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US 7,318,970 B2Granted
Architectural hierarchy of control for a fuel processor
AssigneeTexaco Inc.
InventorsVesna R. Mirkovic, W. Spencer Wheat, Hugh N. To, Dennis J. Benedetto
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AssigneeTexaco Inc.
InventorsVesna R. Mirkovic, W. Spencer Wheat, Hugh N. To, Dennis J. Benedetto
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A control technique for use in a fuel processor is disclosed. In one aspect, a control system includes a subsystem manager controller the operation of a respective physical subsystem for each of a plurality of physical subsystems in the fuel processor. The subsystem managers take their direction from a master control manager. In a second aspect, the subsystem managers collectively form a layer operating in conjunction with a second layer capable of interfacing the subsystem managers to their respective physical subsystems, a third layer capable of interfacing the subsystem managers with the second layer. In a third aspect, master control manager manages the operation of each physical subsystem through a respective subsystem manager, directs state transitions of the subsystem managers, and routs interaction between the subsystem managers from the master control manager.
A method for controlling a fuel processor comprising a plurality of physical subsystems, the method comprising:
An apparatus for controlling a fuel processor comprising a plurality of physical subsystems, the apparatus comprising:
A program storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, performs a method for controlling a fuel processor comprising a plurality of physical subsystems, the method comprising:
A computer programmed to perform a method for controlling a fuel processor comprising a plurality of physical subsystems, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.