A minimum-intrusive, low-cost, and easy to install system to enhance the reliability of sensors in safety-critical industrial plants
In safety-critical industrial plants, the requirements on the reliability of critical sensors are extremely high. Such sensors are typically wired and are used for emergency shutdown decision-making, process control, or monitoring. Since these sensors usually work in harsh industrial environments, faults could occur and such faults may lead to unplanned plant shutdowns or serious accidents. Therefore, it is imperative to ensure the measurements of the sensors are precise, accurate and reliable. Deploying additional sensors to validate these measurements can significantly enhance the reliability of the sensors.
安全至上的工厂对关键传感器的可靠性要求非常高。传感器一般采用有线连接方式，主要用于进行紧急停车决策、工艺控制或监控。传感器的工作环境以恶劣的工业环境为主，传感器可能发生故障，从而引起工厂的意外停工或严重事故。因此，必须确保传感器测量值的精确性、准确性和可靠性。部署额外的传感器对测量值进行验证能极大地提高传感器的可靠性。
Researchers at The University of Western Ontario have developed a minimum-intrusive, low-cost, and easy to install system to monitor and validate the existing critical wired sensors. Additional sensors are installed and their measurements are wirelessly transmitted to a computer workstation using very low-power and highly-reliable transmitters. The workstation also obtains the measurements from the existing wired sensors. Then it automatically detects faulty sensors and alerts the plant personnel. As a result, the reliability of the sensors is enhanced, and plant safety, availability, and economics can be improved significantly.
西安大略大学的研究人员开发了一种成本低、安装简便的系统，用于监控和验证现有的关键有线传感器。用超低功率高可靠性发射器把额外安装的传感器测量值无线传输到工作站。工作站同时获取现有有线传感器的测量值，自动检测故障传感器，在发现故障时提醒工厂人员，从而提高传感器的可靠性，极大地提高工厂的安全性、可用性和经济性。
Minimal intrusion to existing industrial plant systems
微介入现有工厂系统
Very low-power wireless signal transmission which does not interfere with other electronic equipment
超低功率无线信号传输，不影响其他电子设备
Inexpensive and easy installation
成本低，安装方便
Automatic detection of faulty sensors
自动检测故障传感器
Improved diversity in monitoring critical plant variables
增加了关键工厂变量的监控手段
Oil and Gas Sector
油气行业
Chemical Processing Sector
化学加工行业
Power Generation Sector
发电行业
System has been validated with industrial grade equipment.
已经用工业级设备进行系统验证
技术售让
仪器、仪表制造
其他专用仪器制造
