System for analyzing batch processes

US7894918B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ABB RESEARCH LTD. · CH

Inventors

• Hemant Kanodia · Solon, US
• Mikael Davidsson · Västerås, SE
• Rajani Nair · Twinsburg, US
• Anne Poorman · Lyndhurst, US
• Joachim Ruhe · Mentor, US
• Patrick M. Martin · Ipswich, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 27, 2006
• Grant date: Feb 22, 2011
• Expiry date: Jun 3, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/32077
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a batch system for managing and analyzing batch runs of a batch process in a process cell. The batch system includes a computer readable medium, a plurality of batch management routines and a plurality of batch analysis routines stored on the computer readable medium and adapted to be executed by the at least one processor. The batch management routines are operable to schedule batch runs and create and edit recipes for the batch process. The batch analysis routines include a batch filter routine, a golden batch routine, a cycle time analysis routine, and a report wizard routine.