Plant operation system and plant operation method

A plant operation method for a plant operation system configured to support operation of a plant the plant operation system comprising;

• an operation monitoring system configured to control the operation of the plant;
• an operation history database configured to store the plant operation data;
• an abnormality indication monitoring system configured to monitor an indication of abnormality of the plant;
• an abnormality diagnosis system configured to perform a diagnosis of abnormality of the plant;
• and
• a maintenance system configured to store information for maintenance of the plant in a maintenance database and to provide the information to a maintenance worker of the plant;
• wherein
• the operation monitoring system, the abnormality indication monitoring system, and the abnormality diagnosis system are connected via unit bus to one another so as to be able to communicate from the operation monitoring system to the abnormality indication monitoring system and the abnormality diagnosis system and
• the abnormality diagnosis system and the maintenance system are connected via unit bus to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other;
• the method comprising;
• acquiring and monitoring, in the operation monitoring system, a plurality of measurement parameters which are output from a plurality of measuring instruments provided in the plant as plant operation data to control the operation of the plant based on the plant operation data;
• storing step, in the operation history database, the plant operation data;
• monitoring, in the abnormality indication monitoring system, an indication of abnormality of the plant, based on history of the plant operation data stored in the operation history database;
• performing, in the abnormality diagnosis system, a diagnosis of abnormality of the plant, based on a result of the abnormality indication which is detected by the abnormality indication monitoring system to output a diagnosis result;
• and
• acquiring, in the maintenance system, maintenance data from a maintenance database which stores therein the diagnosis results from the abnormality diagnosis system as the maintenance data for the plant, providing the acquired maintenance data to a maintenance worker of the plant and storing a maintenance inspection result obtained by inspection work by the maintenance worker in the maintenance database, characterized in that
• the method comprising;
• in performing the diagnosis of abnormality of the plant, comparing an abnormality sign pattern generated by the current plant operation data with a plurality of abnormality model patterns of the past plant operation data stored in the operation history database, and when the abnormality sign pattern corresponds to one of the plurality of abnormality model patterns, specifying an occurrence probability corresponding to a cause of the specified abnormality as the diagnosis result and outputting the diagnosis result to the maintenance system;
• and
• when the abnormality sign pattern corresponds to some of the plurality of abnormality model patterns, specifying, using a Bayesian network as a statistical model, each of the occurrence probabilities corresponding to each of causes of the specified abnormalities as the diagnosis result and outputting the diagnosis result to the maintenance system.