Method and system for managing alarms in modular production installations

A system for managing alarms in modular production installations, comprising:

• process equipment assembly (PEA) modules for a modular, manufacturer-independent design and operation of a production installation,
• a programmable PEA controller which is executed on a programmable logic controller platform, by means of which the PEA modules are controlled,
• a projectable PEA simulation which is executed on a simulation platform, and using which the PEA modules are simulated, and
• a module type package (MTP) mechanism, by means of which the PEA modules are integrated into the production installation in a course of a standardized process orchestration for a PEA module description, the projectable PEA simulation, in which, of corresponding faults with respect to potential, stored or retrievable fault cases of the production installation, for each fault case, the corresponding fault is triggered virtually by a corresponding PEA module activation,
• wherein the projectable PEA simulation, which simulates a simulation case, which belongs to the fault which is virtually triggered in each case, and in the process determines at least one simulation fault in each case,
• wherein the programmable PEA controller, which detects the simulation fault and thereupon executes all simulation-fault-based switching actions in accordance with programming,
• wherein:
• a) the programmable PEA controller, which generates at least one alarm signal for alarm chain tracing for each detected simulation fault,
• b) an alarm chain tracing component, which detects the alarm signals generated for all fault cases, logs the same in an alarm signal log and passes the alarm signal log to an alarm chain analysis component,
• c) the alarm chain analysis component, which analyzes the alarm signal log and, on a basis of an analysis of the alarm chain analysis component, identifies alarm chains or identifies alarm chains and determines alarm correlations in the alarm chains,
• d) the alarm chain analysis component passes the analysis results during the identification of the alarm chains or results of a determination during the determination of the alarm correlations in the alarm chains to the MTP mechanism for the embedding thereof into the PEA module description.