US 11,947,884 B2
Industrial automation process simulation for fluid flow
Ian McGregor, Shepperton (GB); David Dawkins, Reading (GB); and Adam Davidson, Reading (GB)
Assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
Filed by Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/145,359.
Application 18/145,359 is a continuation of application No. 17/015,524, filed on Sep. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,568,110.
Prior Publication US 2023/0128582 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 30/28 (2020.01); G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G06F 111/20 (2020.01); G06F 113/08 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 30/28 (2020.01) [G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 30/12 (2020.01); G06F 2111/20 (2020.01); G06F 2113/08 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a memory that stores executable components; and
a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the executable components, the executable components comprising:
a user interface component configured to receive fluid modeling input data that selects a fluid model, from a library of fluid models, and associates the fluid model with a selected element of a three-dimensional mechanical model of an industrial automation system, wherein the fluid model defines first fluid simulation properties for a first fluid represented by the fluid model; and
an aspect metadata component configured to
add, to the mechanical model based on association of the fluid model with the element, a first fluid object that logically represents the first fluid defined by the fluid model, wherein addition of the first fluid object to the mechanical model transforms the mechanical model from a static mechanical representation to a digital twin of the industrial automation system capable of simulating, within a simulation platform that performs a simulation of the industrial automation system under control of an industrial control program, behaviors and properties of the first fluid in accordance with the first fluid simulation properties.