Smart Gas Dispatching Balancing Supply and Demand

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Solution Overview

Problem

The challenge in gas resource dispatching is the unbalanced gas supply and demand in gas transmission and distribution networks, which can lead to gas emergencies and affect normal gas supply operations.

Innovation Solution

A method and IoT system for gas resource dispatching based on a smart gas call center, which involves obtaining gas use data, determining gas use features, predicting demand, and adjusting dispatching plans using a smart operation management sub-platform to ensure sufficient gas supply, incorporating a prediction model and user feedback for optimal gas distribution.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional gas supply management is used, then the system structure is simple, but gas supply and demand become unbalanced leading to emergencies

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegas supply stabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by predicting future gas demand using historical data and machine learning models before emergencies occur. The system proactively adjusts dispatching plans based on predicted demand patterns, seasonal variations, and user behavior, preventing supply-demand imbalances before they lead to emergencies.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring actual gas consumption, comparing it with predicted demand, and adjusting dispatching plans accordingly. User feedback from call centers and real-time metering data are integrated into the prediction models to improve accuracy over time, creating a closed-loop system that adapts to changing conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If manual gas dispatching is used, then operation simplicity is maintained, but gas supply efficiency is low and cannot meet dynamic demand

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegas supply efficiencyVSAvoidoperation simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies self-service by enabling the gas distribution system to automatically adjust its own dispatching plans based on predicted demand and real-time conditions. The machine learning models autonomously analyze historical data, identify patterns, and generate optimized dispatching strategies without requiring manual intervention, allowing the system to self-optimize its performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical dispatching processes with automated machine learning algorithms and computational models. The system uses data-driven prediction models to substitute human judgment with algorithmic optimization, processing large volumes of historical and real-time data to generate more efficient and adaptive dispatching plans.

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

3Measurement precision

If real-time data collection is implemented, then gas supply accuracy improves, but data processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegas demand prediction accuracyVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the complex data processing task into separate functional modules: data collection from meters and call centers, data cleaning and preprocessing, feature extraction, model training, and dispatching plan generation. This modular approach manages complexity by processing data in staged transformations rather than attempting to handle all data simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses an intermediary data processing layer that acts as a mediator between raw data sources and the machine learning models. This intermediate layer includes data cleaning, feature engineering, and dimensionality reduction processes that simplify complex raw data into meaningful features suitable for prediction models, reducing the computational burden while maintaining accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20230281535A1Methods and internet of things systems for gas resource dispatching based on smart gas call centers
Publication Date: 2023.09.07 CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides methods and Internet of Things (IoT) systems for gas resource dispatching based on a smart gas call center. The method is executed by the IoT system for gas resource dispatching based on a smart gas call center. The method includes: obtaining gas use data of different types of gas users and determining a gas use feature; obtaining gas demand data; predicting, based on the gas use feature, the gas demand data, and gas maintenance data of the smart gas call center, whether a gas supply of at least one of a plurality of second times meets a gas demand; in response to a prediction that the gas supply of the at least one of the plurality of the second times is incapable of meeting the gas demand, adjusting a gas dispatching plan.