Patents by Inventor Alfred Ong'iro

Alfred Ong'iro 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: 8065131
    Abstract: A method for simulating an industrial plant includes generating a library of industrial plant component types using user input. The library includes properties of the component types and rules to generate scripts in accordance with property values. The method further includes assembling a configuration of industrial plant components from the library using user input. The configuration is assembled into an editor configured to accept a layout and connection of the configuration of industrial plant components and to accept a configuration and setting of the properties of the industrial plant components. The method also includes generating a script or scripts for industrial plant components in the configuration of industrial plant in accordance with the rules, wherein the generated scripts include mathematical relationships within or among the industrial plant components, or both. The mathematical relationships are then solved. Results are either displayed or used to control an industrial plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Larry Keith McDonald, Scott Terrell Williams, Scott Alden Atkins, Alfred Ong'iro, Ivan Joseph Johnson
  • Patent number: 7974826
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for modeling and/or improving operational performance of an energy system includes providing a graphical user interface configured to allow a user to manipulate equipment icons into an energy system model representation, using modular, piece-wise linear equipment models to simulate non-linear behavior of equipment represented by the manipulated equipment icons to solve an energy system model represented by the manipulation, and displaying a solution of the energy system model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bijan Davari, Scott Terrell Williams, Peter Anton Pechtl, Larry Keith McDonald, Alfred Ong'iro
  • Publication number: 20070168174
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for modeling and/or improving operational performance of an energy system includes providing a graphical user interface configured to allow a user to manipulate equipment icons into an energy system model representation, using modular, piece-wise linear equipment models to simulate non-linear behavior of equipment represented by the manipulated equipment icons to solve an energy system model represented by the manipulation, and displaying a solution of the energy system model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Bijan Davari, Scott Williams, Peter Pechtl, Larry McDonald, Alfred Ong'iro
  • Publication number: 20070038321
    Abstract: A method for simulating an industrial plant includes generating a library of industrial plant component types using user input. The library includes properties of the component types and rules to generate scripts in accordance with property values. The method further includes assembling a configuration of industrial plant components from the library using user input. The configuration is assembled into an editor configured to accept a layout and connection of the configuration of industrial plant components and to accept a configuration and setting of the properties of the industrial plant components. The method also includes generating a script or scripts for industrial plant components in the configuration of industrial plant in accordance with the rules, wherein the generated scripts include mathematical relationships within or among the industrial plant components, or both. The mathematical relationships are then solved. Results are either displayed or used to control an industrial plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Larry McDonald, Scott Williams, Scott Atkins, Alfred Ong'iro, Ivan Johnson