operating costs for a plant equipment piece without increasing the load on the central operation room, by determining the optimal configuration value for the operating value of the plant equipment piece. To this end, there is provided an equipment state monitoring device 331 for analyzing an operating state of a first plant equipment piece 303 during a prescribed period. The equipment state monitoring device 331 analyzes the operating state of the first plant equipment piece 303 , and depending on a result of the analysis, carries out determination of an optimal operating value.

Claims (37)

1. A plant equipment monitoring control system comprising:

a plurality of plant equipment pieces including a first plant equipment piece;

a plurality of monitoring control devices provided corresponding to the respective plurality of plant equipment pieces;

a plurality of sensors provided on the plurality of plant equipment pieces;

a monitoring device that collects sensor measurement values from the plurality of sensors of the plurality of plant equipment pieces;

a central control device that continuously monitors each of the sensor measurement values collected to the monitoring device, and instructs an operating value in real time according to the sensor measurement value to the monitoring control device corresponding to each of the plant equipment pieces; and

an equipment state monitoring device that receives first monitoring data including the sensor measurement value and the operating value from the monitoring device and the central control device, analyzes an operating state of the first plant equipment piece during a prescribed period, and carries out determination of an optimal operating value of the first plant equipment piece depending on a result of the analysis of the operating state of the first plant equipment piece;

wherein the equipment state monitoring device analyzes the operating state of the first plant equipment piece on the basis of second monitoring data during the prescribed period generated by processing the first monitoring data received from the monitoring device and the central control device; and

wherein in the second monitoring data, the sensor measurement values are averaged during a prescribed time, environment data that systematically affects the sensor measurement value, disturbance data that temporarily affects the sensor measurement value, and the operating value of the first plant equipment piece are linked to a time axis and are stored.

2. The plant equipment monitoring control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the equipment state monitoring device filters second monitoring data on the basis of a time width, the environment data, the disturbance data, and the operating value of the first plant equipment piece, and analyzes the operating state of the first plant equipment piece.

3. The plant equipment monitoring control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the equipment state monitoring device creates a two-axis graph by using, as axes, respective two data pieces included in second monitoring data.

4. The plant equipment monitoring control system according to claim 1 , wherein the first plant equipment piece is an electrostatic precipitator of a thermal power plant, and

wherein as a monitoring operating value of the electrostatic precipitator, at least one of an operation of brushing off dust in the electrostatic precipitator, a method for electrically charging an electrode of the electrostatic precipitator, and the electric power consumption of an electric charging device that applies a voltage to the electrode is included.

5. The plant equipment monitoring control system according to claim 1 , wherein the first plant equipment piece is an electrostatic precipitator of a thermal power plant,

wherein as the environment data, a type of coal used for a boiler of the thermal power plant and a boiler load of the boiler are included,

wherein as the disturbance data, the execution of dust purification in an upstream of the electrostatic precipitator is included.

6. The plant equipment monitoring control system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of sensors provided on the first plant equipment piece include a sensor in which while being received by a first monitoring control device provided corresponding to the first plant equipment piece, the sensor measurement value of the sensor is not collected to the monitoring device, and

wherein the equipment state monitoring device receives the sensor measurement value received by the first monitoring control device, and analyzes the operating state of the first plant equipment piece on the basis of the sensor measurement value received by the first monitoring control device and second monitoring data during the prescribed period generated by processing the first monitoring data.

7. A plant equipment monitoring control method in which a plurality of sensors are provided on a plurality of plant equipment pieces including a first plant equipment piece, and the plurality of plant equipment pieces are controlled on the basis of sensor measurement values from the plurality of sensors,

wherein a monitoring device collects the sensor measurement values from the plurality of sensors,

wherein a central control device continuously monitors each of the sensor measurement values collected to the monitoring device, and instructs an operating value in real time according to the sensor measurement value to a monitoring control device of each of the plant equipment pieces, and

wherein an equipment state monitoring device analyzes an operating state of the first plant equipment piece during a prescribed period on the basis of first monitoring data including the sensor measurement value and the operating value, and carries out determination of an optimal operating value of the first plant equipment piece depending on a result of the analysis of the operating state of the first plant equipment piece;

wherein the equipment state monitoring device analyzes the operating state of the first plant equipment piece on the basis of second monitoring data during the prescribed period generated by processing the first monitoring data received from the monitoring device and the central control device; and

wherein in the second monitoring data, the sensor measurement values are average during a prescribed time, environment data that systematically affects the sensor measurement value, disturbance data that temporarily affects the sensor measurement value, and the operating value of the first plant equipment piece are linked to a time axis and are stored.

8. The plant equipment monitoring control method according to claim 7 ,

wherein the equipment state monitoring device filters second monitoring data on the basis of a time width, the environment data, the disturbance data, and the operating value of the first plant equipment piece, and analyzes the operating state of the first plant equipment piece.

9. The plant equipment monitoring control method according to claim 7 ,

wherein the equipment state monitoring device creates a two-axis graph by using, as axes, respective two data pieces included in second monitoring data.

10. The plant equipment monitoring control method according to claim 7 , wherein the first plant equipment piece is an electrostatic precipitator of a thermal power plant,

wherein as the monitoring operating value of the electrostatic precipitator, at least one of an operation of brushing off dust in the electrostatic precipitator, a method for electrically charging an electrode of the electrostatic precipitator, and the electric power consumption of an electric charging device that applies a voltage to the electrode is included.

11. The plant equipment monitoring control method according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first plant equipment piece is an electrostatic precipitator of a thermal power plant,

wherein as the environment data, a type of coal used for a boiler of the thermal power plant and a boiler load of the boiler are included, and

wherein as the disturbance data, the execution of dust purification in an upstream of the electrostatic precipitator is included.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 10, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI POWER ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES POWER ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058845/0164 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 26, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054206/0773 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2020
From: OTANI, YUJI
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 053420/0372 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-025646 · Feb 16, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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