METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME INDUSTRIAL PROCESS GUIDANCE

    公开(公告)号:US20240160166A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-16

    申请号:US18505638

    申请日:2023-11-09

    IPC分类号: G05B13/04

    CPC分类号: G05B13/048

    摘要: Embodiments generate real-time industrial process guidance. One such embodiment receives, in memory of a processor, an operator question relating to a user-specified process variable of a model predictive control (MPC) controller of an industrial process. Next, a real-time simulation is performed of operational scenario(s) of the industrial process using a steady-state optimization problem of the MPC controller to determine operational characteristics of the industrial process in each of the operational scenario(s). Performing the real-time simulation includes, for each operational scenario, modifying a constraint variable of the steady-state optimization problem and, using the modified constraint variable, determining an updated value of the user-specified process variable. The determined operational characteristics of the industrial process include the determined updated value of the user-specified process variable. In turn, based on the determined operational characteristics of the industrial process, a recommendation is generated and output responsive to the operator question.

    System and Method for Building and Deploying Prescriptive Analytics to Predict and Control End Product Quality in Batch Production Monitoring and Optimization

    公开(公告)号:US20240004355A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-04

    申请号:US17809640

    申请日:2022-06-29

    IPC分类号: G05B13/04 G05B13/02 G05B23/02

    摘要: Embodiments control and optimize batch processes. An embodiment obtains and standardizes historical operating data from a plurality of batch production runs of an industrial process. For each batch production run, the standardized operating data corresponding to the batch is partitioned into one or more stages and one or more signature for each stage is determined using the partitioned standardized data. Each determined signature is associated with a class label based upon whether output of a batch run corresponding to the signature conforms or does not conform with operational standards. A model is trained, with at least a subset of the signatures as inputs and associated class labels as outputs, to predict, based on operating data from a real-world batch process, whether output of the process will conform or not conform with the operational standards. Online predictions can be automatically or manually applied to control and optimize a batch production run.

    Anomaly Event Detector
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230376012A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-23

    申请号:US17746548

    申请日:2022-05-17

    IPC分类号: G05B19/418

    摘要: Embodiments are directed to a computer-based tool that can identify an anomalous state of a component in a real-world environment, even if the component experiences gradual and/or seasonal trends. The tool receives data from sensors monitoring a component. The tool uses a trained machine learning model to calculate a predicted behavior of the monitored component. Actual behavior of the component, captured by current sensor readings, is compared to the predicted behavior of the component, calculated by the machine learning model, to compute a divergence. The computed divergence is used by a statistical learning method to determine if the component in the real-world environment is in an anomalous state.

    Method and system for process schedule reconciliation using algebraic model optimization

    公开(公告)号:US11774924B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-03

    申请号:US17111374

    申请日:2020-12-03

    IPC分类号: G05B13/04 G05B13/02

    CPC分类号: G05B13/042 G05B13/0265

    摘要: A computer-implemented method and system for process schedule reconciliation receives a scheduling model and an initial schedule for reconciliation, where the initial schedule includes projected plant data. Current plant data is imported into the system. The current plant data and projected plant data is processed using mathematical modeling techniques to identify event boundaries, stream flowrates associated with tanks and process units. The system builds an optimization model applying identified event boundaries, stream flowrates and pre-determined constraints along a period of time that includes priority slots to reconcile the projected plant data of the initial schedule with the current plant data, and then solves the optimization model to develop a reconciled schedule.

    Apparatus and methods for non-invasive closed loop step testing with controllable optimization relaxation

    公开(公告)号:US11934159B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-19

    申请号:US16174641

    申请日:2018-10-30

    IPC分类号: G05B13/04

    CPC分类号: G05B13/048

    摘要: A controller has improved closed-loop step testing of a dynamic process of an industrial processing plant. The controller performs economic optimization relaxation on process variables, such that operating range of the variables (MVs and CVs) during the testing are not skewed by variations in optimization cost factors. The controller employs computer-implemented methods and systems that receive a user-defined giveaway tolerance representing an allowable range between a current process variable value and a target process variable value. In response to the variables not meeting the giveaway tolerance, embodiments adjust the MPC controller configuration to drive the variables inside the tolerance, while relaxing optimization of the variables already meeting the giveaway tolerance. Using the adjusted configuration, embodiments calculate a new set of targets and generate a dynamic move plan from the new target. Embodiments add perturbation signals for the testing to the move plan in accordance with the adjusted configuration.

    Reluctant first principles models

    公开(公告)号:US11630446B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-18

    申请号:US17176882

    申请日:2021-02-16

    IPC分类号: G05B19/418 G06N20/00

    摘要: Computer implemented methods and systems generate an improved predicted model of an industrial process or process engineering system. The model is a function of measurable features of the subject process and selected first principle features. First principle features are selected that capture linearities in a residual of a linear model constructed using a received dataset of the subject process. The model can further be a function of a scaled spline. The scaled spline is generated by computing a spine for a measurable feature of the subject process, fitting the computer spline to the residual of the constructed linear model, and scaling the fitting spline with a scaling factor. The model results in improved predictions of behavior of the subject process by relying primarily on the data of the measurable features of the subject process.