Patent ID: 11953923
Assignee: BARKSDALE, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A control system with a decentralized arrangement for adjustably operating a system undertaking operations, said control system comprising:
a plurality of control devices arranged in the system in a sequential order, wherein each respective control device of the plurality of control devices is configured to:
determine information at the respective control device comprising operational condition and a real-time measurement of at least one control parameter of the respective control device; and
share the information determined at the respective control device with at least one of the plurality of control devices in an upstream direction from the respective control device and at least one of the plurality of control devices in a downstream direction of the respective control device such that each of the plurality of control devices receive information shared from a different combination of the plurality of control devices; and
upon receipt of the information from at least one other one of the plurality of control devices at the respective control device indicating an out-of-tolerance condition, adjust an operational setpoint of said respective control device to a modified operational setpoint in accordance with the information received at the respective control device from the at least one other one of the plurality of control device;

wherein the information received at the respective control device from another of the plurality of the control devices comprises a value for the control parameter outside of a predetermined acceptable range; and
wherein the respective control device is configured to adjust an amount of energy applied to the system;
each of the plurality of control devices comprises a thermostat and a heating element;
the information received at the respective control device from another of the plurality of the control devices comprises:
a temperature value below a floor of the predetermined acceptable range wherein the respective control device is configured to increase the energy applied at the heating element; or
a temperature value above a ceiling of the predetermined acceptable range, wherein the respective control device is configured to increase the energy applied at the heating element.