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Heartbeat Technology

Taking the pulse of your measurement

04/04/2017
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What’s Heartbeat TechnologyTM?

The combination of different diagnostic, verification

and monitoring services enables a cost-effective and
safe operation of the plant during its entire lifecycle.

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Heartbeat Technology in a Nutshell

Heartbeat Monitoring
Heartbeat Diagnostics
High diagnostic coverage Datas
et/
file

Monitoring parameter

Guided SIL Proof Test

1:1 to the safety manual
Heartbeat Verification
Pass / Fail report
Monitoring wizards

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Heartbeat Diagnostics

Heartbeat Diagnostics
• Permanent process and device diagnostics with high internal diagnosis
• Standardized diagnostic messages with clear guidelines enable an economical maintenance
• Permanent device diagnostics guarantee a safe plant operation with extended proof test
intervals

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Heartbeat Diagnostics – acc to NE107

• By categorizing device info according to NAMUR NE107 the operator get direct information

Icon Status signal Examples of detailed information

[F] Failure Cause of failure device-internal

or process-related

[C] Function check Change of configuration

[S] Out of specification Device being operated out of spec.

[M] Maintenance required Maintenance needed short-term

• The detailed diagnostic information indicates

• what happened
• remedy suggestions

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Process Instrumentation Training

“Tell me what to do” diagnostics - NAMUR NE107

 Diagnostics:  Clear text information

icons + text maintenance instructions

Measurement view Events storage

 clear failure signals
 on DAT (SD) card

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Heartbeat Diagnostics

Continuous automatic internal check in the device

Check

• Logic program run control

• Measuring cycle time
• Supply voltage
• Temperature
• Check sum RAM
• Cable breakage
• …

• Continuous self-monitoring to check the correct functionality of the device

• More than 80 diagnostic measures and techniques permanently running in the background

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Probability of Failure on Demand and Heartbeat Diagnostics

• Low DUλ
• Safe devices 0.1

• Extended PFD
proof test
cycles SIL 1

0.01

SIL 2
0.001
0.0001 SIL 3
SIL 4
6-7 years 9-10 years
* Device 1 with Heartbeat
Device 2 without Heartbeat

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Benefits: Heartbeat Diagnostics

• Permanent process and device diagnostics with high internal

diagnosis
• Standardized diagnostic messages with clear guidelines enable
an economical maintenance
• Permanent device diagnostics guarantee a safe plant operation
with extended proof test intervals

• Level and flow devices developed acc to IEC61508

• Calculation based on FMEDA
• Third party certified (TÜV)
• Supported by Functional Safety Management
• Third party certified (TÜV)

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Heartbeat Technology – Verification

Heartbeat Verification
• Heartbeat Technology verifies the correct function of the measuring device according to the
specifications and generates a protocol without process interruption
• The automatic generated protocol supports the documentation requested by internal and external
formalities, laws and standards

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Proline in Brief

Easy operation: Proline user interfaces

Functionality

FieldCare® (2-wire device):

Web server • Configuration
(4-wire device): • Up-/download of data
• Configuration and software
• Special functionalities
Display: • Up-/download of data
• Visualization
• Display module
• Data archive
for local configuration
• Integration with
W@M

Complexity (handling, hardware, software)

Easy and flexible access for different user groups

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Heartbeat Verification

Pass / Fail report generated with Heartbeat Verification wizard

Verification of internal diagnostics
• Mainboard
• I/O modul
• Sensor

• Current check
• Logical program run control
• Check sum RAM
• Temperature check
• Voltage verification
• Clock verification
• …
• The verification can be performed without process interruption
Sensor integrity check
• Verification of internal diagnostics
• Quartz synchronization
• Sensor integrity check - Check of basic functionalities to verify the correct
• Analog path test (self check)
function of the measuring device according to the specifications
• Installation check (device check)
• An automated protocol is generated via DTM (pdf)
• Reference Pulse HF

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Verification Report

• Pass or Fail report

• Layout is separated to
• Device information
• Mainboard module
• I/O Module
• Sensor module
to assist with failure
identification and spare
part management

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Benefits of Endress+Hauser’s Level and Flow 2-wire portfolio featuring Heartbeat Technology

λ values (failure rates) and their relation to the SFF

Dangerous &
Undetectable

Dangerous &
Detectable Safe &
Detectable

SFF [%]
Safe Failure Fraction

Safe &
Undetectable

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Benefits of Endress+Hauser’s Level and Flow 2-wire portfolio featuring Heartbeat Technology

λDU – What does it mean in practice?

The λDU value indicates how likely it is that the Safety Instrumented System has a Dangerous Undetected
(DU) failure, resulting in that it cannot perform its intended safety function on demand

λDU

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Benefits of Endress+Hauser’s Level and Flow 2-wire portfolio featuring Heartbeat Technology

Proof testing improves the PFD value

1000 FIT PTC (Proof Test Coverage)

Example shows 100% PTC
(~98% is more practical)
SIL 1

PFDavg
SIL 2

SIL 3

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Benefits of Endress+Hauser’s Level and Flow 2-wire portfolio featuring Heartbeat Technology

Proof testing with less than 100% PTC is also an option

1000 FIT

PTC 72% PTC 100%

SIL 1

PFDavg

SIL 2

SIL 3

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Benefits of Endress+Hauser’s Level and Flow 2-wire portfolio featuring Heartbeat Technology

Benefits: Heartbeat Verification

• Keep your λDU FITs low!

• Use instrumentation with
high diagnostic coverage

• Perform proof testing when the PFD value

reaches critical level
• A low λDU enables prolonged
proof test intervals
• Saves Time & Money!

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Heartbeat Technology – Monitoring

Heartbeat Monitoring
• Offers additional parameter for predictive maintenance and/ or process optimization
• In addition two wizards for an easy setting of foam- or build-up detection are offered to optimize
the process without expert device knowledge

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Advanced Technical Training - Advanced Diagnostics functions

Heartbeat Monitoring: Foam Detection

• Without foam  good signal strength

• Slight foam  reduced signal strength

• Heavy foam  no reliable measurement / damage of process equipment

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Advanced Technical Training - Advanced Diagnostics functions

Heartbeat Monitoring: Relative echo amplitude

Lower Limit

Relative Amplitude < Lower Limit

 Failure

 Our of specification 
 Function check 
 Maintenance required
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Advanced Technical Training - Advanced Diagnostics functions

Heartbeat Monitoring: Build-up detection

• Without build-up  good signal strength

• Slight build-up  reduced signal strength

• Heavy build-up  no reliable measurement

Area of incoupling

dB Level signal

distance

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Advanced Technical Training - Advanced Diagnostics functions

Heartbeat Monitoring: Area of Incoupling

Area of incoupling (AOI)
• Area under the envelope curve within the first meter
• Area of incoupling is part of the device check

Near distance signal

Amplitude in dB
with build-up

1000 mm distance
e.g.
clean antenna  AOI = 1000 mm * 49 dB = 49000 mm*dB
With build-up  AOI > 49000 mm*dB

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 Advanced Technical Training - Advanced Diagnostics functions

Benefits: Optimization of cleaning cycles

(area of incoupling in mm*dB)
Build-up on antenna

65000 Cleaning process!

60000

threshold for activating
cleaning process
55000

commissioning 5 10 15 20 operating time in days

• Reliable measurement due

effective cleaning cycles
• Avoids wastage of compressed air
 Save money!

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Heartbeat Technology

• Heartbeat Diagnostics designed according

to IEC61508
• Increase safety values, extended
verification and proof test cycles

• Easy + fast setup with DeviceCare/Webserver

• Heartbeat Monitoring - Foam and build-up
wizards for easy commissioning

• Heartbeat Verification and

proof test
• Sensor integrity check • Heartbeat Diagnostics - Continuous self-
monitoring
• Predictive maintenance information
• Diagnosis information acc. NAMUR NE107
• Extended verification and
with clear text messages as well as remedy
test cycles
directives

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