Industrial control energy object

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9274518-B2
Application number	US-201113275983-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 18, 2011
Priority date	Jan 8, 2010
Publication date	Mar 1, 2016
Grant date	Mar 1, 2016

Abstract

An energy object extension to an industrial protocol having a comprehensive suite of attributes, messages and services utilized for the monitoring and control of energy consuming or producing resources by a manufacturing automation application is provided. The energy object includes an identifier associated with an energy resource that is associated with a manufacturing automation application and an energy type associated with the energy resource. This includes a measurement characteristic associated with the energy resource to facilitate energy management by the manufacturing automation application.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An automation device, comprising:
a computer readable medium having software instructions encoded thereon, the software instructions comprising:
an energy object associated with the automation device and configured to:
utilize attributes, messages, services, or any combination thereof, for monitoring and control of an energy consuming or producing resource of an energy consuming or producing process;
calculate a first energy usage of the automation device; and
act as a proxy for one or more other automation devices of the energy consuming or producing process by:
calculating a second energy usage of the one or more other automation devices based on input and output process data associated with the one or more other automation devices and one or more relationships between the input and output process data and the second energy usage, wherein the input and output process data comprises a flow measurement, a temperature measurement, or any combination thereof associated with the one or more other automation devices, and wherein the one or more relationships are stored locally within the energy object;
determining one or more energy operation states of the one or more other automation devices based on the second energy usage; and
transmitting the one or more energy operation states to the one or more other automation devices; and

a processor configured to execute the software instructions encoded on the computer readable medium.

2. The automation device of claim 1 , wherein the energy object is configured to calculate a third energy usage of the energy consuming or producing resource without communicating with another energy object of another automation device of the energy consuming or producing process.

3. The automation device of claim 1 , wherein the energy object is configured to calculate a third energy usage of the energy consuming or producing resource based on data received from another energy object of another automation device of the energy consuming or producing process.

4. The automation device of claim 1 , wherein the software instructions comprise visualization software for creating visualizations of energy usage calculations performed by the energy object and displaying the visualizations on a display.

5. The automation device of claim 4 , wherein the display is configured to be directly integrated with the automation device.

6. The automation device of claim 1 , wherein the software instructions comprise server software for
receiving a request for information relating to a second energy usage of the energy consuming or producing process from a remote device via a network,
generating a response based on energy usage calculations performed by the energy object, and
transmitting the response to the remote device via the network.

7. The automation device of claim 1 , wherein the software instructions comprise data aggregation software for aggregating energy usage data from energy usage calculations performed by the energy object and other energy objects of the other automation devices of the energy consuming or producing process.

8. The automation device of claim 7 , wherein the data aggregation software is configured to publish the aggregated energy usage data to cloud storage.

9. The automation device of claim 1 , wherein the software instructions comprise a process control algorithm configured to utilize the first energy usage data, the second energy usage data, or any combination thereof from the energy object to control the energy consuming or producing resource.

10. The automation device of claim 1 , wherein the automation device is a controller of the energy consuming or producing process.

11. The automation device of claim 1 , wherein the energy object is configured to adjust the energy consuming or producing process based on the second energy usage, the energy operation state of the one or more other automation devices, or any combination thereof.

12. An automation control system, comprising:
a first automation device configured to control a first energy consuming or producing process and comprising a computer readable medium having software instructions encoded thereon, the software instructions comprising an energy object configured to utilize attributes, messages, services, or any combination thereof, for monitoring and control of an energy consuming or producing resource of the first energy consuming or producing process; and
a second automation device configured to:
control a second energy consuming or producing process;
transmit input and output process data to the first automation device, wherein the energy object is configured to perform energy usage calculations for the second automation device based on the input and output data and one or more relationships between the input and output process data and energy usage, wherein the energy usage calculations are used to determine an energy operation state of the second automation device, wherein the input and output process data comprises a flow measurement, a temperature measurement, or any combination thereof associated with the second automation device and wherein the one or more relationships are stored locally within the object;
wherein the second automation device is unable to perform the energy usage calculations;

wherein the energy object of the first automation device is configured to act as a proxy for the second automation device by:
receiving the data from the second automation device;
performing the energy usage calculations based on the received data;
determining the energy operation state of the second automation device based on the energy usage calculations; and
transmitting the energy operation state to the second automation device; and

wherein the first automation device is configured to adjust the first energy consuming or producing process, the second energy consuming or producing process, or any combination thereof, based on the energy usage calculations, the energy operation state of the second automation device, or any combination thereof.

13. The automation control system of claim 12 , wherein the energy object of the first automation device is configured to calculate a second energy usage of the energy consuming or producing resource based on the data received from the second automation device.

14. The automation control system of claim 12 , wherein the software instructions of the first automation device comprise visualization software for creating visualizations of energy usage calculations performed by the energy object and displaying the visualizations on a display.

15. The automation control system of claim 12 , wherein the software instructions of the first automation device comprise server software for:
receiving a request for information relating to a second energy usage of the second energy consuming or producing process from a remote device via a network;
generating a response based on the energy usage calculations performed by the energy object; and
transmitting the response to the remote device via the network.

16. The automation control system of claim 12 , wherein the software instructions of the first automation device comprise data aggregation software for aggregating energy usage data from the energy usage calculations performed by the energy object.

17. The automation control system of claim 16 , wherein the data aggregation software is configured to publish the aggregated energy usage data to cloud storage.

18. A method, comprising:
receiving data relating to a first energy consumi

Assignees

• Pai Ramdas M
• Vasko David A
• Brandt David D
• Morgan Richard A
• Siegler David W
• Sustaeta Angel
• Rockwell Automation Tech Inc

Inventors

• Pai Ramdas M
• Vasko David A
• Brandt David D
• Morgan Richard A
• Siegler David W
• Sustaeta Angel

Classifications

• G05B2219/31414

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• G05B2219/32021

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• G05B19/4186 Primary

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• H02J13/0013

  Electricity · mapped topic

• Y02B90/20

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