Patent ID: 7797179
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: G06Q,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method for preparing a resource and cost plan for servicing a turbine component of a power generation installation, comprising the steps of: receiving a request from a user to create the resource and cost plan for performing a particular servicing task on the turbine component in the power generation installation; applying by a computer an Extensible Markup Language (XML) template to a at least one database containing resource and cost data for the turbine component in the power generation installation, the template containing: presenting to the user a graphical user interface (GUI) generated by the applying of the template to the database, the GUI being based on the branching and looping logic and permitting the user to provide data to create the resource and cost plan for servicing the turbine component by following branches and loops of the logic; and receiving data from the user to create the resource and cost plan for servicing the turbine component, the received data being selected from the group consisting of turbine type, shift mode and event type.