Gas Regulatory IoT Monitoring for Predictive Pollution Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Gas-related enterprises face environmental pollution issues due to impurities like nitrogen compounds and sulfides, exacerbated by outdated and poorly managed environmental protection facilities, leading to penalties and reduced regulatory effectiveness.

Innovation Solution

An intelligent gas regulatory Internet of Things (IoT) system for environmental monitoring, which includes data collection, analysis, and maintenance management to improve facility effectiveness and reduce pollution.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If gas-related enterprises use traditional environmental protection facilities without intelligent monitoring, then the facilities may operate for long periods, but the effectiveness of environmental protection is reduced due to outdated and poor management

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveeffectiveness of environmental protection facilitiesVSAvoidcomplexity of monitoring and management system
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The environmental protection facilities are equipped with self-diagnosis and self-monitoring capabilities through embedded sensors and IoT devices. The system automatically detects operational parameters, identifies maintenance needs, and generates maintenance instructions without requiring constant human intervention, enabling the facilities to serve and monitor themselves

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous feedback loops where monitoring data from environmental protection facilities is collected, analyzed, and used to generate real-time maintenance instructions. The feedback mechanism includes comparing actual operational data against optimal parameters, identifying deviations, and automatically triggering maintenance workflows to correct issues before they compromise effectiveness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If traditional manual monitoring methods are used for environmental protection facilities, then system complexity is low, but the ability to detect and respond to environmental pollution risks is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprecision of environmental monitoringVSAvoidcomplexity of intelligent monitoring system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The intelligent monitoring system is designed as a universal platform that can monitor multiple types of environmental protection facilities (gas treatment, water treatment, solid waste management) using standardized sensors and data collection protocols. The system performs multiple functions including real-time monitoring, historical analysis, predictive maintenance, and regulatory compliance tracking within a single integrated architecture

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces manual mechanical monitoring methods with automated electronic sensing and data processing. IoT sensors, wireless communication modules, and cloud-based analytics platforms substitute for human inspectors physically checking facilities, enabling continuous precise measurement of environmental parameters without mechanical intervention

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Object-affected harmful factors

If environmental protection facilities are not maintained regularly, then maintenance costs and system complexity are reduced, but the facilities become outdated and cause environmental pollution

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenvironmental pollution from gas impuritiesVSAvoidoperational efficiency of environmental protection facilities
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary maintenance actions by predicting potential failures before they occur. Through continuous analysis of operational data, wear patterns, and performance degradation, the system generates maintenance instructions in advance, allowing enterprises to schedule and execute maintenance during optimal times before environmental pollution issues arise

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts operational parameters of environmental protection facilities based on real-time monitoring data. By changing parameters such as flow rates, treatment intensity, and operational modes, the system optimizes facility performance to maintain high productivity while preventing pollution, adapting to varying gas composition and environmental conditions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12475519B2Methods and systems of environmental monitoring based on intelligent gas regulatory internet of things (Iots)
Publication Date: 2025.11.18 CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for environmental monitoring based on an intelligent gas regulatory IOTs, the method comprising: determining a target enterprise user and a corresponding target monitoring point location and a target monitoring parameter based on acquired gas regulatory data; determining a government environmental sampling parameter based on government environmental monitoring information, the target monitoring point location, and the target monitoring parameter, and obtaining surrounding environmental data based on the government environmental sampling parameter; controlling an environmental monitoring device to collect target monitoring data; determining a maintenance parameter based on the target monitoring data and the surrounding environmental data; generating a maintenance instruction based on an device operating state and the maintenance parameter; and adjusting the collection frequency of obtaining the gas regulatory data based on an execution result of the maintenance instruction and adjusting a storage space allocation parameter for the gas regulatory data of a different enterprise user, a data cleaning parameter; based on the collection frequency and the storage space allocation parameter, adjust a computing resource allocation parameter.