System and method for autogenerating simulations for process control system checkout and operator training
AssigneeInvensys Systems, Inc.
InventorsGregory McKim, Prashant Karbhari
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Abstract
A method and system for automatically generating simulations for a distributed control system is disclosed herein. A programmed process model generator automatically incorporates a variety of process model data from pre-defined model libraries into descriptions of process equipment including control devices to render simulation models of various degrees of fidelity.
Claims14
A computerized method for automatically providing a tieback simulation model for control system checkout in a virtual runtime environment, the method comprising:
- creating, by a computing device, a virtual representation of at least portion of the control system to be simulated, said virtual representation comprising one or more defined elements and one or more I/O components;
- providing, by the computing device, a simulation model library comprising one or more tieback models representing process component response behaviors to inputs in a simulated control system;
- applying, by the computing device, the defined elements of the control system to the one or more tieback model in the provided simulation library to automatically create one or more process simulation model objects;
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- connecting, by the computing device, the one or more rendered process simulation model objects to the one or more I/O components of the virtual representation of the control system to render the tieback simulation model for the virtual representation.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for automatically providing a tieback simulation model for control system checkout in a virtual runtime environment, said computer-executable instructions comprising instructions for:
- creating a virtual representation of at least portion of the control system including control logic to be simulated, said virtual representation comprising one or more defined elements and one or more I/O components;
- providing a simulation model library comprising one or more tieback models representing process component response behaviors to inputs in a simulated control system;
- applying defined elements of the control system to the one or more tieback model in the provided simulation library to automatically create one or more process simulation model objects;
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- connecting the one or more rendered process simulation model objects to the one or more I/O components of the virtual representation of the control system to render the tieback simulation model for the virtual representation.
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