Patents by Inventor Michael Sugars

Michael Sugars 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).

  • Dynamic constrained optimization of chemical manufacturing
    Patent number: 9261865
    Abstract: System and method for chemical manufacture utilizing a dynamic optimizer for a chemical process including upstream and downstream processes. The dynamic optimizer includes a maximum feed calculator, operable to receive one or more local constraints on the downstream processes and one or more model offsets, and execute steady state models for the downstream processes in accordance with the local constraints and the offsets to determine maximum feed capacities of the downstream processes; and a feed coordinator, operable to receive the maximum feed capacities, and execute steady state models for the upstream processes in accordance with the maximum feed capacities and a specified objective function, subject to global constraints, to determine upstream production parameters for the upstream processes, which are usable to control the upstream processes to provide feeds to the downstream processes in accordance with the determined maximum feeds and the objective function subject to the global constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Morrison, Michael Sugars
  • ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL OF A BIODIESEL PLANT
    Publication number: 20140259886
    Abstract: A system includes a biodiesel production system and an advanced process controller configured to implement a model predictive control algorithm to control one or more aspects of the biodiesel production system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Srinivas Budaraju, Timothy Morrison, Michael Sugars, Michael E. Tay, Kiew Kam
  • DYNAMIC CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION OF CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20100161133
    Abstract: System and method for chemical manufacture utilizing a dynamic optimizer for a chemical process including upstream and downstream processes. The dynamic optimizer includes a maximum feed calculator, operable to receive one or more local constraints on the downstream processes and one or more model offsets, and execute steady state models for the downstream processes in accordance with the local constraints and the offsets to determine maximum feed capacities of the downstream processes; and a feed coordinator, operable to receive the maximum feed capacities, and execute steady state models for the upstream processes in accordance with the maximum feed capacities and a specified objective function, subject to global constraints, to determine upstream production parameters for the upstream processes, which are usable to control the upstream processes to provide feeds to the downstream processes in accordance with the determined maximum feeds and the objective function subject to the global constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Morrison, Michael Sugars
  • Dynamic constrained optimization of chemical manufacturing
    Publication number: 20070059838
    Abstract: System and method for chemical manufacture utilizing a dynamic optimizer for a chemical process including upstream and downstream processes. The dynamic optimizer includes a maximum feed calculator, operable to receive one or more local constraints on the downstream processes and one or more model offsets, and execute steady state models for the downstream processes in accordance with the local constraints and the offsets to determine maximum feed capacities of the downstream processes; and a feed coordinator, operable to receive the maximum feed capacities, and execute steady state models for the upstream processes in accordance with the maximum feed capacities and a specified objective function, subject to global constraints, to determine upstream production parameters for the upstream processes, which are usable to control the upstream processes to provide feeds to the downstream processes in accordance with the determined maximum feeds and the objective function subject to the global constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Timothy Morrison, Michael Sugars