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US 2019/0087711 A1Published application
Intelligent, adaptive control system and related methods for integrated processing of biomass
AssigneeBattelle Energy Alliance, LLC
InventorsKevin L. Kenney, Matthew O. Anderson, David P. Pace, Neal A. Yancey, Milos Manic, Kasun Amarasinghe, Daniel Leonardo Marino
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Abstract
Adaptive control systems and methods of using the same to control aspects of material processing systems are described. The adaptive control systems may incorporate techniques that use heuristic modeling, and apply those techniques to control processing of biomass feedstock.
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A process control system, comprising:
- a first controller operable to monitor and control a material processing system;
- and
- a second controller operable to:
- generate supervisory commands configured to effectuate a change by the first controller in the material processing system;
- and
- estimate one or more performance conditions of a controlled process of the material processing system responsive to a predictive model, a material condition measurement, and an operational measurement,
- wherein:
- the material condition measurement is indicative of a condition of a physical material undergoing the controlled process of the material processing system;
- and
- the operational measurement is indicative of an operation of the material processing system during the controlled process.
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A process controller, comprising:
- a data management module configured to receive one or more measurements indicative of a controlled process of an infeed processing system;
- a prediction module configured to generate estimates of a performance of the controlled process responsive to a predictive model and the one or more measurements indicative of the controlled process;
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- an intelligence module configured to generate process condition adjustments responsive to an intelligence model and the one or more measurements indicative of the controlled process.
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A method of controlling a process, comprising:
- calculating one or more performance estimates of a controlled material deconstruction process responsive to a first computer heuristic model and at least one measurement indicative of one or more electronically observed conditions of the controlled material deconstruction process;
- calculating one or more process condition adjustments responsive to a second computer heuristic model, at least one upset condition, and the at least one measurement;
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- generating a command responsive to the one or more process condition adjustments, the command comprising one or more parameters to effectuate a change in the controlled material deconstruction process.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.