Patent attributes
Some embodiments of the present BOP control systems include a system controller configured to actuate a first BOP function by communicating one or more commands to one or more nodes of a functional pathway selected from one or more available functional pathways associated with the first BOP function, each node comprising an actuatable component configured to actuate in response to a command received from the system controller, each node having one or more sensors configured to capture a first data set corresponding to actuation of the component and a processor configured to analyze the first data set to determine a useful life remaining of the component and/or compare the first data set to a second data set corresponding to a simulation of actuation of the component.