System and method for protection system design support
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1. A method for evaluating a process system, said process system comprising a plurality of equipment including a protection device for protecting the process system, said method comprising the steps of:
- storing equipment information representing each of said plurality of equipment in a computer database;
serving content including some portion of said protection device information to an application executing on a user computer;
automatically determining an adequacy of the protection device for protecting the process system using the stored equipment information;
automatically generating protection assessment information using results from the assessment process; and
storing some portion of said protection assessment information in said computer database or in another computer database.
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Abstract
A method and system for examining and safely evaluating process systems, including fluid pressure systems, to aid overpressure design and/or sizing of overpressure equipment. The system includes a server subsystem, a storage subsystem, an assessment subsystem, and optionally a report generation subsystem, including computer hardware and application software for supporting these subsystems.
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1. A method for evaluating a process system, said process system comprising a plurality of equipment including a protection device for protecting the process system, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing equipment information representing each of said plurality of equipment in a computer database;
serving content including some portion of said protection device information to an application executing on a user computer;
automatically determining an adequacy of the protection device for protecting the process system using the stored equipment information;
automatically generating protection assessment information using results from the assessment process; and
storing some portion of said protection assessment information in said computer database or in another computer database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for evaluating a process system, said process system comprising a plurality of equipment including a protection device for protecting the process system, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing equipment information representing each of said plurality of equipment in a computer database;
serving content, via a public communication network, to an application executing on a user computer;
serving at least a portion of said content, via the communication network, to another application executing on another user computer;
automatically determining an adequacy of the protection device for protecting the process system utilizing some portion of the stored equipment information;
automatically generating protection assessment information using results from the assessment process;
storing some portion of said protection assessment information in said computer database or in another computer database;
receiving updated equipment information from one or both of the user computer and the another user computer via the communication network;
providing said updated equipment information to said storage subsystem;
updating said equipment information in said computer database with said updated equipment information;
automatically updating said protection assessment information by utilizing said updated equipment information; and
serving updated content to one or both of the user computer and the another user computer, wherein said content includes some portion of said protection device information and some portion of said protection assessment information, and wherein, said updated content includes some portion of said updated protection information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of using an evaluation system for performing a PSM assessment of a process system, said process system comprising a plurality of equipment including a protection device for protecting the process system, said method comprising the steps of:
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entering equipment information representing one or more of said plurality of equipment, including the protection device, into a client computer for transmittal to a host system via a computer network;
said evaluation system storing said equipment information representing each of said plurality of equipment in a computer database;
said evaluation system automatically determining an adequacy of the protection device for protecting the process system using the stored equipment information;
said evaluation system automatically generating protection assessment information using results from the assessment process;
said host system storing some portion of said protection assessment information in said computer database or in another computer database; and
said evaluation system generating an assessment report based on said protection assessment information, wherein said assessment report is utilized for one or both of;
certifying and/or verifying that the process system is adequately designed or identifying inadequacies of the process system design.
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