System apparatus and method for diagnosing a flow system
First Claim
1. An apparatus for diagnosing a flow system of components, the flow system having at least a status signal indicative of the status of a component, comprising:
- an interface arranged to receive said status signal from said flow system;
a data storage device arranged to store a functional model describing the functionality of said flow system, a set of predetermined rules describing the relationship between components of said flow system, and information about said status signal;
a data processing unit provided with a set of service functions arranged to generate status information relating to said flow system based on said status signal, and dependent on said functional model and on said set of predetermined rules; and
a control unit arranged to control said set of service functions dependent on selectable or predetermined information and arranged to activate or deactivate at least one service function.
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Abstract
The present invention deals with diagnosing of a flow system, using status signals carrying information about said flow system, whereby new status information is generated, which relates to a plurality of aspects of the flow system based on said status signals and dependent on a functional model and on a set of predetermined rules. The invention comprises a diagnostic apparatus (20) arranged to analyze the status signals for example by means of an alarm analyzer (23a) arranged to separate alarms into primary and secondary alarms, a sensor fault detector (23b) arranged to detect sensor values that probably are wrong or a fault diagnozer (23c) arranged to find the root causes for unfulfilled goals. Further the invention can comprise a failure mode analyzer (23d) arranged to detect functions that can stop working in the future or a process measurement analyzer (23e) arranged to analyze the status signals of a specific process.
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1. An apparatus for diagnosing a flow system of components, the flow system having at least a status signal indicative of the status of a component, comprising:
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an interface arranged to receive said status signal from said flow system;
a data storage device arranged to store a functional model describing the functionality of said flow system, a set of predetermined rules describing the relationship between components of said flow system, and information about said status signal;
a data processing unit provided with a set of service functions arranged to generate status information relating to said flow system based on said status signal, and dependent on said functional model and on said set of predetermined rules; and
a control unit arranged to control said set of service functions dependent on selectable or predetermined information and arranged to activate or deactivate at least one service function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for diagnosing a flow system of components, the flow system having at least a status signal indicative of the status of a component, comprising the steps of:
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receiving said status signal in an instrumentation and control database;
comparing said status signal with limit values;
setting a status signal by generating;
an alarm signal;
an alarm, if the status signal is outside the range of the limit values;
oran event;
outputting said status signal from said instrumentation and control database;
receiving said status signal in a diagnostic apparatus;
storing said status signal in a data storage device;
detecting at least one change in said status signal;
controlling by means of a control unit said service function dependent on selectable or predetermined information; and
starting by means of said control unit at least one service function generating status information based on said status signal and dependent on a functional model of said flow system and on a set of predetermined rules. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 41)
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27. A method for diagnosing a flow system of components, the flow system having at least a status signal indicative of the status of a component, comprising the steps of:
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receiving said status signal in a diagnostic apparatus;
storing said status signal in a data storage device;
detecting at least one change in said status signal;
controlling by means of a control unit said service function dependent on selectable or predetermined information; and
starting by means of said control unit at least one service function generating status information based on said status signal and dependent on a functional model of said flow system and on a set of predetermined rules. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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