WO2001040882A1 - Process control system with automatic fault-avoidance - Google Patents
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- the invention pertains to control and, more particularly, to methods and apparatus for avoidance of faults in process and other control systems.
- control and “control systems” refer to the control of a device or system by monitoring one or more of its characteristics. This is used to insure that output, processing, quality and/or efficiency remain within desired parameters over the course of time.
- digital data processing or other automated apparatus monitor the device or system in question and automatically adjust its operational parameters.
- such apparatus monitor the device or system and display alarms or other indicia of its characteristics, leaving responsibility for adjustment to the operator.
- Control is used in a number of fields.
- Process control for example, is typically employed in the manufacturing sector for process, repetitive and discrete manufactures, though, it also has wide application in electric and other service industries.
- Environmental control finds application in residential, commercial, institutional and industrial settings, where temperature and other environmental factors must be properly maintained.
- Control is also used in articles of manufacture, from toasters to aircraft, to monitor and control device operation.
- a sensor can generate a validated measurement signal (VMV) representing a best estimate of a control variable being monitored, a validated uncertainty signal (VU) identifying the uncertainty in VMV, a status signal (MV) indicating the status of VMV (e.g., "clear,” “blurred,” “dazzled,” “blind,”), and a device status signal indicating a status of the sensor itself.
- VMV validated measurement signal
- VU validated uncertainty signal
- MV status signal
- device status signal indicating a status of the sensor itself.
- An object of this invention is to provide improved methods and apparatus for control and, more particularly, improved such methods and apparatus that provide for avoidance of detected faults.
- a further object of the invention is to provide such methods and apparatus as facilitate maintaining continuous operation of a process, environmental, industrial or other control system in the face of actual or potential degradation of a sensor or other control element.
- a still further object of the invention is to provide such methods and apparatus for use with self-vahdating control elements and particularly, for example, with self-vahdating sensors.
- control system with components that respond to actual or potential faults, e.g., in sensors or other field devices, by automatically switching to other sources of desired control or process variables.
- the invention provides a control system with first and second control components that generate first and second "source" signals, respectively, representing substantially identical or related process control variables.
- a third control component which normally processes the first source signal, responds to actual or potential degradation of that signal (or the control component that generated it) for processing the second source signal in lieu of the first.
- a process control system can have a first sensor that generates a temperature reading of a reactor vessel and a second sensor that generates a pressure reading of that same vessel.
- a control processor can be arranged to process the reading generated by the first sensor, e.g., as part of a temperature control loop.
- the control processor can process readings from the second sensor, e.g., in lieu of those from the first.
- the first control component e.g., the first sensor in the above example
- the first component generates a confidence signal indicative of actual or potential degradation of the first sensor.
- that confidence can be a measurement value (MV) status signal and/or a device status signal, both as described above.
- the third control component e.g., the control processor in the example
- Still further aspects of the invention provide a control system as described above in which the second control component (e.g., the second sensor in the example) generates a signal identifying the control variable (e.g., temperature or pressure) output by it.
- the second component can transmit that signal, e.g., to a distributed registry, for storage.
- the third control component can retrieve the identifier signal from the registry in the event of actual or potential degradation of the first source signal, thus, permitting identification of the second source signal as a potential substitute for the first.
- control components and/or registry are coupled via bus, a network and other communications media, by way of non-limiting example, compatible with any of Foundation Fieldbus, Profibus, DeviceNetTM, InterBusTM and Modbus ® standards, among others.
- Figure 1 depicts a digital data processing system of the type with which apparatus and methods according to the invention may be practiced
- Figure 2 illustrates controlled processes, along with a fault-avoidance process control system according to the invention for controlling them;
- Figure 3 is a flowchart depicting operation of a fault-avoidance process control system according to the invention.
- FIG. 1 depicts a digital data processing system of the type with which apparatus and methods according to the invention may be practiced.
- the system includes one or more controllers 10 A, 10B or other digital data processors that monitor and/or control one or more manufacturing, industrial or other processes 12A, 12B.
- the illustrated controllers 10A, 10B represent hardware or software processes executing on workstations, microprocessors, embedded processors,"smart" field devices, or other digital data processing apparatus of the types commercially available in the marketplace, constructed and operated in accord with the teachings herein to achieve fault-avoidance in process control.
- Workstation 11 represents a personal computer, mainframe computer or other digital data processing device that can be used, e.g., by an operator, to monitor and/or administer controllers 10A, 10B. While workstation 11 can be independent of the other devices shown in the drawing, it can alternatively incorporate functionality of controllers 10A, 10B. Conversely, monitoring and/or administrative functionality of workstation 11 can be contained in microprocessors, embedded processors, controllers, "smart" field devices that serve other functions in the control system.
- Network 14 provides a communications medium for the transfer of data and control information among components of the control system, including, controllers 10A, 10B, workstation 11, blocks 32 - 42, and field devices. Though illustrated to represent a LAN, WAN, or global network (Internet), those skilled in the art will appreciate that element 14 may comprise a bus or other communications medium through which information may be transferred. In prefe ⁇ ed embodiments, at least portions of the network 14 comprise buses compatible with industry standards such as, by non-limiting example, Foundation Fieldbus, Profibus, DeviceNetTM, InterBusTM and/or Modbus ® .
- FIG. 2 illustrates in greater detail processes 12 A, 12B and a control system according to the invention for controlling them.
- exemplary process 12A is a manufacturing process including conventional processing equipment, such as by way of non-limiting example conveyors, aeration tanks, and so forth.
- Control of the process 12A is effected through flow sensors, pressure sensors, temperature sensors, level sensors, valves, recorders, positioners, or other sensors or actuators operating with outputs and inputs in the range of 4 - 20 mA or 1 - 5 V dc, or otherwise, per proprietary or industry protocol (collectively, "field devices").
- these include valve 24 that governs the rate of fluid flow to a reactor vessel 25, whose temperature and pressure are monitored by sensors 16, 18.
- sensors 20 that monitors the outflow of vessel 25 to tank 21.
- the sensors are "smart" field devices, i.e., sensors or actuators that include embedded processors, microprocessors or other digital data processing capacity, operating in accord with the teachings herein.
- one or more of the sensors 16, 18, 20 can be of the self-vahdating variety that output estimates of measured process variables (e.g., pressure, temperature, flow, respectively), along with information about the uncertainty and rehabihty of those estimates.
- Preferred self-vahdating sensors include, by way of non-limiting example, those taught in incorporated-by-reference U.S. Patents 5,570,300 and 5,774,378.
- Such sensors generate a validated measurement signal (VMV) representing a best estimate of a process variable being monitored, a validated uncertainty signal (VU) identifying the uncertainty in VMV, a status signal (MV) indicating the status of VMV (e.g., "clear,” “blurred,” “dazzled,” “blind,”), and a device status signal indicating a status of the sensor itself.
- VMV validated measurement signal
- VU validated uncertainty signal
- MV status signal
- device status signal indicating a status of the sensor itself.
- controllers 10A, 10B that are coupled to field devices 16 - 30, as well as to one another, via network 14.
- the controllers execute control strategies in the conventional manner known in the art as modified in accord with the teachings herein.
- controllers 10A, 10B comprise blocks and/or other executable software components (collectively, “blocks") 32 - 42 that model field devices, processing apparatus and other aspects of the controlled process 12A and that monitor and/or control the states and interactions therebetween, e.g., via execution of control algorithms (or portions thereof) or otherwise.
- blocks 32 - 42 comprise blocks of the type utilized in the I/A Series ® systems marketed by the assignee hereof and/or objects of the type disclosed in co-pending commonly assigned patent apphcations 60/139,071, filed June 11, 1999, entitled “Omnibus and Web Control," 60/144,693, filed July 20, 1999, entitled “Omnibus and Web Control,” 60/146,406, filed July 29, 1999, entitled “Bi-Directional Entities for Maintaining Block Parameters and Status in a Process Control System," and 60/149,276, filed August 17, 1999, entitled “Methods and Apparatus for Process Control (AutoArchitecture),” the teachings of all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
- the blocks 32 - 42 may represent other software and/or hardware components capable of executing on or in connection with controllers 10A, 10B.
- the blocks may be various types of function blocks, or the like, as defined and executed within the aforementioned Foundation Fieldbus, Profibus, DeviceNetTM, InterBusTM and Modbus ® or other industry standards.
- Blocks 32 - 42 operate in the conventional manner known in the art, as modified in accord with the teachings herein for fault avoidance.
- controller 10A includes supervisor 32, temperature controller 34 and flow controller 36, each of which may include further blocks (not shown).
- Supervisor component 32 initiates process control functions, including activation and execution of blocks 34, 36.
- Block 32 also generates a temperature supervisory set point, e.g., based on operator input.
- Block 34 is a temperature controller that utilizes a proportional-integral-derivative (PJD) or other control algorithm to generate a flow set point based on the temperature set point from the supervisor object 32 and on temperature readings from sensor 18.
- Block 36 serves as a flow controller that, too, utilizes a PID or other control algorithm to set a flow level, e.g., for valve 24, based on the flow set point from block 34 and on flow readings from sensor 20.
- PID proportional-integral-derivative
- supervisor 32 is referred to as a "source” for temperature controller 34 and, more accurately, for the temperature set point parameter used by controller 34.
- Temperature sensor 18 is also a source for controller 34.
- the flow controller 36 conversely, is referred to as a "sink” for temperature controller 34 and, more accurately, for the flow set point parameter generated by it.
- sources i.e., suppliers
- sinks i.e., consumers
- the illustrated apparatus includes one or more registries 42 - 48 to maintain information about the field devices 16 - 32. These can be contained in memory or other data stores within workstation 11, within the processors 10A, 10B, within smart field devices 16 - 32, within standalone storage devices (as illustrated), or otherwise. Where more than one registry is provided, they can be distributed among domains and, indeed, among the field devices themselves.
- the registries can be implemented as pointers, symbols, objects, variables, vectors, tables, records, databases, files, or other data structures or stores. They can be implemented as stand-alone entities or, for example, within other system components such as function blocks, or the like, as defined and executed within the aforementioned Foundation Fieldbus, Profibus, DeviceNetTM, InterBusTM and Modbus ® or other industry standards.
- the registries maintain information about the control or process variables monitored by sensor-type field devices.
- entries in registry 42 can indicate that sensor 16 monitors the pressure of vessel 25 and that sensor 18 monitors the temperature of that vessel.
- Registry 44 can indicate that sensor 20 monitors flow in the conduit between vessel 25 and tank 21.
- the registries can also maintain information about process variables governed by actuator- type sensors. Other information can be maintained in the registries, as well, for example identifiers of sources and/or sinks of each of the elements in the process control system.
- each process control component 32 - 42 maintains, e.g., in its own dedicated store or in a registry, identities of the process variables supplied to it by the "sources.” Identities and other information regarding the sources can be maintained as well.
- temperature controller 34 maintains an internal store indicating that one of its sources, sensor 18, supplies the temperature of vessel 25.
- Figure 3 is a flowchart depicting how the process control system of Figure 2 provides for fault-avoidance. In steps 50 - 52, each field device "registers" with the system upon "hot” insertion, installation or commencement of operation.
- registration is performed by sensor-type field devices, e.g., pressure, temperature and flow sensors 16 - 20, and entails generating an identifier indicating which process variable is monitored by each sensor.
- sensor 16 generates an identifier signal indicating that it monitors the pressure of vessel 25, while sensor 18 generates a signal indicating that it monitors the temperature of that vessel.
- identifier signals are stored in registry 42, or elsewhere, as discussed above.
- the identifier signal generated by the field device can be based, for example, on information stored in the sensor, or otherwise supplied to the system, e.g., by a field technician prior to (or concurrent with) insertion. Alternatively, by way of further non-limiting example, it can be based on keys, tags or other physical indicia installed on or in the field device.
- controllers 10A, 10B commence operation, monitoring and/or controlling operation of processes 12A, 12B.
- each component 32 - 42 monitors its sources to identify actual or potential degradation of the information supplied by them.
- the sources are self-vahdating field devices, as described above, the recipient component (or sink) utilizes the above-described status signals as means of determining actual or potential fault.
- temperature controller 34 can identify as faulty a source (e.g., sensor 18) generating an MV signal of "blurred,” “dazzled,” “blind.”
- the recipient process control components i.e., blocks 32 - 42
- the recipient process control components can monitor process variables, statistically or otherwise, to identify actual or potential degradation.
- Still other elements resident in the controllers and/or in the control system e.g., other field devices
- the detection of fault by recipient components or other elements can be based on principles paralleling those discussed in incorporated-by- reference U.S. Patents 5,570,300 and 5,774,378, or otherwise.
- step 58 processing continues in the normal course unless an actual or potential fault is detected in a source (e.g., temperature sensor 18).
- a source e.g., temperature sensor 18
- the recipient component e.g., temperature controller 34
- Step 60 Alternatively, another component or element in the system (e.g., supervisor component 32) seeks a replacement on behalf of the recipient.
- the replacement is identified via a search of registries 42 - 48 for a source that provides an identical or related process variable to that identified as actually or potentially faulty.
- a source that provides an identical or related process variable to that identified as actually or potentially faulty.
- pressure sensor 16 is deemed to provide a "related" process variable, since the temperature of the contents vessel 25 can be determined with acceptable accuracy from its pressure.
- replacement readings are taken from sensors or other process control components that measure (or otherwise generate) an identical or related process variable but that normally output another process variable.
- multimeasurement sensors e.g., a flow sensor 20 implemented as a CFT10 Series I/A Series ® mass flow transmitter of the type commercially available from the assignee hereof. Though such a sensor typically outputs a flow reading, it measures temperature (along with other flow-related variables) in order to normalize the flow reading.
- temperature controller 34 can utilize the temperature readings generated by mass flow sensor 20 as replacements.
- Step 62 If no replacement source is found (step 62), the operator is notified. Step 64. System operation may nonetheless continue, depending on the nature of the fault.
- a replacement source If a replacement source is found (step 66), its outputs are coupled to the inputs of the recipient component The manner in which this is accomplished varies in accord with the specific nature of source/sink coupling in controller 10A. For example, if each component (e.g., temperature controller 34) maintains pointers to its sources (e.g., temperature sensor 18), replacement is effected by substituting a pointer to the replacement element (e.g., pressure sensor 16) for that of the actually or potentially faulty element (e.g., temperature sensor 18). Alternatively, if source information is coded into component via a configurator (not shown), such a configurator may be employed to impart sufficient information to effect replacement.
- a configurator may be employed to impart sufficient information to effect replacement.
- the recipient executes appropriate conversions (e.g., pressure-to-temperature conversions) and/or compensates for differences in uncertainty or accuracy, e.g., using alternate control algorithms in order to insure proper operation.
- appropriate conversions e.g., pressure-to-temperature conversions
- compensates for differences in uncertainty or accuracy e.g., using alternate control algorithms in order to insure proper operation.
- a source Once a source, previously detected as actually or potentially faulty, resumes normal operation (e.g., as a result of physical repair or replacement by a technician or as a result of termination of a transient fault condition), it can be coupled back into the system - thus, in effect, replacing its replacement.
- a repaired source can register with the system upon being brought on-line and, in the process, send a local or system-wide notification, e.g., over medium 14 or portions thereof. Recipients or sinks of information generated by the repaired source can recouple with it, as described above.
- Such recoupling can be predicated, for example, on a comparison of tolerances, accuracy or other operational parameters of the repaired source and the replacement that had been substituted for it on detection of the original fault condition. Described above are methods and apparatus achieving the desired objects. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments described herein and shown in the drawings are examples of the invention and that other embodiments incorporating one or more of the mechanisms and techniques herein, or equivalents thereof, fall within the scope of the invention.
- further embodiments of the invention provide environmental control systems utilizing apparatus and methods like those herein to monitor and/or control heating, ventilation, cooling, and other environmental factors.
- Yet still further embodiments of the invention provide industrial control systems, manufacturing control systems, or the like, that also utilize apparatus and methods like those herein to monitor and/or control respective industrial, manufacturing or other processes.
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