Vortex flowmeter including pressure pulsation amplitude analysis

    公开(公告)号:US10788344B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-29

    申请号:US14532542

    申请日:2014-11-04

    IPC分类号: G01F1/32

    摘要: A configuration tool is for a vortex flowmeter having a flowtube, a bluff body positioned in the flowtube for shedding vortices in the fluid, and a pressure sensor configured to obtain a signal indicative of a time-varying fluid pressure having an oscillation associated with the vortices. The configuration tool includes a processor that determines a type of fluid flowing through the flowtube based on the amplitude of the oscillation. The processor sets a fluid-type setting of the vortex meter to match the determined type of fluid. An alarming system for a control system including such a flowmeter includes a processor that assesses a density of a fluid flowing through the flowtube based on the amplitude and compares the assessed density to a fluid density configuration setting. The processor activates an alarm if the difference between the assessed density and the fluid density configuration setting exceeds a threshold.

    Variable equivalency on connection in a process simulation

    公开(公告)号:US10318665B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-11

    申请号:US14570873

    申请日:2014-12-15

    IPC分类号: G05B17/02 G06F17/50 G05B19/00

    摘要: A system for developing a simulation of a process. In one aspect, a system creates a first model within the simulation. The first model represents a part of the process and comprises a first port to which other models may be connected. The system also creates a second model within the simulation. The second model represents another part of the process and comprises a second port to which other models may be connected. The system then connects the first port and the second port together. Upon connection, the system allocates a memory location as a connection variable that represents a type of information transfer between the first and second ports. A first port variable, which represents a value transferable through the first port, is set to reference the value at the allocated memory location. Similarly, a second port variable, which represents a value transferable through the second port, is also set to reference the value at the allocated memory location.

    Multi-core device with separate redundancy schemes in a process control system

    公开(公告)号:US10165043B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-25

    申请号:US14872590

    申请日:2015-10-01

    摘要: A multicore system controls devices in a process control system. A primary control processing device having a primary master core and a primary remote core is configured for controlling communications on a first network among a first plurality of devices. The primary remote core is configured for controlling communications on a second network among a second plurality of devices. A shadow control processing device is coupled to the first and second networks for processing redundant communications among the devices. The shadow control processing device comprises a shadow master core and a shadow remote core. The shadow master core is configured for controlling communications on the first network among the first plurality of devices. The shadow remote core is configured for controlling communications on the second network among the second plurality of devices.

    Historian interface system
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10157028B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-18

    申请号:US14966195

    申请日:2015-12-11

    摘要: A historian interface system provides a graphical representation of tags that represent attributes of a continuous process. A historian system stores the tags and metadata values describing the tags. A display device coupled to the historian system via a communication network displays graphical representations of the tags via display panels and receives selections of the tags. The historian system contextualizes selected tags based on the metadata values describing the selected tag and determines an optimal visualization scheme for the selected tags. The display device displays graphical representations of values of the tags and dynamically determines optimal grouping of the tags based on properties of the display device.

    Connection based bandwidth optimization of data packets

    公开(公告)号:US09967369B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-08

    申请号:US14970086

    申请日:2015-12-15

    IPC分类号: H04L12/28 H04L29/06 H04L29/08

    CPC分类号: H04L69/04 H04L67/12

    摘要: A system for communicating data packets in a process control environment is described. A client device connects, via the network, to an historian device, creates, via a first dictionary manager module, a first tag dictionary, synchronizes, via the network, the first tag dictionary with a second tag dictionary created by the historian device, optimizes a packet via a packet optimization layer comprising scanning a tag ID present in the packet, determines a matching tag handle for the tag ID from the first tag dictionary, replaces each instance of the tag ID in the packet with the matching tag handle, and sends the optimized packet to the historian device via the network. The historian device connects, via the network, to the client device, creates, via a second dictionary manager module, the second tag dictionary, synchronizes, via the network, the second tag dictionary with the first tag dictionary created by the client device, receives the optimized packet from the client device via the network, converts the optimized packet back to its original form comprising scanning a tag handle present in the packet, determines a matching tag ID for the tag handle from the second tag dictionary, and replaces each instance of the tag handle in the packet with the matching tag ID.

    Dynamic simulation of fluid filled vessels

    公开(公告)号:US09886533B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-06

    申请号:US14792145

    申请日:2015-07-06

    发明人: Ian H. Boys

    IPC分类号: G06F17/10 G06F17/50

    CPC分类号: G06F17/5009 G06F17/10

    摘要: A system is provided. The system comprises a computer system comprising at least one processor, a thermodynamic state solver application, and a thermodynamic system solver application. When executed by the at least one processor, the thermodynamic state solver application computes a flash equilibrium state solution for each of a plurality of nodes in a thermodynamic network and determines for each of the plurality of nodes at least one sensitivity of a first thermodynamic property with reference to at least one second thermodynamic property. When executed by the at least one processor, the thermodynamic system solver computes a pressure at each of the nodes and flows between the nodes based at least in part on the sensitivities, wherein a result based on the pressures and flows is determined.