Method of monitoring a modular process plant complex with a plurality of interconnected process modules

US10528042B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ABB Schweiz AG · CH

Inventors

• Axel Haller · Gorxheimertal, DE
• Chaojun Xu · Weinheim, DE
• Mario Hoernicke · Landau, DE
• Rainer Drath · Weinheim, DE
• Ralf Jeske · Petershagen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 2, 2017
• Grant date: Jan 7, 2020
• Expiry date: Feb 17, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/31473
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for monitoring a modular process plant complex having a plurality of interconnected process modules each of which includes a plurality of interconnected physical control objects. The physical control objects and their interconnections inside a physical process module are displayed together with associated control parameters as stylized control objects on an operator display screen with four different zooming levels: a first zooming level displaying diagrams of aggregated key performance indicators of the plant complex; a second zooming level displaying diagrams of the key performance indicators; a third zooming level displaying process modules associated with a plant area of the second zooming level; and a fourth zooming level displaying one or more physical control objects included in a process module of the third zooming level together with the associated control parameters and interconnections as stylized control objects on the operator screen display.