Supply-chain characteristic-vectors merchandising system and methods
AssigneeProject Canary, Pbc
InventorsWilliam J. Foiles, Ryan E. Brush, Nathan C. Eichenlaub, Kieran J. Lynn
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Abstract
In some configurations, a supply-chain characteristic-vectors merchandising system and a method for an environmental characteristic-vectors of a gas communicating from an upstream amenity to a downstream amenity in a supply-chain may be disclosed. The system may be configured to track oil and/or gas throughout the supply-chain by associating characteristic-vectors (e.g., environmental, operational, physical etc.) of the upstream amenity and the downstream amenity with the energy units of the gas transmitted through the supply-chain.
Claims12
A supply-chain communication path determining system for a gas transmitting from an upstream amenity to a downstream amenity, the supply-chain communication path determining system comprising:
- an upstream air quality monitor at the upstream amenity, the upstream air quality monitor comprising:
- a first sensor responsive to a target substance,
- wherein the upstream air quality monitor is configured to sense a set of upstream environmental parameters;
- an upstream SCADA system installed at the upstream amenity, configured to sense a set of upstream operational parameters, the set of upstream operational parameters comprising:
- an upstream energy amount,
- wherein the upstream SCADA system is configured to transmit both the set of upstream environmental parameters and the set of upstream operational parameters to a remote server;
- a downstream air quality monitor at the downstream amenity, the downstream air quality monitor comprising:
- a second sensor responsive to the target substance,
- wherein the downstream air quality monitor is configured to sense a set of downstream environmental parameters;
- a downstream SCADA system installed at the downstream amenity, the downstream SCADA system configured to sense a set of downstream operational parameters, the set of downstream operational parameters comprising:
- a downstream energy amount,
- wherein the downstream SCADA system is configured to transmit both the set of downstream environmental parameters and the set of downstream operational parameters to the remote server;
- a processing unit connected to the remote server, the processing unit configured to:
- a) calculate a set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors from the set of upstream environmental parameters,
- b) associate the set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors to the upstream energy amount;
- c) calculate a set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors from the set of downstream environmental parameters;
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- d) associate the set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors with the downstream energy amount,
- wherein the processing unit is further configured to train a communication-path-machine-learning-model, the communication-path-machine-learning-model configured to generate a communication-path-machine-learning-model parameter for the upstream amenity and the downstream amenity;
- a communication-path-simulation-model based on the set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and the set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors using the communication-path-machine-learning-model parameter, wherein the communication-path-simulation-model is configured to:
- generate a simulated set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and a simulated set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors;
- and
- determine a communication path with minimized upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and minimized downstream environmental characteristic-vectors, by analyzing the simulated set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and the simulated set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors.
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