Apparatus, method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11429090-B2
Application number	US-202016911427-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 25, 2020
Priority date	Dec 28, 2017
Publication date	Aug 30, 2022
Grant date	Aug 30, 2022

Abstract

To manage a generation history of a dynamic model for performing a dynamic simulation of a plant to efficiently generate the dynamic model, an apparatus, a method, and a program are provided, the apparatus including a model acquiring unit configured to acquire a first dynamic model, a second dynamic model and a third dynamic model that are models calculating dynamic states of a plant, a first difference extracting unit configured to extract at least one first difference being at least one difference between the first dynamic model and the second dynamic model, and a second difference extracting unit configured to extract at least one second difference being at least one difference between the first dynamic model and the third dynamic model.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a model acquiring unit configured to acquire a first dynamic model, a second dynamic model and a third dynamic model;
a first difference extracting unit configured to extract at least one first difference being at least one difference between the first dynamic model and the second dynamic model that are acquired by the model acquiring unit;
a second difference extracting unit configured to extract at least one second difference being at least one difference between the first dynamic model and the third dynamic model that are acquired by the model acquiring unit;
a dynamic plant simulator configured to provide a dynamic simulation result of a plant based on said at least one first difference and said at least one second difference; and
a screen output unit configured to graphically display one or more of the at least one first difference and the at least one second difference to facilitate managing operational and design changes over time;
wherein
the first dynamic model is generated based on a static model indicating a steady state of a first plant,
the first dynamic model is a model calculating a dynamic state of the first plant,
the second dynamic model is a model calculating the dynamic state of the first plant which reflects an adjustment of the first dynamic model,
the third dynamic model is a model calculating a dynamic state of a second plant which represents a change of the first plant,
the first dynamic model and the second dynamic model include a differential equation for calculating the dynamic state of the first plant, and
the third dynamic model includes a differential equation for calculating the dynamic state of the second plant.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a dynamic model generating unit configured to incorporate any of the at least one first difference and the at least one second difference into at least one of the first dynamic model, the second dynamic model and the third dynamic model so as to generate a fourth dynamic model.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a change managing unit configured to manage information of the at least one first difference and the at least one second difference.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a dynamic model generating apparatus configured to generate the first dynamic model based on the static model indicating the steady state of the first plant.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the dynamic model generating apparatus is configured to generate the first dynamic model further based on first piping and instrumentation diagram data of the first plant.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the dynamic model generating apparatus is configured to generate the third dynamic model based on a static model indicating a steady state of the second plant which represents a change of the first plant.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein
the dynamic model generating apparatus is configured to generate the third dynamic model further based on second piping and instrumentation diagram data which represents a change of the first piping and instrumentation diagram data of the first plant for the second plant which represents a change of the first plant.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the screen output unit is configured to output the display screen having a table that includes:
a first column in which the at least one first difference and the at least one second difference are displayed such that the at least one first difference and the at least one second difference are arranged next to each other in the same column;
a second column in which the at least one first difference is displayed in a same row as a row of the first column in which the at least one first difference is displayed; and
a third column in which the at least one second difference is displayed in a same row as a row of the first column in which the at least one second difference is displayed.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the screen output unit is configured to output the display screen that further displays each of the first difference and the second difference being either an addition or a deletion to or from the first dynamic model.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the screen output unit is configured to be able to interchange display forms between the addition and the deletion.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a third difference extracting unit configured to extract at least one third difference that is at least one difference between the second dynamic model and the third dynamic model; and
a dynamic model generating unit configured to incorporate any of the at least one third difference into the second dynamic model so as to generate a fourth dynamic, wherein
the second dynamic model is a model calculating a dynamic state of the first plant which reflects an adjustment of the first dynamic model, and
the third dynamic model is a model calculating a dynamic state of second plant which represents a change of the first plant.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a dynamic model generating apparatus configured to generate the first dynamic model based on a static model indicating a steady state of the first plant and first piping and instrumentation diagram data of the first plant that have no compatibility with the static model,
wherein the dynamic model generating apparatus includes:
a model converting unit configured to convert the static model into a first model based on the first static model, and convert the first piping and instrumentation diagram data into a second model based on the first piping and instrumentation diagram data, the first model and the second model having a common representation format;
a matching processing unit configured to match devices included in the first model with devices in the second model; and
a dynamic model generating unit configured to generate the first dynamic model based on the matching result by the matching processing unit.

13. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first difference extracting unit extracts a difference of pieces of information of devices, parameters and connections respectively included in the first dynamic model and the second dynamic model.

14. A method comprising:
acquiring a first dynamic model, a second dynamic model and a third dynamic model;
extracting at least one first difference being at least one difference between the first dynamic model and the second dynamic model that are acquired by the acquiring;
extracting at least one second difference being at least one difference between the first dynamic model and the third dynamic model that are acquired by the acquiring;
providing a dynamic simulation result of a plant based on said at least one first difference and said at least one second difference; and
displaying one or more of the at least one first difference and the at least one second difference to facilitate managing operational and design changes over time;
wherein
the first dynamic model is generated based on a static model indicating a steady state of a first plant,
the first dynamic model is a model calculating a dynamic state of the first plant,
the second dynamic model is a model calculating the dynamic state of the first plant which reflects an adjustment of the first dynamic model,
the third dynamic model is a model calculating a dynamic state of a second plant which represents a change of the first plant,
the first dynam

Assignees

• Yokogawa Electric Corp

Inventors

• KIMURA Yuuri
• Seki Tatenobu
• Ema Nobuaki

Classifications

• G05B2219/35009

  Dynamic simulation · CPC title

• Y02P90/02

  Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] · CPC title

• G05B19/41885 Primary

  characterised by modeling, simulation of the manufacturing system · CPC title

• G06F16/787

  using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location · CPC title

• G05B17/02 Primary

  electric · CPC title