IP Library Granted Patent US 11,029,680
Granted Patent B2
US 11,029,680 · App. 16/143,286 · Granted Jun 8, 2021

Methods and systems for detection in an industrial internet of things data collection environment with frequency band adjustments for diagnosing oil and gas production equipment

Inventors: Charles Howard Cella (Pembroke, MA); Gerald William Duffy, Jr. (Philadelphia, PA); Jeffrey P. McGuckin (Philadelphia, PA); Mehul Desai (Oak Brook, FL)
Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
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Patent No.
US 11,029,680
App. No.
16/143,286
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and systems for a monitoring system for data collection in an industrial environment including a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels connected to data collection points operatively coupled to at least one of an oil production component or gas production component; a data storage structured to store a plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges for the at least one of an oil production component or gas production component; a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the plurality of input channels; and a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the plurality of detection values to determine measured frequency band data and compare the measured frequency band data to the plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges, and to diagnose an operational parameter of the least one of an oil production component or gas production component in response to the comparison.

Claims (33)

1. A monitoring system for data collection in an industrial environment, the system comprising:

a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels connected to data collection points operatively coupled to at least one of an oil production component or gas production component;

a data storage structured to store a plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges for the at least one of the oil production component or gas production component;

a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the plurality of input channels;

a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the plurality of detection values to determine measured frequency band data and compare the measured frequency band data to the plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges, and to diagnose an operational parameter of the least one of the oil production component or gas production component in response to the comparison; and

at least one of a machine-learning or expert system configured to provide at least a portion of the plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges to a self-organizing marketplace.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges include a gap-free digital waveform, and wherein the operational parameter comprises an anomalous condition of the at least one of the oil production component or gas production component.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an expert circuit structured to operate at least one of the machine-learning or expert system to compare the measured frequency band data to the plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the at least one of the machine-learning or expert system interprets the plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges from an external data source.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a graphical user interface to manage the stored plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein managing the stored plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges includes accepting a user selection of diagnostic frequency band ranges for detecting off-nominal operations.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the measured frequency band data is determined utilizing a band pass tracking filter, wherein a machine learning system uses the band pass tracking filter to learn a frequency band of interest over time, and wherein the data analysis circuit is further structured to diagnose the operational parameter in response to the learned frequency band of interest over time.

8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a response circuit, wherein the response circuit provides a haptic notification in response to the operational parameter indicating an anomalous operating condition.

9. A computer-implemented method for data collection in an industrial environment, the method comprising:

collecting data with a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels connected to data collection points operatively coupled to at least one of an oil production component or gas production component;

storing a plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges for the at least one of the oil production component or gas production component;

interpreting a plurality of detection values from the plurality of input channels;

analyzing the plurality of detection values to determine measured frequency band data and comparing the measured frequency band data to the plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges, and diagnosing an operational parameter of the least one of the oil production component or gas production component in response to the comparing; and

providing at least a portion of the plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges to a self-organizing marketplace.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges include a gap-free digital waveform, and wherein the operational parameter comprises an anomalous condition of the at least one of the oil production component or gas production component.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising interpreting the diagnostic frequency band ranges from an external data source.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the measured frequency band data is determined utilizing a band pass tracking filter, operating a machine learning system using the band pass tracking filter to learn a frequency band of interest over time, and wherein diagnosing the operational parameter is further in response to the learned frequency band of interest over time.

13. An apparatus for monitoring data collection in an industrial environment, the apparatus comprising:

a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels connected to data collection points operatively coupled to at least one of an oil production component or gas production component;

a data storage structured to store a plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges for the at least one of the oil production component or gas production component;

a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the plurality of input channels;

a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the plurality of detection values to determine measured frequency band data and compare the measured frequency band data to the plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges, and to diagnose the at least one of the oil production component or gas production component in response to the comparison; and

an expert circuit structured to operate at least one of a machine-learning or expert system to provide at least a portion of the plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges to a self-organizing marketplace.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the data analysis circuit is further structured to diagnose at least one operational parameter of the at least one of the oil production component or gas production component, wherein the at least one operational parameter is at least one of a failure parameter, a fault parameter, an off-nominal operating condition, a saturated operating condition, a predicted failure operating condition, a component change operating condition, and a maintenance indication parameter for a component.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges includes a gap-free digital waveform for the at least one of the oil production component or gas production component.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the expert circuit is structured to operate one of the machine-learning or expert system to compare the measured frequency band data to the plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the one of the machine-learning or expert system interprets the diagnostic frequency band ranges from an external data source.

18. The apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising a graphical user interface to manage the stored plurality of diagnostic frequency band ranges.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2019
From: CELLA, CHARLES; DUFFY, GERALD WILLIAM, JR; MCGUCKIN, JEFFRY P; DESAI, MEHUL
To: STRONG FORCE IOT PORTFOLIO 2016, LLC
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