MOBILE ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL PHENOMENA IN A PROCESS PLANT

摘要

In a process plant, a mobile device detects a physical phenomenon and converts the detected physical phenomenon to digital data representative of the physical phenomenon. The data are transmitted to an expert system and analyzed by the expert system to determine a state of one or more process elements. Abnormal conditions associated with the process elements may be detected, and a cause of the abnormal condition may be determined from the digital data. Process control parameters may be automatically changed to correct the abnormal condition, work items may be created to cause personnel to take action to correct the abnormal condition, and/or an operator may be prompted to take a corrective action to resolve the abnormal condition.

主权项

1. A method for analyzing physical phenomena in a process plant, the method including:
detecting, in a mobile device, a physical phenomenon in the process plant; converting, in the mobile device, the detected physical phenomenon to digital data representative of the physical phenomenon; transmitting the digital data to an expert system; and analyzing the digital data in the expert system to determine a state of one or more process elements.