Method and apparatus for assessing performance of combined cycle power-plants
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJohn Jacob Patanian, Jason Darrold Gayton
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Abstract
A method of determining performance impact of individual components of a power plant on overall thermal performance of the power plant, the method including (a) designing a first thermal model of the power plant using original specification data of the power plant; (b) developing a second thermal model of the power plant from measured performance data of each component of the power plant; and (c) determining the performance impact of a selected component of the power plant on the overall thermal performance of the power plant by substituting design performance data of the selected component in the first thermal model with its measured performance data.
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A method of determining performance impact of individual components of a power plant on overall thermal performance of the power plant, the method comprising:
- (a) designing a first thermal model of the power plant using original specification data of the power plant;
- (b) developing a second thermal model of the power plant from measured performance data of each component of the power plant;
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- (c) determining the performance impact of a selected component of the power plant on the overall thermal performance of the power plant by substituting design performance data of the selected component in the first thermal model with its measured performance data.
An apparatus for determining performance impact of individual components of a power plant on overall thermal performance of the power plant, comprising:
- means for designing a first thermal model of the power plant using original specification data of the power plant;
- means for developing a second thermal model of the power plant from measured performance data of each component of the power plant;
- and
- means for determining the performance impact of a selected component of the power plant on the overall thermal performance of the power plant by substituting design performance data of the selected component in the first thermal model with its measured performance data.
A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer program logic stored thereon for enabling a processor in a computer system to process data, said computer program product comprising:
- means for designing a first model using original specification data of a power plant;
- means for developing a second model from measured performance data of each component of the power plant;
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- means for determining the performance impact of a selected component of the power plant on the overall thermal performance of the power plant by substituting design performance data of the selected component in the first model with its measured performance data.
A computer-based method for providing assistance to a user of an application program for assessing the performance impact of individual components of a power plant on overall thermal performance of the power-plant, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) using the application program to design a plant thermal model from original power-plant specification data;
- (b) using the application program to design a matched thermal plant model from measured performance data of individual components of the power-plant;
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- (c) substituting design performance data, of a select component of the power plant, in the plant thermal model with its measured performance data.
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the steps of:
- (a) designing a first thermal model of the power plant using original specification data of the power plant;
- (b) developing a second thermal model of the power plant from measured performance data of each component of the power plant;
- and
- (c) determining the performance impact of a selected component of the power plant on the overall thermal performance of the power plant by substituting design performance data of the selected component in the first thermal model with its measured performance data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.