Systems and methods of hierarchical smart asset control and industrial system optimization

A system of Integrated Smart Asset Control System optimization of an industrial system, performed by a system controller, comprising:

• accessing, with a processor, a smart asset grouping which defines a plurality of parent/child equipment element control relationships from an Integrated Smart Asset Control System, wherein the smart asset grouping includes one or more Intelligent Agents aggregated from one or more intelligent asset templates associated with the smart asset grouping, wherein the intelligent asset templates include smart asset specific data;
• accessing, with the processor, utilizing a parent equipment element, a plurality of operational constraint parameters and a plurality of operational objective parameters associated with an asset within the Integrated Smart Asset Control System;
• developing, with the processor, utilizing the parent equipment element, multi-faceted dynamic process constraints utilizing the plurality of operational constraint parameters and the plurality of operational objective parameters associated with the Integrated Smart Asset Control System;
• evaluating, with the processor, utilizing the parent equipment element, a multi-faceted dynamic process constraint model to balance operational process constraints based on one or more process objectives;
• determining, with the processor, utilizing the parent equipment element, an optimized process operation point for the multi-faceted dynamic process constraint model;
• determining, with the processor, utilizing the parent equipment element, a Hierarchical Smart Asset control action utilizing the optimized process operation point;
• communicating, with the processor, the Hierarchical Asset Control action utilizing the parent equipment element to a plurality of associated child equipment elements and associated Intelligent Agents;
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• executing autonomously, with the processor, utilizing control functions of the one or more Intelligent Agents associated with the smart asset grouping associated with the plurality of associated child equipment elements and, the Hierarchical Smart Asset control action to transition from current operational values to operational values to achieve the balanced operational constraints.

A method of Integrated Smart Asset Control System optimization of an industrial system, performed by a system controller, comprising:

• accessing, a smart asset grouping which defines a plurality of parent/child equipment element control relationships from an Integrated Smart Asset Control System, wherein the smart asset grouping includes one or more Intelligent Agents aggregated from one or more intelligent asset templates associated with the smart asset grouping, wherein the intelligent asset templates include smart asset specific data;
• accessing a plurality of operational constraint parameters and a plurality of operational objective parameters associated with an asset within an Integrated Smart Asset Control System;
• developing multi-faceted dynamic constraints at a smart asset level utilizing the plurality of operational constraint parameters and the plurality of operational objective parameters associated with an automation operational process of the Integrated Smart Asset Control System;
• evaluating multi-faceted dynamic process constraint model for the smart asset to balance operational process constraints based on one or more process objectives;
• determining an optimized process operation point for the smart asset for the multi-faceted dynamic process constraint model;
• transmitting data elements request by a parent used in part by the parent to determine a smart asset control action for an associated child smart asset and associated Intelligent Agents;
• receiving a smart asset control action generated from the optimized process operation point;
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• executing autonomously the smart asset control action utilizing control functions of the associated Intelligent Agents associated with the smart asset grouping to transition from current operational values to operational values to achieve the balanced operational constraints.