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Jeffrey Harding

Thomas Goldschmidt

Benjamin Kloepper

Heiko Koziolek

Mithun P Acharya

Stephan Sehestedt

Stefan Hauck-Stattelmann

A platform for actuation of at least one industrial field device in an industrial installation having control software includes: an execution environment, in which the control software is runnable; and an external interface for communicating between the control software and the at least one industrial field device. The execution environment has virtual hardware which, from a point of view of the control software, behaves in a manner of the at least one industrial field device. A switching unit is connected between the virtual hardware and the external interface. The switching unit bidirectionally translates data, interchanged between the control software and the virtual hardware, for communication with the at least one industrial field device via the external interface.

Platform for continued use of existing software for the actuation of industrial field devices

A system and method for energy harvesting in a data center has one or more collection devices, a thermoelectric device, and a controller for directing the operation of the thermoelectric device and other equipment in the data center. The waste heat generated by the servers in the data center is harnessed and directed into the thermoelectric device where the waste heat is converted to usable electrical energy under the direction of the controller. The recycled electrical energy is then combined with utility-input power and provided to the servers and other equipment in the data center for consumption.

System and method for energy harvesting in a data center

Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of remote monitoring for industrial systems are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a system for remote monitoring of an industrial plant, the system comprising a cloud-based computing component structured to store and to access a cloud portion of a federated information model; a plurality of industrial plant-based gateway components each structured to store and to access respective gateway portions of the federated information model, the respective gateway portions of the federated information model being isolated from access by the cloud-based computing component; and a plurality of industrial plant asset controllers, each of the asset controllers structured to store and to access respective asset portions of the federated information model.

Apparatuses, systems and methods of secure cloud-based monitoring of industrial plants

A system and method for monitoring operating conditions of an industrial installation system including a plurality of pieces of equipment. Each of the pieces of equipment includes a sensor and an electrically identifiable tag configured to identify the equipment. The sensors of each of the plurality of pieces of equipment provide an operating characteristic of the piece of equipment that is provided to an industrial equipment management system. The system is also configured to store the content of the electrically identifiable tag and to store a location identifier of each of plurality of pieces of equipment. Replacement of the identified defective equipment is made with replacement equipment having an identifier that uniquely identifies the replacement device and the location of the replacement device in the industrial installation system.

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Holly Springs, NC, United States of America

Jeffrey Harding