NFC-Enabled Mobile Patrol for Power Plant Inspection Accuracy

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing patrol inspection process in power plants lacks a comprehensive management system, leading to inefficiencies, missed inspections, and inaccurate management of equipment conditions, making it difficult to formulate effective maintenance plans.

Innovation Solution

An intelligent mobile patrol method and system utilizing NFC-bound devices for task identification, on-site data collection, real-time data processing, and automated record generation, combined with a database for historical analysis and exception management, to enhance patrol efficiency and accuracy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual patrol inspection is used, then operation simplicity is maintained, but patrol efficiency and accuracy deteriorate due to missed inspections and human errors

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepatrol efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical patrol inspection with an automated intelligent system that uses mobile terminals, NFC technology, and automated data collection to perform patrol tasks, thereby improving efficiency while managing complexity through automation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables automated self-service patrol inspection where the mobile terminal automatically collects data, identifies equipment, and records patrol information without requiring manual data entry, reducing human error and improving patrol efficiency

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Measurement precision

If automated data collection is implemented, then data accuracy is improved, but operation complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata accuracyVSAvoidoperation simplicity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Manual data collection and recording operations are replaced with automated electronic data collection through mobile terminals that automatically capture and store patrol information, improving data accuracy while the standardized interface maintains ease of operation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates digital copies of patrol data and equipment information, allowing accurate replication and storage of inspection results without manual transcription, thereby improving data accuracy while simplifying the operational process

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

3Reliability

If real-time monitoring is implemented, then equipment safety is improved, but information processing load increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveequipment safetyVSAvoidinformation processing load

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and separates critical equipment safety data from the overall patrol information, focusing processing on key parameters that indicate equipment status, thereby improving safety monitoring while reducing the overall information processing load through selective data extraction

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS12450894B2Intelligent mobile patrol method and system thereof

Publication Date: 2025.10.21 HUANENG SUZHOU THERMAL POWER CO LTD

AI summary

An intelligent mobile patrol method and system are provided. The method includes identifying a patrol task; accumulating on-site visual data; uploading the on-site visual data; automatically importing equipment exceptions; and consolidating and transmitting an obtained patrol record data.