Facility Asset Monitoring via Isolated Real-Time Analytics

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Solution Overview

Problem

Industrial facilities face significant challenges in efficiently managing and maintaining their numerous facility assets, leading to high operational costs and difficulties in identifying opportunities for improvement.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of a system that generates facility asset parameters using real-time operation data from sensors, processed by a gateway device and communicated through isolated links to a computing device, allowing for the creation of user interfaces that provide real-time analytics and operational recommendations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual physical inspections are performed by maintenance personnel traveling between equipment locations, then equipment monitoring and maintenance can be conducted, but labor costs and time consumption increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveequipment monitoringVSAvoidlabor time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables equipment to self-monitor and self-report operational data through integrated sensors and automated reporting mechanisms. Equipment automatically tracks its own performance metrics, maintenance needs, and operational status without requiring manual inspection, thereby eliminating the time-consuming travel and inspection processes while maintaining reliable monitoring.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical system of manual physical inspections with an automated electronic monitoring system. Sensors, data collectors, and communication networks substitute for human personnel traveling between equipment locations, transforming the monitoring process from a labor-intensive physical activity to an automated information-gathering system that continuously tracks equipment status.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Reliability

If manual equipment management is performed, then equipment maintenance can be conducted, but operational costs increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveequipment maintenanceVSAvoidoperational cost

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements continuous feedback loops where sensors monitor equipment parameters in real-time, data collectors aggregate and analyze this information, and maintenance personnel receive automated alerts when maintenance is needed. This feedback mechanism enables proactive maintenance based on actual equipment conditions rather than scheduled manual inspections, reducing operational costs while maintaining equipment reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary detection and analysis of equipment conditions through automated sensors and data processing before maintenance is actually needed. By continuously monitoring and predicting potential issues, the system enables maintenance personnel to address problems before they escalate, reducing the need for costly emergency repairs and optimizing maintenance scheduling.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Loss of information

If extensive manual inspections are performed across large facilities, then comprehensive equipment data can be collected, but the complexity and difficulty of identifying improvement opportunities increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveequipment data collectionVSAvoiddata processing complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal data collection platform that can gather information from multiple equipment types and locations through standardized sensors and communication protocols. The system performs multiple functions including data acquisition, validation, storage, analysis, and reporting within a single integrated architecture, simplifying the complexity of managing comprehensive equipment data across large facilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces intermediary components including data collectors, communication networks, and processing servers that mediate between raw sensor data and maintenance decision-making. These intermediaries aggregate, validate, and preliminary-analyze data from numerous sensors, transforming raw information into structured insights that are easier to interpret and act upon, thereby reducing the complexity of identifying improvement opportunities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20250039065A1Systems and methods for optimizing facility asset operation

Publication Date: 2025.01.30 ARGUS CONSULTING INC

AI summary

Systems and methods for determining parameters for facility assets at an operational facility site. The method including receiving operational data associated with facility assets from a facility computing device, processing the operational data to generate asset data, communicating the asset data to a facility asset parameter computing device using a first communication link, generating asset parameters using the asset data, generating user interfaces to indicate the asset parameters, and communicating the user interfaces to the facility computing device via a second communication link to cause the facility computing device to indicate the user interfaces