IP Library Granted Patent US 11,675,334
Granted Patent B2
US 11,675,334 · App. 16/444,525 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Controlling a chemical reactor for the production of polymer compounds

Inventors: Dmitry Zubarev (San Jose, CA); Nathaniel H. Park (San Jose, CA); Victoria A. Piunova (Los Gatos, CA); Sarathkrishna Swaminathan (Santa Clara, CA); James L. Hedrick (Pleasanton, CA)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
G05B19/4155B01J19/0006B01J19/0033G06N20/00B01J2219/00202B01J2219/00234B01J2219/00243G05B2219/32375
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Patent No.
US 11,675,334
App. No.
16/444,525
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques regarding the synthesis of one or more polymers of a target polymer class are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a system, which can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a recommendation component that can generate a recommended chemical reactor control setting for inverse synthesis of a polymer based on a target polymer characteristic and reactor training data.

Claims (38)

1. A system, comprising:

a memory;

a processor, operably coupled to the memory, wherein the processor:

operates a chemical reactor in accordance with a recommended chemical reactor control setting to generate a polymer;

determines a characteristic of the polymer generated by the chemical reactor; and

determines whether the characteristic is within a permissible range defined bya target polymer characteristic; and

generates a recommended chemical reactor control setting for inverse synthesis of the polymer based on the target polymer characteristic and reactor training data.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor also:

generates an adjacency matrix based on the reactor training data, wherein the reactor training data comprises a plurality of reactor control settings, and generates the adjacency matrix by combining the plurality of reactor control settings into a plurality of control setting tuples.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of reactor control settings regard reactor parameters previously used to generate a synthesized polymer, and wherein the reactor training data further comprises a characteristic of the synthesized polymer.

4. The system of claim 2 wherein the processor also:

performs a link prediction in network based on the adjacency matrix with at least one partition.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the link prediction in network comprises a process selected from a group consisting of a matrix factorization, a tensor factorization, and a deep learning model for a network completion task applied to the adjacency matrix.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor also:

updates the reactor training data with the characteristic of the polymer and the recommended chemical reactor control setting.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor also:

computes latent embedding of an initial adjacency matrix to generate a reconstructed adjacency matrix, wherein the initial adjacency matrix comprises the reactor training data, and

performs an entry-wise comparison of the initial adjacency matrix and the reconstructed adjacency matrix.

8. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

operating, by a system, operatively coupled to a processor, a chemical reactor in accordance with a recommended chemical reactor control setting to generate the polymer,

determining, by the system, a characteristic of the polymer generated by the chemical reactor;

determining, by the system, whether the characteristic is within a permissible range defined by a target polymer characteristic; and

generating, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, the recommended chemical reactor control setting for inverse synthesis of the polymer based on the target polymer characteristic and reactor training data.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising:

training, by the system, a machine learning algorithm based on the reactor training data via an adjacency matrix, wherein the reactor training data regards a synthesis of a previously generated polymer.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the training comprises:

computing a latent embedding of the adjacency matrix to generate a reconstruction adjacency matrix.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , further comprising:

performing, by the system, a link prediction in network analysis based on the adjacency matrix with at least one partition, wherein the link prediction in network analysis is selected from a group consisting of: a matrix factorization, a tensor factorization, and a deep learning model for a network completion task applied to the adjacency matrix.

12. A computer program product for controlling a chemical reactor to produce a polymer, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

operate, by a system operatively coupled to the processor, a chemical reactor in accordance with the recommended chemical reactor control setting to generate the polymer; and

generate, by a system operatively coupled to the processor, a recommended chemical reactor control setting for inverse synthesis of the polymer based on a target polymer characteristic and reactor training data.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:

collect, by the system, the reactor training data via a cloud computing environment.

14. The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:

train, by the system, a machine learning algorithm based on the reactor training data via an adjacency matrix, wherein the reactor training data regards a synthesis of a previously generated polymer.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the program instructions further cause the processor to:

perform, by the system, a link prediction in network analysis based on the adjacency matrix with at least one partition, wherein the link prediction in network analysis is selected from a group consisting of: a matrix factorization, a tensor factorization, and a deep learning model for a network completion task applied to the adjacency matrix.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2019
From: ZUBAREV, DMITRY; PARK, NATHANIEL H.; PIUNOVA, VICTORIA A.; SWAMINATHAN, SARATHKRISHNA; HEDRICK, JAMES L.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049505/0460 →
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