System and method for autogenerating simulations for process control system checkout and operator training
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- providing, by a computing device, a simulation library comprising one or more process simulation models representing operations of components of a process, the simulation library further comprising one or more cause and effect models, the cause and effect models including transfer constants to represent interdependencies between operating parameters of the process components;
integrating, by the computing device, at least one of the cause and effect models into at least one of the process simulation models to automatically create one or more cause and effect simulation models that represent the component operations in accordance with the interdependent operating parameters; and
connecting, by the computing device, outputs of a dynamic process simulation comprising at least one of the cause and effect simulation models to I/O components of a control system in a simulation environment for use in at least one of checking an arrangement of the process components and performing training before bringing the process components online.
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Abstract
A method and system for automatically generating simulations for a distributed control system is disclosed herein. A programmed process model generator automatically incorporates a variety of process model data from pre-defined model libraries into descriptions of process equipment including control devices to render simulation models of various degrees of fidelity.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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providing, by a computing device, a simulation library comprising one or more process simulation models representing operations of components of a process, the simulation library further comprising one or more cause and effect models, the cause and effect models including transfer constants to represent interdependencies between operating parameters of the process components; integrating, by the computing device, at least one of the cause and effect models into at least one of the process simulation models to automatically create one or more cause and effect simulation models that represent the component operations in accordance with the interdependent operating parameters; and connecting, by the computing device, outputs of a dynamic process simulation comprising at least one of the cause and effect simulation models to I/O components of a control system in a simulation environment for use in at least one of checking an arrangement of the process components and performing training before bringing the process components online. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory device coupled to the processor, the memory device storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor; provide a simulation library comprising one or more process simulation models representing operations of components of a process, the simulation library further comprising one or more cause and effect models, the cause and effect models including transfer constants to represent interdependencies between operating parameters of the process components; integrate at least one of the cause and effect models from the simulation library into at least one of the process simulation models to automatically create one or more cause and effect simulation models that represent the component operations in accordance with the interdependent operating parameters; and connect outputs of a dynamic process simulation comprising at least one of the cause and effect simulation models to I/O components of a control system in a simulation environment for use in at least one of checking an arrangement of the process components and performing training before bringing the process components online. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media, the media comprising processor-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, perform:
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generating a virtual process control system definition representative of one or more control processors and one or more physical I/O interfaces to a process based on at least one data source; connecting one or more process models to the virtual process control system definition, the process models representing operations of components of the process; storing the process models in a library; storing one or more cause and effect models in the library, the cause and effect models including transfer constants representing interdependencies between operating parameters of the process components; integrating at least one of the cause and effect models into the process models to automatically create one or more cause and effect simulation models that represent the component operations in accordance with the interdependent operating parameters; and connecting outputs of a dynamic process simulation comprising at least one of the cause and effect simulation models to the I/O interfaces for use in at least one of checking an arrangement of the process components and performing training before bringing the process components online. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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