Patents by Inventor Dung Phan

Dung Phan 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).

  • Publication number: 20200272188
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes solving on a computing system an optimal power flow formulation for a plurality of generators in a power system. The solving includes computing using multi-threaded parallelism a plurality of constraints for the formulation, computing using multi-threaded parallelism a plurality of Jacobian functions of the constraints, and computing using multi-threaded parallelism a Hessian of Lagrangian functions. The method further includes outputting results of the solving, wherein the results comprise values of generation levels for the plurality of generators. Apparatus and program products are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Gary Ditlow, Dung Phan, Jinjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 10591945
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes solving on a computing system an optimal power flow formulation for a plurality of generators in a power system. The solving includes computing using multi-threaded parallelism a plurality of constraints for the formulation, computing using multi-threaded parallelism a plurality of Jacobian functions of the constraints, and computing using multi-threaded parallelism a Hessian of Lagrangian functions. The method further includes outputting results of the solving, wherein the results comprise values of generation levels for the plurality of generators. Apparatus and program products are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Utopus Insights, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Ditlow, Dung Phan, Jinjun Xiong
  • Publication number: 20190393700
    Abstract: A method for operating a power generating facility connected to a power distribution grid having an uncertain power generation condition includes predicting a probabilistic power flow forecast in a transmission line of the power distribution grid for a period of time, wherein the transmission line is electrically coupled to the power generating facility, predicting, using the probabilistic power flow forecast, a probability of congestion over the transmission line of the power distribution grid during the period of time, generating a mitigation plan, including a load adjustment on the transmission line, using the probability of congestion predicted over the transmission line and a thermal limit constraint of the transmission line, wherein the mitigation plan balances the load adjustment and an overlimit line capacity on the transmission line, and controlling the power generating facility, using the mitigation plan, to achieve the load modification and mitigate the probability of congestion predicted in the tr
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Soumyadip Ghosh, Dung Phan
  • Patent number: 10404067
    Abstract: A method for operating a power generating facility connected to a power distribution grid having an uncertain power generation condition includes predicting a probabilistic power flow forecast in a transmission line of the power distribution grid for a period of time, wherein the transmission line is electrically coupled to the power generating facility, predicting, using the probabilistic power flow forecast, a probability of congestion over the transmission line of the power distribution grid during the period of time, generating a mitigation plan, including a load adjustment on the transmission line, using the probability of congestion predicted over the transmission line and a thermal limit constraint of the transmission line, wherein the mitigation plan balances the load adjustment and an overlimit line capacity on the transmission line, and controlling the power generating facility, using the mitigation plan, to achieve the load modification and mitigate the probability of congestion predicted in the tr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Utopus Insights, Inc.
    Inventors: Soumyadip Ghosh, Dung Phan
  • Patent number: 10013289
    Abstract: Determining optimum values for Map Reduce parameters by identifying parameters that affect performance of a Map Reduce job, determining a relationship between each of the identified parameters and a maximization of resource utilization for a plurality of computing resources configured for executing the Map Reduce job, representing a workflow based upon supply-demand relationships among the plurality of computing resources, modeling an execution cost as a function of the plurality of identified parameters, formulating a non-linear programming problem to minimize the execution cost, reformulating the non-linear programming problem as a linear programming problem, and solving the linear programming problem to determine a combination of parameter values for the plurality of identified parameters that minimizes the execution cost for the Map Reduce job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David S. Kung, Dung Phan, Jinjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 9959514
    Abstract: There are provided a system, a method and a computer program product for generating an optimal preventive maintenance/replacement schedule for a set of assets. The method includes receiving data regarding an asset, said data including a failure rate function of said asset, a cost of preventative maintenance (PM) of said asset, a cost of an asset failure, and a cost of replacing an asset. An optimal number K of preventative maintenance time intervals tk and an indication of a possible replacement is computed and stored for each asset by minimizing a mean cost-rate value function with respect to an electrical age of the asset. A first PM schedule is formed without consideration of labor and budget resource constraints. The method further generates a second maintenance schedule for a system of assets by minimizing a deviation from the optimal PM time intervals subject to the labor and budget resource constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dung Phan, Jinjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 9959515
    Abstract: There are provided a system, a method and a computer program product for generating an optimal preventive maintenance/replacement schedule for a set of assets. The method includes receiving data regarding an asset, said data including a failure rate function of said asset, a cost of preventative maintenance (PM) of said asset, a cost of an asset failure, and a cost of replacing an asset. An optimal number K of preventative maintenance time intervals tk and an indication of a possible replacement is computed and stored for each asset by minimizing a mean cost-rate value function with respect to an electrical age of the asset. A first PM schedule is formed without consideration of labor and budget resource constraints. The method further generates a second maintenance schedule for a system of assets by minimizing a deviation from the optimal PM time intervals subject to the labor and budget resource constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dung Phan, Jinjun Xiong
  • Publication number: 20170330132
    Abstract: A method comprises obtaining, at a data correction module, at least one input indicative of a planned digging activity, the planned digging activity occurring within a prescribed period of time, the at least one input comprising information relating to the planned digging activity; generating, using the data correction module, a correction of the input of the planned digging activity; generating, using a predictive modeling module, an outage probability of a utility as a function of the corrected input of the planned digging activity event and predictive data based on a predictive modeling technique; generating, using a scheduling optimization algorithm, an optimal schedule as a function of a travel cost and the outage probability of the utility; and initiating a response based on the optimal schedule to mitigate an occurrence of a power outage predicted to result from the planned digging activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: JAYANT KALAGNANAM, Dung Phan, Yada Zhu
  • Publication number: 20170324243
    Abstract: A method for operating a power generating facility connected to a power distribution grid having an uncertain power generation condition includes predicting a probabilistic power flow forecast in a transmission line of the power distribution grid for a period of time, wherein the transmission line is electrically coupled to the power generating facility, predicting, using the probabilistic power flow forecast, a probability of congestion over the transmission line of the power distribution grid during the period of time, generating a mitigation plan, including a load adjustment on the transmission line, using the probability of congestion predicted over the transmission line and a thermal limit constraint of the transmission line, wherein the mitigation plan balances the load adjustment and an overlimit line capacity on the transmission line, and controlling the power generating facility, using the mitigation plan, to achieve the load modification and mitigate the probability of congestion predicted in the tr
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: SOUMYADIP GHOSH, DUNG PHAN
  • Publication number: 20170315848
    Abstract: Determining optimum values for Map Reduce parameters by identifying parameters that affect performance of a Map Reduce job, determining a relationship between each of the identified parameters and a maximization of resource utilization for a plurality of computing resources configured for executing the Map Reduce job, representing a workflow based upon supply-demand relationships among the plurality of computing resources, modeling an execution cost as a function of the plurality of identified parameters, formulating a non-linear programming problem to minimize the execution cost, reformulating the non-linear programming problem as a linear programming problem, and solving the linear programming problem to determine a combination of parameter values for the plurality of identified parameters that minimizes the execution cost for the Map Reduce job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: David S. Kung, Dung Phan, Jinjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 9720390
    Abstract: A method for determining a generation schedule with contingency constraints for controlling power output levels for a plurality of generators in an electric power system including determining a measure of a sparse, corrective model (C), security-constrained optimal power flow (SCOPF), which reduces a number of post-contingency rescheduling operations for each of a plurality of contingencies, and adjusting a power output level of at least one of the plurality of generators according to the measure of the sparse C-SCOPF upon detecting a contingency in the electric power system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Utopus Insights, Inc.
    Inventors: Dung Phan, Xu Sun
  • Patent number: 9552007
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes solving on a computing system an optimal power flow formulation for a plurality of generators in a power system. The solving includes computing using multi-threaded parallelism a plurality of constraints for the formulation, computing using multi-threaded parallelism a plurality of Jacobian functions of the constraints, and computing using multi-threaded parallelism a Hessian of Lagrangian functions. The method further includes outputting results of the solving, wherein the results comprise values of generation levels for the plurality of generators. Apparatus and program products are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Ditlow, Dung Phan, Jinjun Xiong
  • Publication number: 20170003702
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes solving on a computing system an optimal power flow formulation for a plurality of generators in a power system. The solving includes computing using multi-threaded parallelism a plurality of constraints for the formulation, computing using multi-threaded parallelism a plurality of Jacobian functions of the constraints, and computing using multi-threaded parallelism a Hessian of Lagrangian functions. The method further includes outputting results of the solving, wherein the results comprise values of generation levels for the plurality of generators. Apparatus and program products are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Gary Ditlow, Dung Phan, Jinjun Xiong
  • Publication number: 20160148137
    Abstract: There are provided a system, a method and a computer program product for generating an optimal preventive maintenance/replacement schedule for a set of assets. The method includes receiving data regarding an asset, said data including a failure rate function of said asset, a cost of preventative maintenance (PM) of said asset, a cost of an asset failure, and a cost of replacing an asset. An optimal number K of preventative maintenance time intervals tk and an indication of a possible replacement is computed and stored for each asset by minimizing a mean cost-rate value function with respect to an electrical age of the asset. A first PM schedule is formed without consideration of labor and budget resource constraints. The method further generates a second maintenance schedule for a system of assets by minimizing a deviation from the optimal PM time intervals subject to the labor and budget resource constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Dung Phan, Jinjun Xiong
  • Publication number: 20160148171
    Abstract: There are provided a system, a method and a computer program product for generating an optimal preventive maintenance/replacement schedule for a set of assets. The method includes receiving data regarding an asset, said data including a failure rate function of said asset, a cost of preventative maintenance (PM) of said asset, a cost of an asset failure, and a cost of replacing an asset. An optimal number K of preventative maintenance time intervals tk and an indication of a possible replacement is computed and stored for each asset by minimizing a mean cost-rate value function with respect to an electrical age of the asset. A first PM schedule is formed without consideration of labor and budget resource constraints. The method further generates a second maintenance schedule for a system of assets by minimizing a deviation from the optimal PM time intervals subject to the labor and budget resource constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Dung Phan, Jinjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 9260031
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of distributed charging of electrical assets. In various examples, distributed charging of electrical assets may be implemented in the form of systems, methods and/or algorithms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Soumyadip Ghosh, Dung Phan, Mayank Sharma, Chai Wah Wu, Jinjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 9229437
    Abstract: A system, a method and a computer program product for determining an amount of an electric power to be generated in an electric power system and determining a total cost for generating the amount of electric power while satisfying at least one contingency constraint and one or more customer request. The system creates an optimization problem for calculating amount of the electric power to be generated and a total cost for generating the calculated amount of the electric power while meeting the at least one contingency constraint. The system runs the optimization problem in real-time. The system outputs, from the optimization problem, an output specifying the calculated amount of the electric power and the total cost to generate the calculated amount of the electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jayant R. Kalagnanam, Dung Phan
  • Publication number: 20150378384
    Abstract: A method for determining a generation schedule with contingency constraints for controlling power output levels for a plurality of generators in an electric power system including determining a measure of a sparse, corrective model (C), security-constrained optimal power flow (SCOPF), which reduces a number of post-contingency rescheduling operations for each of a plurality of contingencies, and adjusting a power output level of at least one of the plurality of generators according to the measure of the sparse C-SCOPF upon detecting a contingency in the electric power system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Dung Phan, Xu Sun
  • Publication number: 20150377936
    Abstract: A method for determining power output levels of a plurality of nodes in an electric power system includes receiving, at a first node of the plurality of nodes, voltage information and multipliers of all neighboring nodes of the first node within the electric power system, determining, by the first node, a local power generation and a local voltage using the voltage information and the multipliers of the neighboring nodes and distributing the local power generation and the local voltage to the neighboring nodes, determining, by the first node, an estimated voltage of each of the neighboring nodes and distributing the estimated voltage to each of the neighboring nodes, and updating, by the first node, a local multiplier using the voltage information received from the neighboring nodes and the estimated voltage of each of the neighboring nodes determined by the node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Soumyadip Ghosh, Dung Phan, Xu Sun
  • Publication number: 20150177762
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes solving on a computing system an optimal power flow formulation for a plurality of generators in a power system. The solving includes computing using multi-threaded parallelism a plurality of constraints for the formulation, computing using multi-threaded parallelism a plurality of Jacobian functions of the constraints,and computing using multi-threaded parallelism a Hessian of Lagrangian functions. The method further includes outputting results of the solving, wherein the results comprise values of generation levels for the plurality of generators. Apparatus and program products are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Ditlow, Dung Phan, Jinjun Xiong