Is this Emerson's version of Advanced Process Control?

3/3/2009

(From the ARC Advisory Website)

Emerson’s Adaptive Capability for DeltaV InSight Extends Predictive Intelligence Of PlantWeb Architecture

Emerson Process Management has unveiled a newly developed adaptive capability for DeltaV InSight which enables the DeltaV control system to automatically learn process dynamics, diagnose control problems, and re-tune control loops for optimal performance.

Further extending the predictive intelligence of PlantWeb architecture, this new capability is embedded in DeltaV’s digital control system with automatic configuration to provide increased performance and availability for all DeltaV and FOUNDATION fieldbus-based control loops. DeltaV InSight is uniquely automatic - it provides system-wide performance monitoring and diagnostics with no additional configuration or maintenance effort. InSight performance monitoring is automatically updated for any changes made to the system. DeltaV InSight also accounts for process changes by automatically learning process dynamics from normal day-to-day operations. This process knowledge may be applied to improve plant performance and availability with adaptive loop tuning, non-linear control, loop diagnostics, process simulation, and model based control.

DeltaV InSight has also been enhanced with automatic performance reports that can be scheduled to provide key performance metrics for a user’s control system. Based on XML standards and Microsoft Excel templates, these reports are ready to use out of the box, or can be customized with a plant’s unique key performance indicators. These reports will also be available through Emerson’s highly successful Guardian Web Dashboard, enabling customers to easily distribute reports across their enterprise.

Posted at 10:01 AM by sclouther