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System and method for dynamic multi-objective optimization of machine selection, integration and utilization
Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc
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Filing: 2004-10-20
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Granted: 2006-05-23
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Expires: 2024-10-20
Abstract
Abstract The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having one or more motorized pumps and associated motor drives, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety, emissions, noise, vibration, operational cost, or the like. More particularly, the subject invention provides for employing machine diagnostic and/or prognostic information in connection with optimizing an overall business operation.
Inventors
- 👤 Frederick M Discenzo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 07:32
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05B; G05B13/00; G05B13/02; G05B13/0205; G05B13/024; G05B13/0265; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/04; G06Q10/06; G06Q10/063; G06Q10/0631; H; H04; H04L; H04L67/00; H04L67/01; H04L67/12; H04L69/00; H04L69/40; G05B2219/00; G05B2219/30; G05B2219/32; G05B2219/32015; G05B2219/32235; Y; Y02; Y02P; Y02P90/00; Y02P90/80; Y02P90/82
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 48
Claim 1
Independent Claim
76 words
A method that facilitates asset optimization in an industrial automation environment, comprising: receiving and analyzing in real-time data relating to diagnoses and prognoses of operational aspects of a subset of machines that are part of an industrial automation system; modifying asset utilization in the industrial automation system based at least in part as a function of the analyzed diagnostic and prognostic machine data; and controlling the industrial automation system according to a system setpoint associated therewith.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
76 words
A method that facilitates asset optimization in an industrial automation environment, comprising: receiving and analyzing in real-time data relating to diagnoses and prognoses of operational aspects of a subset of machines that are part of an industrial automation system; modifying asset utilization in the industrial automation system based at least in part as a function of the analyzed diagnostic and prognostic machine data; and controlling the industrial automation system according to a system setpoint associated therewith.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising: selecting a desired operating point within an allowable range of operation about the system setpoint according to performance characteristics associated with at least one of the machines; and controlling at least one machine according to the desired operating point.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 2 , further comprising obtaining the system setpoint and the allowable range of operation from a user.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising employing an options based analysis in connection with asset management.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 4 , further comprising automatically ordering an asset via the Internet.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 2 wherein selecting the desired operating point comprises measuring at least one process variable from a sensor associated with the system.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
61 words
The method of claim 2 , wherein selecting the desired operating point comprises: correlating at least two of motor efficiency information, pump efficiency information, and motor drive efficiency information in order to derive correlated system efficiency information; and selecting the desired operating point as the optimum efficiency point within the allowable range of operation according to the correlated system efficiency information.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 7 , wherein controlling the system according to the desired operating point comprises providing a motor speed sign to the motor drive according to the desired operating point.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 7 , further comprising obtaining at least one of the efficiency information, the allowable range, and the system setpoint from a user.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 7 , further comprising obtaining at least one of the efficiency information, the allowable range, and the system setpoint from a host computer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one of the efficiency information, the allowable range, and the system setpoint is obtained via a network.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one of the efficiency information, the allowable range, and the system setpoint is obtained via wireless communications.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 7 , further comprising obtaining at least a portion of one of the efficiency information, the allowable range, and the system setpoint from prior operation of the system.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
58 words
The method of claim 2 , wherein selecting the desired operating point comprises: correlating component performance information associated with at least two components in the system in order to derive correlated system performance information; and selecting the desired operating point as the optimum performance point within the allowable range of operation according to the correlated system performance information.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 14 , wherein controlling the system according to the desired operating point comprises providing a setpoint to a controller associated with the system according to the desired operating point.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 14 , further comprising obtaining at least one of the performance information, the allowable range, and the system setpoint from a host computer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 16 , wherein the at least one of the performance information, the allowable range, and the system setpoint is obtained via a network.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 17 , wherein the at least one of the performance information, the allowable range, and the system setpoint is obtained via wireless communications.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 14 , further comprising obtaining at least a portion of one of the performance information, the allowable range, and the system setpoint from prior operation of the system.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 14 , wherein the component performance information comprises at least one of life cycle cost information, efficiency information, life expectancy information, safety information, emissions information, operational cost information, MTBF information, noise information, and vibration information.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
79 words
The method of claim 20 , wherein the system comprises a motorized pump system for pumping fluid, having an electric motor operatively coupled with a pump, and a motor drive providing electrical power to the motor, wherein the component performance information comprises efficiency information related to at least two of the motor, the pump, and the motor drive, and wherein the correlated system performance information comprises cost information related to the system operational cost per unit of fluid pumped.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
63 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the system comprises a motorized pump system having an electric motor operatively coupled with a pump, and a motor drive providing electrical power to the motor, and wherein the performance characteristics associated with a plurality of components in the system comprises life expectancies of at least two of the motor, the pump, and the motor drive.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
65 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the system comprises a motorized pump system having an electric motor operatively coupled with a pump, and a motor drive providing electrical power to the motor, and wherein the performance characteristics associated with a plurality of components in the system comprises cost of operation associated with at least two of the motor, the pump, and the motor drive.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
81 words
A system that facilitates asset optimization in an industrial automation system, comprising: means for receiving and analyzing in real-time data relating to prognoses of operational aspects of machines and/or business components that are part of the industrial automation system; means for modifying asset utilization in the industrial automation system based at least in part as a function of analyzed diagnostic and prognostic machine data; and means for controlling the industrial automation system according to a setpoint associated with the automation system.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
81 words
A system that facilitates asset optimization in an industrial automation system, comprising: means for receiving and analyzing in real-time data relating to prognoses of operational aspects of machines and/or business components that are part of the industrial automation system; means for modifying asset utilization in the industrial automation system based at least in part as a function of analyzed diagnostic and prognostic machine data; and means for controlling the industrial automation system according to a setpoint associated with the automation system.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 24 further comprising means for inferring future states of a subset of machines associated with the automation system.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 24 further comprising means for inferring future states of a subset of business components associated with the automation system.
Claim 29
Independent Claim
104 words
A system that facilitates designing an industrial automation environment, comprising: a component that retrieves diagnostic and prognostic data related to operational aspects of machines that comprise the industrial automation environment, the component further retrieves business concern data and business objective data; and a component that analyzes the retrieved diagnostic and prognostic data, business concern data and business objective data and generates one or more permissible design layouts; the component that analyzes performs analysis based on a desired operating point within an allowable range of operation about a system setpoint according to performance characteristics associated with at least one machine in the industrial automation environment.
Claim 30
Independent Claim
104 words
A system that facilitates designing an industrial automation environment, comprising: a component that retrieves diagnostic and prognostic data related to operational aspects of machines that comprise the industrial automation environment, the component further retrieves business concern data and business objective data; and a component that analyzes the retrieved diagnostic and prognostic data, business concern data and business objective data and generates one or more permissible design layouts; the component that analyzes performs analysis based on a desired operating point within an allowable range of operation about a system setpoint according to performance characteristics associated with at least one machine in the industrial automation environment.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 27 , the component that analyzes obtains the system setpoint and allowable range, of operation from a user.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system of claim 27 , the component that analyzes determines the desired operating point through correlation of at least two of motor efficiency information, pump efficiency information, and motor drive efficiency information.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 29 , the motor efficiency information, the pump efficiency information, and the motor drive efficiency information obtained from a user.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system of claim 29 , the motor efficiency information, the pump efficiency information, and the motor drive efficiency information obtained from a host computer.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 29 , the motor efficiency information, the pump efficiency information, and the motor drive efficiency information obtained via a network.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
28 words
The system of claim 29 , one or more of the motor efficiency information, the pump efficiency information, and the motor drive efficiency information obtained via wireless communications.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
21 words
The system of claim 27 , the component that analyzes performs analysis based on asset utilization in the industrial automation environment.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
28 words
The system of claim 27 , the component that analyzes utilizes one or more of fuzzy logic systems, data fusion engines, neural networks, belief networks and expert systems.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system of claim 27 , business concern data comprises one or more of trend analysis data, data mining data, inference analysis data, data fusion analysis data and data identified through correlations amongst data.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
35 words
The system of claim 27 , business objective data comprises at one or more of revenue generation data, life cycle cost data, energy, utilization data, safety data, emissions data, MTBF data and machine longevity data.
Claim 41
Independent Claim
76 words
A method that facilitates designing an industrial automation environment comprising: retrieving diagnostic and prognostic data related to operational characteristics of one or more machines comprising the industrial automation environment; retrieving business concern data and business objective data; analyzing the diagnostic and prognostic data, the business concern data and the business objective data, via employing a desired operating point within an allowable range of operation about a system setpoint; and generating one or more permissible design layouts.
Claim 42
Independent Claim
76 words
A method that facilitates designing an industrial automation environment comprising: retrieving diagnostic and prognostic data related to operational characteristics of one or more machines comprising the industrial automation environment; retrieving business concern data and business objective data; analyzing the diagnostic and prognostic data, the business concern data and the business objective data, via employing a desired operating point within an allowable range of operation about a system setpoint; and generating one or more permissible design layouts.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 38 , retrieving one or more of the diagnostic and prognostic data, the business concern data and the business objective data from a host computer.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 38 , retrieving one or more of the diagnostic and prognostic data, the business concern data and the business objective data via a network.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 38 , the analyzing act further comprises utilizing one or more of fuzzy logic systems, data fusion engines, neural networks, belief networks and expert systems.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 38 , further comprising controlling a motorized system in the industrial automation environment according to the system setpoint.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 42 , further comprising requesting the system setpoint and allowable range of operation from a user.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 42 , further comprising determining the desired operating point through correlation of at least two of motor efficiency information, pump efficiency information, and motor drive efficiency information.
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