Method For Determining A Trajectory For A Marine Vessel Under Environmental Disturbance

    公开(公告)号:US20240310845A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18600994

    申请日:2024-03-11

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    CPC classification number: G05D1/229 G01C21/20 G05D1/43 G05D1/622 G05D2109/34

    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining a feasible trajectory for a marine vessel traveling on water, including: determining initial state variables for the marine vessel at the initial position including present position of the marine vessel and a present heading direction of the marine vessel in relation to the surrounding environment; acquiring position data indicating positions of obstacles near the marine vessel; acquiring environmental data including at least one of present wind conditions, wave characteristics, and local sea current speed and direction; estimating environmental disturbance parameters and respective uncertainties from the environmental data; predicting subsequent state variables for the marine vessel and respective uncertainties at future time steps for a prediction horizon based on a maneuver model of a marine vessel describing a motion of a marine vessel, the initial state variables, the position data, and the environmental disturbance parameters and respective uncertainties; generating feasible trajectory data including a trajectory uncertainty for the marine vessel.

    METHOD OF CONTROLLING VESSEL, CONTROL SYSTEM AND VESSEL

    公开(公告)号:US20240262482A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-08

    申请号:US18419838

    申请日:2024-01-23

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    CPC classification number: B63H25/04 B63H25/42

    Abstract: A method of controlling a vessel having a plurality of thrusters, where the vessel is configured to operate in a bias mode where at least two of the thrusters provide thrust forces at least partly in opposite thrust directions, the method including estimating, by a control system, an operational condition associated with the vessel; and commanding, by the control system and based on the estimation, execution of a countermeasure associated with an activation of the bias mode, a deactivation of the bias mode or a change of a bias level of the bias mode. A control system and a vessel are also provided.

    Method of Material Flow Optimization
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240094715A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-21

    申请号:US18263371

    申请日:2021-01-29

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    CPC classification number: G05B19/41865 G05B2219/31376

    Abstract: A method of material flow optimization in an industrial process by using an integrated optimizing system is described. The integrated optimizing system includes: a high-level optimizer module describing the material flow by coarse high-level process parameters and including an optimization program for the high-level process parameters, the optimization program being dependent on high-level model parameters and including an objective function subject to constraints; a low-level simulation module for simulating the material flow, the low-level simulation module including a low-level simulation function adapted for obtaining detailed low-level material flow data based on the high-level process parameters; and an aggregator module including an aggregator function adapted for calculating the high-level model parameters based on the low-level material flow data. The method includes approaching an optimum value of the objective function by iteratively modifying the high-level process parameters, wherein an iteration includes: carrying out, by the low-level simulation module, a low-level simulation thereby obtaining the detailed low-level material flow data; aggregating, by the aggregator module, the low-level material flow data thereby calculating, from the low-level material flow data, aggregated high-level model parameters; inputting the aggregated high-level model parameters into the optimization program.

    Motion Control System and Controllers for A Marine Vessel

    公开(公告)号:US20240004387A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-04

    申请号:US18342857

    申请日:2023-06-28

    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

    CPC classification number: G05D1/0206 B63H21/21 B63B79/40 B63H2021/216

    Abstract: A high-level motion controller provides a lower-level thrust allocation with generalized forces demanded on the ship for the current instant of time as well as a prediction of future generalized forces {{circumflex over (τ)}D}t=0T demanded over a predicted future time, and optionally one or more other reference predictions, such as a time-varying velocity and position of the ship {{circumflex over (η)}D, {circumflex over (ν)}D}t=0T. When predictions of the future desired forces and torque are made available to the lower-level thrust allocation, the lower-level thrust allocation will be aware of what is needed in the future and use the predictions to make efficient changes towards the desired future references, when it generates control signals to thrusters available in the thruster system to distribute the desired generalized forces into individual forces of the individual thrusters.

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