Methods and apparatus to configure process control systems based on generic process system libraries

US9720396B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Gary K. Law · Georgetown, US
• Brandon Hieb · Cedar Park, US
• Ram Ramachandran · Austin, US
• Julian K. Naidoo · Cedar Park, US
• Larry O. Jundt · Round Rock, US
• David R. Denison · Austin, US
• John Michael Lucas · Leicester, GB
• Alper Turhan Enver · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 2014
• Grant date: Aug 1, 2017
• Expiry date: Jul 30, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/32129
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods and apparatus to configure process control systems based on generic process system libraries are disclosed. An example method includes instantiating an instance of a generic process system library. The instance is associated with items of equipment and corresponding process signals of a process control system. The generic process system library comprises at least one of generic process graphic data or generic control strategy data corresponding to the items of equipment and the corresponding process signals of the process control system. The example method further includes configuring the instance of the generic process system library by incorporating process-specific data associated with the operation of the process control system with the at least one of the generic process graphic data or the generic control strategy data.