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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2006
Richard W. Kephart, Kittanning, PA (US);
Xu Cheng, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Steven J. Schilling, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert L. Yeager, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Richard W. Kephart, Kittanning, PA (US);
Xu Cheng, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Steven J. Schilling, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Robert L. Yeager, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Emerson Process Management Power & Water Solutions, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A process control system simulation technique performs real-time simulation of an actual process control network as that network is running within a process plant in a manner that is synchronized with the operation of the actual process control network. This real-time, synchronized simulation system includes a simulation process control network and a process model which are automatically updated periodically during the operation of the actual process control network to reflect changes made to the process control network, as well as to account for changes in the plant itself, i.e., changes which require an updated process model. The simulation system provides for more readily accessible and usable simulation activities, as the process control network and the process models used within the simulation system are synchronized with and up-to-date with respect to the current process operating conditions.