Patent ID: 9080683
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: F16K,G05B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting a partial stroke test of an emergency shutdown valve, the method comprising: receiving a request to initiate the partial stroke test; establishing a wireless communication link with the emergency shutdown valve; generating a set of one or more commands to initiate the partial stroke test, wherein: receiving, from the emergency shutdown valve, (i) positioning data indicative of multiple positions of the emergency shutdown valve at various times during execution of the partial stroke test, and (ii) a result of the partial stroke test; generating timestamps corresponding to the multiple positions of the emergency shutdown valve during the partial stroke test based upon the positioning data; and generating a history of results from a plurality of executed partial stroke tests and their corresponding positioning data utilizing the timestamps associated with each of the plurality of executed partial stroke tests.