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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2013
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Kanbe, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Nagai, Tokyo, JP;
Masatoshi Takubo, Tokyo, JP;
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process control system that controls an industrial process implemented in a plant, may include: a network provided in the plant; a first field device that is connected to the network, the first field device being configured to output one of measurement data, which is obtained by measuring a state quantity in the industrial process, and first simulation data, which simulates the state quantity; a controller that is connected to the network, the controller being configured to perform control in response to one of the measurement data and the first simulation data output from the first field device; and a simulator configured to generate the first simulation data to be output from the first field device.