Replacing a controller on a process device
AssigneeDresser, Inc.
InventorsAnatoly Podpaly, Xianren Kong, Yanli Liu, Justin Scott Shriver, Ryan Zhu
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Abstract
A method for replacing a controller on a process device that avoids downtime on a process line. The method may include retrieving data from a first controller on a valve assembly, the data comprising information that defines values for operating parameters on the first controller, removing the first controller from the valve assembly, coupling a second controller to the valve assembly, and storing data on the second controller, the data comprising information that defines the values for operating parameters corresponding with the first controller.
Claims20
A valve assembly, comprising:
- an actuator;
- a valve coupled to the actuator, the valve comprising a closure member movable relative to a seat;
- and
- a valve positioner coupled to the actuator,
- wherein the valve positioner is configured to,
- receive a query from a terminal, and
- initiate a maintenance procedure in response to the query that prepares the valve positioner either to remove from said valve assembly or install onto said valve assembly without disrupting flow fluid through the valve.
A method, comprising:
- at a computing device having a processor with access to executable instructions for,
- receiving a first set of data from a first controller on a valve assembly, the data comprising information that defines values for operating parameters on the first controller;
- instructing an end user to remove the first controller from the valve assembly;
- identifying a change from the first controller with a second controller on the valve assembly;
- and
- generating a second set of data for use with the second controller on the valve assembly, the data comprising information that defines the values for operating parameters corresponding with the first controller.
A method, comprising:
- at a computing device having a processor with access to executable instructions for,
- configuring a visual interface on the computing to solicit information from an end user that indicates a locked condition that prevents movement of a closure member relative to a seat on a valve assembly;
- generating a first query from the terminal with data that cause a first controller on the valve assembly to transmit data defining acquired values for operating parameters for the valve assembly;
- configuring the visual interface on the terminal to display instructions to remove the first controller and to install a second controller on the valve assembly;
- and
- storing values for operating parameters on the second controller that correspond with the acquired values from the first controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.