Distributed factory affair monitoring system

The design of the distributed plant monitoring system solves the problem of the inability to confirm the operating status and faults on-site in existing technologies, and achieves efficient plant monitoring and safety assurance.

CN223692668UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-19SHANGHAI TANSUO ENERGY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202423064192.0
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-11
Publication Date
2025-12-19
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-11

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Technical Problem

The existing plant monitoring system cannot confirm the operating status and fault conditions of designated functional units on-site, resulting in low operating efficiency and potential safety hazards.

Method used

A distributed plant monitoring system is adopted, including an equipment layer, a data exchange layer, a centralized monitoring layer, and a field monitoring layer. The system allows users to directly view or confirm the operation of the monitored units at the field monitoring units and take timely measures in emergency situations.

Benefits of technology

This improved the operational efficiency of the plant monitoring system, ensuring that on-site staff could handle emergencies promptly and avoid potential safety hazards.

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Abstract

The utility model provides a distributed factory affair monitoring system, which is characterized in that a data exchange layer is respectively connected with a plurality of units to be monitored of an equipment layer and a centralized monitoring layer, and a plurality of field monitoring units of a field monitoring layer are respectively connected with a plurality of units to be monitored of the equipment layer and the centralized monitoring layer; therefore, a worker can directly check or confirm the operation condition of the specified unit to be monitored through the on-site monitoring unit placed in the machine room nearby each unit to be monitored during on-site inspection, thereby avoiding the situation that the worker can only contact with a centralized monitoring layer placed in the specified machine room, and greatly improving the operation efficiency of the distributed factory affair monitoring system. And in an emergency state, corresponding measures can be directly and timely taken on site through each on-site monitoring unit, so that dangers are avoided.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of plant affairs monitoring, particularly relates to a distributed plant affairs monitoring system. BACKGROUND

[0002] The plant affairs monitoring system is the necessary system of the large industrial plant at present, mainly through connecting the sensor, industrial equipment or connecting pipeline function system distributed in the plant everywhere, is used for monitoring the running parameter and the running state of each function system, and controls the operation of each function system, the existing plant affairs monitoring system is often placed in the designated plant control computer room.

[0003] But, the inconvenience of this plant affairs monitoring system is that only the running of all or part of each function unit can be monitored and controlled in the plant control computer room, when the staff inspects the running state of each function unit on site, only the current monitoring data of the instrument set on the industrial equipment or connecting pipeline can be viewed, if the running state of the specified function unit or all function units is to be viewed or confirmed, it must first contact the plant control computer room, and direct confirmation on site is not possible, which is not conducive to analyzing the running state of the specified function unit or all function units from the site, and is not conducive to judging the fault condition of the specified function unit or all function units from the site, thus resulting in low running efficiency of the existing plant affairs monitoring system, and making the staff unable to take corresponding adjustment measures in time in the emergency state, which causes safety hazards in the plant. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL

[0004] In view of the above-mentioned defects of the prior art, the utility model provides a distributed plant affairs monitoring system, which is used to solve the technical problems of low running efficiency and safety hazards in the plant caused by the fact that the existing plant affairs monitoring system cannot confirm the running state and fault condition of the specified function unit on site.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides a distributed plant affairs monitoring system. The distributed plant affairs monitoring system comprises: a device layer, a data exchange layer, a centralized monitoring layer and a field monitoring layer, wherein the device layer comprises: a plurality of to-be-monitored units; the data exchange layer is connected to each to-be-monitored unit of the device layer and connected to the centralized monitoring layer; the data exchange layer can communicate with each to-be-monitored unit in both directions and can communicate with the centralized monitoring layer in both directions; the field monitoring layer comprises: a plurality of field monitoring units; each field monitoring unit is connected to each to-be-monitored unit and connected to the centralized monitoring layer.

[0006] In some embodiments of the utility model, each unit to be monitored includes: one or more production equipment to be monitored;One or more monitoring devices connected with each production equipment;Wherein, each production equipment is connected with one or more monitoring devices;Each monitoring device is used for real-time monitoring the running condition of the corresponding production equipment respectively.

[0007] In some embodiments of the utility model, the monitoring device includes: temperature sensor, humidity sensor, light sensor, flow sensor, pressure sensor, current sensor, noise sensor, ranging sensor, motion sensor and chemical sensor one or more combinations.

[0008] In some embodiments of the utility model, the data exchange layer includes: industrial switch, respectively connecting each production equipment in each unit to be monitored and each monitoring device, and connecting to the centralized monitoring layer.

[0009] In some embodiments of the utility model, the centralized monitoring layer includes: centralized control device and centralized display device;Wherein, the centralized display device connects the centralized control device;The centralized control device connects the data exchange layer.

[0010] In some embodiments of the utility model, the centralized monitoring layer further includes: upper computer, connecting the centralized control device, including: man-machine interface;The upper computer includes: computer, tablet, mobile phone and control screen one of.

[0011] In some embodiments of the utility model, each field monitoring unit includes: field control device and field display device;Wherein, the field display device connects the field control device;The field control device is connected with each production equipment respectively, and is connected to the centralized monitoring layer respectively.

[0012] In some embodiments of the utility model, the field control device includes: controller, computer and control screen one of.

[0013] In some embodiments of the utility model, each unit to be monitored includes: refrigeration unit, pure water unit, air compression unit, cooling water unit, boiler hot water unit, exhaust unit, air conditioning unit, energy unit and waste water unit.

[0014] In some embodiments of the utility model, the centralized monitoring layer is connected with the external alarm center.

[0015] As described above, the utility model provides a kind of distributed plant affairs monitoring system, by connecting the data exchange layer respectively with the multiple units to be monitored of equipment layer and centralized monitoring layer, and the multiple field monitoring units of field monitoring layer are respectively connected with the multiple units to be monitored of equipment layer and centralized monitoring layer, to have following beneficial effects: make staff when on-site inspection can be viewed or confirmed directly by the field monitoring unit of the unit to be monitored closest machine room of each, avoid only by the centralized monitoring layer of the unit to be monitored of specified machine room contact, greatly improve the operation efficiency of the distributed plant affairs monitoring system, and in emergency state, corresponding measures can be taken in time directly in field by each field monitoring unit, avoid danger. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1 It is shown as the structure schematic diagram of the distributed plant affairs monitoring system in an embodiment of the utility model. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0017] The following is described by specific embodiments to illustrate the embodiments of the utility model, and those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the utility model from the content disclosed in the specification.

[0018] It should be understood that the structure, proportion, size and the like shown in the drawings attached to the present specification are only used to cooperate with the content disclosed in the specification for those skilled in the art to understand and read, and not to limit the implementation conditions of the utility model, so it does not have the technical essence, any modification of structure, change of proportion relationship or adjustment of size, without affecting the effect and purpose that the utility model can produce, should still fall within the scope of the technical content disclosed by the utility model. The following detailed description should not be considered as restrictive, and the scope of the embodiments of the utility model is only limited by the claims of the published patent. The terms used here are only for describing specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the utility model. Spatially related terms, such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "under", "below", "lower", "above", "upper" and the like, can be used in the text to facilitate the description of the relationship between one element or feature and another element or feature shown in the figure.

[0019] In the utility model, unless another definite provision and limitation, the terms "mount", "link", "connect", "fix", "hold" and so on should be understood broadly, for example, can be fixed connection, also can be detachable connection, or integrally connected;Can be mechanical connection, also can be electrical connection;Can be directly connected, also can be indirectly connected through the intermediate medium, can be the communication inside two elements.For the ordinary skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the utility model can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0020] Furthermore, as used in this document, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises", "comprising", "includes" and / or "including" specify the presence of stated features, operations, elements, components, items, and / or groups but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, operations, elements, components, items, and / or groups thereof. As used herein, the terms "or" and "and / or" are to be interpreted as inclusive, i.e., as meaning one or any combination of the items. Thus, "A, B or C" or "A, B and / or C" means any of the following: A; B; C; A and B; A and C; B and C; A, B and C. An exception to this definition will occur only when two or more identical items are listed using "or" in this context.

[0021] To solve the problems in the background art, the utility model provides a kind of distributed plant affairs monitoring system, to solve the technical problems of lower operating efficiency and the security risk of workshop caused by the fact that the operating state and fault condition of specified function unit cannot be confirmed in field in existing plant affairs monitoring system.

[0022] Meanwhile, in order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the utility model more clearly, the technical scheme of the embodiment of the utility model is further described in detail by the following examples and in conjunction with the drawings. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the utility model and not to limit the utility model.

[0023] As Figure 1 Indicated, the utility model provides a kind of distributed plant affairs monitoring system. In the embodiment, the distributed plant affairs monitoring system includes: equipment layer, data exchange layer, centralized monitoring layer and field monitoring layer.

[0024] Among them, the equipment layer includes: a plurality of units to be monitored.

[0025] In an embodiment, each unit to be monitored includes but is not limited to: refrigeration unit, pure water unit, air compression unit, cooling water unit, boiler hot water unit, exhaust unit, air conditioning unit, energy unit and wastewater unit.

[0026] In an embodiment, each of the units to be monitored comprises one or more production devices to be monitored, and one or more monitoring devices connected to the production devices.

[0027] In a specific embodiment, the monitoring devices comprise, but are not limited to, a combination of one or more of a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a light sensor, a flow sensor, a pressure sensor, a current sensor, a noise sensor, a distance sensor, a motion sensor, and a chemical sensor, for respectively monitoring the production devices connected thereto in real time, and obtaining temperature monitoring data, humidity monitoring data, light monitoring data, flow monitoring data, pressure monitoring data, current monitoring data, noise monitoring data, distance monitoring data, motion monitoring data, and chemical monitoring data of the production devices connected thereto as the device monitoring data.

[0028] The data exchange layer is connected to each of the units to be monitored of the device layer, and is connected to the centralized monitoring layer. The data exchange layer can communicate with each of the units to be monitored in both directions, and can communicate with the centralized monitoring layer in both directions.

[0029] In a specific embodiment, the data exchange layer comprises an industrial switch. The industrial switch is connected to each of the production devices and the monitoring devices in each of the units to be monitored, and is connected to the centralized monitoring layer.

[0030] It should be noted that the distributed plant monitoring system provided by the present application mainly protects the hardware structure inside the system and the connection relationship therebetween. The centralized monitoring layer in the present application can be used in combination with existing programs or software to realize monitoring of each of the units to be monitored. For example, the related technology of the existing central plant system FMCS is adopted: on the one hand, the device monitoring data of each production device is obtained, the running conditions of each production device are analyzed according to the obtained device monitoring data, and the device running data of each production device of each unit to be monitored is output; on the other hand, if it is predicted according to the threshold value that one or more production devices may fail and need to be intervened in time, a control signal can be generated in combination with the existing control algorithm to realize automatic control of each specified production device, including controlling the closing or opening of a certain valve of the production device, controlling the connection or disconnection of a certain pipeline of the production device, etc.

[0031] It should be noted that the hardware structure and connection relationship of the distributed plant monitoring system can support the data communication between the centralized monitoring layer, the device layer and the field monitoring layer, including the device operation data of each to-be-monitored unit and the data communication of the control signal. However, the method for the centralized monitoring layer to generate the device operation data of each to-be-monitored unit and the control signal is not within the protection scope of the utility model. The device operation data and the control signal introduced in the following of the utility model are only used to illustrate the communication relationship between the centralized monitoring layer, the device layer and the field monitoring layer, and do not involve any software technology update.

[0032] In an embodiment, the centralized monitoring layer comprises a centralized control device and a centralized display device (not shown). The centralized display device is connected to the centralized control device, and the centralized control device is connected to the data exchange layer. The centralized control device is used to receive the device monitoring data of each to-be-monitored unit forwarded by the data exchange layer, and output the device operation data of each to-be-monitored unit generated based on the prior art and the control signal of one or more specified production devices; and the centralized display device is used to display the device operation data of each to-be-monitored unit. It should be emphasized again that the utility model does not involve the method for the centralized control device to generate the device operation data and the control signal, and the process description is only used to illustrate the connection relationship and communication relationship of the centralized control device and other hardware structures of the system.

[0033] In a preferred embodiment, the centralized monitoring layer further comprises a host computer. The host computer is connected to the centralized control device, and the host computer comprises a man-machine interface, which can support the user to directly input the control instruction for one or more specified to-be-monitored units or one or more production devices.

[0034] In an embodiment, the centralized monitoring layer is in communication connection with an external alarm center, so as to support timely alarm and inform the relevant technical personnel to take corresponding measures when the production device fails or risks.

[0035] The field monitoring layer comprises a plurality of field monitoring units. Each field monitoring unit is connected to each to-be-monitored unit and connected to the centralized monitoring layer.

[0036] In a specific embodiment, each field monitoring unit comprises a field control device and a field display device. The field display device is connected to the field control device; the field control device is connected to each production device and connected to the centralized monitoring layer. Preferably, the field control device comprises one of a controller, a computer and a control screen, but is not limited thereto.

[0037] It should be noted that, in combination with the existing control algorithm, the field control device in each field monitoring unit can generate a control signal according to the user input control instruction to realize the automatic control of one or more specified production equipment, including controlling the closing or opening of a certain valve, controlling the connection or disconnection of a certain pipeline, etc. In the prior art, each field control device can be designed for user permissions, and different users can control different specified production equipment in the monitoring unit. It should be noted that the method of generating a control signal by the field monitoring device is not within the protection scope of the present application. The present application introduces equipment operation data and control signals, which are only used to illustrate the communication relationship between the field control device of each field monitoring layer and the centralized monitoring layer and each monitoring unit of the equipment layer, and do not involve any software technology update.

[0038] It should be understood that, in the present application, the centralized control device, the centralized display device and the upper computer of the centralized monitoring layer are placed in a specified plant control room, and the field control device and the field display device of each field monitoring unit are placed in the machine room near each monitoring unit, such as the field monitoring device and the field display device of the field monitoring unit for monitoring the exhaust unit, which are placed in the machine room near the exhaust unit, and the field monitoring device and the field display device of the field monitoring unit for monitoring the energy unit, which are placed in the machine room near the energy unit. Therefore, the distributed plant monitoring system has the following beneficial effects: the staff can directly check or confirm the operation of the specified monitoring unit during on-site inspection, improve the operation efficiency of the distributed plant monitoring system, and directly take corresponding measures on site in an emergency to avoid danger, realize effective monitoring of plant affairs, and ensure the safety of industrial plants.

[0039] In order to better describe the relationship between the hardware structures in the distributed plant monitoring system, the present application provides the communication between the hardware structures in the distributed plant monitoring system in a specific embodiment, as shown in Figure 1

[0040] Each monitoring unit collects the equipment monitoring data of one or more production equipment connected thereto through each monitoring device in real time, and sends each equipment monitoring data to the industrial switch;

[0041] The industrial switch receives the equipment monitoring data of each monitoring unit and forwards it to the centralized control device;

[0042] The centralized control device receives the equipment monitoring data of each monitoring unit forwarded by the industrial switch, and outputs the equipment operation data of each monitoring unit based on the existing technology to be displayed through the centralized display device and sent to each field control device;​

[0043] Each field control device receives the device operation data of each to-be-monitored unit sent by the centralized control device, and displays the device operation data of one or more specified to-be-monitored units through the field display device based on the prior art.

[0044] In the embodiment, the upper computer can receive the control instruction input by a user for one or more production devices, and send the control instruction to the centralized control device; the centralized control device outputs the control signal for each specified production device based on the prior art, and forwards the control signal to the corresponding production device of the corresponding to-be-monitored unit through the industrial switch.

[0045] Meanwhile, each field control device can also receive the control instruction input by a user for one or more production devices, and send the control instruction to the corresponding production device.

[0046] It should be noted again that the distributed plant monitoring system provided by the utility model is a hardware structure, and each component inside the hardware structure is also a hardware component. The utility model can be used alone or in combination with existing programs or software to realize related functions. However, the utility model itself does not involve any software technology update.

[0047] In summary, the utility model provides a distributed plant monitoring system, which is connected with the plurality of to-be-monitored units of the equipment layer and the centralized monitoring layer through the data exchange layer, and the plurality of field monitoring units of the field monitoring layer are connected with the plurality of to-be-monitored units of the equipment layer and the centralized monitoring layer, so that the staff can directly check or confirm the operation of the specified to-be-monitored unit through the field monitoring unit placed in the field monitoring room of each to-be-monitored unit during on-site inspection, and the staff can only contact the centralized monitoring layer placed in the specified machine room, which greatly improves the operation efficiency of the distributed plant monitoring system, and in an emergency, the staff can directly take corresponding measures in the field through each field monitoring unit in time, and danger can be avoided. Therefore, the utility model effectively overcomes the shortcomings of the prior art and has high industrial utilization value.

[0048] The above embodiment only exemplarily illustrates the principle and effect of the utility model, and is not used to limit the utility model. Any person skilled in the art can modify or change the above embodiment without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model. Therefore, all equivalent modifications or changes completed by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical thought disclosed by the utility model should be covered by the claims of the utility model.

Claims

1. A distributed plant monitoring system, characterized by, The application relates to a monitoring system for a production plant. The system comprises a device layer, a data exchange layer, a centralized monitoring layer and a field monitoring layer. The device layer comprises a plurality of units to be monitored. The data exchange layer is connected to each unit to be monitored in the device layer and to the centralized monitoring layer. The data exchange layer can communicate with each unit to be monitored and with the centralized monitoring layer.

2. The distributed plant supervisory monitoring system of claim 1, wherein, The field monitoring layer comprises a plurality of field monitoring units. Each field monitoring unit is connected to each unit to be monitored and to the centralized monitoring layer. Each unit to be monitored comprises one or more production devices to be monitored.

3. The distributed plant supervisory monitoring system of claim 2, wherein, Each production device is connected to one or more monitoring devices. Each monitoring device is used to monitor the operation of the corresponding production device in real time.

4. The distributed plant monitoring system of claim 2, wherein, The monitoring device comprises one or more combinations of temperature sensors, humidity sensors, light sensors, flow sensors, pressure sensors, current sensors, noise sensors, ranging sensors, motion sensors and chemical sensors. The data exchange layer comprises an industrial switch connected to each production device and each monitoring device in each unit to be monitored and to the centralized monitoring layer.

5. The distributed plant monitoring system of claim 2, wherein, The centralized monitoring layer comprises a centralized control device and a centralized display device. The centralized display device is connected to the centralized control device.

6. The distributed plant supervisory monitoring system of claim 5, wherein, The centralized control device is connected to the data exchange layer. The centralized monitoring layer further comprises a host computer connected to the centralized control device.

7. The distributed plant monitoring system of claim 2, wherein, The host computer comprises a man-machine interface. The host computer comprises a computer, a tablet, a mobile phone or a control screen.

8. The distributed plant monitoring system of claim 7, wherein, Each field monitoring unit comprises a field control device and a field display device.

9. The distributed plant monitoring system of claim 1, wherein, The field display device is connected to the field control device.

10. The distributed plant monitoring system of claim 1, wherein, The field control device is connected to each production device and to the centralized monitoring layer. The field control device comprises a controller, a computer or a control screen. Each unit to be monitored comprises a refrigeration unit, a pure water unit, an air compression unit, a cooling water unit, a boiler hot water unit, an exhaust unit, an air conditioning unit, an energy unit and a waste water unit. The centralized monitoring layer is communicatively connected to an external alarm center.