Granted Patent B2

US 12,190,281 · App. 18/592,011 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Inventors: William J. Foiles (Denver, CO); Ryan E. Brush (Denver, CO); Nathan C. Eichenlaub (Denver, CO); Kieran J. Lynn (Denver, CO)

Assignee: Project Canary, PBC

G06Q10/0833F17D3/01F17D3/18G06Q10/063G06Q50/06G05B2219/24215

Abstract

Claims (163)

1. A supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing method for an environmental characteristic-vectors of a gas transmitting from an upstream amenity to a downstream amenity, the supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing method comprising:

providing an upstream air quality monitor at the upstream amenity, the upstream air quality monitor comprising:

a first sensor responsive to a target substance;

sensing a set of upstream environmental parameters with the upstream air quality monitor;

providing an upstream SCADA system at the upstream amenity;

sensing a set of upstream operational parameters with the upstream SCADA system, the set of upstream operational parameters comprising:

an upstream energy amount;

transmitting both the set of upstream environmental parameters and the set of upstream operational parameters to a remote server;

providing a downstream air quality monitor at the downstream amenity, the downstream air quality monitor comprising:

a second sensor responsive to the target substance;

transmitting the gas from the upstream amenity to the downstream amenity;

sensing a set of downstream environmental parameters with the downstream air quality monitor;

providing a downstream SCADA system at the downstream amenity;

sensing a set of downstream operational parameters with the downstream SCADA system, the set of downstream operational parameters comprising:

a downstream energy amount;

transmitting both the set of downstream environmental parameters and the set of downstream operational parameters to the remote server;

calculating a set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors from the set of upstream environmental parameters;

associating the set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors to the upstream energy amount;

calculating a set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors from the set of downstream environmental parameters;

associating the set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors with the downstream energy amount;

training an environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-machine-learning-model, wherein the environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-machine-learning-model is capable of:

generating an environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-machine-learning-model parameter for the upstream amenity and the downstream amenity with the environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-machine-learning-model;

generating an environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-simulation-model of the set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and the set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors using the environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-machine-learning-model parameter;

generating a set of simulated upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and a set of simulated downstream environmental characteristic-vectors of the downstream amenity with the environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-simulation-model; and

minimizing the set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and the set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors, by analyzing the set of simulated upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and the set of simulated downstream environmental characteristic-vectors of the downstream amenity.

2. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing method of claim 1 and further comprising:

monitoring, over a predefined time period, the set of upstream environmental parameters to generate an updated set of upstream environmental parameters;

updating the set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors using the updated set of upstream environmental parameters to a refined set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors;

monitoring, over a predefined time period, the set of downstream environmental parameters to generate an updated set of downstream environmental parameters;

updating the set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors using the updated set of downstream environmental parameters to a refined set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors;

refining the environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-simulation-model using the refined set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and the refined set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors to generate a refined environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-simulation-model;

generating a refined set of simulated upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and a refined set of simulated downstream environmental characteristic-vectors of the downstream amenity with the refined environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-simulation-model; and

minimizing the set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and the set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors, by analyzing the refined set of simulated upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and the refined set of simulated downstream environmental characteristic-vectors.

3. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing method of claim 1 and further comprising:

sensing a set of upstream physical parameters with the upstream SCADA system at the upstream amenity;

sensing a set of downstream physical parameters with the downstream SCADA system at the downstream amenity; and

transmitting the set of upstream physical parameters and the set of downstream physical parameters to the remote server.

4. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing method of claim 3 and further comprising:

calculating a set of upstream physical characteristic-vectors with the set of upstream physical parameters at the upstream amenity; and

calculating a set of downstream physical characteristic-vectors with the set of downstream physical parameters at the downstream amenity.

5. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing method of claim 4 and further comprising:

associating the set of upstream physical characteristic-vectors with the upstream energy amount; and

associating the set of downstream physical characteristic-vectors with the downstream energy amount.

6. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing method of claim 3 , wherein the set of upstream physical parameters comprises:

a location of an amenity site of the upstream amenity; and

a volumetric flow rate, and a pressure at which the upstream energy amount is transmitted to the downstream amenity.

7. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing method of claim 3 , wherein the set of downstream physical parameters comprises:

a location of an amenity site of the downstream amenity; and

a volumetric flow rate, and a pressure at which the downstream energy amount is received at the downstream amenity.

8. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing method of claim 1 , wherein the set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors comprises at least one of:

at the upstream amenity:

an atmospheric pressure,

an atmospheric temperature,

a humidity level,

composition of airborne pollutants in atmosphere;

volume of uncontained water in the gas,

volume of uncontained liquid petroleum in the gas, and

a predefined scarred land of an amenity site of the upstream amenity.

9. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing method of claim 1 , wherein the set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors comprises at least one of:

at the downstream amenity:

composition of airborne pollutants in atmosphere;

volume of uncontained water in the gas,

volume of uncontained liquid petroleum in the gas, and

a predefined scarred land of an amenity site of the downstream amenity.

10. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing method of claim 1 , wherein each of the upstream energy amount and the downstream energy amount are at least one of:

an energy unit associated with a volumetric flow rate of the gas.

11. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing method of claim 1 and further comprising:

identifying a functional anomaly comprising at least one of:

loss of the upstream energy amount between the upstream amenity and the downstream amenity, and

malfunctioning at one of or in-between the upstream amenity and the downstream amenity.

12. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing method of claim 1 and further comprising:

stationing a midstream amenity, the midstream amenity comprising:

at least one device comprising any one of:

an energy supply pipeline connecting the upstream amenity and the downstream amenity,

a pre-processing unit connected to the upstream amenity and installed on the energy supply pipeline; and

a receiving unit located in the downstream amenity and connected to the energy supply pipeline.

13. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing method of claim 12 and further comprising:

providing a midstream SCADA system at the midstream amenity;

sensing a set of midstream operational parameters with the midstream SCADA system, the set of upstream operational parameters comprising:

a midstream energy amount; and

transmitting the set of midstream operational parameters to the remote server.

14. A supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing system for an environmental characteristic-vectors of a gas transmitting from an upstream amenity to a downstream amenity, the supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing system comprising:

an upstream air quality monitor installed at the upstream amenity, the upstream air quality monitor comprising:

a first sensor responsive to a target substance;

wherein the upstream air quality monitor:

senses a set of upstream environmental parameters;

an upstream SCADA system installed at the upstream amenity, wherein the upstream SCADA system:

senses a set of upstream operational parameters, the set of upstream operational parameters comprising:

an upstream energy amount; and

transmits both the set of upstream environmental parameters and the set of upstream operational parameters to a remote server;

a downstream air quality monitor installed at the downstream amenity, the downstream air quality monitor comprising:

a second sensor responsive to the target substance;

wherein the downstream air quality monitor:

senses a set of downstream environmental parameters;

a downstream SCADA system installed at the downstream amenity, wherein the downstream SCADA system:

senses a set of downstream operational parameters, the set of downstream operational parameters comprising:

a downstream energy amount; and

transmits both the set of downstream environmental parameters and the set of downstream operational parameters to the remote server; and

a processing unit connected to the remote server, wherein the processing unit:

calculates a set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors from the set of upstream environmental parameters;

associates the set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors to the upstream energy amount;

calculates a set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors from the set of downstream environmental parameters;

associates the set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors with the downstream energy amount;

trains an environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-machine-learning-model, wherein the environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-machine-learning-model:

generates an environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-machine-learning-model parameter for the upstream amenity and the downstream amenity;

generates an environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-simulation-model of the set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and the set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors using the environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-machine-learning-model parameter, wherein the environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-simulation-model:

generates a simulated upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and a simulated downstream environmental characteristic-vectors; and

minimizes the set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and the set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors, by analyzing the simulated upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and the simulated downstream environmental characteristic-vectors.

15. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing system of claim 14 , wherein the processing unit is configured to:

monitor, over a predefined time period, the set of upstream environmental parameters to generate an updated set of upstream environmental parameters;

update the set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors using the updated set of upstream environmental parameters to a refined set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors;

monitor, over a predefined time period, the set of downstream environmental parameters to generate an updated set of downstream environmental parameters;

update the set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors using the updated set of downstream environmental parameters to a refined set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors;

refine the environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-simulation-model using the refined set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and the refined set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors to generate a refined environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-simulation-model, wherein the refined environmental-characteristic-vectors-minimizing-simulation-model generates:

a refined set of simulated upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and a refined set of simulated downstream environmental characteristic-vectors; and

minimize the set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and the set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors, by analyzing the refined set of simulated upstream environmental characteristic-vectors and the refined set of simulated downstream environmental characteristic-vectors of the downstream amenity.

16. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing system of claim 14 , wherein:

the upstream SCADA system senses a set of upstream physical parameters at the upstream amenity;

the downstream SCADA system senses a set of downstream physical parameters at the downstream amenity; and

the upstream SCADA system and the downstream SCADA system transmits the set of upstream physical parameters and the set of downstream physical parameters to the remote server.

17. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing system of claim 16 , wherein the processing unit is configured to:

calculate a set of upstream physical characteristic-vectors with the set of upstream physical parameters at the upstream amenity; and

calculate a set of downstream physical characteristic-vectors with the set of downstream physical parameters at the downstream amenity.

18. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing system of claim 17 , wherein the processing unit is configured to:

associate the set of upstream physical characteristic-vectors with the upstream energy amount; and

associate the set of downstream physical characteristic-vectors with the downstream energy amount.

19. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing system of claim 16 , wherein the set of upstream physical parameters comprises:

a location of an amenity site of the upstream amenity; and

a volumetric flow rate, and a pressure at which the upstream energy amount is transmitted to the downstream amenity.

20. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing system of claim 16 , wherein the set of downstream physical parameters comprises:

a location of an amenity site of the downstream amenity; and

a volumetric flow rate, and a pressure at which the downstream energy amount is received at the downstream amenity.

21. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing system of claim 14 , wherein the set of upstream environmental characteristic-vectors comprises at least one of:

at the upstream amenity:

an atmospheric pressure,

an atmospheric temperature,

a humidity level,

composition of airborne pollutants in atmosphere,

volume of uncontained water in the gas,

volume of uncontained liquid petroleum in the gas, and

a predefined scarred land of an amenity site of the upstream amenity.

22. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing system of claim 14 , wherein the set of downstream environmental characteristic-vectors comprises at least one of:

at the downstream amenity:

an atmospheric pressure,

an atmospheric temperature,

a humidity level,

composition of airborne pollutants in atmosphere,

volume of uncontained water in the gas,

volume of uncontained liquid petroleum in the gas, and

a predefined scarred land of an amenity site of the downstream amenity.

23. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing system of claim 14 , wherein each of the upstream energy amount and the downstream energy amount comprises:

an energy unit associated with a volumetric flow rate of the gas.

24. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing system of claim 14 , further comprising:

a midstream amenity installed between the upstream amenity and the downstream amenity, the midstream amenity comprising:

at least one device comprising any one of:

an energy supply pipeline connecting the upstream amenity and the downstream amenity;

a pre-processing unit connected to the upstream amenity and installed on the energy supply pipeline; and

a receiving unit located in the downstream amenity and connected to the energy supply pipeline.

25. The supply-chain characteristic-vectors minimizing system of claim 24 , wherein the processing unit is configured to:

a midstream SCADA system installed at the midstream amenity, wherein the midstream SCADA system:

senses a set of midstream operational parameters with the midstream SCADA system, the set of upstream operational parameters comprising:

a midstream energy amount; and

transmits the set of midstream operational parameters to the remote server.

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