公开(公告)号：US20240061403A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-22

申请号：US18266967

申请日：2021-12-10

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Christian Andreas Winkler ,  Hans Rudolph ,  Michael Hartmann ,  Markus Rautenstrauch ,  Yuan En Huang ,  Sebastian Wandernoth ,  Nataliya Yakut

IPC: G05B19/4155

CPC classification number: G05B19/4155 ,  G05B2219/32287

Abstract: The present teachings relate to a method for improving a production process for manufacturing a chemical product using at least one input material at an industrial plant, the industrial plant comprising a plurality of physically separated equipment zones, the method comprising: providing, via an interface, an upstream object identifier comprising input material data; receiving, at a computing unit, real-time process data from one or more of the equipment zones; determining, via the computing unit, a subset of the real-time process data based on the upstream object identifier and a zone presence signal; computing, via the computing unit, at least one zone-specific performance parameter of the chemical product related to the upstream object identifier based on the subset of the real-time process data and historical data; determining, in response to at least one of the performance parameters, a target equipment zone where the input material and/or chemical product is to be sent. The present teachings also relate to a system, and a software program.

公开(公告)号：US20230390725A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-07

申请号：US18266955

申请日：2021-12-10

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Christian Andreas Winkler ,  Hans Rudolph ,  Michael Hartmann ,  Markus Rautenstrauch ,  Yuan En Huang ,  Sebastian Wandernoth ,  Nataliya Yakut

IPC: B01J19/00

CPC classification number: B01J19/0033 ,  B01J19/004 ,  B01J2219/00243 ,  B01J2219/00207 ,  B01J2219/0024 ,  B01J2219/0022

Abstract: The present teachings relate to a method for monitoring and/or controlling a production process for manufacturing at least one industrial product at an industrial plant comprising at least one equipment by processing at least one input, the method comprising: receiving, via an input inter-face, real-time process data from the equipment; determining, via the computing unit, a subset of the real-time process data; providing as output data the subset of the real-time process data. The present teachings also relate to a system, a use, and a software product.

公开(公告)号：US20240192661A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18268689

申请日：2021-12-17

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Christian Andreas Winkler ,  Hans Rudolph ,  Michael Hartmann ,  Markus Rautenstrauch ,  Yuan En Huang ,  Sebastian Wandernoth ,  Nataliya Yakut

IPC: G05B19/4155

CPC classification number: G05B19/4155 ,  G05B2219/32287

Abstract: The present teachings relate to a method for improving a production process for manufacturing a chemical product at an industrial plant comprising at least one equipment and one or more computing units, and the product being manufactured by processing at least one input material, which method comprises: providing at least one desired performance parameter related to the chemical product, determining a set of control settings for controlling the production of the chemical product: wherein the control settings are determined using a scorer module configured to select at least one historical object identifier from a memory storage, wherein the historical object identifier has appended to it historical process parameters and/or operational settings that were used for manufacturing past one or more chemical products. The present teachings also relate to a system for improving the production process, a use and a software program.

公开(公告)号：US20240024839A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18026686

申请日：2021-09-16

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Christian-Andreas Winkler ,  Hans Rudolph ,  Michael Hartmann ,  Markus Rautenstrauch ,  Yuan En Huang ,  Sebastian Wandernoth ,  Nataliya Yakut

IPC: B01J19/00

CPC classification number: B01J19/0033 ,  B01J2219/00198 ,  B01J2219/002 ,  B01J2219/00209 ,  B01J2219/00218 ,  B01J2219/00243

Abstract: The present teachings relate to a method for monitoring a production process for manufacturing a chemical product at an industrial plant, the method comprising: providing an up-stream object identifier comprising input material data, receiving real-time process data from one or more of the equipment zones; determining a subset of the real-time process data based on the upstream object identifier and a zone presence signal; computing at least one zone-specific performance parameter of the chemical product related to the up-stream object identifier based on the subset of the real-time process data and historical data; appending, to the upstream object identifier, the at least one zone-specific performance parameter. The present teachings also relate to a system for monitoring a production process, a dataset, use, a method for generating the dataset and a software program for the same.

公开(公告)号：US20230350396A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-02

申请号：US18026700

申请日：2021-09-16

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Hans Rudolph ,  Christian-Andreas Winkler ,  Michael Hartmann ,  Markus Rautenstrauch ,  Yuan En Huang

IPC: G05B19/418

CPC classification number: G05B19/41875 ,  G05B2219/32368

Abstract: The present teachings relate to a method for digitally tracking a chemical product manufactured at an industrial plant comprising at least one equipment; and, the product being manufactured by processing, via the equipment, at least one input material using a production process, which method comprises: providing, via an interface, an object identifier comprising input material data; wherein the input material data is indicative of one or more property of the input material, receiving, via the interface, process data from the equipment; the process data being indicative of the process parameters and/or equipment operating conditions that the input material is processed under, appending, to the object identifier, at least a part of the process data. The present teachings also relate to a system for digitally tracking a chemical product and a software product.

公开(公告)号：US20230350395A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-02

申请号：US18026692

申请日：2021-09-16

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Christian-Andreas Winkler ,  Hans Rudolph ,  Michael Hartmann ,  Markus Rautenstrauch ,  Yuan En Huang ,  Sebastian Wandernoth ,  Nataliya Yakut

IPC: G05B19/418

CPC classification number: G05B19/41875 ,  G05B2219/32368

Abstract: The present teachings relate to a method for controlling a production process, for manufacturing a chemical product, comprising: providing an upstream object identifier comprising input material data and at least one desired performance parameter related to the chemical product; determining a set of process and/or operation parameters based on the upstream object identifier and the at least one desired performance parameter; determining zone-specific control settings for each of the equipment zones based on the determined set of process and/or operation parameters and historical data; providing the zone-specific control settings for controlling the production of the chemical product related to the upstream object identifier. The present teachings also relate to a system for controlling a production process, a use of the control settings, and a software product for implementing the method steps disclosed herein.

公开(公告)号：US20230409015A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-21

申请号：US18266964

申请日：2021-12-10

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Christian Andreas Winkler ,  Hans Rudolph ,  Michael Hartmann ,  Markus Rautenstrauch ,  Yuan En Huang ,  Sebastian Wandernoth ,  Nataliya Yakut

IPC: G05B19/418

CPC classification number: G05B19/41865

Abstract: The present teachings relate to a method for improving a production process for manufacturing a chemical product at an industrial plant comprising at least one equipment and one or more computing units, and the product being manufactured by processing at least one input material, which method comprises: receiving real-time process data from the equipment; determining a subset of the real-time process data; computing at least one state related to the input material and/or the equipment. The present teachings also relate to a system for improving the production process, a use, and a software program.

公开(公告)号：US20230341838A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-26

申请号：US18026690

申请日：2021-09-16

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Christian-Andreas Winkler ,  Hans Rudolph ,  Michael Hartmann ,  Markus Rautenstrauch ,  Yuan En Huang ,  Sebastian Wandernoth ,  Nataliya Yakut

IPC: G05B19/418

CPC classification number: G05B19/418

Abstract: The present teachings relate to a method for controlling a downstream production process for manufacturing a chemical product using at least one precursor material, the method comprising: providing a set of downstream control settings for controlling the production of the chemical product, wherein the downstream control settings are determined based on: a downstream object identifier; the downstream object identifier comprising precursor data; at least one desired downstream performance parameter related to the chemical product; downstream historical data; and wherein the set of downstream control settings is usable for manufacturing the chemical product at the downstream industrial plant. The present teachings also relate to a system, a use and a software product.