METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA COLLECTION IN DOWNSTREAM OIL AND GAS ENVIRONMENT WITH HAPTIC FEEDBACK AND CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED ALARM

Abstract

Methods and systems for data collection in downstream oil and gas environment with haptic feedback and continuously monitored alarm are disclosed. A monitoring system for data collection can include a data acquisition circuit to interpret a plurality of detection values, a data analysis circuit to analyze the detection values to determine at least one of a sensor state, a process state, or a component state and determine an alarm value in response to at least one of the detection values, an analysis response circuit to perform an action in response to the at least one of the sensor state, the process state, or the component state and continuously monitor the alarm value, and a haptic user device to generate a haptic stimulation.

Claims

1. A monitoring system for data collection in a downstream oil and gas environment such as a refining process or a pipeline transportation process, the system comprising: a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to input received from a detection package, the detection package comprising at least one of a plurality of input sensors, wherein each of the plurality of input sensors is operatively coupled to at least one of a plurality of components of the downstream oil and gas environment; a data analysis circuit structured to analyze a subset of the plurality of detection values to determine at least one of a sensor state, a process state, or a component state; an analysis response circuit structured to perform an action in response to the at least one of the sensor state, the process state, or the component state, wherein the data analysis circuit is further configured to determine an alarm value in response to at least one of the subset of detection values, and wherein the analysis response circuit is further structured to continuously monitor the alarm value; and a haptic user device for generating a haptic stimulation in response to an alarm value that is outside a predetermined range.

2. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the haptic user device comprises a wearable device, and wherein the wearable device is selected from a group consisting of: a glove, a ring, a wrist band, a watch, an arm band, a belt, a necklace, and a device attached to, or incorporated in, footwear, headwear, clothing, or eyewear.

3. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the haptic user device generates a stimulation from a list consisting of: tactile, bending, vibration, heat, sound, force, odor, and motion stimulation.

4. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the haptic stimulation is repeated until an acceptable response is detected.

5. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the haptic user device further comprises a machine operator haptic user interface that is adapted to provide a machine operator with a haptic stimulation responsive to the machine operator's control of, or a sensed condition of, a corresponding machine.

6. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein at least one of: a type, a strength, a duration, and a frequency of the haptic stimulation is indicative of a risk of injury to a user of the haptic user device.

7. The monitoring system of claim 6, wherein the haptic stimulation is selected from a list consisting of pressure, heat, impact, sound and electrical stimulation.

8. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of components of the downstream oil and gas environment is monitored, including at least one component selected from a group consisting of: a motor, a pump, a compressor, a turbine, a blower and a pipeline.

9. A monitoring system for data collection in a downstream oil and gas environment such as a refining process or a pipeline transportation process, the system comprising: a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, wherein the data collector collects data from the plurality of input channels based on a selected data collection routine, wherein each input channel is connected to a monitoring point from which data is collected, wherein the collected data provides a plurality of detection values including detection values for a continuously monitored alarm for the downstream oil and gas environment; a data storage structured to store a plurality of collector routes and collected data that corresponds to the plurality of input channels, wherein the plurality of collector routes each comprises a different data collection routine; a data acquisition and analysis circuit structured to interpret the plurality of detection values from the collected data and determine an occurrence of an alarm condition in the downstream oil and gas environment; and a haptic user device for generating a haptic stimulation in response to a determination of an occurrence of an alarm condition.

10. The monitoring system of claim 9, wherein the data acquisition and analysis circuit is further structured to detect a pre-determined trigger condition of the continuously monitored alarm.

11. The monitoring system of claim 9, wherein the data acquisition and analysis circuit is further structured to employ a different data collection routine in response to the determination of the occurrence of the alarm condition.

12. The monitoring system of claim 9, wherein the haptic user device generates a stimulation selected from a list consisting of: tactile, bending, vibration, heat, sound, force, odor, and motion stimulation

13. The monitoring system of claim 9, wherein the haptic stimulation is repeated until an acceptable response is detected.

14. The monitoring system of claim 9, wherein the haptic user device further comprises a machine operator haptic user interface that is adapted to provide a machine operator with a haptic stimulation responsive to the machine operator's control of, or a sensed condition of, a corresponding machine.

15. The monitoring system of claim 9, wherein at least one of: a type, a strength, a duration, and a frequency of the haptic stimulation is indicative of a risk of injury to a user of the haptic user device.

16. A computer-implemented method for data collection in a downstream oil and gas environment such as a refining process or a pipeline transportation process, the method comprising: collecting data from a plurality of input channels communicatively coupled to a data collector based on a data collection routine, wherein each input channel is connected to a monitoring point from which data is collected, wherein the collected data provides a plurality of detection values including detection values for a continuously monitored alarm for the downstream oil and gas environment; interpreting the plurality of detection values from the collected data to determine an occurrence of an alarm condition in the downstream oil and gas environment; and generating a haptic stimulation in response to receipt of a signal indicating the occurrence of the alarm condition in the downstream oil and gas environment.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising repeating the haptic stimulation until an acceptable response is detected.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein at least one of: a type, a strength, a duration, and a frequency of the haptic stimulation is indicative of a risk of injury to a user of a haptic user device.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising employing a different data collection routine in response to the determination of the occurrence of the alarm condition.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising detecting a pre-determined trigger condition of the continuously monitored alarm.