Systems, methods, and apparatus for predicting impact on a pipeline delivery infrastructure

摘要

Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for predicting impact on a pipeline delivery infrastructure. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided that can include simulating a pipeline delivery infrastructure; identifying one or more sections in the infrastructure; and forecasting an impact of the infrastructure based on one or more modifications to the infrastructure or on one or more new demand points wherein the forecasting comprises estimating pressures in each of identified one or more sections.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, data from one or more sensors associated with a pipeline delivery infrastructure; simulating, by the one or more processors, the pipeline delivery infrastructure based at least in part on the data received from the one or more sensors associated with the pipeline delivery infrastructure; identifying, by the one or more processors, one or more sections in the pipeline delivery infrastructure, wherein each of the one or more sections comprises one or more segments; forecasting, by the one or more processors, an impact of the pipeline delivery infrastructure based on one or more modifications to the pipeline delivery infrastructure or on one or more new demand points, wherein the forecasting comprises estimating pressures in each of the one or more sections based at least in part on the data received from the one or more sensors associated with the pipeline delivery infrastructure; and determining, by the one or more processors, alternative routing based at least in part on the forecasting, wherein determining said alternative routing comprises:
identifying a subset of the one or more sections in the pipeline delivery infrastructure that are available for said alternative routing; anddetermining one or more alternative routing paths based on the identified subset of the one or more sections, wherein a user may select at least one of the one or more alternative routing paths to modify the pipeline delivery infrastructure.