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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2016
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, SA;
Sadiq M. Sait, Dhahran, SA;
Ghalib A. Al-Hashim, Dammam, SA;
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
A collaborative automation platform and associated method include a fault-tolerant control server hosting one or more virtual controllers, and a fault-tolerant input/output server hosting a virtual input/output system. The collaborative automation platform also includes a master autonomous process interface system connected to the virtual input/output system, via a local area input/output network. The collaborative automation platform also includes a plurality of distributed autonomous process interface systems connected to the master autonomous process interface system, wherein each distributed autonomous process interface system is hardwired to a plurality of field instruments. The collaborative automation platform also includes real-time DDS middleware configured for execution with the fault-tolerant control server, the fault-tolerant input/output server, the master autonomous process interface system, and the plurality of distributed autonomous process interface systems.
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