Patent ID: 7797062
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: G05B,G06Q,H04L,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A system that optimizes industrial business operations, comprising: a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions configured to implement the industrial business operations including: a component that receives data relating to a plurality of machines that are part of the industrial business operations; a correlation engine that analyzes the data and correlates efficiency information for at least two of the plurality of machines to derive correlated system efficiency information; an optimization component that employs the correlated system efficiency information to select an operating point within an allowable range of operation about a system setpoint and controls the industrial business operations in part according to the operating point, the operating point selected to optimize a total energy utilization of the plurality of machines based on the correlated system efficiency information; and a prognostics engine that generates an inference of a future state of a subset of operations for the plurality of machines based in part on the received data; wherein at least a subset of the plurality of machines comprise respective prognostic components that share state information with one another; and wherein the prognostic engine and the prognostic components collaborate to control an operating rate of at least a subset of the plurality of machines.