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US 11,537,115 B2Granted
Digital replica based simulation to predict preventative measures and/or maintenance for an industrial location
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsVenkata Vara Prasad Karri, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
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Abstract
Methods, computer program products and/or systems are provided that perform the following operations: obtaining digital replica models for equipment at an industrial location; receiving data feeds associated with the equipment; simulating operations of the equipment based on the digital replica models and the data feeds; predicting one or more events associated with areas within the industrial location based, at least in part, on the simulating of operations of the equipment; and determining one or more mitigation procedures based on the one or more predicted events.
Claims17
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- obtaining, by one or more processors, one or more digital replica models for each unit of equipment at an industrial location;
- receiving, by the one or more processors, a set of data from data feeds associated with each unit of the equipment;
- simulating, by the one or more processors, operations of each unit of the equipment based on the one or more digital replica models and the set of data from the data feeds;
- identifying, by the one or more processors, a grounding issue associated with the operations of each unit of the equipment causing a buildup of static electricity that is approaching a threshold amount;
- responsive to the buildup of static electricity reaching the threshold amount, predicting, by the one or more processors, one or more events associated with one or more areas within the industrial location based, at least in part, on the simulating of the operations of each unit of the equipment;
- and
- determining, by the one or more processors, one or more mitigation procedures for the one or more predicted events, wherein the one or more mitigation procedures includes controlling operational workflows associated with one or more areas within the industrial location by halting the operations of each unit of the equipment that may require mitigation or modifying a flow of a liquid or a gas.
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A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon:
- program instructions programmed to obtain one or more digital replica models for each unit of equipment at an industrial location;
- program instructions programmed to receive a set of data from data feeds associated with each unit of the equipment;
- program instructions programmed to simulate operations of each unit of the equipment based on the one or more digital replica models and the set of data from the data feeds;
- program instructions programmed to identify a grounding issue associated with the operations of each unit of the equipment causing a buildup of static electricity that is approaching a threshold amount;
- responsive to the buildup of static electricity reaching the threshold amount, program instructions programmed to predict one or more events associated with one or more areas within the industrial location based, at least in part, on the simulating of the operations of each unit of the equipment;
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- program instructions programmed to determine one or more mitigation procedures for the one or more predicted events, wherein the one or more mitigation procedures includes controlling operational workflows associated with one or more areas within the industrial location by halting the operations of each unit of the equipment that may require mitigation or modifying a flow of a liquid or a gas.
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A computer system comprising:
- a processor set;
- and
- a computer readable storage medium;
- wherein:
- the processor set is structured, located, connected and programmed to run program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium;
- and
- the stored program instructions include:
- program instructions programmed to obtain one or more digital replica models for each unit of equipment at an industrial location;
- program instructions programmed to receive a set of data from data feeds associated with each unit of the equipment;
- program instructions programmed to simulate operations of each unit of the equipment based on the one or more digital replica models and the set of data from the data feeds;
- program instructions programmed to identify a grounding issue associated with the operations of each unit of equipment causing a buildup of static electricity that is approaching a threshold amount;
- responsive to the buildup of static electricity reaching the threshold amount, program instructions programmed to predict one or more events associated with one or more areas within the industrial location based, at least in part, on the simulating of the operations of each unit of the equipment;
- and
- program instructions programmed to determine one or more mitigation procedures for the one or more predicted events, wherein the one or more mitigation procedures includes controlling operational workflows associated with one or more areas within the industrial location by halting the operations of each unit of the equipment that may require mitigation or modifying a flow of a liquid or a gas.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.