EMERSON DeltaV KJ1501X1-BK1 Controller

DeltaV™ InSight—a control performance suite.

Introduction

Process manufacturers lose millions of dollars each year due to process variability and poor control performance, often unaware they even have a problem. Control engineers

and instrument technicians are typically overworked and illequipped to monitor and maintain the hundreds of control loops and instruments for which they are responsible.

And contributing to the problem, traditional control systems don’t provide a systematic way to monitor, diagnose and improve process control performance.

DeltaV™ InSight enables process manufacturers to improve process control by monitoring and reporting control performance;

identifying and diagnosing problem loops; recommending tuning and maintenance improvements;  and continuously adapting to changing process conditions.

DeltaV InSight is used to improve control at existing plants  and to reduce startup time for new control system installations.

Benefits

Gain new process insight from embedded process learning. 

DeltaV InSight automatically learns your process by continuously evaluating your plant performance and calculating process models based on normal day-to-day operations.

These models provide valuable insight into your process and may be applied in a wide range of applications to precisely benchmark control performance, diagnose problems,

calculate controller tuning parameters, test control configurations, train operators, and minimize process variability through adaptive tuning and model based control.

Easily identify underperforming control loops. Do you know how well your control loops are performing?

 Why fly blind when you can continuously monitor control performance and identify the best areas to focus resources for maximum plant efficiency?

With DeltaV InSight, you can quickly identify abnormal control conditions such as wrong control mode, limited output, 

and high variability; identify malfunctioning devices that may cause control problems; and accurately pinpoint loops that need retuning with a model-based tuning index.

Embedding DeltaV InSight into the automation system improves both ease of use and calculation performance.

InSight is easy to use because there is no additional configuration required. InSight configuration is automatic:

every time a control loop is added, deleted, or modified in the control system,

InSight configuration is automatically updated with the latest configuration. 

DeltaV InSight also performs better because the control calculations are embedded directly in the controller. 

Calculations for control performance, diagnostics, and tuning require a lot of information,which can significantly add to system communications loading. 

Embedded calculations greatly reduce the system communications as compared with traditional OPC data access.

Furthermore, for fast loops, it’s virtually impossible to scan the control loop via OPC fast enough for accurate calculations.