Device in a process system for detecting events
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1. A process device coupled to a process control loop configured to control a process fluid, comprising:
- a process variable input to receive a process variable of the process control loop, the process variable related to the process;
a process event input to receive a process event generated by a process device on the process control loop related to an occurrence of an event in the process, the process event selected from the group of process events consisting of drift, bias, noise, stuck and spike;
a control signal input to receive a control signal and to control the process fluid; and
an inference engine coupled to the process variable input the control signal input and the process event input, the inference engine having a faulty element output which is a function of the process variable, the control signal and the process event, the faulty element output identifies a faulty component in the process which caused the process event.
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Abstract
A process device couples to a process control loop. The process device receives process signals. A memory in the process device contains a nominal parameter value and a rule. Computing circuitry calculates a statistical parameter of the process signal and operates on the statistical parameter and the stored nominal value based upon the stored rule and responsively provides an event output based upon the operation. Output circuitry provides an output in response to the event output
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52 Claims
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1. A process device coupled to a process control loop configured to control a process fluid, comprising:
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a process variable input to receive a process variable of the process control loop, the process variable related to the process;
a process event input to receive a process event generated by a process device on the process control loop related to an occurrence of an event in the process, the process event selected from the group of process events consisting of drift, bias, noise, stuck and spike;
a control signal input to receive a control signal and to control the process fluid; and
an inference engine coupled to the process variable input the control signal input and the process event input, the inference engine having a faulty element output which is a function of the process variable, the control signal and the process event, the faulty element output identifies a faulty component in the process which caused the process event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of diagnosing a process controlled by a process control loop configured to control a process fluid, comprising:
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obtaining a process variable of the process control loop related to the operation of process;
obtaining a process event related to an event generated by a process device on the process control loop in the process, the process selected from the group of process events consisting of drift, bias, noise, stuck and spike;
obtaining a control signal used to control the process fluid; and
computing a faulty element output related to a faulty element in the process control system in response to the process variable, the process event, and the control signal, the faulty element being the cause of the process event. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a microprocessor system in a process device to identify a fault in a process control loop configured to control a process fluid, the instructions comprising:
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obtaining a process variable of the process control loop related to operation of the process;
obtaining a process event generated by a process device on the process control looprelated to an event in the process, the process selected from the group of process events consisting of drift, bias, noise, stuck and spike;
obtaining a control signal used to control the process fluid; and
computing a faulty element output related to a faulty element in the process control system in response to the process variable, the process event, and the control signal element in the process in response to the process variable, the process event, and the control signal, the faulty element being the cause of the process event.
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52. A process device coupled to a process control loop used to control a process fluid, comprising:
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a process variable input means for receiving a process variable of the process related to operation of the process;
a process event input means for receiving a process event of the process controlled by the process control loop generated by a process device on the process control loop, the process selected from the group of process events consisting of drift, bias, noise, stuck and spike;
a control signal input means for requiring a control signal used to control the process fluid; and
inference engine means for providing a faulty element output as a function of the process variable control signal and the process event, the faulty element output identifying a faulty component in the process control system, the faulty element being the cause of the process event.
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