APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL NON-LINEAR MULTIVARIABLE PROCESSES

摘要

A process simulator (202) is provided for simulating the behavior of multi-dimensional non-linear multivariable processes. A multi-dimensional non-linear multivariable model (224) of a process can be generated, such as by using smaller building blocks. One or more inputs are provided to the model (224), a behavior of the process is simulated in real-time using the model (224), and one or more outputs of the model (224) are provided. The model (224) could represent a two-dimensional non-linear multivariable model, and the one or more inputs to the model (224) and/or the one or more outputs of the model (224) could be array-based. The process simulator (202) could be formed from multiple components, such as a regulatory loop simulator object (222), a process model object (224), a disturbance generator object (226), and a scanner simulator object (230). The arrangement of the objects can be flexible and configurable, such as by designing the objects in an object-oriented manner utilizing a sink/source architecture.