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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2011
Marc A. Kreider, Herndon, VA (US);
Robert D. Varrin, Jr., Reston, VA (US);
Glenn A. White, Falls Church, VA (US);
Velvet D. Moroney, Manassas Park, VA (US);
Marc A. Kreider, Herndon, VA (US);
Robert D. Varrin, Jr., Reston, VA (US);
Glenn A. White, Falls Church, VA (US);
Velvet D. Moroney, Manassas Park, VA (US);
Dominion Engineering, Inc., Reston, VA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for evaluating simultaneously the effects of multiple, interdependent heat-exchanger degradation modes for a heat exchanger of a power plant in the context of a series of alternative heat-exchanger remediation strategies. The method includes calculating time-varying predicted future progressions of heat exchanger performance metrics for a plurality of alternative heat-exchanger remediation strategies, and calculating time-varying predicted future progressions of financial metrics describing the accumulated financial benefit of each of the strategies. The calculations may be provided in probabilistic terms. A strategy may then be chosen based, at least in part, on the calculated results.