Processing machinery protection and fault prediction data natively in a distributed control system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9727050
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14808418

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A vibration data acquisition and analysis module is operable to be inserted directly into a distributed control system (DCS) I/O backplane, so that processed vibration parameters may be scanned directly by the DCS I/O controller. Because the process data and the vibration data are both being scanned by the same DCS I/O controller, there is no need to integrate numerical data, binary relay outputs, and analog overall vibration level outputs from a separate vibration monitoring system into the DCS. The system provides for: (1) directly acquiring vibration data by the DCS for machinery protection and predictive machinery health analysis; (2) direct integration of vibration information on DCS alarm screens; (3) acquisition and display of real time vibration data on operator screens; (4) using vibration data to detect abnormal situations associated with equipment failures; and (5) using vibration data directly in closed-loop control applications.

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  • COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Horn, Deane M Knoxville, US 6 282
Kephart, Richard W Kittanning, US 12 629
Medley, Michael D Knoxville, US 7 346
Steele, Kevin D Knoxville, US 4 232
Willis, John W Oak Ridge, US 48 15990

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