Real-time monitoring, controlling, and optimizing electrical generation assets based on emission level measurements

• US 9,551,981 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2014
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bhageria, Gopal K., Ramanathan, Sri, Reboul, Jean-Gael F., Trevathan, Matthew B.
• Primary Examiner(s): JARRETT, RYAN A
• Application Number:
  US14/513,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20150032275A1
• Time in Patent Office: 833 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/04 Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/84 Greenhouse gas [GHG] management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/845 Inventory and reporting systems for greenhouse gases [GHG]

Abstract

A method is implemented in a computer infrastructure and includes receiving data defining a detected gas emission level of a power generation facility. The method also includes communicating the data defining the detected gas emission level to at least one subscriber device using one of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) based communication and Session Initial Protocol (SIP) based communication.

Claims

1. A system implemented in hardware, comprising:

a processor executing a manager that operates to;

receive a subscribe message from at least one subscriber device, wherein the subscribe message is a request to receive updates regarding presence information;

receive data from a sensor at a power generation facility, wherein the data defines a detected gas emission level of the power generation facility;

communicate the data defining the detected gas emission level to the at least one subscriber device using Session Initial Protocol (SIP) based communication; and

transmit a control signal to the power generation facility in response to a determination that the detected gas emission level exceeds a predetermined margin of error of a predicted gas emission level of the power generation facility, wherein the control signal changes power output of the power generation facility.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving the data and the communicating the data are performed in real time.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one subscriber device comprises:

at least one internal device that is internal to the power generation facility; and

at least one external device that is external to the power generation facility.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor further operates to compare the predicted gas emission level to the detected gas emission level to determine whether the detected gas emission level is within the predetermined margin of error of the predicted gas emission level, wherein the predicted gas emission level is a forecast of gas emissions of the power generation facility for a future time period.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the control signal changes power output of the power generation facility to cause an actual gas emission level of the power generation facility to match the predicted gas emission level.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor further operates to receive the predicted gas emission level from the power generation facility.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the control signal causes the power generation facility to reduce the power output to reduce actual gas emissions.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor further operates to:

receive data from a sensor at a second power generation facility, wherein the data defines a detected gas emission level of the second power generation facility;

communicate the data defining the detected gas emission level of the second power generation facility to a second subscriber device using SIP based communication; and

transmit a second control signal to the second power generation facility in response to a determination that the detected gas emission level of the second power generation facility exceeds a predetermined margin of error of a predicted gas emission level of the second power generation facility, wherein the second control signal changes power output of the second power generation facility.