Patent ID: 11906987
Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  E  F | IPC E  F  G

Claim 12:
13. An apparatus for controlling pressure in a supply grid, wherein the supply grid is configured to supply consumers with a fluid and comprises a plurality of first sensors for measuring flow rates and/or pressures of the fluid at a plurality of first locations in the supply grid, and a pump for pumping the fluid or a valve for controlling a flow of the fluid, the apparatus comprising:
a self-learning system capable of training itself by: (1) measuring the flow rates and/or the pressures of the fluid at the first locations in the supply grid using the first sensors; (2) determining a pressure, by the self-learning system, at a second location among a plurality of second locations in the supply grid based on the flow rates and the pressures measured at the plurality of first locations; (3) determining a difference between the determined pressure and a target value; (4) adjusting the self-learning system taking into account the determined difference; and (5) repeating the measuring, the determining of the pressure, the determining of the difference, and the adjusting of the self-learning system until a specified termination criterion is met;
a first detection unit configured to detect fluid flow rates or the pressures measured by the plurality of first sensors at the plurality of first locations in the supply grid;
a prediction unit configured to predict a pressure at the second location among the plurality of the second locations by the trained self-learning system based on the flow rates or the pressures detected at the plurality of first locations by the first detection unit; and
an actuation unit configured to actuate the pump or the valve.