Patent ID: 7881815
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a non-linear process performed by a processing system comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the method comprising: providing a model based at least in part on the non-linear process, the model being provided by a modeling module of a control system; providing controller algorithms associated with control devices of the non-linear process, the controller algorithms being provided by a computational module of the control system; presenting on a user interface controller information based at least in part on the model and the controller algorithms, the user interface being provided by a user interface module; placing the modeling module, the computational module and the user interface module in communication using a separate coordination module of the control system operably coupled to the modeling module, the computational module and the user interface module; and controlling the non-linear process by sending one or more control signals from the separate coordination module to at least one of the control devices, wherein the controlling comprises the separate coordination module receiving updated information comprising at least one of an updated controller algorithm from the computational module or an updated model from the modeling module, the separate coordination module performing at least one modeling function for said non-linear process using the updated data selected from optimizing, predicting and linearizing, and adjusting the control signals based on results from the performing of the modeling function.