Patent Document ID: 8781635
Application ID: 12904009
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of processing signals representative of a process effected by one or more units of equipment in operative communication through one or more resource flows therebetween, said method comprising: measuring flow rates of at least first and second of said resource flows in order to generate respective first and second measured resource flow signals; formulating a model of said process based upon conservation of a process parameter characterizing said first and second resource flows, said model including at least a first maintenance parameter, said first maintenance parameter being related to the operation of a first unit of equipment of the one or more units of equipment and indicative of the operational soundness of the first unit of equipment; adjusting a first value of said first measured resource flow signal, a second value of said second measured resource flow signal, and said first maintenance parameter such that said process parameter is conserved consistent with said model; and scheduling maintenance of the first unit of equipment based on the monitoring of the first maintenance parameter.