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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2016
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Yanchai Zhang, Dunlap, IL (US);
Maurice J. Dust, Edwards, IL (US);
Zhaoxu Dong, Dunlap, IL (US);
Xuefei Hu, Dunlap, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus to monitor health of a compressor are provided. The method, system, and apparatus include detecting whether the compressor has a fault associated using one or more of performance-based modeling and structure-based modeling of physical aspects associated with operation of the compressor; diagnosing any detected fault to determine the cause or causes of the fault; and evaluating each diagnosed fault to assess the significance of the fault. Data pertaining to the cause or causes of the fault and the significance of the fault is used to output health information corresponding to a health state or status of the compressor. The method, system, and apparatus also predict future health-related conditions of the compressor, and data pertaining to the predicted future health-related conditions is used to output health information corresponding to a future health state or status of the compressor.