Abb Schweiz Ag

Veronika Domova

Aldo Dagnino

Marcel Dix

Kari Saarinen

Jinendra K Gugaliya

Mithun P Acharya

Elina Vartiainen

Jonas Brönmark

Claire Pitois

Bengt Stridh

Saad Azhar

Henrik Hillborg

Per-Erik Modén

Winston Garcia-Gabin

Kaushik Ghosh

Sam Ade Jacobs

Goranka Zoric

Aldo Dangnino

Per Erik MODÉN

A method for controlling personal protective equipment. The method includes positioning of a person equipped with personal protective equipment next to an electrical enclosure, wherein a specific personal protective equipment requirement is defined for the electrical enclosure. The method further includes scanning the personal protective equipment in a contact-less manner while the person is next to the electrical enclosure. Thereby scanned personal protective equipment information are generated. The method further includes comparing the scanned personal protective equipment information with the specific personal protective equipment requirement and evaluating, based on the comparison, whether the personal protective equipment is in accordance with the specific personal protective equipment requirement. The method further includes providing a feedback indicating whether or not the personal protective equipment is in accordance with the specific personal protective equipment requirement.

Method and system for controlling personal protective equipment

A method of controlling a visual operator interface having a plurality of predefined areas, which include one or more monitoring areas configured to display visual elements representing a current state of a technical system. According to the method, it is determined that one of the monitoring areas is to be prioritized; and an incomplete visibility decrease in at least one other area of the visual operator interface is initiated, wherein the prioritized monitoring area is unaffected by the visibility decrease.

Visual operator interface for a technical system

A method of monitoring and controlling an industrial process is provided. The method may be performed in process control system and includes: issuing, in the process control system, a first alarm; determining, in the process control system, at least a first sequence of alarms which the first alarm is part of; and displaying, on a display means, at least a second alarm expected to follow the first alarm at a future point in time, the second alarm being part of the at least first sequence of alarms. A process control system is also provided, and a computer program and a computer program product.

Method of monitoring and controlling an industrial process, and a process control system

Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of an alarm management system are disclosed herein. One exemplary embodiment is a method for monitoring an industrial plant comprising determining a sequence of alarm events for each of a plurality of time intervals including a first alarm event of a plurality of alarm events and a second alarm event of the plurality of alarm events; determining a count of the first alarm events and second alarm events; determining the alarm events exceed a support threshold value; determining a third count of a sub-sequence of the sequences of alarm events including the first alarm event followed by the second alarm event in response to determining the first count and the second count exceeds the support threshold value; determining a ratio using the first count, the second count, and the third count exceeds a display threshold value; and displaying the sub-sequence.

Industrial plant alarm management

A method for inspecting a solar panel of a solar power station is performed in a controller for an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, and includes the steps of: receiving an inspection request for a subset of the solar panels navigating, in a first stage, using radio signals, the UAV to an initial location in a vicinity of a particular solar panel of the subset of solar panels; positioning, in a second stage, the UAV using at least one near field sensor of the UAV; and capturing, using the infrared camera, an image of the particular solar panel.

Inspecting a solar panel using an unmanned aerial vehicle

A technology for delivering an audible notification from a process control system in a control room environment, where the delivery is made by one or more first speakers having a first coverage for audible notifications and one or more second speakers having a second coverage for audible notifications. A determination if the location of an operator is covered by the first coverage is made. The audible notification is delivered by the one or more first speakers if it is determined that the location of the operator is covered by the first coverage. The audible notification is delivered by the one or more second speakers if it is determined that the location of the operator is not covered by the first coverage.

Distribution of audible notifications in a control room

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Västerås, Sweden

Veronika Domova