Patents by Inventor Ramakrishnan Ganapathi
Ramakrishnan Ganapathi 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: 11843266Abstract: A system and method for optimizing a battery energy storage system (BESS), can involve: inputting data to an echo state network, the data relating to an operation of a battery energy storage system and including one or more of load data, renewable energy data, non-renewable energy data, carbon emissions, carbon credits and a weighted cost of energy; and optimizing the operation of the battery energy storage system based on the data input to and processed by the echo state network and which relates to the operation of the battery energy storage system.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.Inventors: Sameer D. Manikfan, Ramakrishnan Ganapathi
-
Publication number: 20220247188Abstract: A system and method for optimizing a battery energy storage system (BESS), can involve: inputting data to an echo state network, the data relating to an operation of a battery energy storage system and including one or more of load data, renewable energy data, non-renewable energy data, carbon emissions, carbon credits and a weighted cost of energy; and optimizing the operation of the battery energy storage system based on the data input to and processed by the echo state network and which relates to the operation of the battery energy storage system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Sameer D. Manikfan, Ramakrishnan Ganapathi
-
Method to detect skill gap of operators making frequent inadvertent changes to the process variables
Patent number: 11334061Abstract: A method, electronic device and system are provided for collecting information associated with operational changes made by plant operators. Episodes of operational changes are identified that include a triggering event and the operational changes performed are reviewed and compared to standard operating data or historical data. The operational changes that differ from such standard operating data or historical data are classified as inadvertent operations based upon a set of pre-determined characteristics. Training may follow to avoid recurrence of such inadvertent operations in the future.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Honeywell International IncInventors: Ramakrishnan Ganapathi, Prangya Priyadarsini, Anand Narayan -
Patent number: 11042957Abstract: A method and the corresponding apparatus are carried out to interpret custom graphics to compile all of the equipment and relationships of the equipment, controls, the relative hierarchy of the graphics and other elements in a manufacturing plant and to then use all of that information to produce a standard operating procedure.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Ramakrishnan Ganapathi, Rakshitha Prabhu, Prangya Priyadarsini
-
Publication number: 20210183003Abstract: A method and the corresponding apparatus are carried out to interpret custom graphics to compile all of the equipment and relationships of the equipment, controls, the relative hierarchy of the graphics and other elements in a manufacturing plant and to then use all of that information to produce a standard operating procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Ramakrishnan Ganapathi, Rakshitha Prabhu, Prangya Priyadarsini
-
Publication number: 20210124326Abstract: A method includes monitoring an industrial process for an occurrence of a particular process abnormality and in response to finding the occurrence of the particular process abnormality, monitoring a control action response provided by a particular process operator. A determination is made as to whether the control action response provided by the particular process operator meets a benchmark control action response. When the control action response provided by the particular process operator does not meet the benchmark control action response, a simulation profile is created that when entered into a process simulator that is configured to simulate the industrial process, recreates the occurrence of the particular process abnormality in the process simulator to allow the particular process operator to practice providing control action responses in response to the particular process abnormality.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Ramakrishnan Ganapathi, Anand Narayan, Ananthapadmanabha Krishnamurthy
-
METHOD TO DETECT SKILL GAP OF OPERATORS MAKING FREQUENT INADVERTENT CHANGES TO THE PROCESS VARIABLES
Publication number: 20210109512Abstract: A method, electronic device and system are provided for collecting information associated with operational changes made by plant operators. Episodes of operational changes are identified that include a triggering event and the operational changes performed are reviewed and compared to standard operating data or historical data. The operational changes that differ from such standard operating data or historical data are classified as inadvertent operations based upon a set of pre-determined characteristics. Training may follow to avoid recurrence of such inadvertent operations in the future.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2019Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Ramakrishnan Ganapathi, Prangya Priyadarsini, Anand Narayan -
Patent number: 10877450Abstract: A system includes a first database configured to store one or more workflow templates associated with one or more workflows, where each workflow is used to implement at least one change in at least one control system of an industrial plant. The system also includes a second database configured to document each of the one or more workflows. In addition, the system includes at least one processor configured to communicate with at least one user equipment and to provide at least one user interface to the at least one user equipment. The at least one user interface is configured to provide the one or more workflow templates and to receive definitions of the one or more workflows. The at least one user interface is also configured to provide the one or more workflows for implementation of the at least one change in the at least one control system.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Abhishek Nikhra, Manas Dutta, Ramakrishnan Ganapathi, Sreedhara Reddy Mallavarpu, Malathi Naidu
-
Patent number: 10747207Abstract: An apparatus, method, and non-transitory machine-readable medium provide for accurate automatic determination of alarm-operator action linkage for operator assessment and alarm guidance using custom graphics and control charts. The apparatus includes a memory and a processor operably connected to the memory. The processor receives process control system data regarding a field device in an industrial process control and automation system; extracts information from the process control system data; generates a tuple based on the extracted information; and performs a rectifying operation in the industrial process control and automation system based on the generated tuple of the field device.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Ananthapadmanabha Krishnamurthy, Ramakrishnan Ganapathi, Viraj Srivastava, Anand Narayan, Prangya Priyadarsini
-
Patent number: 10699556Abstract: A method includes receiving one or more operating conditions from one or more field devices of one or more industrial plants in response to receiving one or more alarm signals. The method also includes determining one or more industrial plant states based on the one or more operating conditions. The method further includes identifying one or more historical alarm episodes stored in one or more data stores based on the one or more industrial plant states. In addition, the method includes identifying one or more recommended historical alarm episodes of the one or more historical alarm episodes based on one or more benchmark metrics of the one or more historical alarm episodes. The method also includes generating the one or more recommended historical alarm episodes for display on a user interface.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Ramakrishnan Ganapathi, Prangya Priyadarsini, Anand Narayan, Viraj Srivastava
-
Patent number: 10699159Abstract: A method includes receiving a plurality of legacy graphics files associated with a control system for an industrial process, each legacy graphics file comprising a plurality of legacy graphics objects. The method also includes parsing the legacy graphics files to identify primitive graphic objects in each legacy graphics file. The method also includes determining relationships among the identified primitive graphic objects to determine a group of primitive graphic objects that form one component of the industrial process. The method also includes determining one or more patterns among the identified primitive graphic objects. The method also includes saving the one or more patterns in a pattern library.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Prangya Priyadarsini, Rakshitha Prabhu, Prasad Kamath, Ramakrishnan Ganapathi
-
Patent number: 10573034Abstract: A method includes receiving a legacy graphics file associated with a control system for an industrial process, the legacy graphics file comprising a plurality of legacy graphics objects including a first legacy graphics object and a second legacy graphics object. The method also includes migrating the first legacy graphics object to a first target graphics object using a one-to-one migration technique. The method further includes upon identifying the second legacy graphics object as a complex graphics object, migrating the second legacy graphics object to a second target graphics object using a pattern matching migration technique. The method also includes including the first target graphics object and the second target graphics object in a target graphics file.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Ramakrishnan Ganapathi, Dhanoop Alambilan Keloth
-
Publication number: 20200057909Abstract: A method includes receiving a plurality of legacy graphics files associated with a control system for an industrial process, each legacy graphics file comprising a plurality of legacy graphics objects. The method also includes parsing the legacy graphics files to identify primitive graphic objects in each legacy graphics file. The method also includes determining relationships among the identified primitive graphic objects to determine a group of primitive graphic objects that form one component of the industrial process. The method also includes determining one or more patterns among the identified primitive graphic objects. The method also includes saving the one or more patterns in a pattern library.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2018Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Prangya Priyadarsini, Rakshitha Prabhu, Prasad Kamath, Ramakrishnan Ganapathi
-
Publication number: 20190384267Abstract: An apparatus, method, and non-transitory machine-readable medium provide for accurate automatic determination of alarm-operator action linkage for operator assessment and alarm guidance using custom graphics and control charts. The apparatus includes a memory and a processor operably connected to the memory. The processor receives process control system data regarding a field device in an industrial process control and automation system; extracts information from the process control system data; generates a tuple based on the extracted information; and performs a rectifying operation in the industrial process control and automation system based on the generated tuple of the field device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2018Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Ananthapadmanabha Krishnamurthy, Ramakrishnan Ganapathi, Viraj Srivastava, Anand Narayan, Prangya Priyadarsini
-
Publication number: 20190361428Abstract: A method, an electronic device and computer readable medium is provided. The method includes information associated with operational changes by personnel that operate an industrial plant. The method also includes identifying episodes of the operational changes, wherein each episode includes a triggering event and operational changes. The method also includes generating a causal pairing matrix that categorizes the identified episodes into a plurality of groupings, based on the triggering event of each of the at least two episodes being similar. The method further includes analyzing the at least two episodes to identify one of the at least two episodes as a bench mark episode, within each group. The method also includes comparing each of the at least two episodes to the identified bench mark episode to rank the at least two episodes, within each of the groups. The method further includes generating a report for the plurality of groupings.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Ramakrishnan Ganapathi, Prangya Priyadarsini, Viraj Srivastava, Anand Narayan, Subhan Dudekula
-
Patent number: 10474136Abstract: A method of automatically determining interconnections between control and instrumentation (C&I) systems within an industrial facility (IF). A data collection system including a data collection algorithm that provides a data collection block and a data agents block is coupled to the IF which has C&I systems collectively utilizing different data formats each including C&I devices, where the C&I systems are coupled to field devices coupled to processing equipment configured for implementing an industrial process. A data collection process is initiated using respective data formats for obtaining engineering configuration data used in the C&I systems stored therein. The engineering configuration data from each C&I system is used to determine connections within and interconnections between the C&I systems. The format of the engineering configuration data can be converted to common format engineering configuration data and then be stored.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Abhishek Nikhra, Manas Dutta, Ramakrishnan Ganapathi
-
Publication number: 20190318513Abstract: A method includes receiving a legacy graphics file associated with a control system for an industrial process, the legacy graphics file comprising a plurality of legacy graphics objects including a first legacy graphics object and a second legacy graphics object. The method also includes migrating the first legacy graphics object to a first target graphics object using a one-to-one migration technique. The method further includes upon identifying the second legacy graphics object as a complex graphics object, migrating the second legacy graphics object to a second target graphics object using a pattern matching migration technique. The method also includes including the first target graphics object and the second target graphics object in a target graphics file.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Ramakrishnan Ganapathi, Dhanoop Alambilan Keloth
-
Patent number: 10401816Abstract: This disclosure provides a device and method for implementing legacy and improved control functions in controllers, including but not limited to in industrial control systems and other systems. A method includes maintaining, by a device having a controller and a memory, a function library having a plurality of legacy control functions and a plurality of improved control functions. The method includes receiving a process to be executed by the controller. The method includes, when calling a function of the process, determining whether a device setting indicates that the function is to be executed by one of the plurality of improved control functions. The method includes, when the device setting indicates that the function is to be executed by one of the plurality of improved control functions, executing the function using the one of the improved control functions, and otherwise executing the function using one of the legacy control functions.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Ramakrishnan Ganapathi, Shylaja Munihanumaiah, Dhanalakshmi Saravanan, James Schreder
-
Patent number: 10295982Abstract: A method of detecting and tracking changes in engineering configuration data (ECD) for control and instrumentation (C&I) systems an industrial facility. First ECD in a first data format used in a first C&I system and second ECD in a second data format used in a second C&I system are converted into a common format. The first and second ECD are stored together as reference snapshot data with a timestamp in a single information source. At a second time, after the first time reflected in the timestamp, the first and second ECD are obtained. The first ECD and the second ECD obtained at the second time are converted into the common format that collectively provides updated snapshot data. Changes are detected between the first ECD and the second ECD by comparing the reference snapshot data to the updated snapshot data.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Abhishek Nikhra, Ramakrishnan Ganapathi, Manas Dutta, Kiran N, Ravi Kumar R
-
Patent number: 10296515Abstract: A system and method of engineering configuration data (ECD) collection for an industrial facility having a first control and instrumentation (C&I) system with first ECD using a first file format and a second C&I system with second ECD data using a second file format, and a data collection server. A first data agent has collection information regarding the first C&I system and a second data agent has collection information regarding the second C&I system. The first data agent collects the first ECD and the second data agent collects the second ECD. The first ECD and the second ECD are translated into one common generic data format. The first ECD and the second ECD are stored after being translated.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Abhishek Nikhra, Ramakrishnan Ganapathi, Manas Dutta, Kiran N, Ravi Kumar R, Avinash Rajan