JP2003050885A - Maintenance contract method and system for power plant - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a system in which a maker can guarantee the maintenance and inspection job of a power plant implemented by a user. SOLUTION: The maker implements education for plant maintenance to a user engineer, whether or not the learned technique level of the user engineer who attends a lecture reaches a prescribed level determined by the maker is evaluated, and at the time of reaching a prescribed technique level, the user engineer is authorized as a maintenance technique qualified person. When it is confirmed that the contents of maintenance work implemented by the maintenance technique qualified person are worth guaranteeing as the maker, the maker guarantees the maintenance contents.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a power plant maintenance contracting method and system for guaranteeing a skill for maintenance work with respect to maintenance of equipment to be maintained, particularly power plant.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The relationship between conventional technical education and actual maintenance work for maintenance of a power plant will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 17, conventional technical education 8 on a power generation plant is a plant system of a power generation facility conducted by a plant manufacturer, equipment design, instrumentation control design, operation method,
Mainly desk lectures on basic techniques such as maintenance methods.
Technicians of plant users (electric power companies, etc.) have acquired general basic knowledge 7 that even inexperienced people can take, and users pay the tuition fee to the manufacturer for this education.

Further, since the manufacturer delivers the product 1, the user is obliged to carry out the facility maintenance / management work 2 at his / her own responsibility to ensure the safety of the facility. Among the power generation facilities, nuclear power generation facilities have a great social responsibility in terms of safety. In order for the user to maintain and inspect the power generation equipment, individual maintenance of system components is possible, but for the maintenance as a system and the manufacturer's technical products, the background 3a of the current maintenance limit (hardware knowledge is insufficient) Request for maintenance and inspection work3 is made to the manufacturer due to lack of specialized knowledge, operation failure if trouble occurs, etc.).

Therefore, the user orders the manufacturer at the time of maintenance / inspection work request 3 with the inspection cost and the warranty cost for the inspection, and the maker carries out the maintenance / inspection work 5.
Be responsible for the work guarantee 6. That is, the user pays the technical education cost 4c to the manufacturer in order to acquire the knowledge about the design and maintenance including the technology itself, and the maintenance and inspection cost 4a and the inspection and guarantee cost 4 to maintain the equipment.
b was paid to the manufacturer.

There is no guarantee-related relationship between the above-mentioned conventional technical education and maintenance and inspection work.

[0007]

By the way, in recent years, power plant users have been carrying out a part of the maintenance and inspection work 5 in order to reduce the amount of capital investment and to reduce the cost for maintaining and maintaining the equipment. It may be done by an affiliated company on the user's side, or a maintenance company outsourced by the user or the user himself instead of the plant maker.

However, in such a case, even if the user independently carries out the maintenance and inspection work of the main control equipment and the main equipment related to maintaining the output and function of the power plant, the manufacturer does not Professional knowledge and skills are essential.

Further, regarding the future risk relating to the maintenance and inspection work independently performed by the user, that is, the measures to be taken for the event that may occur during plant operation due to the maintenance and inspection work, It is necessary to consider more than the case where the manufacturer does. In other words, in order for the user to properly implement such measures, the manufacturer's backup is required as an essential item.

Further, the actual maintenance and inspection work requires a high level of skill, and the actual work is completed only when there is general knowledge about the maintenance and inspection, as well as knowledge and work experience peculiar to the equipment and system subject to the maintenance and inspection. However, the technical training 8 centered on general knowledge about conventional power plants is not a curriculum capable of performing actual work.

The present invention has been made in response to such a conventional situation, and the user can carry out maintenance and inspection without any trouble by the user taking the technical education conducted by the manufacturer by utilizing the information communication technology. Thus, it is an object of the present invention to provide a maintenance contract method and system for a power plant that can simultaneously reduce maintenance and inspection costs for users and avoid risks in work.

[0012]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a method for contracting maintenance of a power plant, in which a manufacturer maintains maintenance education information for a user engineer to maintain the power plant. And a confirmation step for the manufacturer to confirm whether the maintenance skill of the user technician achieved as a result of the maintenance education has reached the predetermined level, and it is confirmed that the maintenance skill has reached the predetermined level. The manufacturer confirms the certification steps that the manufacturer certifies as a maintenance skill qualified person who has a maintenance skill qualification for the user engineer, and the maintenance work performed by the maintenance skill qualified person, and the manufacturer guarantees the maintenance work. And a guarantee step to do so.

In this case, the education step, the confirmation step,
It is preferable to set the certifying step and the guaranteeing step so that they are carried out in functional block units of the plant according to the degree of maintenance difficulty.

According to a second aspect of the invention, in the maintenance contract method for a power plant according to the first aspect, a work procedure providing step in which a manufacturer provides a maintenance work procedure to a qualified qualified maintenance worker prior to a guarantee step. The guarantee step is characterized in that the guarantee in the guarantee step is performed on the maintenance work carried out by a qualified maintenance person according to the maintenance work procedure.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the maintenance contract method for a power plant according to the first aspect, the manufacturer has a preliminary confirmation step for confirming in advance the contents of the maintenance work performed by qualified maintenance personnel. The manufacturer is warranted by taking into consideration the result of preliminary confirmation in the assurance step for the maintenance work performed by the qualified person.

According to a fourth aspect of the invention, in the maintenance contract method for a power plant according to the first aspect, the manufacturer carries out maintenance re-education for a person qualified for maintenance skills at regular intervals. .

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the maintenance contract method for a power plant according to the fourth aspect, maintenance re-education for qualified maintenance personnel is performed by a server provided by the manufacturer and a user terminal provided by the user. It is characterized in that it is carried out via an information communication network between the and.

According to a sixth aspect of the invention, in the maintenance contract method for a power plant according to the first aspect, an expiration date is set for the maintenance skill qualification for a person qualified for maintenance skill, and the maintenance skill qualification is set after the expiration date. It is characterized by continuing the maintenance skill qualification on condition of the renewal procedure.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the maintenance contract method for a power plant according to the sixth aspect, the procedure for renewing the maintenance skill qualification for the maintenance skill qualified person is provided for the server provided by the manufacturer and the user. It is characterized in that it is carried out via the information communication network with the user terminal.

The invention according to claim 8 is a guarantee that the manufacturer guarantees the maintenance content carried out by a person qualified for maintenance skill in the maintenance contract method for a power plant according to any one of claims 1 to 3. It is characterized by setting a deadline for the period and continuing the guarantee after the guarantee period subject to the guarantee renewal procedure.

According to the invention of claim 9, in the maintenance contract method for a power plant according to claim 8, the manufacturer is provided with a procedure for continuing the warranty period in which the manufacturer guarantees the maintenance content carried out by qualified maintenance personnel. It is characterized in that it is carried out via an information communication network between the provided server and a user terminal provided for the user.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the maintenance contract method for a power plant according to the first aspect, the confirmation of the maintenance skill in the authorization step is performed by a server provided by the manufacturer and a user terminal provided by the user. It is characterized in that it is carried out via an information communication network.

In the maintenance contract method for the power plant described above, the manufacturer should provide the maintenance technical information including the new technical information related to the maintenance and the nonconformance information to the qualified maintenance qualified personnel for reference. It is conceivable that the setting is set to. At this time, for example, the maintenance technical information may be provided between the server provided in the maker and the user terminal provided in the user via the information communication network.

The invention according to claim 11 is the method for contracting maintenance of a power plant according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the manufacturer is a server, qualified maintenance personnel, and qualified maintenance skills. It is characterized in that it is provided with a qualified person database in which information about the attributes of persons is recorded, and the qualified person who is skilled in maintenance can be confirmed by searching the qualified person database through the server.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the maintenance contract method for a power plant according to the eleventh aspect, it is possible to search for a qualified maintenance skill person from a user terminal via an information communication network and a server. Characterize.

[0026] The invention according to claim 13 is a method for contracting maintenance of a power plant, wherein a maker provides a user engineer with maintenance education for equipment maintenance, and a user technology achieved as a result of the maintenance education. The manufacturer confirms whether the maintenance skill of the person has reached the prescribed level, and the manufacturer has the maintenance skill qualification that the manufacturer has the maintenance skill qualification for the user engineer who has been confirmed that the maintenance skill has reached the prescribed level. It is characterized by having a certification step of certifying as a qualified person and a guarantee step in which the manufacturer confirms the content of the maintenance work carried out by a qualified qualified maintenance worker and the manufacturer guarantees the maintenance work.

In the maintenance contract method of the power plant described above, the manufacturer should provide the maintenance technical information, which is a reference for maintenance, including new technical information related to maintenance and nonconformance information, to qualified personnel who have maintenance technical skills. It is conceivable that the setting is set to. At this time, for example, the maintenance technical information may be provided between the server provided in the maker and the user terminal provided in the user via the information communication network.

The invention according to claim 14 is a maintenance contract system for a power plant, for re-education to a user engineer certified as a maintenance skill qualified person having a maintenance skill qualification for maintenance of a power plant by a manufacturer. It is characterized by including a server including a database accumulating the information of (1), and providing information for re-education from the server to the user terminal via the information communication network.

The invention according to claim 15 is a maintenance contract system for a power plant, for renewing the maintenance skill qualification of a maintenance skill qualified person who has been given a limited maintenance skill qualification for maintenance of the power plant by the manufacturer. The server includes a database that stores the information of the above, and the server transmits the information for maintenance skill qualification update accumulated in the database to the user terminal provided to the user through the information communication network, and The maintenance skill qualification is updated in accordance with the maintenance skill qualification update procedure information transmitted from the terminal through the information communication network.

The invention according to claim 16 is a maintenance contract system for a power plant, which is carried out by a user engineer who has been certified as a maintenance skill qualified person who has a maintenance skill qualification in advance for maintenance of the power plant. Equipped with a server that contains a database that stores the information necessary for the continuation of the warranty period in which the manufacturer guarantees the content as the warranty continuation information.The server is required for the user to apply for the continuation of the warranty period guaranteed by the manufacturer Information is transmitted from the database to the user terminal via the information communication network, and the warranty period is continued according to the application procedure information for continuation of the warranty period transmitted from the user terminal via the information communication network. It is a thing.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a maintenance contract system for a power plant, in which the maintenance skill of a user engineer who has been certified as a maintenance skill qualified person who has a maintenance skill qualification in advance for maintenance of the power plant. It is equipped with a server that contains a database that stores information for manufacturer reconfirmation as maintenance skill reconfirmation information, and the server sends the maintenance skill reconfirmation information accumulated in the database from the server to the user terminal via the information communication network. At the same time, it is characterized in that an application for confirmation of maintenance skill transmitted from the user terminal via the information communication network is accepted.

The maintenance contract system for the power plant described above includes a database accumulating maintenance technical information that is useful for maintenance including new technical information and nonconformance information related to maintenance for qualified maintenance personnel. The server has a server, and the server communicates the maintenance technology information accumulated in the database to the user terminal of the user engineer who has been certified as a maintenance skill qualified person who has a maintenance skill qualification in advance for maintenance of the power plant. It is preferable to set the transmission via the network.

The invention according to claim 18 is a maintenance contract system for a power generation plant, wherein a list of qualified maintenance skill persons who are certified as having maintenance skill qualification by the manufacturer in advance for maintenance of the power generation plant has respective attributes. It is characterized by including a database including the recorded table and a server that can access the database and retrieve the list of qualified maintenance personnel recorded in the table.

In this case, it is preferable that the user terminal access the database including the table via the information communication network and the server, and set so that the user side can retrieve the list of qualified maintenance personnel.

The maintenance contract system for the power plant described above includes a database accumulating maintenance technical information that is useful for maintenance including new technical information and nonconformance information related to maintenance for qualified maintenance personnel. The server has a server, and the server communicates the maintenance technology information accumulated in the database to the user terminal of the user engineer who has been certified as a maintenance skill qualified person who has a maintenance skill qualification in advance for maintenance of the power plant. It is preferable to set the transmission via the network.

[0036]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION <First Embodiment> An embodiment of a maintenance contract method for a power plant according to the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the first embodiment of the present invention. In this first embodiment,
Educational information is provided from the manufacturer to the user engineer in a form that includes the conventional technical education 8 for acquiring general knowledge shown in FIG. That is, maintenance workers and instructors of the manufacturer generally use the function block unit, for example, the turbine output control system or the generator output control system as a unit, as system maintenance education 9 regarding facility maintenance skills such as facility inspection and parts replacement, It provides it to the user's technician through desk lecture and practical training according to the contents of education, basic education, specialized education, applied education, etc. From the user's point of view, this means that the equipment maintenance skill course 10 was taken.

Education is generally conducted by gathering in a place such as a training center of a manufacturer equipped with educational equipment, but depending on the case, it may be conducted at an appropriate place on the user side or by using a video conference system. , Can be done using the Internet, etc. In addition,
It is also possible to send the attendance texts to the attendees in advance, taking into consideration certain conditions such as security issues for preparing the attendees. In that case, various sending means such as mail, FAX, e-mail, website, etc. can be used.

The user engineer attends the system maintenance education 9 and takes the skill 10 of equipment maintenance provided by the maker, and confirms the skill 11 through the understanding test and the practical skill test led by the maker. It is determined whether or not the skill is acquired, and as a result, it is determined whether the acquired skill has passed or failed according to whether or not the acquired skill has reached a predetermined level.

According to the result of the skill confirmation 11 on the manufacturer side,
A qualified engineer who has been judged to have acquired sufficient maintenance skills to maintain the actual system by the user engineer is certified as a maintenance skill qualified person 13 and a skill certificate is given. The skill certificate is generally given in a form in which a certification mark is stamped on a paper on which predetermined items are printed, but it may be given in an electronic form instead of the paper. For user engineers who have failed the skill certification 12, take re-education,
Opportunity for recertification can be given.

The manufacturer confirms that there is no problem in the work content of the equipment or system for which the equipment maintenance work 15 is performed by the maintenance skill qualified person 13 of the user who has been certified as the skill 12, and then the maintenance skill qualified person Guarantee 14 is given to the maintenance contents carried out by 13. In order to provide this series of educational information and guarantee 14, the user pays the manufacturer a maintenance fee 16 consisting of an education fee and a guarantee fee such as technical and product support.

In this way, by allowing the user to take the skill education of the maker in units of function blocks, the user can perform equipment maintenance and inspection by himself, and it is possible to receive a guarantee for the work content from the maker. It is possible to reduce maintenance and inspection costs and avoid operational risks. In addition, the manufacturer loses maintenance work, but financial compensation can be obtained as compensation for it by providing technology for maintenance and training for skill assurance.

<Second Embodiment> FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment differs from the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in that the contents of the system maintenance education 9 are changed according to the degree of difficulty of the maintenance contents such as the simple maintenance course 17 and the full-scale maintenance course 20. Maintenance training 17 and 20 will be conducted in desks and practical training in units of function blocks of the power plant. In addition, the skill confirmation 11a according to the degree of difficulty in function block units is made to correspond to the system maintenance education 17 and 20 according to the degree of difficulty of each maintenance content.
11b, ... Is performed, and skill certifications 12a, 12b, ... According to each difficulty level are performed, and maintenance skill qualified persons 13a, 13b ,. The simple maintenance course 17 is a maintenance course performed by, for example, visual inspection, and the full-scale maintenance course 20 is
For example, this is a more full-scale maintenance course that includes input / output performance tests and simulation tests in addition to visual inspection.
For the simple maintenance work 18 performed by the person qualified for simple maintenance and maintenance 13a, the manufacturer provides a guarantee 14a corresponding to the simple maintenance inspection, and for the full-scale maintenance work 21 carried out by the person qualified for maintenance 13 Guarantee equivalent to 14
The manufacturer does b. These guarantees 14a, 14b, ...
・ In order to obtain the ...
Pay a, 16b, ... to the manufacturer.

According to this embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, detailed education and guarantee can be provided according to the difficulty level of maintenance skills.

<Third Embodiment> FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a third embodiment of the present invention. The third embodiment is different from the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 or the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2 in system maintenance education 9 or system maintenance education 17 according to difficulty level. Maintenance skill qualified person 13 or 13a, 13b certified by 20
, The manufacturer provides a maintenance work procedure 23 for each system or device. The maintenance work procedure 23 is a document or electronic information that summarizes the contents and procedure of the maintenance work. The manufacturer evaluates the maintenance work procedure 23 and the result of the work 15 performed by the user 13 who has qualified maintenance skills according to the maintenance work procedure 23.
If the manufacturer confirms that there is no problem, the guarantee 14 is given to the user's equipment maintenance work 15.

According to this embodiment, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. Furthermore, more appropriate work can be performed in accordance with the maintenance work procedure having more detailed information on the maintenance work process, and its guarantee can be made more appropriate according to the actual condition of the work.

<Fourth Embodiment> FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention. The fourth embodiment is different from the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 or the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2 in system maintenance education 9 or system maintenance education 17 according to the degree of difficulty. Maintenance skill qualified person 13 or 13a, 13 certified by 20
b ,. ． ． The manufacturer grasps and confirms the work content of the equipment maintenance work item 25 to be performed by the manufacturer in advance. Based on this confirmation result, the qualified maintenance personnel 13 conducts the equipment maintenance work 15, and the manufacturer evaluates the result of the performed work 27, confirms that there is no problem, and guarantees the contents of the equipment maintenance work 14. Depending on the case, the work for the manufacturer to grasp and confirm the contents of the maintenance work by the user is
It may be after the maintenance work by the user.

According to this embodiment, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. Furthermore, it is possible to provide a more appropriate guarantee in accordance with the maintenance work actually performed.

<Fifth Embodiment> FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a fifth embodiment of the present invention. The fifth embodiment is different from the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 or the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2 in system maintenance education 9 or system maintenance education 17 according to the degree of difficulty. Maintenance skill qualified person 13 (13a, 13b, ...
・ Included) is held every 29 days for a certain period, and a desk lecture, a practical skill course, or a re-training consisting of both is carried out as system maintenance education 28a, 28b, ..., and the maintenance skill level of the maintenance skill qualified person is maintained. Improve.

The system maintenance education as the retraining here can also be realized as education utilizing the Internet or the like as described in the first embodiment. One aspect thereof will be described in a sixth embodiment described later.

According to this embodiment, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. Furthermore, it becomes easier to maintain the maintenance and inspection work performed by a person qualified for maintenance skill with high accuracy and long term commensurate with the guarantee.

<Sixth Embodiment> FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a sixth embodiment of the present invention. This sixth embodiment differs from the fifth embodiment shown in FIG. 5 in system maintenance education 9 or system maintenance education 1 according to the degree of difficulty.
The maintenance skill qualified person 13 (including 13a, 13b, ...) Certified by 7 and 20 gives a desk lecture or a practical skill course or both for every fixed period 29 to the information communication network 33 such as a website or a network system. By providing the re-education information 31a stored in the database 31 on the maker side to the user terminals 32a, 32b, 32c, which are, for example, personal computers (PC), from the server 30 through dialogue screens, images, etc. System maintenance re-education 28a, 28b, ... Is carried out to maintain and improve the maintenance skill level of qualified maintenance skill personnel.

According to this embodiment, the same effect as that of the fifth embodiment can be obtained.

<Seventh Embodiment> FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a seventh embodiment of the present invention. In the seventh embodiment, the manufacturer gives the user technician a maintenance skill in comparison with the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 or the second embodiment shown in FIG. A fixed period 36 is set for the certification period of the maintenance skill qualified person 13, re-education of the maintenance skill is carried out again in order to continue this certification, and then the skill certification renewal judgment 34 is carried out. Skill certification 12a, 1 for qualified maintenance personnel 13
Update the certification by doing 2b. In other words, after the expiration date of the maintenance skill qualification, the qualification will be continued subject to this qualification renewal procedure. At the time of skill certification, maintenance qualified personnel who have not reached the prescribed level will not be renewed their certifications, and will be given the opportunity to retrain and be recertified. Skill certification judgment relating to renewal of certification 34
At the time of application, the user pays the skill certification renewal fee 35 to the manufacturer.

As described above, since the qualification is updated after confirming the maintenance skill level of the maintenance skill qualified person 13, the maintenance skill qualified person 13 is in the position of both the manufacturer and the user.
It is possible to maintain the reliability of the maintenance work carried out by the customer higher.

<Eighth Embodiment> FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an eighth embodiment of the present invention. The eighth embodiment is certified by the system maintenance education 9 (FIG. 1) or the system maintenance education 17, 20 (FIG. 2) according to the difficulty level with respect to the seventh embodiment shown in FIG. The maintenance certification qualified person 13 or 13a, 13b, ... has a limit of 36 for the certification period, and in order to continue this certification, the skill certification renewal judgment 34 and the education certification 12a, 12b By using the information communication network 33 such as a website or a network system for the qualification update procedure, etc., the system maintenance skill certification accumulated in the database 37 is displayed by using the dialogue screens and images via the server 30 of the manufacturer. Qualifications are provided while providing the qualification update information 37a and performing the update determination 34 such as skill confirmation to maintain the skill level of maintenance qualified personnel who have reached a predetermined pass level. Carry out the new.

Further, the user can view at least a part of the system maintenance skill certification qualification update information 37a from the server 30 via, for example, the user terminals 32a ,. In some cases, it is desirable to disclose the information related to the qualified individual among users as personal information in consideration of security so that it is not viewed by others.

As a result, the same effect as that of the eighth embodiment can be obtained.

<Ninth Embodiment> FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the ninth embodiment of the present invention. This ninth embodiment is different from any of the first to fourth embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 in that the manufacturer's guarantee 14 for maintenance and inspection performed by a person qualified for maintenance skill is fixed for a certain period of time 36. The term will be set, and the warranty will continue for a certain period of time, subject to the procedure for renewal by a person with qualified maintenance skills or the user. As a result, the user can continue to receive the manufacturer's guarantees 14a and 14b for the equipment maintenance works 15a and 15b performed after updating the equipment maintenance work 15. At the time of the warranty renewal determination 38 of these warranty periods, the user pays the warranty renewal cost 39 to the manufacturer.

As a result, the user can be guaranteed with higher reliability.

<Tenth Embodiment> FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a tenth embodiment of the present invention. This tenth
This embodiment is different from the ninth embodiment shown in FIG. 9 in that system maintenance education 9 or maintenance skill qualified persons 13 (13a, 13b) certified by system maintenance education 17, 20 according to the degree of difficulty. , Etc.) for the facility maintenance work 15 performed by the information communication network 33 such as the website or the network system for the guarantee renewal judgment 38 for continuing the guarantee 14. , The warranty update information 40a for the system maintenance stored in the database 40 is provided to the user terminals 32a, 32b, 32c, ... The renewal judgment 38 is performed, and the guarantee is renewed while maintaining the skill level.

As a result, the same effect as that of the ninth embodiment can be obtained. Furthermore, it is possible to more accurately and easily renew the guarantee for each person qualified for maintenance skills, and to always provide a guarantee that matches the actual situation.

<Eleventh Embodiment> FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the eleventh embodiment of the present invention. This eleventh
This embodiment is different from the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 or the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2 in system maintenance education 9 or system maintenance education 17, 20 according to the degree of difficulty.
Personnel qualified by maintenance skills 13 (13a, 13
b) is included in the database 41 of the manufacturer by using the information communication network 33 such as the website or the network system to confirm whether the maintenance skill is maintained. The comprehension level test and the practical skill test are displayed on the user terminal 32 via the server 30 with the system maintenance skill confirmation information 41a by using an interactive screen, an image, or the like.
a, 32b, 32c, ...

As a result, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. Furthermore, it is possible to efficiently check whether the maintenance skills possessed by the user are maintained to an appropriate degree, for example, when the manufacturer and the user are remote,
Even if the manufacturer provides maintenance training and warranty certification from a single location to qualified personnel who have maintenance skills for multiple power plants, the manufacturer can easily confirm the skill level. it can.

<Twelfth Embodiment> FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing a twelfth embodiment of the present invention. This 12th
In this embodiment, the manufacturer maintains the maintenance skill for the maintenance skill qualified person 13 or 13a, 13b, ... In any of the first to eleventh embodiments shown in FIGS. The purpose is to provide maintenance technology information such as new technology information 42, nonconformity information 43, and maintenance method information 44 to the maintenance skill qualified person 13 of the user to improve the knowledge and skill of the maintenance skill qualified person. Here, the new technology information 42 literally means a new technology related to maintenance, and includes new product information. Nonconformance information 4
3 is information related to the fact that the maintenance content is inconvenient and the previous maintenance content is determined to be non-conforming, and the maintenance method information 44 is the maintenance method established up to that point. It is related maintenance reference information.

As a result, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. In addition, users can perform maintenance work more realistically because they can constantly refer to information based on the latest technology and knowledge regarding maintenance work of power plants and systems that continuously develop. You can get the guarantee according to the situation.

<Thirteenth Embodiment> FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the thirteenth embodiment of the present invention. This thirteenth
The embodiment of the present invention is different from the twelfth embodiment shown in FIG. 12 in order to maintain the skill of maintenance qualified person 13.
Information such as new technology information 42, nonconformity information 43, and maintenance method information 44 (FIG. 12) accumulated in the database 45 is used as maintenance technology information 45a from the manufacturer's server 30 to the information communication network 3 such as a website or a network system.
User terminal 3 using an interactive screen, video, etc.
2a, 32b, 32c will be provided to improve the knowledge of qualified maintenance personnel 13.

As a result, the same effect as that of the eleventh embodiment can be obtained. Further, by appropriately updating the information based on the latest technology and knowledge, the user can always perform maintenance work based on the latest information.

<Fourteenth Embodiment> FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing the fourteenth embodiment of the present invention. This 14th
The embodiment of the first to twelfth embodiments shown in FIGS.
Each of the power stations A, B, ...
・ Maintenance skill qualified persons 49a, 49b, scattered in N ・ ・
・ The database 46 stores the attributes such as ID, name, power plant name, certification target system, certification level, and remarks of all maintenance skill qualified persons so that 49n can be easily searched as the maintenance skill qualified person information 46a. The registration information is registered by the registration means 47, or the registered information is searched by the search means 48.

As a result, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. Further, a user having a plurality of power plants can easily plan the staffing of qualified maintenance personnel in an emergency and at the time of regular inspection.

<Fifteenth Embodiment> FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing the fifteenth embodiment of the present invention. This 15th
This embodiment is different from the fourteenth embodiment shown in FIG. 14 in that the maintenance skill qualified persons 49a, 4 scattered in each power plant.
9b, ... 49n can be searched easily, and the attributes such as ID, name, power plant name, system to be certified, certification level, remarks, etc. of all persons qualified for maintenance skills are maintained. Registration means 47 in the database 50 as 50a
Is registered via the server 30 or the registered information is searched for via the server 30 by the search means 48.

As a result, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained. Further, a user having a plurality of power plants can easily plan the staffing of qualified maintenance personnel in an emergency and at the time of regular inspection. Furthermore, the user also has user terminals 32a, 32b,
The user can easily collect the maintenance skill qualified person information 50a from 32c, ... Through the information communication network 33 and the manufacturer side server 30 using an interactive screen, an image, or the like, and use it as a reference.

It goes without saying that the respective embodiments described above can be operated as a maintenance contract method by appropriately combining them.

<Sixteenth Embodiment> FIG. 16 is a functional block diagram of a maintenance contract system for a power plant showing a sixteenth embodiment of the present invention. The sixteenth embodiment relates to one mode of a maintenance contract system suitable for realizing the maintenance contract method for a power plant according to the first to fifteenth embodiments shown in FIGS. . The system for realizing the maintenance contract method according to each of the above-described embodiments is not limited to the system described below as the present embodiment.

The power generation plant maintenance contract system 101 of the present embodiment has an input means 102 exemplified by a keyboard and a mouse, and an output means 103 exemplified by a display and a printer, and realizes the functions described below. Memory that stores programs and databases to run, CPU
And the arithmetic unit illustrated in FIG. The system itself is connected to a network 100 configured as a suitable communication network exemplified as a LAN, the Internet, or an intranet. For example, from the user terminal including the personal computer described above to the network 1
Input or output via 00.

The maintenance contract system 101 provides a maintenance education providing means 104 for providing system maintenance education information on facility maintenance in functional block units, and a predetermined target for the user (trainee) who receives the education information. Corresponds to the skill qualification certifying means 105 that makes a judgment to determine whether or not the maintenance skill has been acquired and certifies the maintenance skill to the acquired person, and the target of the maintenance work performed by a qualified person who has acquired the skill qualification. Work target guarantee certifying means for maintenance and warranty 1
06, a maintenance work procedure creating means 107 for creating a maintenance work procedure as information indicating the content and procedure of the maintenance work corresponding to the system or equipment subject to the maintenance education, and a qualified person who has been certified as a skill qualification. The maintenance work evaluation means 108 which evaluates the maintenance work performed by the above and confirms that the work has been performed without any problem and guarantees the corresponding work.

The maintenance contract system 104 has four databases described below. The maintenance education teaching material database 113 stores teaching materials used for maintenance work education and provided to users. The qualification information database 114 stores personal information about the user who is required for skill qualification and the qualifications that the target person has, test data when making a decision in qualification, and whether or not the work is standard. Stores work target data for making a judgment and guaranteeing the work target. The standard work process database 115 stores information on work target devices and systems for creating maintenance work procedures, their work items, and work order. In the input / output information database 112,
The information input or output by the input unit 102 and the output unit 103 is stored in time series.

When the maintenance education provision request is input to the input means 102 (S1), the maintenance contract provision means 104 refers to the qualification certification information database 114 and collates the user target person information to identify the authenticated target person. On the other hand, the teaching material stored in the maintenance education teaching material database 113 is provided as maintenance education information in response to a request for the education level or target device or system (T1).

When the skill qualification qualification request is input to the input means 102 (S2), the skill qualification qualification means 105 refers to and collates with the qualification qualification information database 114, and the qualification qualification information database for the authenticated target person. A test is performed based on the test data stored in 114. For example, when a test question is presented to the target person from the test data via the output means 103 and a reply is received from the target person, the qualification information database 114 makes a determination based on the reply. As a result, when it is determined that the qualification can be certified, the qualification information (qualification certificate) (T2) is output.

When the information of the qualified person, the information (S3) on the work contents performed by the qualified person and the work target guarantee certification request (S4) are input to the input means 102, the work target guarantee certification means 106: The qualified person information is referred to and collated by referring to the qualified person information database 114, and the certified work person certified information (T3) for guaranteeing the certified working person with respect to the performed working object is output.

Information on the qualified person, information on the work contents performed by the qualified person (S3), and a request to present the maintenance work procedure on the work contents to the input means 102 (S5).
When the information is input, the maintenance work procedure creating means 107 refers to the qualification information database 114 to refer to and collate with the qualified person information, and stores it in the standard work process database 115 for the authenticated qualified person. Based on the obtained work process data, maintenance work procedure information corresponding to the required maintenance target or the degree of qualification of a qualified person is created and output (T4).

When the information of the qualified person, the information (S3) about the work performed by the qualified person and the maintenance work evaluation request (S6) are input to the input means 102, the work target guarantee certifying means 106 causes the qualification. Certification information database 114
Refer to, verify, verify, and authenticate qualified person information. Further, the maintenance work evaluation means 108 makes a judgment based on the work target data stored in the qualification information database 114 based on the information on the work contents actually carried out, and judges that the maintenance work can be guaranteed. In this case, the work guarantee information as the evaluation result is output (T5). At this time, the work target guarantee certifying means 106 also outputs work target guarantee certifying information (T3).

The qualification information database 114 of the maintenance contract system 101 described above includes the qualified maintenance personnel and the attributes of each qualified person (for example, education history, qualification type, qualified income, renewal, work performance status). The table is composed of data on time series data, etc.). In this embodiment, a user connects to the qualification information database 114 in the maintenance contract system 101 via the network 100, that is, from a user terminal connected to this server via a server (not shown). The certified information database 114 is accessed to confirm the qualified person or search the qualified person list. As a result, when a maintenance / inspection work process is set up, the information obtained by referring to the qualified person data table of the qualification / certification information database 114 is used to identify which device system is qualified for maintenance / inspection work. By doing so, it is possible to easily create an appropriate work process and carry out maintenance and inspection work.

The maintenance contract system 101 described above preferably includes the re-education providing means 109. When the re-education provision request (S1 ′) is input to the input means 102 or when the skill evaluation qualification qualification means determines that the qualification cannot be granted, the re-education provision means 109
After the user is authenticated as necessary, the teaching material for re-education is presented by referring to the maintenance-education teaching-material database 113 (T1 ′) to perform the re-education.

It is preferable that the maintenance contract system 101 includes the skill qualification renewal certifying means 110.
When the skill qualification renewal authorization request (S2 ′) is input to the input means 102, the skill qualification renewal authorization means 110 collates and authenticates the qualified person and acquires information regarding the expiration date of the qualification. At this time, if necessary, the re-training described in the fifth embodiment is performed, and the skill qualification certifying means 10 described above is used.
In the same manner as in step 5, the skill qualification is renewed and certified, and qualification renewal certification information (T1 ′) is output.

It is preferable that the maintenance contract system 101 is provided with the guarantee renewal certifying means 111. When the information of the qualified person, the information on the work contents performed by the qualified person (S3) and the work target warranty renewal authorization request (S4 ') are input to the input means 102, the guarantee renewal authorization means 111 determines Performs verification and certification of qualified persons, and obtains information regarding the expiration date of the qualification or guarantee target guarantee. At this time, if necessary, the retraining described in the fifth embodiment is performed, and the work target guarantee certifying means 106 described above is provided.
In the same manner as described above, the work target guaranteed renewal certification information (T3 ′) is output by performing the renewal of the work target performed by the qualified person.

According to the present embodiment described above, the target person of the user (trainee), education, qualification judgment (test), qualification, authentication of qualified person, guarantee of work target, etc. By appropriately performing training according to the status of education and work performance, and by collectively managing the qualification skills possessed by multiple qualified personnel individually, storing it in the qualification certification information database and updating it at any time, It is possible to easily create a repair plan for the user to efficiently and appropriately carry out the maintenance and inspection work of the entire plant by sending appropriate qualified personnel to each maintenance work.

Even if the maintenance contract system is constructed as a simplified system by omitting a part of each means and database in this embodiment as appropriate, a sufficient effect is obtained as far as the above-mentioned functions are provided for each means. It goes without saying that it will exert its power.

In each of the above-described embodiments, description has been made assuming that the user is an electric power company or the like who is a user of the power generation plant and the manufacturer is a manufacturer who manufactures the power generation plant. It is also possible to envisage a business operator, etc. that uses the power to generate its own power or sell it. Also, as a manufacturer, a plant manufacturer is a joint venture with a user, another manufacturer or user, a service provider who specializes in maintenance services, or a joint venture with another person such as an insurance company that guarantees risk. Or it may be another person in a cooperative relationship with the plant manufacturer.

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As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible for the user to perform equipment maintenance inspection by himself / herself by receiving the maintenance skill education information of the manufacturer, and it is also possible to receive a guarantee for the work content from the manufacturer. It is possible to avoid the work risk of doing so. Also, the manufacturer can provide and guarantee appropriate technical information and maintenance education information based on consideration.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a third embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a fifth embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram showing an eighth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a ninth embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram showing a tenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram showing an eleventh embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a twelfth embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram showing a thirteenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a fourteenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a configuration diagram showing a fifteenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a functional block diagram of a power generation plant maintenance contract system according to a sixteenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

30 ... Server, 31 ... Database, 31a ... Re-education information, 32a ... A power station user terminal (PC1), 3
2b ... B power station user terminal (PC2), 32c ... C
Power station user terminal (PC3), 33 ... Information and communication network,
37 ... Database, 37a ... System maintenance skill certification qualification update information, 40 ... Database, 40a ... Warranty update information, 41 ... Database, 41a ... System maintenance skill confirmation information, 42 ... New technology information, 43 ... Nonconformance information, 44 ...
Maintenance method information, 45 ... Database, 45a ... Maintenance technology information, 46 ... Database, 46a ... Maintenance skill qualified person information, 47 ... Registration means, 48 ... Search means, 50 ... Database, 50a ... Maintenance skill qualified person information, 100 ... Network, 101 ... Power plant maintenance contract system,
102 ... Input means, 103 ... Output means, 104 ... Maintenance education providing means, 105 ... Skill qualification certifying means, 106 ... Work target guarantee certifying means, 107 ... Maintenance work procedure creating means, 1
08 ... Maintenance work evaluation means, 109 ... Re-education providing means, 1
10 ... Skill qualification renewal authorization means, 111 ... Warranty renewal authorization means, 112 ... Input / output information database, 113 ... Maintenance education teaching material database, 114 ... Qualification authorization information database, 115 ... Standard work process database

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Minoru Yamada             66-2 Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture             Engineering Co., Ltd.

Claims (18)

[Claims] 1. An educational step in which a manufacturer provides maintenance education information for maintaining a power plant to a user engineer, and whether the maintenance skill of the user engineer achieved as a result of the maintenance education has reached a predetermined level. A confirmation step of confirming by the manufacturer whether or not, and a certification step of the manufacturer certifying as a maintenance skill qualified person having a maintenance skill qualification for the user engineer confirmed that the maintenance skill has reached the predetermined level, A maintenance contract method for a power plant, comprising a guarantee step in which the manufacturer confirms the content of the maintenance work performed by the qualified maintenance personnel and the manufacturer guarantees the maintenance work. 2. A maintenance procedure providing step, in which a manufacturer provides a maintenance procedure to the maintenance qualified person, prior to the guarantee step, wherein the guarantee in the guarantee step is performed by the maintenance qualified person. The maintenance contract method for a power plant according to claim 1, wherein the maintenance contract is performed according to a maintenance procedure. 3. A pre-confirmation step in which the manufacturer confirms in advance the content of the maintenance work carried out by qualified maintenance personnel,
The maintenance contract method for a power plant according to claim 1, wherein the manufacturer guarantees the maintenance work performed by the qualified maintenance personnel in consideration of the result of the preliminary confirmation in the guarantee step. 4. The maintenance contract method for a power plant according to claim 1, wherein the manufacturer has a re-education step of providing maintenance re-education information to a person qualified for maintenance skills at regular intervals. 5. The maintenance re-education for said qualified maintenance personnel is carried out between a server provided in the maker and a user terminal provided in the user via an information communication network. The maintenance contract method for the power plant described in 4. 6. The maintenance skill qualification for the maintenance skill qualified person is set to an expiration date, and after the expiration date, the maintenance skill qualification is continued on condition of the maintenance skill qualification renewal procedure. Item 1. A maintenance contract method for a power plant according to Item 1. 7. The maintenance skill qualification renewal procedure for the maintenance skill qualified person is carried out between a server provided in the maker and a user terminal provided in the user through an information communication network. The maintenance contract method for a power plant according to claim 6. 8. A guarantee period in which a manufacturer guarantees the content of the maintenance work performed by the qualified maintenance personnel is set as a deadline.
The maintenance contract method for a power plant according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the warranty is continued after the warranty period on condition of a warranty renewal procedure. 9. An information communication network between a server provided in the maker and a user terminal provided in the user for a renewal procedure of the guarantee in which the maker guarantees the contents of the maintenance work carried out by the qualified maintenance technician. The maintenance contract method for a power plant according to claim 8, wherein the maintenance contract method is performed via 10. The confirmation of the maintenance skill in the certifying step is performed between a server provided in a maker and a user terminal provided in a user via an information communication network. The maintenance contract method for the power plant described in. 11. The manufacturer comprises a server and a qualified person database recording the attributes of the qualified maintenance personnel and each qualified maintenance person, and searching the qualified person database via the server. The maintenance contract method for a power plant according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that it is possible to confirm a person qualified to perform maintenance. 12. The maintenance contract method for a power plant according to claim 11, wherein the search for qualified maintenance skill personnel can be performed from a user terminal via an information communication network and the server. 13. A training step for a manufacturer to carry out maintenance training for equipment maintenance to a user engineer, and whether or not the maintenance skill of the user engineer achieved as a result of the maintenance training has reached a predetermined level. A confirmation step confirmed by the manufacturer, a certification step in which the manufacturer certifies a user engineer whose maintenance skill is confirmed to have reached the predetermined level as a maintenance skill qualified person having a maintenance skill qualification, and the maintenance skill A maintenance contract method for equipment that has a guarantee step in which the manufacturer confirms the contents of the maintenance work performed by a qualified person and the manufacturer guarantees the maintenance work. 14. A server including a database accumulating information for re-education for a user engineer certified as a maintenance skill qualified person having a maintenance skill qualification regarding maintenance of a power plant by a maker, comprising: A maintenance contract system for a power plant, wherein the maintenance information is provided from the server to a user terminal via an information communication network. 15. A server including a database accumulating information for renewing the maintenance skill qualification of a maintenance skill qualified person who has been given a maintenance skill qualification for maintenance of a power plant by a manufacturer. The information for updating the maintenance skill qualification accumulated in the database is transmitted to the user terminal provided to the user via the information communication network, and the maintenance transmitted from the user terminal via the information communication network. A maintenance contract system for a power plant, which updates maintenance skill qualifications in accordance with procedure update information. 16. The maintenance procedure performed by a user engineer who has been certified as a maintenance skill qualified person who has a maintenance skill qualification by the manufacturer for maintenance of the power plant is necessary for the continuation procedure of the warranty period in which the manufacturer guarantees the maintenance content. A server including a database accumulating information as warranty continuation information is provided, and the server provides information necessary for the user to apply for the continuation of the warranty period guaranteed by the manufacturer from the database via the information communication network. A maintenance contract system for a power plant, which is transmitted to a user terminal and continues the warranty period in accordance with the warranty period continuation application procedure information transmitted from the user terminal via the information communication network. 17. The maintenance skill reconfirmation information is stored as information for the manufacturer to reconfirm the maintenance skill of a user engineer who has been certified as a maintenance skill qualified person who has a maintenance skill qualification for the maintenance of a power plant. A server including a database, the server transmitting maintenance skill reconfirmation information accumulated in the database from the server to a user terminal via an information communication network, and from the user terminal via the information communication network. A maintenance contract system for power plants, which accepts applications for confirmation of maintenance skills that have been received. 18. A database including a table in which a list of qualified maintenance personnel who have been certified as having maintenance skills by the manufacturer for maintenance of a power plant is recorded together with respective attributes, and the table is accessed by the database. A maintenance contract system for a power plant with a server for retrieving a list of qualified maintenance personnel recorded in.