Diagnosing part behavior on a control valve

Abstract

A monitoring device that is configured to diagnose potential issues on a valve. The monitoring device may include a sensor network that measures variables on or around the valve. The sensor network provides data to processing hardware with executable instructions that define methods to process the data. In one implementation, these methods may generate a trajectory for performance of the flow control and compare this “real” trajectory to a model trajectory. The methods may, in turn, determine a relationship between the real trajectory and the model trajectory to identify potential or possible failure conditions on the device. The method may also generate an output that corresponds with this relationship.

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