Aggregating System for Comprehensive Steam Trap and Leakage Diagnosis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional system diagnosis methods are insufficient for comprehensive cost savings as they primarily focus on steam trap-related losses and do not account for other cost-wasting factors such as fluid leakage, system construction obsolescence, and maintenance inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
A method that performs batch diagnoses including trap operation, fluid leakage, system improvement, and maintenance improvement diagnoses, providing comprehensive economic advantages and facilitating accurate decision-making for cost reduction, with automated data generation and reporting to streamline the process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If conventional steam trap diagnosis method is used, then trap-passed steam loss can be calculated and presented, but comprehensive cost saving opportunities are missed due to ignoring other cost-wasting factors
Solution Approach 1:
The diagnosis system is expanded to perform multiple diagnostic functions simultaneously - not only steam trap diagnosis but also fluid leakage diagnosis, system construction diagnosis, and maintenance method diagnosis. This multi-functional approach enables comprehensive identification of all cost-wasting factors in the system, transforming a specialized steam trap tool into a universal system optimization platform that addresses energy loss, material loss, and operational inefficiency
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of diagnoses are performed separately, then comprehensive cost saving opportunities can be identified, but diagnostic time and reporting complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple separate diagnostic procedures (steam trap diagnosis, fluid leakage diagnosis, system construction diagnosis, maintenance method diagnosis) are merged into a single integrated batch diagnosis process. The system collects data from various diagnostic sources, processes them together, and generates a unified comprehensive report that presents all cost-saving opportunities in one documentation, eliminating the need for multiple separate reporting sessions and reducing total diagnostic time
3Measurement precision
If detailed individual diagnosis results are provided for each steam trap, then precise trap-passed steam loss calculation is achieved, but the complexity of data processing and reporting increases
Solution Approach 1:
Individual trap diagnosis data, fluid leakage data, system construction data, and maintenance data are merged into an aggregated comprehensive report. The system calculates total cost-wasting amounts by combining individual trap passed steam losses with fluid leakage losses and other cost factors, presenting consolidated results that maintain precision while reducing data processing complexity through aggregation
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AI summary
The invention provides a method of diagnosing a system, a method of operating an aggregating system for system diagnosis and an aggregating system for system diagnosis, which are effective for achieving comprehensive and effective system cost reduction. For a target system, at least two or more kinds of diagnoses selected from a trap operation diagnosis, a fluid leakage diagnosis, a system improvement diagnosis and maintenance improvement diagnosis are effected in a batch and in reporting the results of these diagnoses in a batch, there are reported an economic advantage MQt″ obtained by reduction in a trap-passed seam loss Qt″, an economic advantage MQs, MQp, MQn obtained by reduction in fluid leakage loss Qs, Qp, Qn, an economic advantage Ma obtained by system improvement and an economic advantage Mb obtained by method improvement in a maintenance method.