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US 12,741,886 B1Granted
Energy services through integrated flexible operation of wastewater systems
AssigneeThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
InventorsJose Bolorinos, Meagan Mauter, Ram Rajagopal
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Abstract
A method, a system, and a computer program product for managing energy at a wastewater treatment facility. One or more measurements received from one or more sensors of at least one wastewater treatment facility communicatively coupled to at least one processor are processed The processed measurements are stored in at least one storage location. Based on the processed measurements, one or more first times are determined. Operation of the wastewater treatment facility is controlled using the determined first times.
Claims19
A computer implemented method comprising:
- processing, using at least one processor, one or more measurements received from one or more sensors of at least one wastewater treatment facility communicatively coupled to the at least one processor;
- determining, using the at least one processor, based on the processed one or more measurements, one or more first times;
- determining, using the at least one processor, at least one of one or more optimal future direct or one or more of indirect energy storage upgrades and one or more energy generation upgrades for implementation at the at least one wastewater treatment facility in accordance with the determined one or more times;
- and
- controlling, using the at least one processor, operation of the at least on wastewater treatment facility using the determined one or more first times.
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A system comprising:
- at least one programmable processor;
- and
- a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one programmable processor cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operation comprising:
- processing, using at least one processor, one or more measurements received from one or more sensors of at least one wastewater treatment facility communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, and storing the processed one or more measurements in at least one storage location;
- determining, using the at least one processor, based on the processed one or more measurements, one or more first times;
- determining, using the at least one processor, at least one of one or more optimal future direct or one or more of indirect energy storage upgrades and one or more energy generation upgrades for implementation at the at least one wastewater treatment facility in accordance with the determined one or more times;
- and
- controlling, using the at least one processor, operation of the at least one wastewater treatment facility using the determined one or more first times.
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A computer program product comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one programmable processor, caused the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:
- processing, using at least one processor, based on the processed one or more measurements, one or more first times;
- determining, using the at least one processor, based on the processed one or more measurements, one or more first times;
- determining, using the at least one processor, at least one of one or more optimal future direct or one or more of indirect energy storage upgrades and one or more energy generation upgrades for implementation at the at least one wastewater treatment facility in accordance with the determined one or more times;
- and
- controlling, using the at least one processor, operation of the at least one wastewater treatment facility using the determined one or more first times.
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A computer implemented method, comprising:
- processing, using at least one processor, one or more measurements received from one or more sensors of at least one wastewater treatment facility communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, and storing the processed one or more measurements in at least one storage location;
- training, using the at least one processor, at least one model using at least one or more parameters associated with operation of one or more processes of the at least one wastewater treatment facility, the one or more processes being associated with the one or more processed measurements;
- determining, using the trained model, the one or more times during which the at least one wastewater treatment facility is configured to at least one of:
- consume energy for operating of the one or more processes, produce energy operating of the one or more processes, and store energy as a result of operating of the one or more processes;
- determining, using the at least one processor, at least one of one or more optimal future direct or one or more of indirect energy storage upgrades and one or more energy generation upgrades for implementation at the at least one wastewater treatment facility in accordance with the determined one or more times;
- and
- managing, using the at least one processor, operation of the one or more processes of at least one wastewater treatment facility based on the determined one or more times.
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A system comprising:
- at least one programmable processor;
- and
- a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:
- processing, using at least one processor, one or more measurements received from one or more sensors of at least one wastewater treatment facility communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, and storing the processed one or more measurements in at least one storage location;
- training, using the at least one processor, at least one model using at least one or more parameters associated with operation of one or more processes of the at least one wastewater treatment facility, the one or more processes being associated with the one or more processed measurements;
- determining, using the trained model, the one or more times during which the at least one wastewater treatment facility is configured to at least one of:
- consume energy for operating of the one or more processes, produce energy for operating the one or more processes, and store energy as a result of operating of the one or more processes;
- determining, using the at least one processor, at least one of one or more optimal future direct or one or more of indirect energy storage upgrades and one or more energy generation upgrades for implementation at the at least one wastewater treatment facility in accordance with the determined one or more times;
- and
- managing, using the at least one processor, operation of the one or more processes of at least one wastewater treatment facility based on the determining.
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A computer program product comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:
- processing, using at least one processor, one or more measurements received from one or more sensors of at least one wastewater treatment facility communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, and storing the processed one or more measurements in at least one storage location;
- training, using the at least one processor, at least one model using at least one or more parameters associated with operation of one or more processes of the at least one wastewater treatment facility, the one or more processes being associated with the one or more processed measurements;
- determining, using the trained model, the one or more times during which the at least one wastewater treatment facility is configured to at least one of:
- consume energy for operating of the one or more processes, produce energy for operating of the one or more processes, and store energy as a result of operating of the one or more processes;
- determining, using the at least one processor, at least one of one or more optimal future direct or one or more of indirect enerqy storaqe upqrades and one or more enerqy qeneration upqrades for implementation at the at least one wastewater treatment facility in accordance with the determined one or more times;
- and
- managing, using the at least one processor, operation of the one or more processes of at least one wastewater treatment facility based on the determining.
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