Patent Document ID: 10162315
Application ID: 14339115

Base Claim:
1. A process control configuration method for developing a process control strategy in a process plant, comprising: selecting, by one or more processors, a typical component template from a library of typical component templates that defines an implementation of a process control loop function that may be utilized by a plurality of plant equipment devices within a process plant; selecting, by one or more processors, a first and a second adapter component template from a library of adapter component templates, the first and the second adapter component templates having one or more configurable logical expressions or one or more configurable logic algorithms; configuring, by one or more processors, the first and the second adapter component templates based on a specific process control operation associated with each of a first and a second plant equipment device, respectively, from among the plurality of plant equipment devices, wherein configuring the first and the second adapter component templates includes defining the one or more configurable logical expressions or the one or more configurable logic algorithms to specify how the first and the second adapter component templates interact with the typical component template and signals to or from the first and the second plant equipment devices to define for the first and the second plant equipment devices, respectively, the specific process control operation utilizing the process control loop function defined by the typical component template, wherein the process control loop function includes one or more of: (i) a proportional-integral-derivative control operation, (ii) a proportional-integral control operation, (iii) a start permit control operation, (iv) an alarm control operation, or (v) a native control component operation; instantiating, by one or more processors, the typical component template with each of the first and the second adapter component templates, respectively, to generate a first and a second native control component, respectively; and executing, by one or more processors associated with one or more process controllers communicatively coupled to one or more host work stations and the plurality of plant equipment devices, the first and second native control components for the first and the second plant equipment devices, respectively, wherein the first native control component, when executed, performs the specific process control operation for the first plant equipment device utilizing the process control loop function defined by the typical component template in accordance with the configured first adapter component template, and wherein the second native control component, when executed, performs the specific process control operation for the second plant equipment device utilizing the process control loop function defined by the typical component template in accordance with the configured second adapter component template.

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Claim 9:
9. The process control configuration method of claim 1 , wherein configuring the first adapter component template further includes specifying the one or more configurable logical expressions or the one or more configurable logic algorithms as a function of one or more inputs received from the second adapter component to define dynamic feedback for the process control loop function.