Big Data in Process Control Systems
First Claim
1. A system for supporting big data in a process control plant, comprising:
- a unitary, logical data storage area including one or more data storage devices configured to store, using a common format, data corresponding to at least one of the process plant or a process that is controlled in the process plant, the data including multiple types of data, and a set of types of data including configuration data, continuous data, and event data corresponding to the process; and
one or more data receiver computing devices configured to receive the data from one or more other devices via a process control big data network and to cause the received data to be stored in the unitary, logical data storage area, wherein at least one of the one or more other devices communicates with one or more field devices in the process plant via another communication network different from the process control big data network,each of the one or more other devices being a respective node of the process control big data network that (i) collects data that is generated by the respective node, (ii) transmits the collected data via the process control big data network to the one or more data receiver computing devices, and (iii) excludes a respective configuration or definition indicating a rate at which the collected data is to be transmitted by the respective node.
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Abstract
A big data network or system for a process control system or plant includes a big data apparatus including a data storage area configured to store, using a common data schema, multiple types of process data and/or plant data (such as configuration and real-time data) that is used in, generated by or received by the process control system, and one or more data receiver computing devices to receive the data from multiple nodes or devices. The data may be cached and time-stamped at the nodes and streamed to the big data apparatus for storage. The process control system big data system provides services and/or data analyses to automatically or manually discover prescriptive and/or predictive knowledge, and to determine, based on the discovered knowledge, changes and/or additions to the process control system and to the set of services and/or analyses to optimize the process control system or plant.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for supporting big data in a process control plant, comprising:
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a unitary, logical data storage area including one or more data storage devices configured to store, using a common format, data corresponding to at least one of the process plant or a process that is controlled in the process plant, the data including multiple types of data, and a set of types of data including configuration data, continuous data, and event data corresponding to the process; and one or more data receiver computing devices configured to receive the data from one or more other devices via a process control big data network and to cause the received data to be stored in the unitary, logical data storage area, wherein at least one of the one or more other devices communicates with one or more field devices in the process plant via another communication network different from the process control big data network, each of the one or more other devices being a respective node of the process control big data network that (i) collects data that is generated by the respective node, (ii) transmits the collected data via the process control big data network to the one or more data receiver computing devices, and (iii) excludes a respective configuration or definition indicating a rate at which the collected data is to be transmitted by the respective node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for supporting big data in a process control plant, comprising:
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receiving, via a process control big data network at one or more data receiver computing devices from each of one or more nodes of the process control big data network, data corresponding to at least one of the process plant or a process controlled by the process plant, wherein at least one of the one or more nodes communicates with one or more field devices in the process plant via another communication network different from the process control big data network, the data received from the each node including data that is generated by the each node while the process is being controlled, and the each node excluding a respective configuration or definition indicating a rate at which data is to be transmitted by the each node via the process control big data network; and causing the received data to be stored, using a common format, in a unitary, logical data storage area, the unitary, logical data storage area including one or more data storage devices configured to store multiple types of data using a common format, and a set of types of data including configuration data, continuous data, and event data corresponding to the process. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A process control system, comprising:
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a controller configured to control a process in the process control system; a field device communicatively connected to the controller via a communication network of the process plant, the field device configured to perform a physical function to control the process in the process control system, and the field device configured to transmit to or receive from the controller, via the communication network, real-time data corresponding to the physical function; and a process control system big data apparatus, the process control system big data apparatus including; a unitary, logical data storage area including one or more data storage devices configured to store, using a common format, the real-time data and configuration data corresponding to the controller; and one or more data receiver computing devices to (i) receive, via a process control system big data network different than the communication network, the real-time data and the configuration data corresponding to the controller, and (ii) to cause the received data to be stored in the unitary, logical data storage area; wherein; the controller is a first node of a process control system big data network, the process control system big data apparatus is a second node of the process control system big data network, and at least one of the field device or the controller excludes a respective configuration or definition indicating a rate at which the real-time data corresponding to the physical function is to be transmitted by the at least one of the field device or the controller via the process control system big data network. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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