VALVE OPENING AND CLOSING SYSTEM AND VALVE CONTROL DEVICE

• US 20190136998A1
• Filed: 01/26/2017
• Published: 05/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• Inventors: SAITO, Hitoshi, FUNAKI, Noriharu, NAKAJIMA, Yuu
• Granted Patent: US 10,641,411 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 21/08 Servomotor systems incorporating electrically operated control means F15B21/02, F15B21/065 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/14 for mounting on, or in combination with, hand-actuated valves
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/42 by means of electrically-actuated members in the supply or discharge conduits of the fluid motor F16K31/40 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link

Abstract

A valve opening and closing system includes: a site/center switching manual valve; a manual valve for opening and closing operation; an opening/closing switching electric driving valve that opens and closes a manual valve and that nullifies the manual valve for opening and closing operation; a center wireless transmitter that accepts and transmits an operation instruction including an opening and closing operation instruction and a forced closing operation instruction; and a site wireless transmitter, and a contact signal converter, the site side valve control device transmits both of the opening and closing operation instruction and the forced closing operation instruction to the contact signal converter when the site/center switching manual valve is switched to the center control side, and interrupts the opening and closing operation instruction and transmits the forced closing operation instruction to the contact signal converter when the site/center switching manual valve is switched to on site.

Claims

1. A valve opening and closing system for remotely controlling opening and closing operations of a manual valve arranged on site, from a center control side, the valve opening and closing system characterized by comprising:

a site/center switching manual valve that switches between a site side or a center control side to perform operation of the manual valve;

a manual valve for opening and closing operation that performs opening and closing operation of the manual valve on site;

an opening/closing switching electric driving valve that enables the opening and closing operations of the manual valve based on a driving signal, and that nullifies the manual valve for opening and closing operation during a closing operation;

a center wireless transmitter that wirelessly accepts and transmits an operation instruction including an opening and closing operation instruction instructing an opening operation or a closing operation, and a forced closing operation instruction instructing a forced closing operation; and

a site side valve control device that includes a receiving unit which receives the operation instruction wirelessly, and a converting unit which outputs a driving signal to the opening/closing switching electric driving valve based on the operation instruction,

wherein the site side valve control device includes an interlock unit that;

acquires a switching state of the site/center switching manual valve,

transmits both of the opening and closing operation instruction and the forced closing operation instruction received by the receiving unit to the converting unit in a case where the site/center switching manual valve is switched to the center control side, and

interrupts the opening and closing operation instruction received by the receiving unit and transmits the forced closing operation instruction to the converting unit in a case where the site/center switching manual valve is switched to on site.

2. The valve opening and closing system according to claim 1, characterized in that,

the operation instruction further includes an forced opening operation instruction instructing a forced opening operation, and

the interlock unit transmits the forced opening operation instruction to the converting unit regardless of the switching state of the site center switching manual valve.

3. A site side valve control device characterized by comprising:

a receiving unit that wirelessly receives an operation instruction including an opening and closing operation instruction instructing an opening operation or a closing operation, and an forced closing operation instruction instructing a forced closing operation;

a converting unit that outputs a driving signal to an electric driving valve based on the operation instruction; and

an interlock unit that;

acquires information indicating presence or absence of a control right,

transmits both of the opening and closing operation instruction and the forced closing operation instruction received by the receiving unit to the converting unit in a case where there is control right, and

interrupts the opening and closing operation instruction received by the receiving unit and transmits the forced closing operation instruction to the converting unit in a case where there is no control right.

4. A valve control device characterized by comprising:

a center wireless transmitter that wirelessly accepts and transmits an operation instruction including an opening and closing operation instruction instructing an opening operation or a closing operation, and an forced closing operation instruction instructing a forced closing operation; and

a site side valve control device according to claim 3.