Patent Document ID: 9720422
Application ID: 14371962
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of monitoring a fluid processing network comprising a plurality of fluid processing regions, the method comprising the steps at a data processing system of: receiving measured current parameter values from sensors at known points of the fluid processing network; determining from the measured current parameter values fluid processing regions of the fluid processing network that are currently active, all other fluid processing regions being deemed inactive, thereby determining a current active fluid processing network; subtracting inactive fluid processing regions of the fluid processing network from a model of the fluid processing network to provide a current active fluid processing network model; determining current parameter values of the current active fluid processing network at least at points remote from the known points, the parameter values at said remote points being determined using the measured current parameter values and the current active fluid processing network model; based on the measured and the determined current parameter values, determining if one or more pre-specified boundaries are breached for any of the currently active fluid processing regions; and performing a predetermined action if one or more said boundaries are determined to be breached.