Method and system for managing plant operation

摘要

Disclosed herein are methods and systems for advising and operating a power plant and related devices. In an embodiment, a power plant operator via a client 135 requests from a server 115 advisory information regarding a current power plant startup. The client 135 may receive custom advisory information based on data of an initial state of the power plant and data from past power plant startups.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
sending a request for past power plant startup data; receiving data associated with a plurality of past power plant startup instances; clustering the data associated with the plurality of past power plant startup instances; selecting first data for a first past power plant startup instance corresponding to a dominant cluster in the clustered data associated with the plurality of past power plant startup instances, wherein the first past power plant startup instance includes a startup of at least two turbines; and adjusting a second power plant startup instance based on the first data for the first past power plant startup instance, wherein the second power plant startup instance includes at least a startup of a first turbine and a second turbine.