ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,952, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Sensia LLC (Houston).
"Systems and methods for optimization of a petroleum distribution system" was invented by Ross Allen Otto (Cochrane, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for optimizing a pipeline includes determining a mode of optimization and operation for the pipeline. The method also includes obtaining an objective function quantifying a performance variable as a function of one or more control decisions of the pipeline over a future time horizon. The method includes optimizing the objective function subject to one or more constraints to determine control decisions for the pipe...