Patents by Inventor Howard Rosenof

Howard Rosenof 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).

  • Method and system for calculating marginal cost curves using plant control models
    Patent number: 7333861
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for calculating a marginal cost curve for a plant at a plant load range comprising a plurality of specified plant loads. The method includes providing a model used for controlling the plant. The model relates plant load and one or more given cost contributing factors. The marginal value for each of the one or more given cost contributing factors at each of the plurality of specified plant loads is determined using the model. A variable cost at each of the plurality of specified plant loads is determined by: (i) multiplying the marginal value of each of the one or more given cost contributing factors at each of the plurality of specified plant loads by a respective unit cost of each of the one or more given cost contributing factors, and (ii) if there are a plurality of given cost contributing factors, summing the results of (i) at each of the plurality of specified plant loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: NeuCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Rosenof, W. Curt Lefebvre, Daniel W. Kohn, Peter Spinney
  • Method and system for calculating marginal cost curves using plant control models
    Publication number: 20060089730
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for calculating a marginal cost curve for a plant at a plant load range comprising a plurality of specified plant loads. The method includes providing a model used for controlling the plant. The model relates plant load and one or more given cost contributing factors. The marginal value for each of the one or more given cost contributing factors at each of the plurality of specified plant loads is determined using the model. A variable cost at each of the plurality of specified plant loads is determined by: (i) multiplying the marginal value of each of the one or more given cost contributing factors at each of the plurality of specified plant loads by a respective unit cost of each of the one or more given cost contributing factors, and (ii) if there are a plurality of given cost contributing factors, summing the results of (i) at each of the plurality of specified plant loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: NeuCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Rosenof, Curt Lefebvre, Daniel Kohn, Peter Spinney