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Methodology and Preferred Software that, together, Reduce the Effort required to Write and Maintain Operating Procedures for Manufacturing Plants and Oil and Gas Facilities

  • US 20130297369A1
  • Filed: 10/25/2012
  • Published: 11/07/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for generating and maintaining procedures for plant operation the method comprising:

  • a. Decomposing a plant into process units;

    b. Decomposing each process unit into equipment modules (high-level objects);

    c. Decomposing equipment modules into equipment units (low-level objects);

    d. Defining operational states for equipment modules and equipment units;

    e. Generating a procedures for changing operational states for equipment units;

    f. Generating a procedures for changing operational states for equipment modules;

    g. Encapsulating all the equipment units procedures and equipment modules procedures into process unit operations preferably in a computer database;

    h. Providing feedback for presentation of the operational procedures and state changing operating procedures from the preferred database to an operator upon request;

    i. Revising single equipment unit or equipment module operating procedure or state changing operating procedure upon request from the operator;

    wherein, the method allows the operator to receive a detailed description of an operating procedure for change of state of any process unit, equipment unit or equipment module in the plant from any state to any state.

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