Subsea smart electric control unit
AssigneeSafe Marine Transfer, LLC
InventorsPaul Moreno, Matt York, Tom A. Gay, Art J. Schroeder, Jr., James E. Chitwood
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Abstract
A process and smart controller for controlling a subsea smart electrical control unit. The process including collecting operating data from one or more devices and one or more control end points, calculating and performing in-situ analytics, and reporting a health and a status of the one or more devices and one or more control end points. The smart controller including one or more external sensors that create local control loops for real time operation, adjustment, and optimization of the controlled end device, wherein the external sensors are used with a smart controller to create one or more control loops.
Claims17
A subsea smart electrical control unit comprising:
- one or more mechanical interfaces;
- a modular housing comprising a smart controller, one or more internal sensors, an electrical motor, a smart battery, and a gearbox;
- a power supply and control unit;
- and
- one or more external sensors configured to analyze and report the health of one or more of the mechanical interfaces, the modular housing, the power supply and control unit, and one or more end point units, wherein the one or more external sensors are configured to create local control loops for real time operation, adjustment, and optimization of the one or more end point units,
- wherein the one or more internal sensors are configured to analyze and report the health of one or more of the smart controller, the electrical motor, and the gearbox.
A process for controlling a subsea smart electrical control unit, the subsea smart electrical control unit comprising:
- one or more mechanical interfaces;
- a modular housing comprising a smart controller, one or more internal sensors, an electrical motor, a smart battery, and a gearbox;
- a power supply and control unit;
- and
- one or more external sensors configured to analyze and report the health of one or more of the mechanical interfaces, the modular housing, the power supply and control unit, and one or more end point units;
- the process comprising:
- collecting operating data from the one or more external sensors and the one or more end point units,
- calculating and performing in-situ analytics,
- transmitting a health and a status of one or more of the mechanical interfaces, the modular housing, the power supply and control unit, and the one or more end point units;
- and
- creating one or more local control loops for real time operation, adjustment, and optimization of the one or more end point units using the one or more external sensors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.