Patent ID: 7266429
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: G08C,H04L,H04W,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A system for digitization of field service engineering work processes in a power plant having a gas turbine, comprising: at least one processor system having a controller, said at least one processor system receiving power plant data, and said controller controlling said gas turbine; at least one wireless communications interface device communicatively coupled to said at least one processor system for wirelessly communicating the data received from the power plant by the processor system to at least one of a wireless mobile computer system or a wireless computer device carried by a mobile user, said controller configured to receive instructions from at least one of said wireless mobile computer system or said wireless computer device carried by a mobile user to control the gas turbine, enabling field service engineering work processes including inspection, monitoring and controlling a power plant gas turbine to be performed using said mobile computer system or said wireless computer system carried by said mobile user; a local area network (LAN) including at least one wireless network comprising a wireless hub router and one or more wireless communication devices wherein at least one of said wirelessly communication devices is the wireless computer device carried by said mobile user; a voice-over-Internet-protocol (VOIP) gateway coupled to said LAN; at least one terrestrial orbiting satellite antenna assembly having a transceiver system for transmitting and receiving signals from said at least one wireless communications interface device; and a network server computer system communicatively coupled to said at least one terrestrial orbiting satellite communications antenna assembly via a wide area communication network, said server computer system including a database for storing application data accessible by the mobile user; wherein said system for digitization of field service engineering processes enables a mobile user roving on site at a power plant location remote from the network server computer system to wirelessly communicate with both said gas turbine controller and said network server and to engage in two-way voice communications with other remote users communicatively coupled to said system for digitization by using VOIP communications for performing service engineering work processes including uploading and/or downloading computer software applications and data for performing inspection, operation or control of one or more gas turbine processes.