Patents by Inventor Qiying Yin

Qiying Yin 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).

  • Chemical processing system
    Patent number: 8346519
    Abstract: A method of optimising a processing system comprising a plurality of apparatuses includes defining a system model indicative of a predetermined range of apparatus options within a processing system, constraints indicative of feasible interconnections between each apparatus and another apparatus, and parameters indicative of performance criteria associated with each apparatus. The system model is analysed with respect to predetermined criteria to determine a preferred arrangement of apparatuses within the processing system. A parameter relating to at least one apparatus is indicative of the availability and/or the reliability of the apparatus expressed as a function of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Inventors: Qiying Yin, Nan Zhang
  • CHEMICAL PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100088075
    Abstract: A method of optimising apparatus utilised within a processing system includes defining a system model indicative of a predetermined range of apparatus options within a processing system, constraints indicative of feasible interconnections between each apparatus, and parameters indicative of performance criteria associated with each apparatus. The system model is analysed with respect to predetermined criteria to determine a preferred arrangement of apparatus within the processing system. A parameter relating to at least one apparatus is indicative of the availability and/or the reliability of the apparatus expressed as a function of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
    Inventors: Qiying Yin, Nan Zhang