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US 12,292,310 · App. 18/537,978 · Granted May 6, 2025

Machine learning based methane emissions monitoring

Inventors: Nader Salman (Tomball, TX); Lukasz Zielinski (Arlington, MA)
Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
G01D21/00G06N20/00
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Patent No.
US 12,292,310
App. No.
18/537,978
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Machine learning based methane emissions monitoring includes collecting sensor data from sensors and applying an augmentation model to the sensor data to form a regression training set. A classification training set for a classification model is created by replacing regression output values from the regression training set with classification output values. The classification output values include binary values. Machine learning based methane emissions monitoring further includes training the regression model with the regression training set to generate a regression prediction and training the classification model with the classification training set to generate a classification prediction.

Claims (72)

1. A method comprising:

collecting sensor data from a plurality of sensors, comprising:

creating a training database for a particular facility and a sensor layout by performing operations comprising:

generating a series of test releases of a pollutant at different rates,

detecting concentrations for a range of wind and other meteorological conditions at the sensors,

moving an emission source to various places around a facility, and

repeating the detecting after moving the emission source;

applying an augmentation model to the sensor data to form a regression training set, wherein the augmentation model modifies the sensor data to generate synthetic input and applies a physics-based model to the synthetic input to create synthetic output, wherein the synthetic input and the synthetic output are combined to generate the regression training set comprising a plurality of regression output values corresponding to a plurality of input values, wherein the plurality of regression output values comprises the synthetic output and wherein the plurality of input values comprises the synthetic input;

creating a classification training set for a classification model by applying a threshold to the plurality of regression output values from the regression training set to generate a plurality of classification output values, wherein the plurality of classification output values comprises binary values;

training a regression model with the regression training set to generate a regression prediction; and

training the classification model with the classification training set to generate a classification prediction.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

applying the classification model to input data to generate the classification prediction;

applying an aggregation model to the classification prediction to generate an aggregated classification prediction;

applying the regression model to the input data to generate the regression prediction;

applying the aggregated classification prediction to the regression prediction to generate a combined prediction; and

presenting a message with the combined prediction over a computer network.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors comprises a sensor that provides a plurality of features and a regression output comprised by the sensor data.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

applying a transformation to raw sensor data to generate the sensor data, the transformation comprising applying a filter to the raw sensor data.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

applying a transformation to raw sensor data to generate the sensor data, the transformation comprising flattening the raw sensor data.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

applying a transformation to raw sensor data to generate the sensor data, the transformation comprising one or more of:

removing an empty row from the raw sensor data, and

removing a number of features from the raw sensor data.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

applying the augmentation model to the sensor data, wherein the augmentation model comprises a computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

applying the augmentation model to the sensor data, wherein the augmentation model comprises a Gaussian plume model (GPM).

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors provides raw sensor data comprising values for meteorological conditions comprising wind conditions.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the augmentation model to the sensor data comprises:

performing forward modeling of expected concentrations at sensor locations based on one of a computational fluid dynamic model and a Gaussian plume model.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the classification prediction is part of a set of classification predictions to which an aggregation model is applied, wherein applying the aggregation model comprises applying a rolling average.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the regression prediction is combined with an aggregated classification prediction by applying the aggregated classification prediction to the regression prediction by multiplying the aggregated classification prediction by the regression prediction to generate a combined prediction.

13. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

an application that, when executing on the at least one processor, performs:

collecting sensor data from a plurality of sensors, comprising:

creating a training database for a particular facility and a sensor layout by performing operations comprising:

generating a series of test releases of a pollutant at different rates,

detecting concentrations for a range of wind and other meteorological conditions at the sensors, and

repeating the detecting after an emission source is moved to various places around a facility;

applying an augmentation model to the sensor data to form a regression training set, wherein the augmentation model modifies the sensor data to generate synthetic input and applies a physics-based model to the synthetic input to create synthetic output, wherein the synthetic input and the synthetic output are combined to generate the regression training set comprising a plurality of regression output values corresponding to a plurality of input values, wherein the plurality of regression output values comprises the synthetic output and wherein the plurality of input values comprises the synthetic input;

creating a classification training set for a classification model by applying a threshold to the plurality of regression output values from the regression training set to generate a plurality of classification output values, wherein the plurality of classification output values comprises binary values;

training a regression model with the regression training set to generate a regression prediction; and

training the classification model with the classification training set to generate a classification prediction.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the application further performs:

applying the classification model to input data to generate the classification prediction;

applying an aggregation model to the classification prediction to generate an aggregated classification prediction;

applying the regression model to the input data to generate the regression prediction;

applying the aggregated classification prediction to the regression prediction to generate a combined prediction; and

presenting a message with the combined prediction over a computer network.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of sensors comprises a sensor that provides a plurality of features and a regression output comprised by the sensor data.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the application further performs:

applying a transformation to raw sensor data to generate the sensor data, the transformation comprising applying a filter to the raw sensor data.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein the application further performs:

applying a transformation to raw sensor data to generate the sensor data, the transformation comprising flattening the raw sensor data.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein the application further performs:

applying a transformation to raw sensor data to generate the sensor data, the transformation comprising one or more of:

removing an empty row from the raw sensor data, and

removing a number of features from the raw sensor data.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, perform:

collecting sensor data from a plurality of sensors, comprising:

creating a training database for a particular facility and a sensor layout by performing operations comprising:

generating a series of test releases of a pollutant at different rates,

detecting concentrations for a range of wind and other meteorological conditions at the sensors, and

repeating the detecting after an emission source is moved to various places around a facility;

applying an augmentation model to the sensor data to form a regression training set, wherein the augmentation model modifies the sensor data to generate synthetic input and applies a physics-based model to the synthetic input to create synthetic output, wherein the synthetic input and the synthetic output are combined to generate the regression training set comprising a plurality of regression output values corresponding to a plurality of input values, wherein the plurality of regression output values comprises the synthetic output and wherein the plurality of input values comprises the synthetic input;

creating a classification training set for a classification model by applying a threshold to the plurality of regression output values from the regression training set to generate a plurality of classification output values, wherein the plurality of classification output values comprises binary values;

training a regression model with the regression training set to generate a regression prediction; and

training the classification model with the classification training set to generate a classification prediction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2024
From: SALMAN, NADER; ZIELINSKI, LUKASZ
To: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066163/0158 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63485944 · Feb 20, 2023
Provisional Application 63433004 · Dec 15, 2022
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