Patent ID: 9158302
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: F01K,G05B

Abstract:
1. A method for detecting a power plant equipment overheating or fire event, comprising: placing in a power plant pluralities of first and second types of overheating detectors, for respectively monitoring first and second different ambient physical parameters that are indicative of power plant equipment overheating or fire; providing an overheating detection processing system, coupled to the pluralities of first and second types of detectors, for receiving output sample readings from all of the detectors, and coupled to at least one information storage device; causing the processing system to: sample remotely in real time all of the detectors that are actively monitoring power plant equipment; store in the information storage device at least one output sample reading from each detector; determine in real time a likelihood of whether a combination of stored sample reading levels from both of the first and second detector types identifies an ambient physical parameter combination of a power plant equipment overheating or fire event, by performing the following in any order: