Intelligent safety motor control center (ISMCC)

A method to implement a safety control of an industrial process running at an oil and gas facility, the method comprising:

• operating one or more motor control centers, each comprising that is an optical network
• interface, and a programmable logic controller (PLC) that includes a computing module comprising a processor and at least one memory in communication with the processor,
• wherein each motor control center is configured to monitor and control one or more field devices coupled thereto,
• wherein a plurality of field devices are dispersed at the oil and gas facility, wherein the processor is configured to:
• receive data encoding diagnostic information of the one or more field devices and measurements from the one or more field devices, and
• process the data using machine learning algorithms to predict a performance of the one or more field devices;
• and
• operating a safety instrumented system (SIS) in communication with the one or more moto control centers solely through the optical network interface thereof,
• wherein each motor control center is configured to communicate with the safety instrumented system without an interposing relay located between each motor control center and the safety instrumented system,
• wherein the safety instrumented system comprises a computer processor configured to implement the safety control at the oil and gas facility based on communication with each motor control center through the network interface thereof,
• wherein each motor control center and the safety instrumented system are synchronized with an accuracy under 1 millisecond, and
• wherein each motor control center comprises triplicate or 1oo2D (one-out-of-two with diagnostics) components such that each motor control center is rated SIL (Safety Integrity Level) 3 for operating at a SIL 3 level of fault tolerance while communication between the SIS and each motor control center achieves redundancy with reduced cost and latency in the absence of the interposing relay.