JP2005141617A - Plant monitoring control system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plant monitoring control system that reduces a burden on operators by smoothing coordination between a plurality of plant monitoring apparatuses with a large screen display. <P>SOLUTION: The plant monitoring control system connects the plant monitoring apparatuses 12 and 22 for monitoring plants 11 and 21 via a communication network 41. The plant monitoring apparatuses 12 and 22 each comprise a controller 13, 23, a display controller 14, 24 and the large screen display 15, 25. Each display controller 14 (24) captures a monitor screen about the other plant 21 (11) created by the display controller 24 (14) of the other plant monitoring apparatus 22 (12) via the communication network 41 to output it to the associated large screen display 15 (25). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a plant monitoring and control system that enables smooth coordination between plant monitoring apparatuses that use a large screen for plant monitoring.

  Conventionally, in a plant monitoring apparatus that monitors the operating state of a plant, a large screen display that displays a screen for plant monitoring created based on information obtained from various devices constituting the plant. There is something to prepare. The large-screen display can display a plurality of monitoring screens such as a monitoring screen for the entire plant and a local monitoring screen for the equipment in the plant in an overlay.

  As described above, when a large number of monitoring screens are displayed as an overlay on the large screen display device, a part or all of the images are overlapped, so that the screen that the operator currently wants to monitor becomes completely invisible or difficult to see. Occur.

  Therefore, in the conventional technology, it is possible to easily specify operations such as individually specifying the screen displayed in the overlay, moving the specified screen arbitrarily, reducing the size of the screen, and deleting the screen. Thus, an apparatus that reduces the burden of an operator's plant monitoring work has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2001-195120 A

  By the way, in a water treatment plant, for example, it may be necessary to monitor and grasp the water treatment status before and after each plant installed at a plurality of locations separated from each other according to the order of water treatment. Further, for example, in various production plants, it may be desired to exchange information between a plurality of plants arranged in parallel to compare production efficiency, work efficiency, and the like for improvement. In such a case, if the information on each plant can be obtained between the plant monitoring devices and the cooperative work can be performed smoothly, it is advantageous because the monitoring posture of the entire plurality of plants can be further enhanced.

  However, although the prior art as described in Patent Document 1 above can reduce the burden of an operator's plant monitoring work on the monitoring screen displayed on the large screen display device provided in the plant monitoring device, The information on each plant is not obtained among a plurality of plant monitoring devices so that the cooperative work can be smoothly performed.

  Therefore, in order to grasp the status of other plants, the operator in charge of monitoring of each plant needs to call the other plant operators and grasp the status of each other, and it is still necessary. The current situation is that the burden on the operator has not been sufficiently reduced.

  In addition, conventionally, in order to construct a system that smoothly performs coordinated work between a plurality of plants, in addition to the plant monitoring device, a separate system for integrated monitoring of the information of these plant monitoring devices is required. There is also a problem of this.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and can smoothly perform cooperative work among a plurality of plant monitoring devices having a large screen display device, thereby reducing the burden on the operator, and An object of the present invention is to provide a plant monitoring and control system that can be realized without incurring a cost increase.

  In order to achieve the above object, in the plant monitoring control system of the present invention, a plurality of plant monitoring devices for monitoring a plant are connected to each other via a communication network, and each of the plant monitoring devices constitutes the plant. A controller that controls the devices to be collected and collects the information obtained by each of the devices, a display control device that creates a monitoring screen for plant monitoring based on various information collected by the controller, and the display Each of the display control devices is created by the display control device by accessing the display control device of another plant monitoring device. The monitoring screen for other plants is taken in via the communication network and output to its own large screen display. Is characterized in that in the allow cooperative working between plant monitoring apparatus by both displaying the monitoring screen of the plant of oneself and others on the surface display.

  In this case, a multi-screen large screen display in which a plurality of large screens are connected may be applied as the large screen display. In addition, each plant monitoring device may be provided with an IP phone or an ITV (Industrial Television) photographing device so that a plant image photographed by the photographing device can be displayed on a large screen display. Furthermore, when the control information about the other plant is created by the display control device and displayed on the large-screen display, and the control information about the other plant displayed is designated, the control information is transmitted through the communication network. It is good also as a structure which transmits with respect to other applicable plant monitoring apparatuses.

  According to the present invention, each plant monitoring apparatus can share monitoring information about its own and other plants. As a result, cooperation between plant monitoring devices can be carried out smoothly, and the burden on the operator during plant monitoring can be reduced compared to the conventional system, and the monitoring system of each plant can be further enhanced. become.

  In this case, if a multi-screen large screen display is applied as a large screen display, the plant monitoring screen can be displayed as a single large screen as necessary, or the monitoring screens of each plant can be arranged side by side. Since it can be displayed, cooperative work can be performed more smoothly. In addition, by providing each plant monitoring device with an IP telephone, it is possible to communicate with each operator by voice. In addition, if an ITV imaging device is provided and the video imaged by this is displayed on a large screen display, the actual on-site status of each plant can be grasped in more detail, so that the cooperative work can be performed more smoothly. .

  Furthermore, when control information related to other plants displayed on the large screen display device is designated, this control information can be transmitted to the corresponding other plant monitoring device through the communication network. The monitoring device can perform control as well as monitoring of other plants. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the burden on the operator by eliminating the trouble of contacting the operator of each plant, and to quickly control each plant. Moreover, since it is not necessary to separately construct a system for integrated monitoring of the information of the plant monitoring device, it can be implemented at a relatively low cost.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the plant monitoring control system in the first embodiment.

  Plant monitoring devices 12 and 22 for monitoring the plants 11 and 21 are provided for each of the plants 11 and 21 installed in the respective machine stations 10 and 20. Each plant monitoring device 12, 22 controls various devices (not shown) constituting the plants 11, 21 and collects information obtained by each device, and each controller 13, 23 includes a controller 13, 23. Display control devices 14 and 24 for creating various monitoring screens for plant monitoring based on the collected various information, and a large screen display 15 for displaying the monitoring screens created by the display control devices 14 and 24, 25 and monitor devices 16 and 26 having a CRT or the like for displaying various information of the plants 11 and 21 obtained by the controllers 13 and 23, in addition to the large screen displays 15 and 25.

  The above-described controllers 13 and 23, display control devices 14 and 24, and monitor devices 16 and 26 constituting each plant monitoring device 12 and 22 are connected to each other via control LANs 17 and 27, and each control LAN 17, 27 is connected to the communication network 41.

  Each of the display control devices 14 and 24 includes an operation unit such as a mouse keyboard (not shown) for receiving an input command from an operator. Based on an instruction input from the operation unit, 21. In addition to displaying the monitoring screen for the other plant monitoring devices 12, 22, the display control devices 14, 24 of the other plant monitoring devices 12, 22 are accessed to create other plants 11, 21 created by the display control devices 14, 24. Is displayed on its own large screen display 15, 25.

  The monitor devices 16 and 26 include an operation unit such as a mouse keyboard (not shown) for receiving an input command from an operator, and messages input from the operation unit are displayed on the other plant monitoring devices 12 and 22. It is configured to transmit to the control devices 14 and 24.

Next, the operation of the plant monitoring control system configured as described above will be described.
For example, in the plant monitoring device 12 of one machine 10, the operator operates an operation unit such as a mouse keyboard (not shown) of the display control device 14 to display the plant 21 of the other machine 20 displayed on the large screen display 15. When a button, menu, or the like is selected, a request corresponding to the selected button or menu is sent from the display control device 14 to the plant monitoring device 22 of the other machine station 20 from the control LAN 17 via the communication network 41. And given to the display control device 24 via the control LAN 27.

  The display control device 24 creates monitoring screen information related to the plant 21 in accordance with the content of the request sent from the plant monitoring device 12 of one of the machines 10, and transmits the monitoring screen information from the control LAN 27 to the communication network. It is sent to the plant monitoring device 12 of one machine 10 via 41. Since the information on the monitoring screen is taken into the display control device 14 via the control LAN 17, the display control device 14 displays the monitoring screen related to the plant 21 of the other machine station 20 on its large screen display 15 accordingly. To do.

  When the operator operates the operation unit of the monitor device 16 and inputs a message regarding the plant 21 of the other machine station 20 in the plant monitoring device 12 of one machine station 10, the inputted message is transmitted from the control LAN 17 to the communication network 41. Is sent to the plant monitoring device 22 of the other machine station 20 via the control LAN 27 and further given to the display control device 24 via the control LAN 27. In response to this, the display control device 24 displays this message on the large screen display 25.

  Similarly, in the plant monitoring device 22 of the other machine place 20, the operator operates the operation unit such as a mouse keyboard (not shown) of the display control device 24 to display the plant of one machine place 10 displayed on the large screen display 25. When a button or a menu related to 11 is selected, a monitoring screen related to the plant 11 of one machine 10 is displayed on the same large screen display 25. Further, when a message relating to the plant 11 of one plant 10 is input by operating the operation unit of the monitor device 26 of the plant monitoring device 22 of the other machinery 20, the message is displayed on the large screen display 15 of the one plant monitoring device 12. Is displayed.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, each plant monitoring device 12 and 22 displays the monitoring screens of its own and other plants 11 and 21 on the large screen displays 15 and 25, respectively. The monitoring devices 12 and 22 can share the monitoring information of their own plants 11 and 21. For this reason, the cooperative work between the plant monitoring devices 12 and 22 can be smoothly performed, and the burden on the operator at the time of plant monitoring is reduced as compared with the prior art, and the monitoring posture of each of the plants 11 and 21 is reduced. It will be possible to further enrich.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the plant monitoring control system according to the second embodiment, and the same reference numerals are given to the components corresponding to those in the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  The feature of the plant monitoring control system in the second embodiment is that the display control devices 14 and 24 constituting the plant monitoring devices 12 and 22 display the monitoring screens of their own plants 11 and 21 in accordance with instructions from the operator on a large screen display. In addition to displaying both on 15 and 25, control information on the own plants 11 and 21 (for example, control information of on / off operations of various devices constituting the plants 11 and 21) is created as image information. When the control information relating to the other plants 11 and 21 displayed on the large screen displays 15 and 25 is specified, the control information is output via the communication network 41. It is comprised so that it may transmit with respect to the other plant monitoring apparatus 12 or 22 to do.

  Therefore, for example, when the operator designates the control information p related to the plant 21 of the other machine station 20 displayed on the large screen display 15 of the plant monitoring device 12 of one machine station 10, as shown by a one-dot chain line in the figure, Control information p is transmitted to the other plant monitoring apparatus 22 via the control LAN and communication network 41, and this control information p is transmitted to the controller 23 via the control LAN 27. The controller 23 controls the plant 21 based on the transmitted control information p.

  Thus, in this Embodiment 2, when the control information regarding the other plants 11 and 21 currently displayed on the large screen displays 15 and 25 is designated, this control information corresponds through the communication network 41. Since it can transmit with respect to the other plant monitoring apparatuses 12 or 22, not only the own plant / other plants 11 and 21 but also the own / other plants 11 and 21 are controlled by the respective plant monitoring apparatuses 12 and 22. Is possible. For this reason, it is possible to save troubles such as communication with the operators of the plants 11 and 21 and reduce the burden on the operators, and it is possible to quickly control each plant. In addition, since it is not necessary to separately construct a system for integrated monitoring of the information of the plant monitoring devices 12 and 22, it can be implemented at a relatively low cost.

  Since other configurations and operations are basically the same as those in the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the plant monitoring control system in the third embodiment, and the same reference numerals are given to the components corresponding to those in the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  The feature of the plant monitoring control system in the third embodiment is that the large screen display is composed of multi-screen large screen displays 15a and 25a in which a plurality of large screens are connected.

  If the multi-screen large-screen displays 15a and 25a are applied as the large-screen display, the plant monitoring screen is displayed as a single large screen as necessary, or divided into screens for each machine 10, The monitoring screens of the plants 11 and 21 provided in 20 can be displayed side by side. When the monitoring screens are displayed side by side, the status of each of the plants 11 and 21 can be grasped at a time without switching the screens. Therefore, the cooperative work can be performed more smoothly.

  Since other configurations and operations are basically the same as those in the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the plant monitoring control system in the fourth embodiment, and the same reference numerals are given to the components corresponding to those in the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  The plant monitoring and control system according to the fourth embodiment is characterized in that each of the plant monitoring devices 12 and 22 is provided with IP telephones 18 and 28, and each of the IP telephones 18 and 28 is connected to the control LANs 17 and 27, respectively. As a result, telephone contact can be made between the plant monitoring devices 12 and 22.

  Thus, if the IP telephones 18 and 28 are installed in the plant monitoring devices 12 and 22, the operators of the machine stations 10 and 20 are displayed on the large screen displays 15 and 25 of the plant monitoring devices 12 and 22, respectively. While monitoring the operation status of each of the plants 11 and 21 by looking at the monitoring screens of the own and other plants 11 and 21, it is possible to communicate by voice using the IP telephones 18 and 28, so that more reliable cooperative work It can be performed.

  Since other configurations and operations are basically the same as those in the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

Embodiment 5 FIG.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the plant monitoring control system in the fifth embodiment, and the same reference numerals are given to the components corresponding to those in the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  The feature of the plant monitoring and control system in the fifth embodiment is that each plant monitoring device 12 and 22 is provided with ITV photographing devices 19 and 29 for photographing the actual field situation of each plant 11 and 21, respectively. Devices 19 and 29 are connected to control LANs 17 and 27, respectively. The display control devices 14 and 24 output the images captured by the ITV image capturing devices 19 and 29 to the large screen displays 15 and 25 in addition to the monitoring screens of the other plants 11 and 21. It has become.

  As described above, if the ITV photographing devices 19 and 29 are installed in the plant monitoring devices 12 and 22, the operators of the machine stations 10 and 20 are displayed on the large screen displays 15 and 25 of the plant monitoring devices 12 and 22, respectively. In addition to monitoring the status of each of the plants 11 and 21 by looking at the monitoring screens of the own and other plants 11 and 21, the images taken by the ITV photographing devices 19 and 29 are observed by the large screen displays 15 and 25, respectively. Since it can do, the actual field condition of each plant 11 and 21 can be grasped in detail. For this reason, a cooperative work can be performed still more smoothly.

  Since other configurations and operations are basically the same as those in the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

Embodiment 6 FIG.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the plant monitoring control system in the sixth embodiment, and the same reference numerals are given to the components corresponding to those in the fifth embodiment shown in FIG.

  The feature of the plant monitoring control system in the sixth embodiment is that each display control device 14, 24 is self-photographed by the monitoring screen of its own other plant 11, 21 and each ITV photographing device 19, 29 according to an operator's instruction. As well as the case of the second embodiment, the control information (for example, for example) of the other plants 11 and 21 is also displayed on the large screen displays 15 and 25. Control information of various devices constituting the plants 11 and 21) is generated as image information and output to the large screen displays 15 and 25, and displayed on the large screen displays 15 and 25. When control information related to the other plants 11 and 21 is designated, the control information is transmitted to the other plant monitoring device 12 or Is that is configured to be transmitted to 22.

  In the sixth embodiment, while monitoring the monitoring screens of the own and other plants 11 and 21 and the images showing the on-site conditions of the own and other plants 11 and 21 photographed by the respective ITV photographing devices 19 and 29, It becomes possible to control the own and other plants 11 and 21 based on more detailed information. For this reason, it is possible to save troubles such as communication with the operators of the plants 11 and 21 and reduce the burden on the operators, and it is possible to quickly control each plant. In addition, since it is not necessary to separately construct a system for integrated monitoring of the information of the plant monitoring device, it can be realized at a relatively low cost.

  Since other configurations and operations are basically the same as those in the fifth embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  In each of the first to sixth embodiments described above, for convenience of explanation, the case where two plant monitoring devices 12 and 22 are connected to the communication network 41 is shown, but the present invention is limited to such a mode. Of course, a configuration in which a larger number of plant monitoring devices are connected to the communication network 41 may be used.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the plant monitoring control system in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the plant monitoring control system in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the plant monitoring control system in Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the plant monitoring control system in Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the plant monitoring control system in Embodiment 5 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the plant monitoring control system in Embodiment 6 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10,20 Plant 11,21 Plant 12,22 Plant monitoring device 13,23 Controller 14,24 Display control device 15,25 Large screen display 15a, 25a Multi-screen large screen display 18, 28 IP phone 19, 29 ITV shooting apparatus

Claims (6)

  A plurality of plant monitoring devices that monitor the plant are connected to each other via a communication network. Each of the plant monitoring devices controls the plant and collects information obtained from the plant, and the controller collects the plant monitoring information. A display control device for creating a monitoring screen for plant monitoring based on the various types of information, and a large screen display for displaying the monitoring screen created by the display control device, and each of the display control devices described above Is to access the display control device of another plant monitoring device, capture the monitoring screen relating to the other plant created by the display control device via the communication network, and output it to its own large screen display By co-operating between plant monitoring devices by displaying the monitoring screen of the other plant on the large screen display unit Plant monitoring control system, characterized in that in the so performed.   The plant monitoring control system according to claim 1, wherein the large screen display is a multi-screen large screen display in which a plurality of large screens are connected.   3. The plant monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein each plant monitoring device is provided with an IP phone so that voice communication can be made between operators in charge of each plant monitoring. Plant monitoring and control system.   Each of the plant monitoring devices is provided with an ITV photographing device for photographing an actual on-site situation of the plant, and the display control device displays the image photographed by the ITV photographing device together with the monitoring screen of the other plant. The plant monitoring control system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the plant monitoring control system is configured to output to a large screen display.   The display control device creates control information related to another plant and outputs the control information to a large screen display device. When control information related to another plant displayed on the large screen display device is designated, the control information is displayed. The plant monitoring control system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the plant monitoring control system is configured to transmit information to another corresponding plant monitoring apparatus through the communication network. It is possible to access the controller that controls the monitored self-plant and collects the control information of the self-plant and the control devices of other plants other than the self-plant via the communication network A display control device for creating a monitoring screen for plant monitoring from the plant control information, and a large screen display capable of simultaneously displaying a plurality of monitoring screens created by the display control device, the display control device comprises: Based on the control information related to the other plant collected via the communication network and the control information related to the own plant collected by the controller, a monitoring screen relating to the own plant and the other plant is created, and the large screen display is By displaying the monitoring screen related to the own plant and other plants together, Plant monitoring apparatus characterized by performing cooperatively the monitoring work between the plants.

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