System and method for protection system design support
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1. An evaluation system for evaluating a process system, said process system comprising a plurality of equipment including a protection device for protecting the process system, said evaluation system comprising:
- a storage subsystem for electronically storing an equipment database including equipment information representing each of said plurality of equipment;
a server for serving content including some portion of said equipment information, via a public communication network, to an application executing on a remotely located user computer; and
an assessment subsystem for automatically determining, by utilizing some portion of said equipment information, an adequacy of the protection device for protecting the process system, and generating protection assessment information therefrom, said protection assessment information also being stored in said equipment database or in another database by said storage subsystem.
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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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24 Claims
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1. An evaluation system for evaluating a process system, said process system comprising a plurality of equipment including a protection device for protecting the process system, said evaluation system comprising:
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a storage subsystem for electronically storing an equipment database including equipment information representing each of said plurality of equipment;
a server for serving content including some portion of said equipment information, via a public communication network, to an application executing on a remotely located user computer; and
an assessment subsystem for automatically determining, by utilizing some portion of said equipment information, an adequacy of the protection device for protecting the process system, and generating protection assessment information therefrom, said protection assessment information also being stored in said equipment database or in another database by said storage subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An evaluation system for evaluating a process system, said process system comprising a plurality of equipment including a protection device for protecting the process system, said evaluation system comprising:
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a storage subsystem for storing an equipment database including equipment information representing each of said plurality of equipment, said storage subsystem also for updating said equipment information with updated equipment information;
a server for serving content, via a public communication network, to an application executing on a user computer, said server further for serving additional content, including at least a portion of said content, via the communication network, to the application or another application executing on another user computer;
a reception subsystem for receiving said updated equipment information for providing to said storage subsystem, said receiving from one or both of the user computer and the another user computer via the communication network; and
an assessment subsystem for automatically determining, by utilizing said equipment information, an adequacy of the protection device for protecting the process system, and for generating protection assessment information therefrom, said protection assessment information also being stored in said equipment database, or in another database, by said storage subsystem, wherein said content includes some portion of said equipment information and further includes some portion of said protection assessment information, and wherein said assessment subsystem is further for updating said protection assessment information by utilizing said updated equipment information, and further wherein said server is further for serving updated content including some portion of said updated protection information to the user computer and/or the another user computer via the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An evaluation system for evaluating a process system, said process system comprising a plurality of equipment including a protection device for protecting the process system, said evaluation system comprising:
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a storage subsystem for storing an equipment database including equipment information representing each of said plurality of equipment, said storage subsystem also for updating said equipment information with updated equipment information;
a server for serving content, via a public communication network, to a browser application executing on a user computer, said server further for serving additional content, including at least a portion of said content, via the communication network, to the browser application or to another browser application executing on another user computer;
a reception subsystem for receiving said updated equipment information for providing to said storage subsystem, said receiving from one or both of the user computer and the another user computer via the communication network;
an assessment subsystem for automatically determining, by utilizing said equipment information, an adequacy of the protection device for protecting the process system, and for generating protection assessment information therefrom, said protection assessment information also being stored in said equipment database, or in another database, by said storage subsystem, wherein said automatically determining an adequacy of the protection device includes one or more of;
automatically generating internal protected system links between any combination of associated pieces of equipment, associated defined overpressure contingencies, and associated documentation;
generating interactive P&
ID/system sketch models;
calculating defined overpressure contingencies;
calculating piping losses accessing physical properties through a linked VMG database; and
assigning mitigation procedures;
a report generation subsystem for generating an assessment report utilizing some portion of said protection assessment information and some portion of said equipment information; and
means for supporting a plurality of process engineering functions including one or more of;
means for uploading P&
ID and/or system sketches,means for uploading equipment parameters, means for uploading ISO drawings, means for defining a protected system model, means for defining potential overpressure scenarios for said system, means for determining how physical properties are input into said evaluation system, and means for defining mitigation;
whereinsaid content includes some portion of said equipment information and further includes some portion of said protection assessment information, and wherein said assessment subsystem is further for updating said protection assessment information by utilizing said updated equipment information, and further wherein said server is further for serving updated content including some portion of said updated protection information to the user computer and/or the another user computer via the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A computer readable medium for storing a program for executing by an evaluation system for evaluating a process system, said process system comprising a plurality of equipment including a protection device for protecting the process system, said evaluation system comprising:
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a storage subsystem for storing an equipment database including equipment information representing each of said plurality of equipment, said storage subsystem also for updating said equipment information with updated equipment information;
a server for serving content, via a public communication network, to an application executing on a user computer, said server further for serving additional content, including at least a portion of said content, via the communication network, to the application or another application executing on another user computer;
a reception subsystem for receiving said updated equipment information for providing to said storage subsystem, said receiving from one or both of the user computer and the another user computer via the communication network; and
an assessment subsystem for automatically determining, by utilizing said equipment information, an adequacy of the protection device for protecting the process system, and for generating protection assessment information therefrom, said protection assessment information also being stored in said equipment database, or in another database, by said storage subsystem, wherein said content includes some portion of said equipment information and further includes some portion of said protection assessment information, and wherein said assessment subsystem is further for updating said protection assessment information by utilizing said updated equipment information, and further wherein said server is further for serving updated content including some portion of said updated protection information to the user computer and/or the another user computer via the communication network.
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