US 2007/0168065 A1 · System for configuring graphic display elements and process modules in process plants

Abstract

A system for facilitating configuration of a process plant may include a process graphics editor and a process module editor. The process graphics editor may facilitate creation and/or modification of a graphical representation of physical entities In the process plant. The process module editor may facilitate creation and/or modification of a process module. A process module may include one or more interconnected process objects representative of one or more corresponding physical entities in the process plant. The system may also include a supervisor module communicatively coupled to the process graphics editor and the process module editor. The supervisor module may be capable of detecting changes made to the graphical representation of the physical entities using the process graphics editor. In response to detecting such changes, the supervisor module may instruct the process module editor to make a corresponding change, if any, to a process module.

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Dependent claims

A user interface method for facilitating configuration of a process plant, the method comprising:

segmenting a display into at least a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion;
displaying in the first portion a workspace to create a simulation algorithm for at least a portion of the process plant, at least a portion of the simulation algorithm being defined by depictions of connections among process objects in the workspace,;
displaying in the second portion a library of process objects capable of being added to the workspace, at least one of the process objects in the library having at least one associated graphical representation of a physical entity in the process plant corresponding to the process object;
and
if a process object in the workspace is selected by a user, displaying in the third portion indications of parameters of the selected process object.

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A method for facilitating configuration of a process plant, the system comprising:

detecting, using a supervisor module application being executed by a first processor, a change to a graphical representation of physical entities in the process plant, the graphical representation adapted to be displayed on a display device, the change to the graphical representation of physical entities in the process plant made using a process graphics editor communicatively coupled to the supervisor module application;
determining, using the supervisor module application, a corresponding change, if any, to be made to a process module corresponding to the graphical representation of physical entities in the process plant, the process module comprising one or more interconnected process objects representative of the physical entities in the process plant;
and
if the corresponding change to be made to the process module is determined, instructing, using the supervisor module application, a process module editor communicatively coupled to the supervisor module application to modify the process module according to the determined change to be made to the process module.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System for configuring graphic display elements and process modules in process plants

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System for configuring graphic display elements and process modules in process plants

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Abstract

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