Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for generating improved, feasible, and optimized pathways for optimizing operation of an industrial plant or component thereof. Embodiments utilize a multi-variate optimization model that may utilize real-time data and any number of available dynamic and static configurations to optimize for multiple optimization parameters. The multi-variate optimization model outputs an optimization pathway, for example including any number of transformation action(s) representing decarbonization step(s), that enable configuration of the plant or processing unit(s) thereof in a manner that optimizes operations of the plant or processing unit(s).

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for constrained emissions control, emissions optimization, and emissions planning are provided herein. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method may include receiving operational data associated with one or more assets. In some embodiments, the operational data comprises short-term operational data and long-term operational data. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method may include generating, based on applying the short-term operational data and the long-term operational data to an optimization model, a long-term emissions optimization plan. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method may include generating, based at least on the long-term emissions optimization plan, a short-term emissions control.

Abstract: Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a container unloader device. The container unloader device comprises a platform to receive a container, wherein the container comprises a package. The container unloader device also comprises a front panel configured to move between a raised orientation and a lowered orientation, wherein when the front panel being is in the raised orientation, the front panel is orthogonal with respect to the platform, and when the front panel is in the lowered orientation, the front panel and the platform form a continuous surface. The platform can be pivoted from a first angle to a second angle, that is greater than the first angle. The package leans against the front panel the front panel is in the raised orientation. The package is released on a surface of a conveyor when the front panel is in the lowered orientation.

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to unloading system and methods of using the same. In various embodiments, an unloading system comprises a trailer bed configured to receive a container thereon, wherein the trailer bed comprises one or more joints configurable between a plurality of joint positions, wherein the trailer bed is configured to lift, tilt, and oscillate at least a portion of the container based on the joints; and an extendable conveyor configured to receive a box that has been released from the container and convey the box away from the trailer bed. Various embodiments are directed to a method comprising tilting the container such that an open end of the container is lower than a closed end of the container, wherein the open end of the container is proximate to an extendable conveyor; and oscillating the container to facilitate release of a box from the container onto the extendable conveyor.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing harvested energy to a wireless sensor bundle are disclosed. The method may include: receiving, at a harvesting manager circuit, power from an energy harvesting device; transferring power from the harvesting manager circuit to an energy storage device; receiving, at a power distribution manager circuit, power from the energy storage device; transferring power from the power distribution manager circuit to a wireless sensor bundle, the wireless sensor bundle comprising at least one sensor, and the amount of power distributed to the wireless sensor bundle being based on a power demand of the at least one sensor; wherein the power from the energy harvesting device includes power generated from an AC phase harvesting device, the AC phase harvesting device includes an inductor attached to a feed wire of one phase of an electric actuator, the inductor generating an electric current by induction from the feed wire.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for constrained emissions control, emissions optimization, and emissions planning are provided herein. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method may include receiving operational data associated with one or more assets. In some embodiments, the operational data comprises short-term operational data and long-term operational data. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method may include generating, based on applying the short-term operational data and the long-term operational data to an optimization model, a long-term emissions optimization plan. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method may include generating, based at least on the long-term emissions optimization plan, a short-term emissions control.

Abstract: Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a container unloader device. The container unloader device comprises a platform to receive a container, wherein the container comprises a package. The container unloader device also comprises a front panel configured to move between a raised orientation and a lowered orientation, wherein when the front panel being is in the raised orientation, the front panel is orthogonal with respect to the platform, and when the front panel is in the lowered orientation, the front panel and the platform form a continuous surface. The platform can be pivoted from a first angle to a second angle, that is greater than the first angle. The package leans against the front panel the front panel is in the raised orientation. The package is released on a surface of a conveyor when the front panel is in the lowered orientation.

Abstract: A method for optimizing carbon emissions and/or energy usage of a site is disclosed comprising: obtaining a planning model for optimizing carbon emissions and/or energy usage of the site at a site-wide model predictive control (MPC) controller; sending at least one optimization request from the site-wide MPC controller to one or more unit MPC controllers; receiving at least one proxy limit value from the one or more unit MPC controllers at the site-wide MPC controller in response to the at least one optimization request, wherein the at least one proxy limit value identifies an extent to which one or more controlled variables controlled by the one or more unit MPC controllers are adjustable without violating one or more controlled variable constraints; and performing site-wide optimization at the site-wide MPC controller using the planning model and the at least one proxy limit value.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for generating improved, feasible, and optimized pathways for optimizing operation of an industrial plant or component thereof. Embodiments utilize a multi-variate optimization model that may utilize real-time data and any number of available dynamic and static configurations to optimize for multiple optimization parameters. The multi-variate optimization model outputs an optimization pathway, for example including any number of transformation action(s) representing decarbonization step(s), that enable configuration of the plant or processing unit(s) thereof in a manner that optimizes operations of the plant or processing unit(s).

Abstract: Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a container unloader device. The container unloader device comprises a platform to receive a container, wherein the container comprises a package. The container unloader device also comprises a front panel configured to move between a raised orientation and a lowered orientation, wherein when the front panel being is in the raised orientation, the front panel is orthogonal with respect to the platform, and when the front panel is in the lowered orientation, the front panel and the platform form a continuous surface. The platform can be pivoted from a first angle to a second angle, that is greater than the first angle. The package leans against the front panel the front panel is in the raised orientation. The package is released on a surface of a conveyor when the front panel is in the lowered orientation.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing harvested energy to a wireless sensor bundle are disclosed. The method may include: receiving, at a harvesting manager circuit, power from an energy harvesting device; transferring power from the harvesting manager circuit to an energy storage device; receiving, at a power distribution manager circuit, power from the energy storage device; transferring power from the power distribution manager circuit to a wireless sensor bundle, the wireless sensor bundle comprising at least one sensor, and the amount of power distributed to the wireless sensor bundle being based on a power demand of the at least one sensor; wherein the power from the energy harvesting device includes power generated from an AC phase harvesting device, the AC phase harvesting device includes an inductor attached to a feed wire of one phase of an electric actuator, the inductor generating an electric current by induction from the feed wire.

Abstract: Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a container unloader device. The container unloader device comprises a platform to receive a container, wherein the container comprises a package. The container unloader device also comprises a front panel configured to move between a raised orientation and a lowered orientation, wherein when the front panel being is in the raised orientation, the front panel is orthogonal with respect to the platform, and when the front panel is in the lowered orientation, the front panel and the platform form a continuous surface. The platform can be pivoted from a first angle to a second angle, that is greater than the first angle. The package leans against the front panel the front panel is in the raised orientation. The package is released on a surface of a conveyor when the front panel is in the lowered orientation.

Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring procedural compliance of staff in a facility. A system may include a plurality of sensors positioned adjacent a hand washing station. Each of the plurality of sensors may be configured to provide a corresponding sensor output signal that is indicative of whether a person is washing their hands at the hand washing station or not. A controller may be configured to fuse the sensor output signals from each of two or more of the plurality of sensors and to determine using the fused sensor output signals whether the person has washed their hands at the hand washing station in compliance with one or more predetermined criteria or not. The controller may be further configured to output a notification when the controller has determined that the person has washed their hands at the hand washing station in compliance with the one or more predetermined criteria.

Abstract: Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a container unloader device. The container unloader device comprises a platform to receive a container, wherein the container comprises a package. The container unloader device also comprises a front panel configured to move between a raised orientation and a lowered orientation, wherein when the front panel being is in the raised orientation, the front panel is orthogonal with respect to the platform, and when the front panel is in the lowered orientation, the front panel and the platform form a continuous surface. The platform can be pivoted from a first angle to a second angle, that is greater than the first angle. The package leans against the front panel the front panel is in the raised orientation. The package is released on a surface of a conveyor when the front panel is in the lowered orientation.

Abstract: Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a container unloader device. The container unloader device comprises a platform to receive a container, wherein the container comprises a package. The container unloader device also comprises a front panel configured to move between a raised orientation and a lowered orientation, wherein when the front panel being is in the raised orientation, the front panel is orthogonal with respect to the platform, and when the front panel is in the lowered orientation, the front panel and the platform form a continuous surface. The platform can be pivoted from a first angle to a second angle, that is greater than the first angle. The package leans against the front panel the front panel is in the raised orientation. The package is released on a surface of a conveyor when the front panel is in the lowered orientation.

Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring procedural compliance of staff in a facility. A system may include a plurality of sensors positioned adjacent a hand washing station. Each of the plurality of sensors may be configured to provide a corresponding sensor output signal that is indicative of whether a person is washing their hands at the hand washing station or not. A controller may be configured to fuse the sensor output signals from each of two or more of the plurality of sensors and to determine using the fused sensor output signals whether the person has washed their hands at the hand washing station in compliance with one or more predetermined criteria or not. The controller may be further configured to output a notification when the controller has determined that the person has washed their hands at the hand washing station in compliance with the one or more predetermined criteria.

Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring procedural compliance of staff in a facility. A system may include a plurality of sensors positioned adjacent a hand washing station. Each of the plurality of sensors may be configured to provide a corresponding sensor output signal that is indicative of whether a person is washing their hands at the hand washing station or not. A controller may be configured to fuse the sensor output signals from each of two or more of the plurality of sensors and to determine using the fused sensor output signals whether the person has washed their hands at the hand washing station in compliance with one or more predetermined criteria or not. The controller may be further configured to output a notification when the controller has determined that the person has washed their hands at the hand washing station in compliance with the one or more predetermined criteria.

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to unloading system and methods of using the same. In various embodiments, an unloading system comprises a trailer bed configured to receive a container thereon, wherein the trailer bed comprises one or more joints configurable between a plurality of joint positions, wherein the trailer bed is configured to lift, tilt, and oscillate at least a portion of the container based on the joints; and an extendable conveyor configured to receive a box that has been released from the container and convey the box away from the trailer bed. Various embodiments are directed to a method comprising tilting the container such that an open end of the container is lower than a closed end of the container, wherein the open end of the container is proximate to an extendable conveyor; and oscillating the container to facilitate release of a box from the container onto the extendable conveyor.

Abstract: A device for providing a localized executable functions platform to generate information for control systems. The device may comprise an I/O interface configured to communicate with the control systems, a memory configured to store a set of executable functions, and an executable functions platform configured to receive an initialization, determine an executable function needed to obtain information pertaining to a control system, access the executable function from the memory, run the executable function using input data for the control system, obtain the information pertaining to the control system in response to running the executable function, and provide the information pertaining to the control system.

Abstract: A device for providing a localized executable functions platform to generate information for control systems. The device may comprise an I/O interface configured to communicate with the control systems, a memory configured to store a set of executable functions, and an executable functions platform configured to receive an initialization, determine an executable function needed to obtain information pertaining to a control system, access the executable function from the memory, run the executable function using input data for the control system, obtain the information pertaining to the control system in response to running the executable function, and provide the information pertaining to the control system.