Patents by Inventor Vedrana Spudic
Vedrana Spudic 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).
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Patent number: 11812765Abstract: A system includes a wet extrusion process machine configured to receive, mix, and convey a plurality of ingredients to an extrusion die, the plurality of ingredients include a protein powder, an oil, and water. The system includes an electronic process control system (EPCS) configured to control the wet extrusion machine using a plurality of process settings effective to produce an extrusion die mixture which is forced into, passes through, and is output from the extrusion die. The system further includes a supervisory machine intelligence control system (SMICS) operatively coupled with at least one of a direct fibrosity measurement (DFM) subsystem configured to directly measure one or more physical fibrosity parameters of the extrusion die mixture, and an indirect fibrosity measurement (IFM) subsystem configured to measure one or more extrusion process parameters associated with the extrusion die mixture.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: ABB Schweiz AG, Planted Foods AG, ETH ZürichInventors: Chau-Hon Ho, Vedrana Spudic, Kim Listmann, Sandro Schoenborn, Elsi-Mari Borrelli, Philipp Sommer, Mehmet Mercangoez, Erich J. Windhab, Eric Stirnemann, Lukas Böni, Patrick Rühs
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Publication number: 20230225363Abstract: A system includes a wet extrusion process machine configured to receive, mix, and convey a plurality of ingredients to an extrusion die, the plurality of ingredients include a protein powder, an oil, and water. The system includes an electronic process control system (EPCS) configured to control the wet extrusion machine using a plurality of process settings effective to produce an extrusion die mixture which is forced into, passes through, and is output from the extrusion die. The system further includes a supervisory machine intelligence control system (SMICS) operatively coupled with at least one of a direct fibrosity measurement (DFM) subsystem configured to directly measure one or more physical fibrosity parameters of the extrusion die mixture, and an indirect fibrosity measurement (IFM) subsystem configured to measure one or more extrusion process parameters associated with the extrusion die mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Chau-Hon Ho, Vedrana Spudic, Kim Listmann, Sandro Schoenborn, Elsi-Mari Borrelli, Philipp Sommer, Mehmet Mercangoez, Erich J. Windhab, Eric Stirnemann, Lukas Böni, Patrick Rühs
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Patent number: 11398791Abstract: A method for controlling a three-phase electrical converter includes selecting a three-phase optimized pulse pattern from a table of pre-computed optimized pulse patterns based on a reference flux. The method includes determining a two-component optimal flux from the optimized pulse pattern and a one-component optimal third variable. The method includes determining a two-component flux error from a difference of the optimal flux and an estimated flux estimated based on measurements in the electrical converter. A one-component third variable error is determined from a difference of the optimal third variable and an estimated third variable. The optimized pulse pattern is modified by time-shifting switching instants of the optimized pulse pattern such that a cost function depending on the time-shifts is minimized. The method includes applying the modified optimized pulse pattern to the electrical converter.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Tobias Geyer, Vedrana Spudic, Christof Gutscher, Andrea Rueetschi
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Publication number: 20200350847Abstract: A method for controlling a three-phase electrical converter including: selecting a three-phase optimized pulse pattern from a table of pre-computed optimized pulse patterns based on a reference flux; determining a two-component optimal flux from the optimized pulse pattern and determine a one-component optimal third variable; determining a two-component flux error from a difference of the optimal flux and an estimated flux estimated based on measurements in the electrical converter; determining a one-component third variable error from a difference of the optimal third variable and an estimated third variable; modifying the optimized pulse pattern by time-shifting switching instants of the optimized pulse pattern such that a cost function depending on the time-shifts is minimized, wherein the cost function aincludes a flux error term and a third variable error term, wherein the flux error term is based on a difference of the flux error and a flux correction function providing a flux correction based on the tiType: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Tobias Geyer, Vedrana Spudic, Christof Gutscher, Andrea Rueetschi
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Patent number: 10516328Abstract: A method for controlling a three-phase electrical converter comprises: selecting a three-phase optimized pulse pattern from a table of pre-computed optimized pulse patterns based on a reference flux; determining a two-component optimal flux from the optimized pulse pattern and determine a one-component optimal third variable; determining a two-component flux error from a difference of the optimal flux and an estimated flux estimated based on measurements in the electrical converter; determining a one-component third variable error from a difference of the optimal third variable and an estimated third variable; modifying the optimized pulse pattern by time-shifting switching instants of the optimized pulse pattern such that a cost function depending on the time-shifts is minimized, wherein the cost function comprises a flux error term and a third variable error term, wherein the flux error term is based on a difference of the flux error and a flux correction function providing a flux correction based on the tiType: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Vedrana Spudic, Eduardo Rohr, Tobias Geyer, Peter Al-Hokayem
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Patent number: 10074978Abstract: A method for controlling a modular converter connected to an electrical grid for active power filtering the electrical grid to compensate for a load connected to the electrical grid, comprises: receiving an actual load current and an actual converter state of the modular converter; determining, from the actual load current and a history of previous load currents, a sequence of future load currents over a prediction horizon; predicting a sequence of future converter states of the modular converter and a sequence of manipulated variables for the modular converter over the prediction horizon by solving an optimization problem based on the actual converter state and the future load currents by minimizing an objective function mapping control objectives to a scalar performance index subject to the dynamical evolution of a prediction model of the modular converter and subject to constraints; and applying a next switching state, which is determined from a first element of the sequence of manipulated variables, to thType: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Tobias Geyer, Wim Van-Der-Merwe, Vedrana Spudic, Georgios Darivianakis
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Publication number: 20180145579Abstract: A method for controlling a three-phase electrical converter comprises: selecting a three-phase optimized pulse pattern from a table of pre-computed optimized pulse patterns based on a reference flux; determining a two-component optimal flux from the optimized pulse pattern and determine a one-component optimal third variable; determining a two-component flux error from a difference of the optimal flux and an estimated flux estimated based on measurements in the electrical converter; determining a one-component third variable error from a difference of the optimal third variable and an estimated third variable; modifying the optimized pulse pattern by time-shifting switching instants of the optimized pulse pattern such that a cost function depending on the time-shifts is minimized, wherein the cost function comprises a flux error term and a third variable error term, wherein the flux error term is based on a difference of the flux error and a flux correction function providing a flux correction based on the tiType: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Vedrana Spudic, Eduardo Rohr, Tobias Geyer
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Publication number: 20170133845Abstract: A method for controlling a modular converter connected to an electrical grid for active power filtering the electrical grid to compensate for a load connected to the electrical grid, comprises: receiving an actual load current and an actual converter state of the modular converter; determining, from the actual I load current and a history of previous load currents, a sequence of future load currents over a prediction horizon; predicting a sequence of future converter states of the modular converter and a sequence of manipulated variables for the modular converter over the prediction horizon by solving an optimization problem based on the actual converter state and the future load currents by minimizing an objective function mapping control objectives to a scalar performance index subject to the dynamical evolution of a prediction model of the modular converter and subject to constraints; and applying a next switching state, which is determined from a first element of the sequence of manipulated variables, toType: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2017Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Tobias Geyer, Wim Van-Der-Merwe, Vedrana Spudic, Georgios Darivianakis