Patents by Inventor Zhaoyang WAN

Zhaoyang WAN 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: 10995277
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for control of an overhead crude section of a hydrocarbon refining process. In one aspect, the method comprises monitoring a plurality of operating conditions of an overhead crude section of a refinery; determining hydrogen chloride and amine conditions of the overhead crude section of the refinery at current operating conditions of the overhead crude section; determining a plurality of fields of action by simulating a variation of one or more of the plurality of conditions; determining a risk indicator of salting for each of the plurality of fields of action; and providing a recommended change in operation of the overhead crude section to one of the plurality of fields of action while adhering to one or more constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: BL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Collin Wade Cross, Zhaoyang Wan
  • Publication number: 20200231466
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods of analyzing data acquired from a water plant, both historical and in real-time, making determinations about process and asset health diagnosis and anomaly detection using advanced techniques, and controlling the plant and/or providing alerts based on such determinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Su LU, Zijun XIA, Zhaoyang WAN, Yu WANG, Xijing BI, Guoliang WANG, Chuanyou TANG, Zhiping ZHU, Wenchao MA, Qin DONG, Sijing WANG, Yisong LI, Jiajia LING
  • Publication number: 20180370827
    Abstract: A method of operating a waste water treatment plant (WWTP) having at least one of an aerobic digester (AD) and a membrane bioreactor (MBR) is described. The method of operating AD is comprised of monitoring and controlling AD in real-time using an online extended Kalman filter (EKF) having a online dynamic model of AD. The EKF uses real-time AD measured data, and online dynamic model of AD to update adapted model parameters and estimate model based inferred variables for AD, which are used for AD control by AD control system having supervisory and low-level control layers. The method of operating MBR is similar to that of AD. The supervisory control ensures the WWTP satisfying the effluent quality requirement while minimize the operation cost. A WWTP having at least one of an AD or MBR is disclosed. The method of operating a WWTP can be implemented using a computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aditya Kumar, Anthony John Murray, Ruijie Shi, Zhaoyang Wan, Mustafa Tekin Dokucu, Vijaysai Prasad
  • Publication number: 20180355258
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for control of an overhead crude section of a hydrocarbon refining process. In one aspect, the method comprises monitoring a plurality of operating conditions of an overhead crude section of a refinery; determining hydrogen chloride and amine conditions of the overhead crude section of the refinery at current operating conditions of the overhead crude section; determining a plurality of fields of action by simulating a variation of one or more of the plurality of conditions; determining a risk indicator of salting for each of the plurality of fields of action; and providing a recommended change in operation of the overhead crude section to one of the plurality of fields of action while adhering to one or more constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Collin Wade CROSS, Zhaoyang WAN
  • Patent number: 10046995
    Abstract: A method of operating a waste water treatment plant (WWTP) having at least one of an aerobic digester (AD) and a membrane bioreactor (MBR) is described. The method of operating AD is comprised of monitoring and controlling AD in real-time using an online extended Kalman filter (EKF) having a online dynamic model of AD. The EKF uses real-time AD measured data, and online dynamic model of AD to update adapted model parameters and estimate model based inferred variables for AD, which are used for AD control by AD control system having supervisory and low-level control layers. The method of operating MBR is similar to that of AD. The supervisory control ensures the WWTP satisfying the effluent quality requirement while minimize the operation cost. A WWTP having at least one of AD or MBR is disclosed. The method of operating a WWTP can be implemented using a computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aditya Kumar, Anthony John Murray, Ruijie Shi, Zhaoyang Wan, Mustafa Tekin Dokucu, Vijaysai Prasad
  • Patent number: 10041736
    Abstract: A cooling tower simulation system may receive a measurement from a cooling tower sensor and generate a predicted output of a cooling tower system based on a model of the cooling tower system. The simulation system may generate an estimated output using an extended Kalman filter with the measurement and the predicted output as inputs, wherein the estimated output represents a characteristic of the cooling tower system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: BL Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aditya Kumar, Brett R. Ellis, Zhaoyang Wan, Claudia C. Pierce, Mustafa Tekin Dokucu, Dongrui Wu, Sangeeta Balram
  • Patent number: 9433903
    Abstract: A gas sparger for a filtering membrane system produces an intermittent flow of bubbles even if provided with a relatively continuous gas flow. The sparger has a housing to collect a pocket of gas and a conduit to release some of the gas from the pocket when the pocket reaches a sufficient size. Optionally, a cover over an outlet from the conduit may break up or distribute the released gas. A large sparger for can comprise a plurality of smaller units or areas. The supply of gas to the sparger may vary in flow rate over larger periods of time in response to changes in conditions in the membrane system to change the time between consecutive bursts of bubbles. A gas supply pipe may have two or more outlets at different elevations in communication with each of two or more units or areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: ZENON TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Jeffrey Ronald Cumin, Henry Behmann, Youngseck Hong, Reid Bayly, Zhaoyang Wan, Joseph Breitner
  • Publication number: 20160169585
    Abstract: A cooling tower simulation system may receive a measurement from a cooling tower sensor and generate a predicted Noutput of a cooling tower system based on a model of the cooling tower system. The simulation system may generate an estimated output using an extended Kalman filter with the measurement and the predicted output as inputs, wherein the estimated output represents a characteristic of the cooling tower system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Aditya Kumar, Brett R. Ellis, Zhaoyang Wan, Claudia C. Pierce, Mustafa Tekin Dokucu, Dongrui Wu, Sangeeta Balram
  • Publication number: 20150034553
    Abstract: A method of operating a waste water treatment plant (WWTP) having at least one of an aerobic digester (AD) and a membrane bioreactor (MBR) is described. The method of operating AD is comprised of monitoring and controlling AD in real-time using an online extended Kalman filter (EKF) having a online dynamic model of AD. The EKF uses real-time AD measured data, and online dynamic model of AD to update adapted model parameters and estimate model based inferred variables for AD, which are used for AD control by AD control system having supervisory and low-level control layers. The method of operating MBR is similar to that of AD. The supervisory control ensures the WWTP satisfying the effluent quality requirement while minimize the operation cost. A WWTP having at least one of AD or MBR is disclosed. The method of operating a WWTP can be implemented using a computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aditya Kumar, Anthony John Murray, Ruijie Shi, Zhaoyang Wan, Mustafa Tekin Dokucu, Vijaysai Prasad
  • Patent number: 8517600
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed wherein differential heat transfer resistances are used to effectively and efficiently detect the early onset of deposit accumulation in industrial fluid processes and fluid transport vehicles. According to one embodiment, a probe is provided in conjunction with a heat source, a water source and a probe. The probe is comprised of a heat transfer surface, a first part of which is covered only by a thin metal layer. The second or remaining portion of the heat transfer surface is covered by a heat flux sensor and a thin metal layer. The metal layers of both the first and second areas of the probe are connected, and water flows across the full heat transfer surface. Deposition forms on a portion of the heat transfer surface as a result of slow water flow and elevated water temperature. The temperatures of the heat source, water source, and heat flux are measured. The deposition rate as a rate of change of heat transfer resistance is measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Zhaoyang Wan, Caibin Xiao
  • Patent number: 8489240
    Abstract: A control system for industrial water systems that utilizes multiple measurements of information and models to decide optimal control actions to maximize corrosion/scaling/fouling inhibition and particulate dispersancy performance and minimize cost of water and treatment chemicals. This system is capable of automatic operation for a wide range of process conditions, ensures multiple performance objectives, achieves robust operation under a variety or un-measurable disturbances and achieves the least costly solution delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Zhaoyang Wan, Gary E. Geiger, Yong Zhang, Yu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120325742
    Abstract: A gas sparger for a filtering membrane system produces an intermittent flow of bubbles even if provided with a relatively continuous gas flow. The sparger has a housing to collect a pocket of gas and a conduit to release some of the gas from the pocket when the pocket reaches a sufficient size. Optionally, a cover over an outlet from the conduit may break up or distribute the released gas. A large sparger for can comprise a plurality of smaller units or areas. The supply of gas to the sparger may vary in flow rate over larger periods of time in response to changes in conditions in the membrane system to change the time between consecutive bursts of bubbles. A gas supply pipe may have two or more outlets at different elevations in communication with each of two or more units or areas. The discharge of gas between two or more units or areas may be synchronized. One or more of a set of units or area may receive a supplied gas at a higher flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Jeffrey Ronald Cumin, Henry Behmann, Youngseck Hong, Reid Bayly, Zhaoyang Wan, Joseph Breitner
  • Publication number: 20110096807
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed wherein differential heat transfer resistances are used to effectively and efficiently detect the early onset of deposit accumulation in industrial fluid processes and fluid transport vehicles. According to one embodiment, a probe is provided in conjunction with a heat source, a water source and a probe. The probe is comprised of a heat transfer surface, a first part of which is covered only by a thin metal layer. The second or remaining portion of the heat transfer surface is covered by a heat flux sensor and a thin metal layer. The metal layers of both the first and second areas of the probe are connected, and water flows across the full heat transfer surface. Deposition forms on a portion of the heat transfer surface as a result of slow water flow and elevated water temperature. The temperatures of the heat source, water source, and heat flux are measured. The deposition rate as a rate of change of heat transfer resistance is measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Zhaoyang WAN, Caibin XIAO
  • Publication number: 20100163469
    Abstract: A control system is disclosed for monitoring and controlling localized corrosion in an industrial water system, comprising: measuring quantitative localized corrosion rate and at least one controllable water chemistry variable; identifying mathematical correlations between the quantitative localized corrosion rate and the at least one controllable water chemistry variable; establishing mathematical correlations between the controllable water chemistry variable and at least one chemical treatment feed; defining an index derived from current and future values of the localized corrosion rate and an index derived from current and future values of the at least one chemical treatment feed; utilizing a processor to minimize the index of the localized corrosion rate and the index of the at least one chemical treatment feed and determine current and future values of the at least one chemical treatment feed; and implementing only a current value of the at least one chemical treatment feed within the water system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Zhaoyang Wan, Gary Edwin Geiger, Glenn Alfred Johnson, Brian Walter Lasiuk
  • Publication number: 20100028202
    Abstract: A control system is disclosed for monitoring and controlling an industrial water system comprising (a) obtaining a priori knowledge about the correlation between water and treatment chemistry and equipment health; (b) pre-defining a set of operating regions of more than one feed-water or system water variable and at least one chemical treatment variable, where, based on (a) above, corrosion, scaling and fouling are inhibited; (c) adjusting the at least one chemical treatment variable according to the more than one feed water or system water variable, such that based on (a), corrosion, scaling and fouling are inhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Zhaoyang WAN, Gary E. Geiger, Glenn Johnson, Simon Craig Norton, Anthony Michael Rossi, William Weaver Thompson
  • Publication number: 20090057210
    Abstract: A filtration system is disclosed that uses a combination of dead end filtration across opposing membranes with a sample take-off in the middle and cross-flow to prevent cake formation on these opposing filters. In one embodiment is a system that uses opposing filters with a central collection chamber that flips flow back and forth between the sides at a frequency that minimizes filter cake formation. In another embodiment, a combination flip-flip, cross flow system is disclosed. An additional embodiment discloses an actuator valve driven sampling system, in which valves collect the cross flow/counter flow filter cake samples as they are liberated from a filter surface and a quick through filter fluid pulse loosens the sample cake from the filter material. The invention increases effective operation time, allows for continuous filtration operation without interruption, and provides filtered samples that accurately represent the concentration of macromolecular species in industrial systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Kenneth Charles Barrett, Scott Boyette, Caibin Xiao, Zhaoyang Wan
  • Publication number: 20090035180
    Abstract: A control system for industrial water systems that utilizes multiple measurements of information and models to decide optimal control actions to maximize corrosion/scaling/fouling inhibition and particulate dispersancy performance and minimize cost of water and treatment chemicals. This system is capable of automatic operation for a wide range of process conditions, ensures multiple performance objectives, achieves robust operation under a variety or un-measurable disturbances and achieves the least costly solution delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Zhaoyang Wan, Gary E. Geiger, Yong Zhang, Yu Zhang