PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16064910
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["159", "048100"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods for drying system control. A control system receives inputs and measurements and provides modulated outputs to a drying system, control subsystems, or a user interface. An energy ratio compares the optimal energy required to the actual energy applied is into the control system for a drying process and can be provided as a constraint for optimization. The energy ratio enables compensation for effects that environmental variables such as ambient humidity and temperature may have on system performance. The control system can modulate the energy supplied by the drying system to meet an energy ratio setpoint. Embodiments of the present disclosure can validate the effectiveness of the control system by monitoring material yield and utility consumption in real-time to optimize system performance.

Claim (Index 13):
A method of controlling an apparatus for drying a raw material to produce a finished material with a reduced moisture content, the apparatus for drying comprising a raw material supply, a heat source, and a plurality of sensors including at least one ambient condition sensor and at least one sensor providing an indication of the moisture content of the finished material, the method comprising:\n receiving a measurement from each sensor of the plurality of sensors; receiving an input defining a desired indication of the moisture content of the finished material, and a desired energy ratio, the energy ratio defined by the ratio between the actual energy applied to the raw material and the theoretical energy required to achieve the desired indication of moisture content of the finished material; calculating an initial raw material supply rate based on the energy ratio and the input from the at least one ambient condition sensor; determining an ideal raw material supply rate and an ideal amount of heat energy to apply based on the energy ratio based on the input from the at least one ambient condition sensor. providing an output to the apparatus for drying of the calculated ideal raw material supply rate and the calculated ideal amount of heat energy to apply.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76
- Patent Class: 159.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10963954', '11026710', '12069796', '10477617', '13732437']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6235535594643422
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5286710442743611
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6140653079453442
- Mean Citation Score: 149.15796
- Max Citation Score: 160.8994
- Similarity Product: 118.29813760089876

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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