Method and device for recording maintenance of equipment at each point of transformer substation
By using mobile terminals for data collection and substation equipment maintenance and recording devices, the electronic recording of substation equipment status has been achieved, solving the problem of information flow issues caused by paper ledgers and improving the efficiency of equipment maintenance and the timeliness of risk notifications.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202511008797.4
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-07-22
- Publication Date
- 2025-11-14
AI Technical Summary
In the current technology, the maintenance and upkeep records of substation equipment rely on paper ledgers. New personnel have difficulty understanding the specific condition of the equipment, resulting in poor information transmission and affecting work efficiency.
The equipment status is recorded using a data acquisition mobile terminal. The mobile terminal captures images of the equipment before and after its operation, and the electronic records, including pictures, videos, and text, are saved and sent to the substation equipment maintenance record device. Risk indicators are set and encrypted compressed emails are sent.
It provides electronic equipment status records, making it easier for new personnel to understand the equipment status, improving information transmission efficiency, reducing the impact of reviewing paper ledgers, and ensuring the basis for equipment maintenance and timely notification of risks.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This invention relates to a method for maintaining substation equipment, and more specifically, to a method and apparatus for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in a substation. Background Technology
[0002] As is widely known, a substation is a voltage conversion point for electricity. During power transmission, to reduce line losses and improve transmission efficiency, electricity is typically transmitted at high voltage at power plants. Then, the substation converts the ultra-high voltage or high voltage generated by the power plant into the actual voltage required by the user. Substations are equipped with a series of control and protection devices to ensure the stability and safety of the power system. The main equipment in a substation includes transformers, high-voltage interconnecting reactors, circuit breakers, disconnect switches, current transformers, voltage transformers, surge arresters, combined electrical appliances, primary equipment, and a substation monitoring system. Equipment such as relay protection, power distribution devices, compensation devices, and protective electrical appliances; the method used in daily equipment maintenance is to check the equipment manufacturer's instruction manual, electrical equipment factory test records, relevant installation and handover documents, electrical equipment improvement, major and minor repair construction records and reports, annual major repair and periodic preventive construction reports, special reports on electrical equipment accidents, faults and operation analysis, as well as records of serious defects, equipment changes and modifications of electrical equipment; this method is only familiar to the original management personnel, and newly joined personnel cannot obtain the specific information. Summary of the Invention
[0003] The purpose of this invention is to address the shortcomings of existing methods by disclosing a method and device for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in a substation. This method uses a mobile terminal to collect data and record the equipment status before and after maintenance, providing a basis for subsequent maintenance and upkeep.
[0004] In order to achieve the objective of this invention, this application discloses the following technical solution: A method and device for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in a substation: During the equipment maintenance and upkeep process in the substation, a data acquisition mobile terminal is used to take pictures of the equipment's pre-operation status and post-operation status at the start of the operation and after the operation, respectively. The data is then imported into the substation equipment maintenance and upkeep recording device via the data acquisition mobile terminal, where the pictures and supplementary text are recorded. Data acquisition mobile terminal, used to record photos or videos of the equipment maintenance process; The substation equipment maintenance record device is used to save pictures or videos taken during the equipment maintenance process. Finally, the data is placed in a folder and the substation name and risk label are marked on the folder.
[0005] The aforementioned method and device for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in a substation includes equipment such as transformers, high-voltage interconnected reactors, circuit breakers, disconnect switches, current transformers, voltage transformers, surge arresters, combined electrical appliances, primary equipment, substation monitoring systems, relay protection, power distribution equipment, compensation devices, and protective electrical equipment. When there are many devices to be maintained and repaired, each device is placed in a subfolder, and an .xlsx format document directory is set in each folder. The document directory includes the equipment manufacturer, manufacturing date, installation date, previous repair time, and repair reason.
[0006] The aforementioned method and device for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in the substation includes a prominent * label on the subfolder containing problematic equipment.
[0007] The aforementioned method and device for recording equipment maintenance at various points in a substation involves encrypting and compressing a folder using the substation equipment maintenance record device and then sending it to the unit's management department via email.
[0008] The method and device for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in the substation shall indicate the presence or absence of risk by marking it with a solid five-pointed star “★” and the corresponding number of solid five-pointed stars “★” for each risk level on the folder.
[0009] When a solid five-pointed star risk level mark appears on the folder in the method and device for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in the substation, the operator must simultaneously notify the unit's management department by phone.
[0010] The method and device for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in the substation, wherein the text records are saved in doc format documents, and when a solid five-pointed star risk level indicator appears on the folder, the corresponding record can be printed in bold red font.
[0011] The aforementioned method and device for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in a substation, wherein the equipment maintenance and upkeep recording device is also used to record in writing the working time, location, equipment operating status, troubleshooting of potential equipment malfunctions, maintenance and upkeep of personnel involved in the maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in the substation.
[0012] Based on the above disclosure, the beneficial effects of the present invention are: The substation equipment maintenance and record-keeping method and device described in this invention records the equipment status before and after operation via a mobile data acquisition terminal, leaving an electronic record for the maintenance. This allows operators to familiarize themselves with the equipment status before the next operation, eliminating the need for multiple people to check the logbook before the operation, thus providing a basis for subsequent maintenance. It also provides a basis for new personnel to quickly understand the specific situation. This invention can be sent to multiple parties, which is beneficial for operators to quickly understand the specific status of the equipment. Attached Figure Description
[0013] Figure 1 This is an overall flowchart of the maintenance and upkeep records for equipment at various points in a substation, as described in this invention. Figure 2 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the data acquisition mobile terminal and the substation equipment maintenance and recording device of the present invention; Detailed Implementation
[0014] The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, so as to better understand the inventive objectives, features, and advantages of the present invention. It should be understood that the embodiments shown in the drawings are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, but are merely illustrative of possible implementations of the technical solutions of the present invention.
[0015] Combined with appendix Figure 1 Alternatively, the method and device for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in a substation as described in section 2, involves using a data acquisition mobile terminal to photograph the equipment's pre-operational and post-operational states at the start and end of the operation. The data is then imported into a substation equipment maintenance and upkeep recording device, where the photographed images and supplementary text are recorded. The text records are saved in doc format. When a solid five-pointed star risk level indicator appears on the folder, the corresponding record can be in bold red font. The presence or absence of risk is indicated by a solid five-pointed star "★" and the corresponding number of solid five-pointed stars "★" for the risk level. When a solid five-pointed star risk level indicator appears on the folder, the operator must also notify the unit's management department by phone. When there are many pieces of equipment to be maintained, each piece of equipment is placed in a subfolder, and an .xlsx format document directory is set in the folder. The document directory includes the equipment's manufacturer, manufacturing date, installation date, previous maintenance time and maintenance reason. The subfolder of problematic equipment is marked with a conspicuous * mark. Then, the folder is encrypted and compressed using the substation equipment maintenance record device and sent to the unit's maintenance management department via email; Data acquisition mobile terminal, used to record photos or videos of the equipment maintenance process; The substation equipment maintenance record device is used to save pictures or videos taken during the equipment maintenance process. The photos or videos are then placed in a folder and labeled with the substation name and any risk indicators. These risk indicators allow subsequent users to quickly identify the key areas of concern for equipment with previous problems. The substation equipment maintenance record device is also used to record in writing the working time, location, equipment operating status, troubleshooting of potential equipment malfunctions, maintenance, and upkeep of personnel involved in the maintenance of equipment at various points in the substation.
[0016] The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above. However, it should be understood that after reading the above teachings, those skilled in the art can make various alterations or modifications to the scope of protection of the present invention. These equivalent forms also fall within the scope defined by the appended claims.
[0017] The parts of this invention not described in detail are prior art.
Claims
1. A method and device for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in a substation, characterized in that: During the equipment maintenance and upkeep process at the substation, the data acquisition mobile terminal is used to take pictures of the equipment's pre-operation status and post-operation status at the start and end of the operation, respectively. The data is then imported into the substation equipment maintenance and upkeep record device via the data acquisition mobile terminal, where the pictures and supplementary text are recorded. Data acquisition mobile terminal, used to record photos or videos of the equipment maintenance process; The substation equipment maintenance record device is used to save pictures or videos taken during the equipment maintenance process. Finally, the data is placed in a folder and the substation name and risk label are marked on the folder.
2. The method and apparatus for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in a substation according to claim 1, characterized in that: Substation equipment includes transformers, high-voltage interconnected reactors, circuit breakers, disconnecting switches, current transformers, voltage transformers, surge arresters, combined electrical appliances, primary equipment, substation monitoring systems, relay protection, power distribution equipment, compensation devices, and protective electrical equipment. When there are many devices to maintain, each device should be placed in a subfolder, and an .xlsx document directory should be set in the folder. The document directory should include the equipment manufacturer, manufacturing date, installation date, previous maintenance time, and maintenance reason.
3. The method and apparatus for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in a substation according to claim 2, characterized in that: Among them Set a prominent * icon on the problematic device subfolder.
4. The method and apparatus for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in a substation according to claim 1, characterized in that: After encrypting and compressing the folder using the substation equipment maintenance record device, send it to the unit's management department via email.
5. The method and apparatus for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in a substation according to claim 1, characterized in that: The presence or absence of risk is indicated by solid five-pointed stars "★" on the folder, along with the corresponding number of solid five-pointed stars "★" for each risk level.
6. The method and apparatus for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in a substation according to claim 5, characterized in that: When a solid five-pointed star risk level indicator appears on the folder, the operator must also notify the unit's management department by phone.
7. The method and apparatus for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in a substation according to claim 5, characterized in that: The text records are saved in doc format. When a solid five-pointed star risk level indicator appears on the folder, the corresponding record can be displayed in bold red font.
8. The method and apparatus for recording maintenance and upkeep of equipment at various points in a substation according to claim 1, characterized in that: The substation equipment maintenance record device is also used to record in writing the working time, location, equipment operating status, troubleshooting of potential equipment faults, maintenance and upkeep of personnel involved in the maintenance of equipment at various points in the substation.