Remote monitoring system

Patent 7158919 Issued on January 2, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date:

June 2, 2024. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Rolls-Royce plc

Application

No. 10857905 filed on 06/02/2004

US Classes:

702/188, Remote supervisory monitoring703/18, Power system376/245, TESTING, SENSING, MEASURING, OR DETECTING A FISSION REACTOR CONDITION376/277, REACTOR PROTECTION OR DAMAGE PREVENTION340/635, Condition of electrical apparatus702/183, Diagnostic analysis376/216, Plural sensed different conditions or measured variables correlated376/215, By electronic signal processing circuitry (e.g., plural redundant circuits)376/217, Control programs137/554, Electrical700/29, Having model702/185, Cause or fault identification73/865.9, TESTING OF APPARATUS714/1, Reliability and availability376/259, By particular instrumentation circuitry702/184, Maintenance700/65, Operator control of remotely located element702/181, Probability determination700/27, Having status indication702/1, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM IN A SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENT702/182, Performance or efficiency evaluation700/108, Performance monitoring705/1, AUTOMATED ELECTRICAL FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS PRACTICE OR MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENT710/15, Peripheral monitoring800/288, Nonplant protein is expressed from the polynucleotide705/28, Inventory management718/105Load balancing

Examiners

Primary: Assouad, Patrick

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

1 288 810 EP 03/01/2003
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International Class

G06F 19/00

Abstract

A remote monitoring system including a sub-system, local to a nuclear power plant and a remote sub-system at an operations base. Process data is collected manually by a hand-held computer and automatically by instrumentation on the power plant. The data collected is stored on a storage device before being transmitted via a communication link to a remote computer. The remote computer runs data analysis and diagnostic simulations on the process data from the power plant to predict future events.