System and method for assessing future power plant capabilities

• Main Authors: O'CONNOR, MICHAEL, JOHNSON, SCOTT, SCHRODER, MARK S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 12.06.2013
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for assessing future power plant capabilities. In one embodiment, a method may be provided, the method comprising: receiving one or more power plant historic operation parameters; receiving one or more power plant intrinsic performance capabilities based at least in part on an as-built configuration; receiving at least one client input; receiving at least one power plant performance model based at least in part on the one or more performance parameters of similar power plants or the one or more power plant historic operation parameters; and outputting via a user interface at least one dataset of the power plant capabilities in the future.