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Method and apparatus for performing a function in a plant using process performance monitoring with process equipment monitoring and control

  • US 7,206,646 B2
  • Filed: 09/17/2001
  • Issued: 04/17/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A process control system within a plant including:

  • process equipment monitoring devices that collect equipment data related to the status of equipment within the plant;

    process control monitoring devices that collect process control data related to the status of process control activities within the plant;

    process models adapted to perform process performance monitoring to generate process performance data related to the performance of the process; and

    a computer system that externally receives the equipment data, the process control data and the process performance data and implements a software routine, wherein the received equipment data, the received process control data and the received process performance data are concurrently available to the software routine and the software routine uses two or more of the received equipment data, the received process control data and the received process performance data to perform a function within the plant.

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