Integrated alarm management system (ALMS) KPIs with plant information system
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsAnwar R. Al-Odail, Ziyad M. Al-Yahya
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Abstract
An improved alarm management system (“ALMS”) is described. In an embodiment, the improved alarm management system is configured to include a control system connected to multiple field devices in communication with an alarm management analysis system. The alarm management analysis system and control system can further be configured to communicate with the PI interface of a plant network. In a further embodiment, data from multiple ALMS can be aggregated offsite, processed, and configured to be displayed to offsite personnel.
Claims13
A plant alarm management system comprising:
- an alarm management analysis computer system,
- a control computer system further comprising:
- one or more input/output cards configured with an input/output controller;
- and
- multiple field devices, each including sensors to detect plant conditions, each of the one or more field devices configured to communicate data regarding plant state to the one or more input/output cards configured as part of the control computer system, and
- a PI interface computer system configured to be in a communication channel over a network with each of the alarm management system and the control computer system.
A corporate level plant alarm management system comprising:
- multiple separate plant level alarm management systems, each separate plant level alarm management system comprising:
- an alarm management analysis computer system,
- a control computer system further comprising:
- one or more input/output cards;
- and
- multiple field devices, each including sensors to detect plant conditions, each of the one or more field devices configured to communicate data regarding plant state to the one or more input/output cards configured as part of the control computer system, the control system further configured to store state data for each of the multiple field devices, and
- a PI interface computer system configured to be in a communication channel over a network with each of the alarm management system and the control computer system.
A plant alarm management system comprising:
- an alarm management analysis computer system,
- a control computer system further comprising:
- one or more input/output cards configured with an input/output controller;
- and
- multiple field devices, each including sensors to detect plant conditions, each of the one or more field devices configured to communicate data regarding plant state to the one or more input/output cards configured as part of the control computer system, and
- a PI interface computer system configured to be in a communication channel over a network with each of the alarm management system and the control computer system,
- the communication channel between the control computer system and the PI interface computer system is configured to direct alarm data and alarm related information through a first channel OPC server,
- the communication channel between the alarm management analysis computer system and the PI interface computer system is configured to direct alarm data and alarm related information through a second alternate channel of the same OPC server, and
- the communication channel between the alarm management analysis computer system and the control computer system is configured to direct alarm data and alarm related information through a third channel of the same OPC server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.