System and method for closed-loop dissolved oxygen monitoring and control
AssigneeCube Hydro Partners, LLC
InventorsWalter Neal Simmons, Connor James Tinen
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method of closed-loop dissolved oxygen monitoring and control at a hydroelectric plant includes: regulating at least one aeration valve coupled to a turbine using pattern recognition; wherein a target parameter for the regulating is a dissolved oxygen concentration of water downstream of the hydroelectric plant. The dissolved oxygen concentration may be at least 5.0 milligrams per liter. The pattern recognition may be performed using a neural network.
Claims42
A computer-implemented method of closed-loop dissolved oxygen monitoring and control at a hydroelectric plant comprising:
- regulating at least one aeration valve coupled to a turbine using pattern recognition;
- wherein a target parameter for the regulating is a dissolved oxygen concentration of water downstream of the hydroelectric plant.
A computer-implemented method of closed-loop dissolved oxygen monitoring and control at a hydroelectric plant comprising:
- using closed-loop control to regulate at least one aeration valve coupled to a turbine and at least one cone valve coupled to a water-retaining structure of the hydroelectric plant;
- wherein a target parameter for the regulating is a dissolved oxygen concentration of water downstream of the hydroelectric plant.
A computer-implemented method of closed-loop dissolved oxygen monitoring and control at a hydroelectric plant comprising a turbine, the method comprising:
- regulating at least one aeration valve coupled to a turbine by at least one machine learning algorithm;
- wherein a target parameter for the regulating is a dissolved oxygen concentration of water downstream of the hydroelectric plant.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer readable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computer, cause the computer to perform closed-loop dissolved oxygen monitoring and control at a hydroelectric plant comprising:
- regulating at least one aeration valve coupled to a turbine using pattern recognition;
- wherein a target parameter for the regulating is a dissolved oxygen concentration of water downstream of the hydroelectric plant.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- memory including instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform closed-loop dissolved oxygen monitoring and control at a hydroelectric plant comprising:
- regulating at least one aeration valve coupled to a turbine using pattern recognition;
- wherein a target parameter for the regulating is a dissolved oxygen concentration of water downstream of the hydroelectric plant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.