Patent ID: 7698081

Claim:
A power plant, comprising: a turbine; an electric generator physically connected to the turbine, wherein the turbine and the electric generator comprise a plurality of different hardware components, wherein a lifecycle of a respective component comprises a plurality of lifecycle phases uniquely applicable to the respective component, wherein the different components throughout their respective lifecycles are subject to different lifecycle phases; a computer network operatively connected to the turbine and to the generator; a connector operatively connected to the computer network having a receptacle; and a removable memory media sized and configured for insertion into the receptacle so that data stored in the memory media can be uploaded to the computer network, a neural network configured to search the data stored in the removable memory media; wherein the data stored in the removable memory media includes historical information indicative of the different lifecycle phases of the different components uniquely applicable to the different components, wherein the data stored in the removable memory media is organized based on the historical information of the different components to reflect the unique lifecycle phases to which the different components have been subjected, wherein the neural network is configured to retrieve information from the removable memory media for the different components as the different components undergo their respective lifecycle phases, wherein said retrieved information is further configured to identify components that can be disassembled and/or recycled as a lifecycle of the power plant reaches an end, wherein the data stored in the removable memory media comprises: component identification data, component technical data, component user manual data, component transportation data, and a component related data link to additional information.