ASSET MANAGEMENT IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:EP4345705A3

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-15

    申请号:EP23211814.1

    申请日:2016-03-20

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/06

    摘要: A system for improving production of a process control system comprises a processor, sensors connected to one or more assets in the process control system, human-machine interfaces, and a storage memory storing instructions for execution on the processor. The system receives process data via the sensors and determines an input cost of the one or more assets and an output value of the one or more assets. The system provides a net production value of the one or more assets based on the determined input cost and output value. The system stores the input cost, output value, and net production value on a storage memory and provides the input cost, output value, and net production value along with critical asset performance information of asset value, asset performance and opportunity costs for each asset and asset set in the operation to a user via the human-machine interfaces.

    ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ALARM MANAGEMENT
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4105750A3

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-15

    申请号:EP22175497.1

    申请日:2022-05-25

    IPC分类号: G05B23/02

    摘要: An alarm rationalization system receiving and responsive to industrial process information collected from a process control system for identifying one or more alarms and executing an artificial intelligence (Al) alarm engine. The AI alarm engine builds a process/domain model based on the received industrial process information and historized alarm information to evaluate the alarms in accordance with a predefined alarm philosophy. The AI alarm engine then generates a plurality of alarm definitions based on the model to optimize the alarms. The AI alarm engine automatically populates a Master Alarm Database (MADB) with the alarm definitions. The alarms are then rationalized based on the alarm definitions stored in the MADB.

    HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF A MECHANICAL SYSTEM
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4068027A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-05

    申请号:EP22154988.4

    申请日:2022-02-03

    发明人: FRANCINO, Peter

    IPC分类号: G05B23/02

    摘要: A method is provided for assessing health of a mechanical system. The method includes receiving discontinuous system data that is obtained intermittently and is associated with health of the system and generating a discontinuous health index that is based on the discontinuous system data and receiving continuous system data that is obtained continuously and is associated with the health of the system and generating a continuous health index that is based on the continuous system data, wherein the discontinuous health index and the continuous health index are configured to be combinable. The method further includes combining the discontinuous health index and the continuous health index, generating an overall health index based on the combination of the discontinuous health index and the continuous health index, and automatically taking one or more actions to maintain or improve health of the mechanical system and/or avoid risk based on the overall health index.

    HIGH AVAILABILITY FOR DYNAMIC ASSET MODEL INFORMATION VIEWS

    公开(公告)号:EP4002036A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-25

    申请号:EP21204502.5

    申请日:2021-10-25

    IPC分类号: G05B19/418 G06F16/27

    摘要: A method is provided for managing availabillity of runtime asset data used by client applications hosted on workstations of an industrial system, the method including distributing runtime asset data about assets of the industrial system received at the plurality of workstations among runtime asset data caches associated with the client applications. At least a portion of locally stored runtime asset data stored on a local runtime asset data cache is replicated and stored remotely on the runtime asset data cache associated with another client application. The locally stored runtime asset data is periodically evaluated to determine if it is up-to-date, and in response to determining it is not up-to-date, the locally stored runtime asset data is updated by requesting and retrieving a replicated and updated version of the locally stored runtime asset data from the runtime asset data cache remotely storing the replicated version.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS TO AUTOMATE PROCESS HAZARD, LOPA AND SAFETY PLC APPLICATION PROGRAM VALIDATION FOR SAFETY INSTRUMENTED SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:EP3985458A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-20

    申请号:EP21200084.8

    申请日:2021-09-30

    IPC分类号: G05B9/02 G05B17/02 G05B19/418

    摘要: A method is provided for automatically or semi-automatically analyzing process hazards and validating protection mechanisms for an industrial process. The method can involve establishing communication between a simulation tool and a process hazard analysis tool. The simulation tool simulates operation of the process according to a process model. The method can further involve creating, using the process hazard analysis tool, conditions for hazards in the process based on information learned about the industrial process from the simulation tool; for each of the hazards, simulating the hazards using the simulation tool and attempting to prevent the hazards using the process hazard analysis tool by introducing protective mechanism(s) to the process; and evaluating effectiveness of the introduced protective mechanisms for each of the hazards and creating safety requirements for the process based on the evaluated effectiveness. The safety requirements are used to generate a safety application program, such as for a PLC.