Patents by Inventor Honggang Wang

Honggang Wang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11070584
    Abstract: A procedure for neutralizing an attack on a control system of an industrial asset includes detecting an anomaly in a first sensor node associated with a first unit operating in a first operational mode, and receiving time series data associated with the first sensor node. A subset of the time series data is provided to each of a plurality of virtual sensor models A first virtual sensor model is selected from among a plurality of virtual sensor models based upon the subset of the time series data received by each of the plurality of virtual sensor models. A first confidence level of the first virtual sensor is determined. Responsive to determining that the first confidence level is below a first confidence level threshold, the first unit is transferred to a second operational mode using sensor readings associated with a second sensor node of a second unit of the industrial asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Honggang Wang, Masoud Abbaszadeh, Mustafa Tekin Dokucu
  • Publication number: 20210211455
    Abstract: A procedure for neutralizing an attack on a control system of an industrial asset includes detecting an anomaly in a first sensor node associated with a first unit operating in a first operational mode, and receiving time series data associated with the first sensor node. A subset of the time series data is provided to each of a plurality of virtual sensor models A first virtual sensor model is selected from among a plurality of virtual sensor models based upon the subset of the time series data received by each of the plurality of virtual sensor models. A first confidence level of the first virtual sensor is determined. Responsive to determining that the first confidence level is below a first confidence level threshold, the first unit is transferred to a second operational mode using sensor readings associated with a second sensor node of a second unit of the industrial asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Honggang Wang, Masoud Abbaszadeh, Mustafa Tekin Dokucu
  • Publication number: 20210194076
    Abstract: An energy storage system includes a plurality of battery strings, each battery string including a plurality of batteries coupled electrically together; a plurality of temperature sensors; an enclosure housing the plurality of battery strings and the temperature sensors; a plurality of fans positioned in different locations within the enclosure; and a temperature control system. The temperature control system includes a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) components, and a controller. The controller is programmed to execute the method that includes determining fan speed operating commands based at least in part on sensed temperatures at the different locations, and operating the fan speed in response to the operating commands provided to the respective fans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Honggang Wang, Ralph Teichmann, Keith Garrette Brown, Alistair Martin Waddell
  • Publication number: 20210194421
    Abstract: An energy storage system includes a DC bus; a plurality of battery strings, each battery string comprising batteries coupled electrically together; a plurality of DC/DC converters electrically coupling respective battery strings to the DC bus; an enclosure housing the battery strings and the DC/DC converters; and a temperature control system. The temperature control system includes at least one heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, and a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Keith Garrette Brown, Honggang Wang, Alistair Martin Waddell
  • Publication number: 20210185085
    Abstract: In some embodiments, identifying a replay attack in an industrial control system of an industrial asset includes receiving a first set of time series data associated with an ambient condition of one or more first monitoring nodes at a first location of the industrial control system. An actual system feature value for the industrial asset is determined based upon the first set of time series data. A second set of time series data indicative of the ambient condition at a second location is received, and a nominal system feature value is determined based upon the second set of time series data. A correlation between the actual feature value and the nominal system feature value is analyzed to determine a correlation result. A request received by the industrial control system is selectively categorized as a replay attack based upon the correlation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Honggang WANG, Masoud ABBASZADEH
  • Publication number: 20210173462
    Abstract: A computing device for detecting and identifying power system events is provided. The computing device includes at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The at least one processor is programmed to store a database including a plurality of categorized events. Each categorized event of the plurality of categorized events is associated with an event category. The at least one processor is also programmed to receive sensor data from a plurality of sensors monitoring a power grid, identify one or more features contained in the sensor data, compare the one or more features to the plurality of categorized events, and determine an event category based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Weizhong Yan, Honggang Wang
  • Publication number: 20210160806
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a method and an apparatus for reducing co-channel interference, and a base station. The method includes: receiving, by a relay eNodeB ReNB, a propagation delay sent by a donor eNodeB DeNB, where the propagation delay is a delay of propagation between the DeNB and the ReNB; and adjusting, based on the propagation delay, timing parameters for sending uplink data and receiving downlink data by the ReNB, where the timing parameters are delays of the ReNB relative to the DeNB. The DeNB is used as a reference for the propagation delay between the DeNB and the ReNB, to delay timing of receiving the downlink data by the ReNB; and advance timing of sending the uplink data by the ReNB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Lei Jin, Honggang Wang, Qi Li, Hua Fan
  • Publication number: 20210131400
    Abstract: A method of operating a wind converter is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of forecasted datasets. The forecasted datasets include event signals for the wind converter during fast transient operating conditions (OCs) and operational data for the wind converter having a low sampling rate. The method further includes estimating a converter life consumption during normal OCs and a converter life consumption during the fast transient OCs. Further, the method includes computing a total converter life consumption of the wind converter. Moreover, the method includes predicting, using a remaining useful life (RUL) prediction module, an RUL for the wind converter based on the total converter life consumption. The method further includes adjusting operation of the wind converter by adjusting operating variables of the wind converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Lijun He, Honggang Wang, Alexandre Lagarde, Virginie Peron, Raphael de Rocca-Serra, Arvind Kumar Tiwari, Liwei Hao
  • Publication number: 20210124854
    Abstract: A system for enhanced sequential power system model calibration is provided. The system is programmed to receive event data and model response data associated with a model to simulate. The system is also programmed to identify a first region of a first event, determine a first weight for the first region, and assign a second weight to a second region of the first event. The first region and the second region are different. The first weight and the second weight are different. The system is further programmed to evaluation the model based on the first event including the first weight and the second weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Honggang Wang, Kaveri Mahapatra
  • Patent number: 10991963
    Abstract: A fuel cell system and a control method thereof are disclosed. The system includes a fuel cell stack having an anode and a cathode, an anode recirculation loop including the anode, a fuel supply device for providing a fuel gas via a fuel feed path, an air supply device for providing air to the cathode, an anode blower and a switching element. The loop has a first path and a second path, and the anode is arranged in the second path. During normal operation of the system, the fuel feed path and the first path are combined to form the second path, and the second path is split into the first path and a fuel exhaust path. The anode blower is configured for driving circulation through the loop. The switching element is located in at least one of the first path and the combining point and is configured to force the fuel gas to flow through the second path to the fuel exhaust path in the event of failure of the anode blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: CUMMINS ENTERPRISE LLC
    Inventors: Honggang Wang, Andrew Philip Shapiro
  • Publication number: 20210088563
    Abstract: Briefly, embodiments are directed to a system, method, and article for identifying power system event signatures. Input measurement data may be received from one or more data sources relating to a power grid system. The input measurement data may comprise normal system operation measurement data and power system event measurement data. A processor may perform operations during an online application phase. During the online application phase, a feature matrix may be generated for the power system event measurement data and the at least one trained auto-associative model. The feature matrix for the power system event measurement data may be processed to determine power system event residuals. Also during the online application phase, the power system event signatures may be identified based on residual statistics for normal system operation measurement data residuals and on the power system event residuals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Weizhong Yan, Honggang Wang
  • Publication number: 20210064713
    Abstract: A system for interactive power system model calibration is provided. The system includes a computing device including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The at least one processor is programmed to receive event data and model response data associated with a model to simulate, identify a plurality of tunable parameters based on the event data and the model response data, present, via a user interface, the plurality of tunable parameters to the user, receive, from the user via the user interface, one or more selections of the plurality of tunable parameters, and calibrate the model based on the one or more selections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Honggang Wang, Anup Menon, Jovan Z. Bebic, Radhakrishnan Srinivasan, Manu Parashar
  • Publication number: 20210028473
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting oxidation in at least one planar fuel cell stack that includes a multitude of cells is described. The height of the stack is measured to determine if there has been an increase from a previously-measured height. Such an increase correlates with the oxidation of at least some of the planar cells. In some cases, the fuel flow rate or airflow rate to each fuel cell stack can be adjusted, based in part on the oxidation detection technique. A power delivery system with at least two fuel cell stacks is also described, and it includes a stack height-measurement system, a health monitor for the fuel cell stacks, and a load balancer or airflow regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Darren Bawden HICKEY, Honggang WANG
  • Patent number: 10892506
    Abstract: A fuel cell system is disclosed, which includes an anode recirculation loop comprising a fuel cell stack for generating power, a flowmeter for measuring a fuel flow rate of a fuel provided into the anode recirculation loop, a current measuring device for measuring a current drawn from the fuel cell stack, a recycle ratio measuring device for measuring a recycle ratio in the anode recirculation loop, and a processor for estimating a fuel utilization of the fuel cell stack based on the measured fuel flow rate, the measured current and the measured recycle ratio. Methods for operating the fuel cell system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: CUMMINS ENTERPRISE LLC
    Inventors: Honggang Wang, Xiangdong Kong
  • Patent number: 10862301
    Abstract: A fuel cell based power generation system is presented. The fuel cell based power generation system includes a fuel cell assembly configured to generate a DC power, at least one assembly switching element configured to operatively couple the fuel cell assembly to a first DC bus, at least one converter coupled between the first DC bus and an electrical grid, a plurality of auxiliary loads operatively coupled to the first DC bus at a location between the at least one assembly switching element and the at least one converter, where at least one of the plurality of auxiliary loads is configured to receive power from the fuel cell assembly via the at least one assembly switching element, and a controller operatively coupled to the at least one converter, where the controller is configured to allow a voltage of the first DC bus to fluctuate within a range of voltage values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: CUMMINS ENTERPRISE LLC
    Inventors: Ralph Teichmann, Honggang Wang
  • Publication number: 20200379424
    Abstract: A system for enhanced power system model validation is provided. The system includes a computing device including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The at least one processor is programmed to store a plurality of models for a plurality of devices and a plurality of input files associated with the plurality of models, receive, from a user, a selection of model of the plurality of models to simulate, retrieve one or more input files of the plurality of input files, perform a model validity check on the selected model, if the selected model passed the model validity check, perform a model calibration on the selected model, and if the selected model passed the model calibration, perform a post evaluation on the selected model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Honggang Wang, Manu Parashar, Radhakrishnan Srinivasan, Miaolei Shao, Shruti Dwarkanath Rao, Juan Sanchez-Gasca
  • Publication number: 20200380618
    Abstract: A system for enhanced power system model validation is provided. The system includes a computing device including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The at least one processor is programmed to store a plurality of models for a plurality of devices and a plurality of input files associated with the plurality of models, receive, from a user, a selection of model of the plurality of models to simulate, retrieve one or more input files of the plurality of input files, perform a model validity check on the selected model, if the selected model passed the model validity check, perform a model calibration on the selected model, and if the selected model passed the model calibration, perform a post evaluation on the selected model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Honggang Wang, Manu Parashar, Radhakrishnan Srinivasan, Miaolei Shao, Shruti Dwarkanath Rao, Juan Sanchez-Gasca
  • Patent number: 10854897
    Abstract: Temperature control system and method for a fuel cell system are disclosed. The temperature control system includes a state detector, a control selector, a normal controller and an internal model controller. The state detector determines whether the fuel cell system is in a leakage condition based on a dynamic transfer function from an air flowrate provided to the fuel cell system to a fuel cell temperature. The control selector selects to switch between the normal controller and the internal model controller based on a determined result. The normal controller is configured for controlling an air flowrate of the fuel cell system which is not in the leakage condition. The internal model controller is configured for controlling the air flowrate of the fuel cell system in the leakage condition to control the fuel cell temperature. A fuel cell system with the temperature control system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: CUMMINS ENTERPRISE LLC
    Inventors: Fengcheng Sun, Honggang Wang, Nan Xu
  • Patent number: 10840528
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting oxidation in at least one planar fuel cell stack that includes a multitude of cells is described. The height of the stack is measured to determine if there has been an increase from a previously-measured height. Such an increase correlates with the oxidation of at least some of the planar cells. In some cases, the fuel flow rate or airflow rate to each fuel cell stack can be adjusted, based in part on the oxidation detection technique. A power delivery system with at least two fuel cell stacks is also described, and it includes a stack height-measurement system, a health monitor for the fuel cell stacks, and a load balancer or airflow regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: CUMMINS ENTERPRISE LLC
    Inventors: Darren Bawden Hickey, Honggang Wang
  • Publication number: 20200356668
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, system and methods are provided including receiving, via a communication interface of an event detection and classification module comprising a processor, data from one or more sensors in a system; determining an event occurred based on the received data; applying a coherency similarity process to the received data via a classification module; determining whether the event is an actual event or a mal-doer event based on an output of the classification module; transmitting the determination of the event as the actual or the mal-doer event; and modifying operation of the system based on the transmitted output. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Philip Joseph HART, Honggang WANG