Resource management for modular plants

US12235628B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ABB Schweiz AG · CH

Inventors

• Marcel Dix · Mannheim, DE
• Katharina Stark · Erlangen, DE
• Roland Braun · Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DE
• Michael Vach · Wilhelmsfeld, DE
• Sten Gruener · Laudenbach, DE
• Mario Hoernicke · Landau, DE
• Nicolai Schoch · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 26, 2021
• Grant date: Feb 25, 2025
• Expiry date: Sep 19, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/30
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A computer-implemented resource management method for modular plants may include: receiving data identifying a required module type to be assembled into the modular plant as part of a module pipeline including one or more modules; and executing an optimization algorithm to select, from a plurality of modules having the required module type, a module for inclusion in the module pipeline on the basis of one or more predetermined optimization criteria.