G05B2219/24215

System for controlling and monitoring adaptive cyberphysical systems
11252010 · 2022-02-15 · ·

Provided is a system for monitoring and controlling an adaptive cyberphysical system consisting of or comprising one or more system components, in which an engineering system is connected to a monitoring and supervision module (that is designed or configured to receive and to process data from the system components and to forward the processed data and information generated therefrom to the engineering system, wherein the engineering system is designed or configured to update management technology images in a management and control system on the basis of the data received from the monitoring and supervision module.

Multi-vector engineering methods and apparatus for isolated process control systems

The present disclosure describes system and method to virtualize a plant facility with remote sites that are separated from a central site. The method includes: receiving, at a remote site of the plant facility and from a transport vehicle of a transport network, an engineering package assembled by a server computer located at the central site of the plant facility and addressed to the remote site of the plant facility, the engineering package comprising a command script and a data component; and extracting, by one or more computing devices at the remote site, the command script from the engineering package such that the command script is executed to cause the one or more computing devices to perform tasks of managing site operations at the remote site of the plant facility as if a human control systems engineer is present to perform such tasks on-site.

STATE EDGE MODULE SERVER SYSTEM AND METHOD

Embodiments include a server system including logic of an edge computing device. A network includes a cloud platform able to receive state change events from a state module, and execution of the program logic results in process steps of a method that include transmitting a plurality of attributes from the cloud platform to the at least one edge computing device, where the plurality of attributes can be associated with a device of a distributed environment coupled to the network. A further step includes receiving from the state module, by the edge computing device, current state data of the device, and a subsequent step includes performing a comparison based on a set of rules of the attributes, by the edge computing device, of the current state data. Further, based on the comparison, the method includes sending, by the edge computing device, an update to a human-machine-interface module.

SCADA WEB HMI SYSTEM

A SCADA Web HMI system includes a drawing generation device (1) and an HMI terminal device (32). A drawing editor (11) generates SVG data (21) and part runtime attribute data (22). The HMI terminal device (32) includes a Web browser (321) that reads SVG data (21) and displays an HMI screen, and an HMI Web runtime (322) that reads the part runtime attribute data (22) as setting parameters and operates on the Web browser (321). When receiving signal data corresponding to unique signal names from a monitoring target device (7), the HMI Web runtime (322) changes display of parts corresponding to the unique signal names on the HMI screen.

OPERATOR CONSOLE PROVIDING GUIDANCE FOR OPERATOR DECISIONS

A method includes determining a current situation to be present in a process controlled by an industrial process control and automation system (IPCS) that includes at least one process controller coupled to input output (I/O) modules coupled to field devices including sensors and actuators that are coupled to processing equipment. Responsive to the current situation, displaying a plurality of suggested actions each including at least one step in a selectable panel in a human machine interface (HMI) associated with an operator computing system for an operator that is coupled to the process controller. Responsive to the displaying, the operator selects in the selectable panel at least one of the plurality of suggested actions (selected action). The selecting of the selected action results in the IPCS automatically implementing at least in part the step(s) associated with the selected action.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BENCHMARKING OPERATOR PERFORMANCE FOR AN INDUSTRIAL OPERATION

Systems and methods for benchmarking operator performance for an industrial operation are disclosed herein. In one aspect of this disclosure, a method for benchmarking operator performance for an industrial operation includes receiving input data relating to the industrial operation from one or more data sources, and processing the input data to measure operator effectiveness and build a data repository for benchmarking/analytics. The data repository may include information relating to the measured operator effectiveness, for example. Biggest contributors of operator variability may be identified based on an analysis of the data repository, and one or more actions may be taken to reduce or eliminate the biggest contributors of operator variability.

A HYDROGEN SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM
20230259088 · 2023-08-17 ·

The invention relates to a hydrogen supervisory control and data acquisition system for monitoring a plurality of batches of hydrogen, the hydrogen supervisory control and data acquisition system comprising: a hydrogen production facility client, associated with a hydrogen production facility, a hydrogen customer client, associated with an entity receiving at least a subset of the plurality of batches of hydrogen and a central computer system. The central computer system is configured to establish a lifecycle data package of the plurality of batches of hydrogen. The lifecycle data package includes information associated with the production of the plurality of batches of hydrogen. The central computer system is configured to provide at least part of the lifecycle data package, to said hydrogen customer client.

SCADA WEB HMI SYSTEM

An object of the present invention is to provide a SCADA web HMI system that can reduce a load for processing an alarm signal in a large-scale system. An HMI server apparatus performs buffering processing and alarm filtering processing. In the buffering processing, in a case where a received block data includes a set of alarm signals, at least the set of alarm signals included in the block data is temporarily stored in an alarm buffer memory. In the alarm filtering processing, the set of alarm signals stored in the alarm buffer memory is taken out for every second period that is longer than a first period, and the alarm signal having a value varied from a previous value is extracted from the taken-out set of alarm signals.

WELLFIELD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Systems and methods corresponding with improved wellfield management are provided. In some examples, the system may initiate a step drawdown test of well efficiency to determine a cause of a decreased discharge rate of the wellfield site. The system may alter pumping of the wellfield site based on the step drawdown test, wherein a command signal is transmitted via a SCADA system to the wellfield site.

IOT GATEWAY FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS, ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS

An electronic controller for an industrial control system including: a first communication interface configured to be connected to at least one electrical device of an electrical substation, a second communication interface configured to be connected to an additional control and/or monitoring system, and a real-time database configured to store data exchanged with at least one electrical device of the electrical substation.

The electronic controller is configured to allow the additional control and/or monitoring system to read data from the database and to prevent the additional control and/or monitoring system from writing into the database.