Computer method and apparatus converting process engineering application data into a canonical flowsheet representation
US10127334B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 4, 2012 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 23, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/13
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Process engineering software applications have respective proprietary in nature and disconnected model representations of a manufacturing or processing facility. The invention method and apparatus extract from the various applications topology of equipment and streams for a facility. From the extracted data, a convertor or adapter of the invention system derives a common canonical model. To support the common canonical model (e.g., a Flowsheet object in embodiments), the converter/adapter maps or associates one or more physical assets to a logical asset, and arranges a working hierarchy of assets that can be navigated, queried and filtered.
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