JPH10283024A - Method for monitoring and diagnosing various plants - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for monitoring/diagnosing various plants with which monitor or diagnosis can be speedily, surely and economically performed by sampling irreducibly minimum measured data for grasping the operating state of the entire plant while considering the timewise characteristics of measured data at every equipment mainly when an event occurs. SOLUTION: Concerning the method for monitoring/diagnosing various plants with which plural pieces of measured data in different cycles corresponding to the characteristics of every equipment are preserved for prescribed time while showing the operating state of every equipment consisting of the plant and these data are transmitted through a communication line to a remote monitoring/automatic diagnostic part 300 so as to grasp the operating condition of the entire relevant plant, when the event occurs or when transmitting routine data, a data sampling part 100 samples the respective pieces of measured data for every time width corresponding to the cycle of respective measured data out of these measured data preserved retroactively from the time point. Thus, the measured data are compressed into exponent function or any similar form and transmitted to the remote monitor/automatic diagnostic part 300.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention monitors and monitors various plants, for example, various plants such as cogeneration power generation devices, based on measurement data indicating the operation status of each component.
The present invention relates to a method of diagnosing, and particularly to an improvement in a method of collecting measurement data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, in a plant of the type described above, measurement data indicating the characteristics of each device is collected, for example, at intervals of 0.1 second.
Time is saved, and based on the saved measurement data, monitoring and diagnosis are performed periodically and when an event occurs (such as a failure).

[0003] Since a plant is an aggregate of various types of equipment, the operating state of each equipment exhibits different temporal changes. For example, 1) the characteristics affected by the outside air temperature change in a long period (for example, 10 seconds), and 2) the thermal characteristics of the boiler and the like and the bearing wear amount are in a medium period (for example, 5 seconds).
Second), 3) engine governor characteristics change in a short period (for example, 1 second), and 4) instantaneous voltage drop changes instantaneously (for example, 0.1 second). Therefore, when an event such as an abnormality or a failure occurs, it is necessary to collect measurement data in a time width (also referred to as a sampling interval) corresponding to each time characteristic.

[0004] In a plant of the type described above, the components are operated while interfering with each other. For example, in the case of a co-generator plant, when the gas pressure supplied to the turbine engine fluctuates, the discharge pressure of the gas compressor fluctuates, then the amount of fuel supplied to the turbine engine fluctuates, and subsequently the generated power Fluctuating, fluctuating calorific value of exhaust gas, fluctuating boiler pressure, fluctuating steam output, and ultimately fluctuating steam turbine output (electric power). Individual properties influence each other.

[0005] Therefore, in order to monitor and diagnose a process leading up to the occurrence of an event at the time of occurrence of the event, it is necessary to collect measurement data capable of comprehensively grasping the operation state of each device constituting the plant. Specifically, the sampling period (time interval) is set to, for example, 0.1 second in consideration of the instantaneous characteristic, and the sampling time width is set to, for example, one hour in consideration of the long-term characteristic. In this way, all characteristics can be grasped. However, in practice, when setting in this way, 0.1
Even for measurement data relating to one characteristic measured every second, the number of data reaches 36,000 in one hour. If measurement data is collected for the characteristics of all the devices, a huge amount of data will be handled, and operations such as data transfer, monitoring and diagnosis will be difficult. In particular, transmission to a remote remote monitoring / automatic diagnosis unit is generally performed using a public telephone line. Therefore, such a collection method takes about half a day to transfer, so that time and cost are increased. In addition, when an event occurs, quick processing is required, so it is desirable that the number of data be as small as possible.

Therefore, a method of collecting measurement data and monitoring / diagnosing each device of a plant as follows has been generally performed. The method is to collect data for a certain period of time (for example, for one hour) by limiting to two or three types from the above-mentioned measurement data of different periods. The data thus collected is displayed on a display unit, and these data are displayed. Diagnosis is performed based on this. In addition, there is also a method of collecting measurement data for three types of sampling intervals (for example, 0.2 seconds, 1 second, and 1 minute) and corresponding times (for example, 20 seconds, 50 seconds, and 50 minutes).

[0007]

However, the above-mentioned conventional methods of collecting measurement data and monitoring / diagnosing methods of a plant have the following inconveniences. (A) Since only two or three types of measurement data can be displayed on the monitoring display screen, when monitoring / diagnosing comprehensive measurement data of all devices is to be performed, the screen is divided into multiple screens. It must be displayed, and it is difficult to display the entire screen.

(B) On the other hand, when collectively displaying and monitoring the measurement data of all the devices, several types of data and several screens of data are prepared, and the measurement data with various sampling intervals can be simultaneously and widely distributed at high speed. Therefore, a temporary storage device for data and a device for processing are extremely large, and it takes time to transfer data, resulting in inferior processing speed and economy.

(C) As a system (apparatus), all processing (data collection, data storage, data display, etc.) is performed by one apparatus (computer), so that the load on the apparatus is large. In particular, when high-speed data collection is required for monitoring and diagnosis, it is difficult to configure a system situation, and a high-performance and high-performance device is required, resulting in a significant increase in equipment costs.

[0010] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned point, and is mainly required when an event occurs, the minimum required measurement data which can accurately grasp the operating condition of the entire plant in consideration of the time characteristics of the measurement data of each device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for monitoring and diagnosing various plants, which can monitor and diagnose quickly, reliably, and economically by collecting stakes.

[0011]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the method for monitoring and diagnosing various plants according to the present invention comprises the steps of: A) indicating the operating state of each device constituting the plant and corresponding to the characteristics of each device; A plurality of measurement data with different periods are stored for a predetermined period of time, and this is remotely monitored and monitored via a communication line.
This is a method of monitoring and diagnosing various plants by transmitting to the automatic diagnosis unit and grasping the operation status of the entire plant.B) When an event occurs or at the time of regular data transmission, From the stored measurement data, each measurement data is collected by a data collection unit by a time width corresponding to a cycle of each measurement data, thereby compressing the measurement data into an exponential function or a form similar to the exponential function. This is transmitted to the monitoring / automatic diagnosis unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, C) the measurement data collected by the data collection unit is classified into four types: instantaneous, short period, medium period, and long period, and these measurement data are classified into the event data. It is preferable to collect a number of data having a time width proportional to each of the instantaneous, short cycle, middle cycle, and long cycle in order from the time of occurrence or the time of data transmission and going backward for a predetermined time.

[0013] As described in claim 3, it is preferable that D) disperse each device in at least a communication unit, a calculation unit, and a display unit in addition to the data collection unit and the remote monitoring / automatic diagnosis unit.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, E) a public telephone line can be used as a communication line of the remote monitoring / automatic diagnosis unit.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, F) a monitoring display unit may be provided between the data collection unit and the remote monitoring / automatic diagnosis unit.

[0016]

According to the method for monitoring and diagnosing various plants according to the present invention having the above-described configuration, a predetermined time which rises from the time of occurrence of an event is divided into a plurality of time zones, and the time period which rises from the time of occurrence of the event is divided into a plurality of time zones By setting the time width for sampling data as long as possible, data with a time width corresponding to the period of the measurement data is collected, so that a minimum and sufficient number of data necessary and sufficient for monitoring and diagnosis are collected,
Measurement data is compressed. For example, if the required data must satisfy two of 1) data at 1-second intervals and 2) data for 1 hour, 3600 seconds are required because 1 hour is 3600 seconds. But
In practice, it is sufficient for data of one second cycle corresponding to a time interval similar to an exponential function to be one minute before the occurrence of an event such as a failure, and data of one hour before the event is sufficient for one minute. Therefore, the data of one second cycle is 60 in one minute.
The number of data in one minute cycle is 60 in one hour, and a total of 120 data can provide contents substantially equivalent to 3600 data. By doing so, the number of pieces of measurement data having different periods can be collected so that they are all the same. By compressing such data, when displaying on the screen in the monitoring / diagnosis unit, the operation status of the entire plant can be grasped reliably and accurately without preparing many types of data and screens, facilitating monitoring and diagnosis work. become. In addition, multiple measurement data can be compressed into an exponential function or similar form, and the number of data can be greatly reduced, so that the time required to transfer data to the monitoring and automatic diagnosis unit can be greatly reduced, and transmission costs can be significantly reduced. You can,
Appropriate judgment information at the time of diagnosis of abnormality or failure can be quickly obtained, and regular monitoring and diagnosis at the time of abnormality or failure can be performed easily and quickly. In addition, the data amount in the data collection unit and the monitoring / automatic diagnosis unit can be significantly reduced. In addition, the equipment required for each section of the overall apparatus is single-function and inexpensive as the data is compressed, and the reliability of data collection is improved.

According to the monitoring / diagnosing method of the second aspect,
The data collection unit has a long period (for example, characteristics affected by the outside air temperature), a medium period (for example, thermal characteristics of a boiler or the like), a short period (for example, characteristics of an engine), and an instant (for example, electrical characteristics).
By collecting the four types of measurement data in units of time proportional to the corresponding cycle, the number of data for each type becomes the same or almost the same, despite the significant reduction in the number of data. Since all the characteristics of the device can be covered, highly reliable monitoring and diagnosis can be effectively performed with a minimum necessary number of data when an event occurs.

According to the monitoring / diagnosing method of the third aspect,
Since each device is independent of each other, for example, even if a failure or the like occurs in the monitoring / diagnosis unit, the data is stored by the storage device, while if the data collection device is damaged,
Monitoring and diagnosis can be performed using stored data, and unlike the conventional centralized management system that cannot be decentralized, each decentralized device keeps its independence. As a result, each device can be a single-function, simple-structured device, and can be monitored at low cost and with high reliability.
Diagnosis can be made. In other words, the data collected by the data collection unit is conveyed to the monitoring and automatic diagnosis unit and display unit in a minimum amount of time, and the instantaneousness of the monitoring and automatic diagnosis unit is maintained. For example, when distributed to 1) equipment that collects data, 2) equipment that stores data, 3) equipment that displays data, 4) equipment that organizes data, and 5) equipment that performs data analysis. The data analysis is possible even if the device for performing the data collection in 1) and 1) fails, and the data can be saved even if the device for performing the data analysis in 5) fails. In this way, the failure of the distributed devices does not affect other devices, and the independence is maintained.

According to the monitoring / diagnosing method of the fourth aspect,
Data transmission can be performed in a shorter time than before, without having to draw a new dedicated line in the distance, so transmission costs can be significantly reduced in the event of an event where time cannot be selected, and economic effects can be achieved Is done.

According to the monitoring / diagnosing method of the fifth aspect,
For example, on the site where the co-generator plant is installed, measurement data indicating the operation status of each device constituting the co-generator plant can be displayed and confirmed on the monitoring / display unit, so that plant-related data can be confirmed. The operator can also grasp the operation state of the device.

[0021]

Next, monitoring and monitoring of various plants according to the present invention will be described.
One embodiment of the diagnostic method will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a method for monitoring and diagnosing a plant according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a data collection unit in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the remote monitoring / automatic diagnosis unit of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is an example of data compression according to an exponential function of the monitoring / diagnosis system of the plant. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, in this embodiment, a data collection unit 100 is provided from components (eg, a gas turbine engine, a boiler, a generator, etc.) of a cogenerator power plant.
And collects the measurement data of each device during operation, and collects the collected measurement data in the monitoring / display unit 20 installed on the same site (a place several hundred meters away from the plant).
0 is displayed through the data communication line 400. Further, in order to specially monitor the equipment of the power generation plant and diagnose when an event occurs, the remote monitoring / automatic diagnosis unit 300 installed in a remote place includes the monitoring / display unit 2.
00 and a public telephone line 500. Note that the data collection unit 100
And the remote monitoring / automatic diagnosis unit 300 can be connected via the public telephone line 600, and either one is selected.

As shown in FIG. 2, measurement data from each device of the power plant, for example, A
1 to An (analog), D1 to Dn (digital) such as a failure signal, and P1 to Pn (pulse) such as fuel flow rate (integrated)
However, in the data collection unit 100 of the control room of the plant,
Automatically and continuously input to each of the data files 103 to 106 and 116 by the data input unit 101 at a preset period (for example, 0.1 second) based on each data and for a fixed time (1 hour in this example). Is saved. These data files are an instantaneous high-speed data file 103 having a very short cycle (for example, a cycle of 0.1 second),
A short cycle data file 104 having a short cycle (for example, one second cycle), a medium cycle data file 105 having a medium cycle (for example, one minute cycle), and a long cycle data file 106 having a long cycle (for example, ten minute cycle) Is divided into In the co-generator plant of this example, when the gas pressure supplied to the gas turbine engine fluctuates, the discharge pressure of the gas compressor fluctuates, and subsequently, the amount of fuel supplied to the gas turbine engine fluctuates. The output of the generated power, the calorific value of the exhaust gas, the pressure of the boiler, and the steam amount fluctuate in order, and finally the output (power) of the steam turbine fluctuates. In this way, the individual characteristics of each device interfere with each other.

When an event (such as a failure) occurs in the plant, an event signal 115 for starting diagnosis of the cause of the failure or abnormality is input. Then, the data event processing unit 107 converts the instantaneous data 110 immediately before the input (for example, 10 seconds) from the instantaneous high-speed data file 103 to the data 111 shortly before the input (for example, 1 minute) from the instantaneous data. From the data file 104, the data 112 up to the middle time before the input (for example, 10 minutes) is stored in the middle time data file 1
From time 05, data 113 up to a long time before the input (for example, 1 hour) is read from the long-time data file 106 and collected. Further, after input (after the occurrence of an event), data for 10 seconds (short-cycle data in this example) 10
9 is read from the data input unit 101 at one-second intervals and collected, and this data 109 is added to the exponential function data file 108 before and after the event occurrence as shown in FIG.
Is created, and the data communication line 4 is
00 to the outside. In other words, each of the measurement data A, D, and P is sampled for a time width proportional to the cycle (time interval) of the respective data, and the data is compressed. An exponential function data file 108 to which short period data 109 for 10 seconds is added is created.

In addition to the exponential function type data file 108, the instantaneous data 102, which changes every moment, the operation data file 116 which is constantly collected regardless of the input of the event signal 115, and the like are transmitted via the data communication unit 114. Output through the data communication line 400.

In this embodiment, as described above, the monitoring / display unit 200 is provided in the middle of the path for transmitting data from the data collection unit 100 of the plant to the remote monitoring / automatic diagnosis unit 300. In this monitoring / display unit 200, FIG.
As shown in FIG.
Of the measurement data transmitted through the data communication unit 201, the instantaneous data 102 input via the data communication unit 201 corresponds to the instantaneous data file 202 and the exponential function type data file 10
8 creates an event data file 204, and the operation data file 116 creates an operation data file 206. When the event data file 204 is displayed on a screen or printed by a printer, the event data file 204 is stored in the event data processing unit 205.
Thus, the monitoring / diagnosis processing unit 208 can output the data. Similarly, the instantaneous data processing unit 203 includes the instantaneous data file 202 and the operation data file 206, respectively.
It is configured to output the contents processed in the operation data processing unit 207 to the monitoring diagnosis processing unit 208.

The monitoring / display unit 200 is usually installed near the plant (usually within several hundred meters) on the same site as the plant.
The function of collectively managing 02, 204, and 206 is provided in a remote monitoring / automatic diagnosis unit 300 installed at a manufacturer side of a plant, which will be described later.

Since the operation data file 206 does not require any particular urgency, it is usually output from the remote data communication unit 209 through the public telephone line 500 after the operation data processing unit 207 judges the state at a stage where the operation data file 206 has been accumulated to some extent. You. In addition, since the event data file 204 often requires urgency, the event data processing unit 205 immediately starts the remote data communication unit 2 immediately after the event occurs.
09 is output. Further, the instant data file 202 can be output from the remote data communication unit 209 if requested.

Here, the configuration of the remote monitoring / automatic diagnosis unit 300 will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, an event data file 204 and an operation data file 206 inputted via the data communication unit 301 through the public telephone line 500 are shown. Are stored in the event data file 304 and the operation data file 302 for a long time. The event data file 304 is displayed on the screen by the event processing unit 305 and printed by a printer, and an automatic diagnosis is performed on the cause of the event. The operation data file 302 is used by the deterioration diagnosis unit 303 for diagnosis of deterioration due to aging.

Note that the sampling interval and the sampling time are not limited to the above-mentioned numerical values, but are appropriately determined according to the characteristics of various plants.

[0032]

As is apparent from the above description,
The method for monitoring and diagnosing various plants according to the present invention has the following effects.

(1) A plurality of measurement data can be compressed into an exponential function or a form similar thereto when an event occurs or during periodic data transmission, and the number of data can be greatly reduced. Time can be greatly reduced, transmission costs can be significantly reduced, and appropriate judgment information can be obtained quickly when diagnosing abnormalities and failures, making routine monitoring and diagnosing abnormalities and failures easy. And it can be done quickly.

(2) The amount of data in the data collection section and the monitoring / automatic diagnosis section can be significantly reduced, and the equipment required for each section of the entire apparatus due to the compression of the data is of a single function and inexpensive. And reliability in data collection is improved. Furthermore, by compressing the data, when displaying on the screen in the monitoring / diagnosis unit, the operation status of the entire plant can be grasped accurately and accurately without preparing many types of data and screens, facilitating monitoring and diagnosis work. become.

(3) In the monitoring / diagnosing method according to the second aspect,
In the data sampling unit, data sampling is performed on the plant components in a time width corresponding to each of the long-cycle, medium-cycle, short-cycle, and instantaneous measurement data according to their characteristics. It is possible to perform data compression that can provide the maximum effect with minimum and necessary and sufficient data.

(4) In the monitoring / diagnosing method according to the third aspect,
The data collected by the data collection unit is transferred to the monitoring / diagnosis unit and display unit in a minimum time, and the instantaneousness of the monitoring / diagnosis unit is maintained, so that the system components can be decentralized. In addition, it is possible to maintain the independence of each device by preventing the failure of the dispersed devices from affecting other devices.

(5) In the monitoring / diagnosing method according to claim 4,
Since data transmission is performed via a public telephone line to a distant place, there is no need to draw a new dedicated line, and data transmission can be performed efficiently in an inexpensive time zone.

(6) In the monitoring / diagnosing method according to claim 5,
Monitors measured data that indicates the operating status of each device that composes the plant, such as on the site where the plant is installed.
Since the information can be displayed and confirmed on the display unit, a plant-related worker can easily grasp the operation state of the device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing an entire system for implementing a plant monitoring / diagnosis method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a data sampling unit of the plant monitoring / diagnosis system of FIG.

FIG. 3 shows the monitoring and diagnosis of the plant monitoring and diagnostic system of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a display unit.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a remote monitoring / automatic diagnosis unit of the plant monitoring / diagnosis system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of exponential data compression of the plant monitoring / diagnosis system of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 100 Data collection unit 200 Monitoring / display unit 300 Monitoring / automatic diagnosis unit 400 Communication line 500/600 Public telephone line

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of measurement data indicating the operation state of each device constituting a plant and having a different cycle corresponding to the characteristics of each device are stored for a predetermined time, and are remotely monitored and automatically diagnosed via a communication line. Department to monitor and monitor various plants to ascertain the operating status of the entire plant.
In a diagnostic method, at the time of an event occurrence or periodic data transmission, from the measurement data stored backward from that point, each measurement data is divided by a time width corresponding to a cycle of each measurement data, A method for monitoring and diagnosing various plants, wherein measurement data is compressed into an exponential function or a form similar thereto by being collected by a collection unit, and transmitted to the remote monitoring / automatic diagnosis unit. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the measurement data collected by the data collection unit is classified into four types: instantaneous, short-period, medium-period, and long-period. 2. The monitoring and monitoring of various plants according to claim 1, wherein the data is collected in order of the number of data having a time width proportional to each of the instantaneous, short cycle, middle cycle, and long cycle times in reverse order.
Diagnostic method. 3. The data collection unit and the remote monitoring unit
The method for monitoring and diagnosing various plants according to claim 1 or 2, wherein each device is dispersed in at least a communication unit, a calculation unit, and a display unit in addition to the automatic diagnosis unit. 4. The method for monitoring and diagnosing various plants according to claim 1, wherein a public telephone line is used as a communication line of said remote monitoring / automatic diagnosis unit. 5. The method for monitoring and diagnosing various plants according to claim 1, wherein a monitoring display section is provided between said data collection section and said remote monitoring / automatic diagnosis section.