Emissions Prediction System Using Digital Twins for Industrial Plants
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack the ability to model and assess greenhouse gas emissions from industrial components during the design phase, and there are no integrated solutions to capture emissions effectively, leading to challenges in minimizing emissions and compliance with varying regional regulations.
Innovation Solution
A system that calculates emissions in real-time using simulated components and historical data, generating emission simulation models, and suggesting emission-reducing configurations, allowing for the integration of emission capture components and configurations into process models to minimize emissions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-generated harmful factors
If emission capture systems are integrated into industrial processes, then greenhouse gas emissions are reduced, but system complexity and integration difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies (digital twins) of industrial processes and emission capture systems that can be tested and optimized in simulation environments before physical implementation. This allows complex emission reduction strategies to be validated virtually, reducing the complexity of actual system integration while achieving effective emission capture.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary modeling and simulation of emission capture configurations during the design phase, allowing optimization of emission reduction strategies before physical construction. This advance planning reduces integration complexity by identifying and resolving potential issues before they manifest in the actual system deployment.
2Loss of time
If emission modeling is performed during design phase, then emission sources are identified early, but lack of available models and integration capabilities limits effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The patent develops a universal simulation environment that can model multiple types of industrial processes and emission capture technologies within a single integrated platform. This multi-functional system provides access to diverse emission models and configurations, enabling effective emission modeling across different industrial applications during the design phase.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary simulation environment that bridges the gap between theoretical emission models and practical industrial applications. This virtual testing ground allows designers to experiment with various emission reduction strategies using available models, and assess their effectiveness before implementation, even when direct integration capabilities are limited.
3Reliability
If regional emission regulations are complied with, then environmental standards are met, but varying regulations across regions complicate system design
Solution Approach 1:
The simulation environment is designed to be dynamic and configurable, allowing it to adapt to different regional emission regulations and standards. Users can modify simulation parameters and constraints to match specific regulatory requirements, enabling the same platform to ensure compliance across multiple jurisdictions without requiring separate design systems for each region.
Data Source
AI summary
In some embodiments, the disclosure is directed to a system configured to enable a user to link a simulated component to historical and/or near real time data from an operational plant. In some embodiments, the system instructs the process model to link the data to a process simulation. In some embodiments, the system is configured to enable a user to link to historical and/or near real time data for an emissions capturing component from an operational plant to a simulated component to obtain more accurate simulated emissions capture data. In some embodiments, the system is configured to automatically add emissions capturing components to the simulation environment to reduce emissions. In some embodiments, the system is configured to modify inputs and/or outputs for real components to achieve a lower or lowest emission configuration.