Patents by Inventor Anna ECKER

Anna ECKER 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: 12571586
    Abstract: A method for operating a process plant using a dynamic model of the process plant, the dynamic model being based on at least one of thermo fluidic correlations, thermo dynamic correlations, phenomenological correlations, and equations, and being based on geometry and/or topology of components of the process plant, the dynamic model receiving process parameters as input values, the dynamic model being adapted to represent a transition from one to another state of the process plant, wherein the dynamic model is used in an online mode, in which the dynamic model is used in parallel with the operation of the process plant, wherein signals from a control system of the process plant, the signals representing values of at least one first process parameter, are received and fed into the dynamic model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Linde GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Schliebitz, Ingo Thomas, Bernd Wunderlich, Martin Pottmann, Anna Ecker
  • Publication number: 20220243981
    Abstract: A method for operating a process plant using a dynamic model of the process plant, the dynamic model being based on at least one of thermo fluidic correlations, thermo dynamic correlations, phenomenological correlations, and equations, and being based on geometry and/or topology of components of the process plant, the dynamic model receiving process parameters as input values, the dynamic model being adapted to represent a transition from one to another state of the process plant, wherein the dynamic model is used in an online mode, in which the dynamic model is used in parallel with the operation of the process plant, wherein signals from a control system of the process plant, the signals representing values of at least one first process parameter, are received and fed into the dynamic model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Florian SCHLIEBITZ, Ingo THOMAS, Bernd WUNDERLICH, Martin POTTMANN, Anna ECKER
  • Publication number: 20220243980
    Abstract: A method for configuring a control system for a process plant using a dynamic model of the process plant, the dynamic model being based on at least one of thermo fluidic correlations, thermo dynamic correlations, phenomenological correlations, and equations, and being based on geometry and/or topology of components of the process plant, the dynamic model receiving process parameters as input values, the dynamic model being adapted to represent a transition from one to another state of the process plant and the dynamic model covering the entire operating range of the process plant wherein the dynamic model is used in an offline mode, in which the dynamic model is used in stand-alone fashion, wherein, based on input and output values of the dynamic model, a behaviour of the process plant is predicted, and wherein, based on the predicted behaviour of the process plant, the control system is configured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Florian SCHLIEBITZ, Ingo THOMAS, Bernd WUNDERLICH, Martin POTTMANN, Anna ECKER