Emissions Planning With Short- and Long-Term Optimization Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for constrained emissions control and emissions optimization fail to efficiently account for the interplay between short-term and long-term operations of assets, leading to inefficiencies in achieving net zero emissions goals, as they do not adequately consider feedback on previous actions and their impact on future operations.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and apparatus that receive both short-term and long-term operational data to generate optimization plans and control actions, using models like statistical, algorithmic, or machine learning models to adjust plans based on errors and updated data, ensuring alignment between current and future operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If current systems for constrained emissions control and emissions optimization are used, then emissions management is performed, but the systems fail to efficiently account for the interplay between short-term and long-term operations of assets, leading to inefficiencies in achieving net zero emissions goals
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments emissions optimization into distinct short-term and long-term operational plans. The short-term plan addresses immediate emissions control needs while the long-term plan addresses strategic net zero goals. This segmentation allows each plan to be optimized independently for its specific time horizon and constraints, resolving the complexity of managing both simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The system generates long-term emissions optimization plans in advance that set the strategic direction for achieving net zero emissions. These preliminary long-term plans then inform and constrain short-term operational decisions, ensuring that day-to-day operations are aligned with future sustainability goals. This preliminary action approach allows the system to efficiently coordinate both time horizons.
2Measurement precision
If feedback loops are not implemented, then system operation is simple, but accurate tracking and optimization of emissions cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback loops where actual emissions data from operations is continuously measured and compared against the emissions optimization plans. This feedback information is then used to adjust and refine both short-term and long-term plans, improving the accuracy of emissions tracking over time. The feedback mechanism enables the system to learn from actual performance and adapt accordingly.
3Stability of the object's composition
If short-term and long-term operational data are not integrated, then data processing is simpler, but alignment between current and future operations cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges short-term operational data and long-term operational data into a unified emissions optimization framework. The optimization model processes both time horizons simultaneously, ensuring that short-term operational decisions are consistent with long-term sustainability objectives. This merging creates stability and alignment across different operational time scales.
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AI summary
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for constrained emissions control, emissions optimization, and emissions planning are provided herein. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method may include receiving operational data associated with one or more assets. In some embodiments, the operational data comprises short-term operational data and long-term operational data. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method may include generating, based on applying the short-term operational data and the long-term operational data to an optimization model, a long-term emissions optimization plan. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method may include generating, based at least on the long-term emissions optimization plan, a short-term emissions control. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method may include initiating performance of one or more emissions optimization actions based at least in part on the long-term emissions optimization plan or the short-term emissions control.