Automated Life Expectancy Analysis for Voltage Switching Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for generating life expectancy analysis reports for low or medium voltage switching devices yield inconsistent results and poorly structured documentation, making maintenance planning difficult and time-consuming, especially in high-reliability power distribution networks like nuclear plants and data centers.
Innovation Solution
A computerized system that automatically processes data from switching devices to generate a user-friendly life expectancy analysis report with consistent and easily comparable results, using a cloud-based server structure with microprocessors and software instructions to analyze operating status data and predict maintenance needs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual life expectancy analysis is performed by different operators, then individual assessment can be conducted, but the results become inconsistent and difficult to compare
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical analysis process with an automated computerized system that processes switching device data through standardized algorithms, eliminating operator variability and ensuring consistent results across different analyses while maintaining the ability to conduct comprehensive assessments
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms the analysis from a subjective manual process to an objective automated process by changing the operational parameters from human judgment to standardized computational algorithms, ensuring that the same input data always produces the same output results regardless of which operator would have performed the analysis
2Quantity of substance
If life expectancy analysis documentation is structured in traditional formats, then comprehensive data can be recorded, but the data becomes difficult to compare and look-up
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the analysis documentation into structured modules with standardized headings and sections (e.g., device information, analysis results, recommendations), allowing comprehensive data to be organized in a systematic way that improves accessibility and comparability while maintaining completeness
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a universal documentation format that serves multiple functions simultaneously: it records comprehensive analysis data, enables easy comparison across different devices, facilitates quick lookup through standardized organization, and supports automated processing, thereby resolving the contradiction between data completeness and accessibility
3Measurement precision
If automated life expectancy analysis system is implemented, then consistent and comparable results are obtained, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a standardized data interface and processing layer that acts as an intermediary between the switching device data and the analysis algorithms, simplifying the overall system structure by providing a uniform method for data input, processing, and output that reduces complexity while maintaining consistency
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AI summary
The invention relates to a computerized system and method for generating a life expectancy analysis report related to a low or medium voltage switching device. In the computerized system and method of the invention: - first data (11) related to the operating status of said switching device are acquired; - a preliminary text file (101) is generated, in which said first data and first text patterns (21) are paged in a plurality of sections arranged according to a selectable paging format; - second data (12) related to the predicted life expectancy of said switching device are calculated depending on said first data (11); - a classification of said first data (11) and/or said second data (12) is performed; - predefined second text patterns (22) are selected and an association is created between said second text patterns (22) and said first data (11) and/or said second data; - said first data (11), said second data (12), said first patterns (21) and/or said second text patterns (22) are merged in corresponding sections of said preliminary text file (101).