CA2392380A1 - Multi-variable processes - Google Patents

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CA2392380A1
CA2392380A1 CA002392380A CA2392380A CA2392380A1 CA 2392380 A1 CA2392380 A1 CA 2392380A1 CA 002392380 A CA002392380 A CA 002392380A CA 2392380 A CA2392380 A CA 2392380A CA 2392380 A1 CA2392380 A1 CA 2392380A1
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Robin William Brooks
John Gavin Wilson
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B23/00—Testing or monitoring of control systems or parts thereof
    • G05B23/02—Electric testing or monitoring
    • G05B23/0205—Electric testing or monitoring by means of a monitoring system capable of detecting and responding to faults
    • G05B23/0218—Electric testing or monitoring by means of a monitoring system capable of detecting and responding to faults characterised by the fault detection method dealing with either existing or incipient faults
    • G05B23/0224—Process history based detection method, e.g. whereby history implies the availability of large amounts of data
    • G05B23/0227—Qualitative history assessment, whereby the type of data acted upon, e.g. waveforms, images or patterns, is not relevant, e.g. rule based assessment; if-then decisions
    • G05B23/0235—Qualitative history assessment, whereby the type of data acted upon, e.g. waveforms, images or patterns, is not relevant, e.g. rule based assessment; if-then decisions based on a comparison with predetermined threshold or range, e.g. "classical methods", carried out during normal operation; threshold adaptation or choice; when or how to compare with the threshold
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01D—MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01D7/00—Indicating measured values
    • G01D7/02—Indicating value of two or more variables simultaneously
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B23/00—Testing or monitoring of control systems or parts thereof
    • G05B23/02—Electric testing or monitoring
    • G05B23/0205—Electric testing or monitoring by means of a monitoring system capable of detecting and responding to faults
    • G05B23/0259—Electric testing or monitoring by means of a monitoring system capable of detecting and responding to faults characterized by the response to fault detection
    • G05B23/0267—Fault communication, e.g. human machine interface [HMI]
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B2219/00—Program-control systems
    • G05B2219/30—Nc systems
    • G05B2219/35—Nc in input of data, input till input file format
    • G05B2219/35507—Spider, radar, parallel axes, multivariate plot

Abstract

Control and output-quality variables of a process plant (1) are plotted against parallel axes in a display unit (7).
Convex hulls between pairs of variables are calculated from sets of the variable-values accumulated historically in stores (7, 9) during successive runs of the process, and hulls (H; TC, BC) between successive axis-pairs are displayed. New variable-values for process optimisation are fixed for the variables taken in turn, each selection being made within displayed ranges (Rn-Rn) derived from the hulls effective between the respective variable and the variables already fixed. A display unit (13) provides on-line parallel-axis display of variable-values from the plant (1) showing alarm carets (DC, UC) where values violate limits (UL, LL) determined by the convex hulls, and allowing variation in the displayed-value for observing the resultant effect in avoiding alarm situation and towards optimisation.

Claims (33)

1. A method for displaying variables of a multi-variable process, comprising deriving a multi-dimensional display representation in parallel coordinates of a feasible region of the process-variables, the representation being derived from sets of values for the process-variables accumulated respectively from multiple operations of the process, deriving a further set of values for said variables within said region and displaying them within said representation, and defining within the display representation available ranges for the variables according to the values of other variables within said further set.
2. A method according to Claim 1 wherein definition of the available ranges utilises convex hulls that are calculated for each pair of variables from the accumulated sets of values.
3. A method according to Claim 2 wherein the variables are related in ordered sequence to respective axes of a set of parallel coordinate axes of the multi-dimensional representation, and convex hulls for the successive pairs of variables in said ordered sequence are displayed between the axes of those variables in said representation.
4. A method according to any one of Claims 1 to 3 wherein the values of the further set of values are derived selectively and sequentially with one another, and the available ranges are defined and re-defined according to the selections made.
5. A method according to any one of Claims 1 to 3 performed during running of the process, wherein the values of said further set are the current values of the variables during that run, and alarm indication is provided in respect of any said variable for which the current value is outside the available range for that variable.
6. A method according to Claim 5 wherein said alarm indication includes the display of an alarm marking against the available range violated.
7. A method for selection of values for variables of a multi-variable process, comprising a first step of deriving a multi-dimensional display representation in parallel coordinates of a feasible region of the variables, the representation being derived from sets of values for the process-variables accumulated respectively from multiple operations of the process, a second step of selecting, so as to fix, a value within said region for one of said variables and defining available ranges for the other variables in accordance with the selection made, and a third step of selecting, so as to fix, a value within the available range defined for one of the remaining unfixed-value variables and re-defining the available ranges for the other unfixed-value variables in accordance with the selections so far made, this third step being repeated until values for all unfixed-value variables have been fixed by the selections made.
8. A method according to Claim 7 wherein definition of the available ranges utilises convex hulls that are calculated for each pair of variables from the accumulated sets of values.
9. A method according to Claim 8 wherein the variables are related in ordered sequence to respective axes of a set of parallel coordinate axes of the multi-dimensional representation, and convex hulls for the successive pairs of variables in said ordered sequence are displayed between the axes of those variables in said representation.
10. A method according to Claim 9 wherein the value of said one variable is selected by selecting a position corresponding to that value along the first axis of the set of axes, and the multi-dimensional representation includes display of a polygonal line that extends from the selected position to intersect each individual axis of the other axes at a position corresponding to the mid-point of a working range that lies within said available range defined for the variable of that axis.
11. A method according to Claim 10 wherein said third step includes the display of a new polygonal line in the multi-dimensional representation as the value of each successive variable is fixed by selection, the new line extending through positions which on the respective axes of the fixed-value variables correspond to the values selected, and which on the respective axes of the unfixed-value variables correspond to the mid-points of working ranges that lie within the said available ranges of those unfixed-value variables.
12. A method according to Claim 11 wherein the available range for each unfixed-value variable is displayed on the axis of that variable by an intercept therewith of divergent lines from the axis of the immediately preceding variable of said ordered sequence.
13. A method according to any one of Claims 8 to 12 wherein the re-definition of available ranges in the third step is effected in dependence upon the convex hulls which are applicable individually between the remaining variables of unfixed value and each of the fixed-value variables.
14. A method according to any one of Claims 7 to 13 wherein the representation includes display in respect of each of a plurality of the fixed-value variables, of a range within which the value of that variable may be changed while holding the others of said plurality of fixed-value variables at their fixed values.
15. A method according to any one of Claims 7 to 14 wherein a further multi-dimensional display representation in parallel coordinates is provided during running of the process, the further representation displaying the values of the variables current during that run and providing alarm indication in respect of any said variable for which the current value is outside limits for that variable that are dependent upon the current values of the other variables and are calculated in accordance with the sets of accumulated values.
16. A method according to Claim 15 wherein said limits are displayed in the display representation, and said alarm indication includes the display of an alarm marking against a limit violated.
17. A system for displaying variables of a multi-variable process, comprising means for providing a multi-dimensional display representation in parallel coordinates of a feasible region of the process-variables, the representation being derived from sets of values for the process-variables accumulated respectively from multiple operations of the process, means for deriving a further set of values for said variables within said region and displaying them within said representation, and means for defining within the display representation available ranges for the variables according to the values of other variables within said further set.
18. A system according to Claim 17 wherein said means for defining the available ranges is operative to define those ranges in terms of convex hulls that are calculated for each pair of variables from the accumulated sets of values.
19. A system according to Claim 18 wherein the means for providing the multi-dimensional display is operative to relate the variables in ordered sequence to respective axes of a set of parallel coordinate axes of the multi-dimensional representation, and to display the convex hulls for the successive pairs of variables in said ordered sequence between the axes of those variables in said representation.
20. A system according to any one of claims 17 to 19 wherein the means for deriving the further set of values is operative to derive these values selectively and sequentially with one another, and the means for defining the available ranges is operative to define and re-define-those ranges according to the selections of values of said further set made.
21. A system according to any one of Claims 17 to 19 wherein said means for deriving a further sat of values comprises means responsive to the current values of said variables during running of the process for supplying those current values as said further set, and wherein the system includes means for providing an alarm indication in respect of any said variable for which the current value is outside the.available range for that variable.
22. A system according to Claim 21 wherein said alarm indication includes the display of an alarm marking against the available range violated.

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23. A system for providing a display representation for use in selection of values for variables of a multi-variable process, comprising means for storing sets of values for the process-variables accumulated respectively from multiple operations of the process, display means for providing a multi-dimensional display representation in parallel coordinates, the representation including in accordance with the stored sets of values, display of a feasible region of the variables, and selection means that is operable successively to select, so as to fix, values within said region for all said variables in turn, said display means being operative upon each operation of the selection means to define available ranges for such of the other variables that remain of un-fixed value.
24. A system according to Claim 23 wherein the display means includes an electronic display unit.
25. A system according to Claim 23 or Claim 24 wherein said display means determines the available ranges from convex hulls calculated for each pair of variables from the accumulated sets of values.
26. A system according to Claim 25 wherein the variables are related in ordered sequence to respective axes of a set of parallel coordinate axes of the multi-dimensional representation, and convex hulls for the successive pairs of variables in said ordered sequence are displayed between the axes of those variables in said representation.
27. A system according to Claim 26 wherein the value of said one variable is selected by selecting a position corresponding to that value along the first axis of the set of axes, and the multi-dimensional representation includes display of a polygonal line that extends from the selected position to intersect each individual axis of the other axes at a position corresponding to the mid-point of the available range defined for the variable of that axis.
28. A system according to Claim 27 wherein said display means is operative to display a new polygonal line in the multi-dimensional representation as the value of each successive variable is fixed by selection, the new line extending through positions which on the respective axes of the fixed-value variables correspond to the values selected, and which on the respective axes of the unfixed-value variables correspond to the mid-points of the available ranges of those unfixed-value variables.
29. A system according to Claim 28 wherein the available range for each unfixed-value variable is displayed on the axis of that variable by an intercept therewith of divergent lines from the axis of the immediately preceding variable of said ordered sequence.
30. A system according to any one of Claims 25 to 29 wherein the definition of available ranges is effected in dependence upon the convex hulls which, for the time being, are applicable individually between such of the variables that remain of unfixed value and each of the fixed-value variables.
31. A system according to any one of Claims 23 to 30 wherein the representation includes display in respect of each of a plurality of the fixed-value variables, of a range within which the value of that variable may be changed while holding the others of said plurality of fixed-value variables at their fixed values.
32. A system according to any one of Claims 23 to 31 including further display means for providing display representation in parallel coordinates during running of the process, the further representation displaying the values of the variables current during that run and providing alarm indication in respect of any said variable for which the current value is outside limits for that variable that are dependent upon the current values of the other variables and are calculated in accordance with the sets of accumulated values.
33. A system according to Claim 32 wherein said limits are displayed in the display representation, and said alarm indication includes the display of an alarm marking against a limit violated.
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