Time-series analytics for control valve health assessment
First Claim
1. A method for detecting the health of a valve, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a computing device, data corresponding to a valve disposed in a process plant and operating to control an industrial process, the valve data including respective valve parameter values of the valve for one or more valve parameters over a plurality of instances of time collected as the valve is operating in the process plant;
analyzing, by the computing device, the valve data to determine a value of a real-time overall device health parameter of the valve;
determining, by the computing device, a relative health indicator of the valve based on a comparison of the real-time overall device health parameter value of the valve and respective real-time overall device health parameter values of a plurality of valves;
detecting a condition of the valve based on the relative health indicator of the valve; and
transmitting a control signal to the process plant to adjust operation of the process plant based on the detected condition of the valve to shut down operation of the valve.
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Abstract
Securing communications from a process plant to a remote system includes a data diode disposed there between that allows data to egress from the plant but prevents ingress of data into the plant and its associated systems. Process plant data from the secure communications is then analyzed to detect conditions occurring at process plant entities in the process plant using various machine learning techniques. When the process plant entity is a valve, the mode of operation for the valve is determined and a different analysis is applied for each mode in which a valve operates. Additionally, the process plant data for each valve is compared to other valves in the same process plant, enterprise, industry, etc. Accordingly, the health of each of the valves is ranked relative to each other and the process plant data for each valve is displayed in a side-by-side comparison.
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1. A method for detecting the health of a valve, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a computing device, data corresponding to a valve disposed in a process plant and operating to control an industrial process, the valve data including respective valve parameter values of the valve for one or more valve parameters over a plurality of instances of time collected as the valve is operating in the process plant; analyzing, by the computing device, the valve data to determine a value of a real-time overall device health parameter of the valve; determining, by the computing device, a relative health indicator of the valve based on a comparison of the real-time overall device health parameter value of the valve and respective real-time overall device health parameter values of a plurality of valves; detecting a condition of the valve based on the relative health indicator of the valve; and transmitting a control signal to the process plant to adjust operation of the process plant based on the detected condition of the valve to shut down operation of the valve. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for detecting the health of a plurality of valves, the system comprising:
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a plurality of valves, at least some of which are operating within a process plant to control an industrial process; and one or more computing devices including; one or more processors; a communication unit; and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media coupled to the one or more processors and to the communication unit, the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more computing devices to; receive valve data corresponding to the plurality of valves, the valve data including respective valve parameter values, of each valve included in the plurality of valves, for one or more valve parameters over a plurality of instances of time collected as the valve is operating in the process plant; analyze the respective valve parameter values of the each valve to determine a respective real-time overall device health parameter value for the each valve; determine a respective relative health indicator for the each valve based on a comparison of the real-time overall device health parameter values of the plurality of valves; detect a condition of at least one of the valves based on the relative health indicator of the at least one valve; and transmit a control signal to the process plant to adjust operation of the process plant based on the detected condition of the at least one valve to shut down operation of the at least one valve. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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