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Process Flow Analysis for flexible, integrated automation
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Integrated Automation & Control shall rely on robust application architecture that allows:
- Safe operation,- Flexibility to make the plant responsive to business requirement (production schedules, new products development) and to support the assess lifecycle- Context aware, filtered and pertinent information attached to the product being processed as well as to the containing / processing equipment.Batch processes have beneficed of ISA S88 standard that defines a robust framework to separate equipment control from process control in an object-oriented approach. This concept may be favourably applied to any process: It has been repeatedly suggested adapting the standard to extend its domain to continuous and discrete processes.Fieldbus philosophy and distributed functions blocks go even further by allowing equipment entities to become independent servicing entities that can be linked and orchestrated for performing process tasks.Process flow analysis was developed to address the safety concern of chemical multipurpose process cells. It makes ISA 88 concepts very practical and helps to address the architecture duties stated above.This simple, pragmatic methodology has proven its ability to model plants in a way that guarantees the operation safety and preserves the inherent plant flexibility.
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