203 results about "Life management" patented technology

A framework for adaptively managing the life of components. A sensor provides non-destructive test data obtained from inspecting a component. The inspection data may be filtered using reference signatures and by subtracting a baseline. The filtered inspection data and other inspection data for the component is analyzed to locate flaws and estimate the current condition of the component. The current condition may then be used to predict the component's condition at a future time or to predict a future time at which the component's condition will have deteriorated to a certain level. A current condition may be input to a precomputed database to look up the future condition or time. The future condition or time is described by a probability distribution which may be used to assess the risk of component failure. The assessed risk may be used to determine whether the part should continue in service, be replaced or repaired. A hyperlattice database is used with a rapid searching method to estimate at least one material condition and one usage parameter, such as stress level for the component. The hyperlattice is also used to rapidly predict future condition, associated uncertainty and risk of failure.

A method for continuously monitoring the working condition of a heat recovery steam generator (“HRSG”) using infrared thermography, comprising the steps of identifying target locations inside the HRSG, positioning one or more infrared cameras to continuously monitor and record the temperature at each target location, generating continuous thermographic images corresponding to selected components and locations at each target locations, comparing the continuous thermographic images to corresponding, stored base line images and generating a set of comparative data reports in real time for each target location in order to predict the life span or potential failure of HRSG components.

The invention presented herein relates to methods and systems for providing life management and enhancement applications and services to customers via an electronic medium such as the Internet. In addition, the present invention is directed to business-to-business and business-to-customer applications that provide customer-centric and “reverse retailing” services to customers. The life management and enhancement applications and services are provided to customers through a central online location such as the Internet portal. A system and method according to one particular embodiment of the present invention describes an application for providing telematics services to the customer.

A life management system receives data from a client device worn by a user, the data comprising biotelemetry data and activity data collected about a user wearing the client device. The life management system generates snapshot information using information from a group consisting of: the biotelemetry data, activity data, social data associated with the user, and user profile information associated with the user. The life management system generates a recommendation using portions of the snapshot information, and updates the snapshot information with the recommendation. The life management system executes a recommendation associated with the snapshot information in accordance with the user controls associated with the user.

A creep life management system includes at least one sensor apparatus coupled to a first component. The at least one sensor apparatus is configured with a unique identifier. The creep life management system also includes at least one reader unit coupled to a second component. The at least one reader unit is configured to transmit an interrogation request signal to the at least one sensor apparatus and receive a measurement response signal transmitted from the at least one sensor apparatus. The creep life management system further includes at least one processor programmed to determine a real-time creep profile of the first component as a function of the measurement response signal transmitted from the at least one sensor apparatus.

A fatigue life management system for determining a remaining fatigue life of a component of an aircraft. The fatigue life management system may generate probability density functions of minimum load, maximum load, and timeframe damage for predetermined time intervals based on selected flight data of the aircraft and regression models for probabilistic prediction of minimum load, maximum load, and timeframe damage of the component. The fatigue life management system may further compute an accumulated fatigue damage estimation based on the probability density functions and a probabilistic fatigue strength model. The fatigue life management system may then generate a distribution of the accumulated fatigue damage estimation of the component. If desired, the processing circuit may compare the distribution of the accumulated fatigue damage estimation with a reliability requirement to determine the remaining fatigue life of the component.

A method, wireless communication device, and information processing system are provided for monitoring lifestyle activities. The method includes receiving a set of user activity identifiers associated with a set of user activities (804). At least one sensor assigned to each user activity in the set of user activities is identified (1004). At least one user activity context is associated with each user activity in the set of user activities (810). The method also includes monitoring for an occurrence of the at least one user activity context (822). Based on the monitoring, it is determined whether the at least one user activity context has occurred (822). Each sensor (122) assigned to the user activity associated with the at least one user activity context is monitored in response to the at least one user activity context having occurred (1006).

The invention discloses a pension information comprehensive service platform, comprising a terminal device, a data management module, a development and recommendation module, a service design and publishment module, an user and service management module, an user presentation module and an external data interface; according to the pension information comprehensive service platform, health records of the aged in medical institutions, pension institutions and nearby communities are uploaded to a cloud terminal, and services like daily life management, health consultation and management and first aid service are provided for the aged in the institutions and nearby communities and homes. The problems, that the systems of the three major pension modes and hospitals are closed and resource sharing is restricted, are solved by the pension information comprehensive service platform, barrier-free flow of service objects, information and various kinds of resources among the pension service platforms is realized, long-term balance between supply and demand in pension service is realized through adjustment and integration, and thereby integration of pension service, nursing service and medical service between homes, communities, nursing homes and hospitals is realized.

An improved method of selecting and planning the performance of various maintenance activities on a facility such as a nuclear power plant includes determining the net present value of a number of future net savings that are expected to result from performance of the maintenance activity at a given time, and selecting and planning the maintenance activities in a fashion that maximizes net present value. The method includes, for each of a number of components and a number of time periods, determining a change in the probability that a component will fail within a time period, with the change resulting from an assumption that a maintenance activity is performed. The change in probability is multiplied with the losses associated with a failure in order to determine a gross savings from which costs are subtracted to determine net savings. The probabilities of failure may be determined from a probability failure model that has been derived from multiple sets of failure data that are characterized by Weibull distributions and are mathematically combined according to Bayes' Theorem. The maintenance activities may also be optimized according to a number of budget figures. An apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed.

A method, system and computer program product for life management and monitoring of a high temperature gas turbine including components having a thermal barrier coating is disclosed. The method, system and computer program product uses design, monitoring and diagnostics, and inspection data to determine the cumulative damage and remaining useful life of gas turbine components and unit risk and classification probability to determine thermal barrier coating damage probability, remaining useful life, and inspection recommendations.

The present application thus provides an active cooling system for a compressor and a turbine of a gas turbine engine. The active cooling system may include an air extraction pipe extending from the compressor to the turbine, a heat exchanger positioned about the air extraction pipe, and an external air cooling system in communication with the air extraction pipe.

The invention provides a method for predicting life of transformer insulation and a management system thereof. The technical proposal of the method comprises the steps as follows: firstly essential data is input; subsequently, transformer winding hot-spot temperature theta i, the total working-hour number of each hot-spot temperature tau i, each temperature relative heat aging rate Vhi, main transformer insulation each temperature relative life loss Li and insulation accumulation relative life loss Lh are calculated step by step; then the design life Lo of a transformer under a normal aging state is confirmed; transformer insulation remaining aging life Hrl is calculated; and finally, a recommended maintenance treatment measure is obtained. A product provided by the invention is the life management system consisting of a calculation/application server and software, a database server, an external system interface, a transformer primary side current and environment temperature measuring instrument, a web page server and a client browser. The invention has the advantage of being capable of predicting the remaining life of the transformer insulation quantificationally during a using stage.

The invention discloses a U home smart community business management system, which supports multi-terminal and multi-channel open converged access and has low requirement on network environment and has no limitation to data volume entered by the user. The U home smart community business management system comprises a background server cluster, a community application server, an isolation switch, a community door machine, a building door machine, a wireless router, a home smart terminal, a smart home controller, a security sensing device and a health detection device, wherein the community application server is in network connection with the background server cluster; the isolation switch is in network connection with the community application server; the community door machine, the building door machine and the wireless router are in network connection with the isolation switch; the home smart terminal is in network connection with the wireless router; the smart home controller, the security sensing device and the health detection device are in network connection with the home smart terminal; a smart community cloud platform is loaded on the background server cluster and comprises a user management unit, a merchant management unit, a property management unit, a community life management unit, a smart home management unit and a health data management unit.

The invention provides a pet health and life management system and method having a self-learning capability, wherein the said system comprises a cloud data sever, an intelligent feeder, a mobile intelligent client, an intelligent portable device; wherein the intelligent portable device is arranged on or in the pet for acquiring activity information of the pet, and sending the acquired information to the cloud data sever or/and the corresponding intelligent feeder; wherein the cloud data server or/and the intelligent feeder is/are used for customizing a feeding scheme for the pet according to respective pieces of activity information of the pet, and the intelligent feeder acquires the feeding scheme; the intelligent feeder controls output feeding amount according to a corresponding feeding scheme. The invention can allocate type and amount of pet food according to different pets and activity conditions thereof.

The invention provides a method for forecasting the high-temperature-alloy creep life. The method includes the steps that on the basis of the theta projection method, the factor that changes of true stress are caused by changes of the material shape in the creep process is introduced, the correction theta projection method is obtained, and the concrete form is epsilon= theta1*(1-exp(theta2*(1+theta5*epsilon)*t))+theta3*(exp(theta4*(1+theta5*epsilon)*t)-1). The method can be used for forecasting a creep curve at the whole homogeneous deformation stage through initial data from the first stage to the third stage of the creep curve, and the obtaining time of creep data can be shortened. Meanwhile, the method can be used for forecasting creep curves under other creep conditions, and the forecasting process comprises forecasting of the creep rupture time under the some creep condition and the creep interruption time corresponding to some creep strain. The method is simple, reliable and suitable for different-type high temperature alloy and engineering application, and has broad prospects in the aspect of high-temperature-alloy creep life management.

The invention provides a helicopter moving part service life management method based on digital twinning. The helicopter moving part service life management method comprises the steps of load data collection, structural stress analysis, crack parametric modeling, fracture mechanics simulation, agent model construction of fracture mechanics parameter prediction, probabilistic prediction of crack propagation, structural risk evaluation and dynamic adjustment of a maintenance inspection plan. The invention relates to an electronic device and a storage medium, which are used for executing a helicopter moving part life management method based on digital twinning. According to the invention, multiple scales of the structure are considered and multiple models are fused; and establishing a digitaltwinning body of the typical moving part structure of the helicopter, performing high-performance real-time simulation according to the flight parameters of the helicopter and the load and damage data of the key part of the structure, dynamically updating the damage state of the typical moving part of the helicopter, and adjusting the residual life and the maintenance and inspection plan of the structure.

A system and method for individualized life management focusing on individualized and collaborative health care involving a plurality of individuals, using groups of state parameters for defining a state of each individual, and using groups of action parameters for defining treatment options and/or behavior options targeted at an individual. The system includes a data processor for processing input data, based on the groups of state parameters, into output data, which are the basis for the groups of action parameters, using defined relationships/assignments between groups of state parameters and groups of action parameters. Data storage stores the groups of state parameters and action parameters and the defined relationships/assignments between groups of the state and action parameters. A data communication system/platform communicates state parameters and/or action parameters among the individuals. The data processor means can include an adaptive structure (e.g., neural networks) where the defined relationships/assignments between groups are redefined/updated using empirical pairs of action parameter groups and state parameter groups.

A storage medium life management method, storage device and storage system detect the life of a storage medium (1). Medium life management information (14) indicating the read/write state of a medium is recorded on the storage medium (1). A drive (5) reads out the medium life management information (14) from the storage medium (1) when the storage medium (1) is loaded, and updates the medium life management information (14) pursuant to the operation of at least one of the reading and writing of storage medium (1). Then, the drive (5) writes medium life management information (14) to the storage medium (1) when the storage medium (1) is unloaded. This medium life management information (14) is used for determination of the life of a medium in either a drive (5) or host (4). Since management information corresponding to an actual read/write state can be obtained, the deterioration of a storage medium can be accurately detected.

The invention discloses an SCR denitration catalyst life prediction method based on mass running data; the SCR catalyst life is obtained through analysis of coal-fired power plant denitration system industrial process data, and the SCR denitration catalyst life prediction method specifically includes the following steps: firstly, obtaining history running data from a DCS data source system, finishing original data into a sample set according to time labels, filtering data with unchanged numerical value, wild point data and ultralimit data, and filtering the non-stationary state of the data; then, filtering influence of working condition hybridity by using a working condition cutting and data loading method; next, discretizing the sample set according to the time, and extracting and calculating the relationship of the ammonia nitrogen molar ratio and the denitration efficiency; and finally, excavating a degradation law of the catalyst performance along with time series by using an analysis model, and predicting the residual life of the catalyst according to a reloading criterion and field actual flue gas conditions. Through data integration and analysis of the actual running performance of the catalyst with the same type units and similar running conditions, the catalyst life management characteristic function can be established in a larger data set.

The invention discloses a system for one-station registering, logging and all-web authentication, comprising a registering and logging module, a linking module, a safety module, a system management module, a third party user center and a management module, wherein the third party user center is the user management center commonly used by the system and the second party website registering and logging system; the linking module realizes seamless connection between the registering and logging sub-module and the third party user center, and between the third party user center and the second party website registering and logging system; the safety module is connected with all modules of the system and the third party user center; and the system management module is in charge of the arrangement, addition and management of all modules of the system. In the invention, the one-station registering and logging and all-web authentication can be realized, the service of the website can be enjoyed directly without repeatedly registering and logging, the user information and the online behavior can be uniformly managed effectively, the safety of the user information can be ensured, the online life of the user can be managed, and the system can become the online life management center of the user.

The invention discloses a dust remover operation and maintenance diagnosis and a filter bag real-time life management method. After smoke parameters and device operation parameters are collected, the data is transmitted to a data transmission service center though a wireless network, various parameters in a dust remover are obtained in real time effectively and quickly, and running conditions of a dust remover are obtained in the shortest time; a detection is conducted and exceptional events are submitted through a parameter monitoring module, a dust remover state analysis result and a filter bag life estimating analysis result are subjected to contrastive analysis and specialist analysis with an operation and maintenance experience database, and the monitoring alarm and the comprehensive diagnostic analysis for the parameters by the dust remover are achieved; according to the diagnosis and the method, after the dust remover state analysis result and the filter bag life estimating analysis result are subjected to contrastive analysis with the operation and maintenance experience database, an analysis report and a solution scheme are obtained after the specialist analysis, risk estimating is truly achieved, the fault occurrence is prevented, and a basis of scientific and reasonable using of the dust remover is provided.

Systems and methods defining a service oriented object framework for use in providing an open application environment facilitating application function integration are shown. Embodiments provide object life management, platform resources management, and event management capabilities. A multi-layer architecture, defining object layers within an application container, may be used. A primary layer of such an architecture may comprise infrastructure objects providing foundational element blocks embodying protocol specific functions of the services that are to be built on top of a development container. An intermediate layer of such an architecture may comprise service objects providing service level functions. An upper layer of such an architecture may comprise business objects providing application orchestration element blocks defining the logical application created by combining the foregoing objects. Embodiments implement a framework that provides utilities that enable the object hierarchy to interact and function on top of a corresponding development container platform.

The invention discloses an insulation online monitoring method for high-voltage capacitive equipment, which is used for solving the insulation online monitoring problem of the high-voltage capacitive equipment in a transformer substation. Safe and reliable measurement of voltage and current of the capacitive equipment of the transformer substation is realized by combining a fiber transmission technology, a photoelectric conversion technology, a digital signal processing technology and a virtual instrument technology through an optically powered data link (OPDL); synchronous acquisition of voltage and current signals is realized by optical pulse synchronous trigger; weak electrical signals are converted into optical signals in situ and the optical signals are transmitted through fibers, so that the interference resistance of the signals is improved, and meanwhile, the problem of possible overvoltage when the traditional cable transmits the signals is avoided; and by adopting a laser power supply technology, energy supply problems of outdoor electronic components such as zero flux current sensors and the like are safely and effectively solved, and reality and accuracy of the acquired signals are ensured. The method can provide reliable data for state maintenance and full-life management of power equipment, has reliable operation, and is convenient in operation and safe to implement.

The present invention discloses an intelligent portable apparatus for recording and managing daily life. The apparatus is shaped like a bracelet or a watch, and comprises: a man-machine interaction module, a processing module, a memory module, a user reminder module, a wireless data transmission module, and a power supply module. The processing module comprises a scheduling module, an activity recording module, an intelligent alert module, a data statistic analysis module and a data backup module. The intelligent portable apparatus disclosed by the present invention is small in appearance, wearable, convenient to carry and use, low in power consumption, and strong in endurance ability. Meanwhile, the intelligent portable apparatus is good in user experience, and the user can add a desired content anytime. The intelligent portable apparatus is highly intelligentized and is simple to use, so that healthy life management of people is conveniently realized.