Modular operating centers and methods of building same for use in electric power generating plants and other industrial and commercial plants, processes and systems
USRE30229E · kind E · reissue
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 22, 1977 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 22, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
Modular operating centers for use in electric power generating plants and other industrial and commercial plants, processes and systems are constructed by using a novel prefabricated modular technique. This technique includes loading a plurality of transportable room-size building modules with control system equipment at a factory site. Typically, the control system equipment includes sophisticated and complex electrical and electronics data processing and control equipment. The control system equipment is installed and bolted down in the different building modules and the equipment in each module is inter-wired at the factory site. Temporary inter-module connections are established between the control system equipment in different ones of the building modules and such equipment, as a whole, is then thoroughly tested and adjusted under simulated use conditions. Thereafter, the loaded and tested building modules are separated and separately transported to the industrial or commercial installation site. At the installation site, the building modules are joined together to form an integral weatherproof building structure and the inter-module control system equipment connections are re…
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