Control system simulation, testing, and operator training
AssigneeFluor Corporation
InventorsPaul G. Scharold, D. Dwight Brayton, Christopher S. Ghormley, Shane R. Addleman
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Abstract
A requirements database and test generator generates tests for functional and field testing and generates requirements documentation, user manuals, operational procedures, instrument data sheets, instrument indices, instrument loop diagrams, validation reports, and test reports, including exception and passing reports. A portable process control simulator system which provides control system users with scenarios that mirror field operation as defined.
Claims6
A method for training an operator to operate a plant control system comprising:
- simulating an HMI portion of the plant control system;
- simulating the control portion of the plant control system;
- simulating the plant sensors and actuators;
- coupling and using the simulated HMI, simulated control system, and simulated sensor and actuators together such that operator interaction with the simulated HMI results in the HMI being updated as if the operator was interacting with the HMI portion of a live control system;
- wherein the steps of simulating and using are performed on a computer that is uncoupled from the plant control system;
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- causing the operator to interact with the simulated HMI.
A method of testing a control system and training an operator comprising:
- providing an operator to be trained;
- coupling a test and training system to a plant control system;
- wherein the plant control system controls a plurality of actuators in a plant;
- causing the test and training system to output a report that indicates both the quality of the operator's performance and the quality of the control system's performance during the period when the operator was interacting with the control system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.