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Provided is a day-ahead load reduction system based on a customer baseline load for inducing a user to efficiently manage energy consumption by applying an incentive (user compensation according to load reduction) to achieve load reduction and load decentralization. The day-ahead load reduction system based on a customer baseline load operates in connection with a provider terminal and a user terminal through a network to induce a reduction in the load of a user and includes an AMI/AMR translator collecting load profile data of the user in real time, converting the load profile data and storing the load profile data in a meter data warehouse; a meter data management system monitoring and analyzing the load profile data stored in the meter data warehouse in real time; a demand response operation system managing the demand of the user by using the load profile data and performing overall management, analysis and verification of a day-ahead load reduction event; a customer energy management system operating in connection with the demand response operation system and providing information on the load to the user through the user terminal in real time to allow the user to control the load; and an account system operating in connection with the demand response operation system and the customer energy management system, calculating an incentive for the day-ahead load reduction event and notifying a provider and the user of the incentive through the provider terminal and the user terminal.

There are provided a driving evaluation method for evaluating a fuel consumption rate of driving a vehicle in certain driving interval on the basis of driving data acquired at time of driving in the driving interval, including: calculating an energy consumption efficiency in the driving interval; calculating a driving environment variable indicative of an environment factor which exerts an influence on energy consumption by driving in the driving interval; selecting a probability density function or a cumulative distribution function corresponding to the calculated driving environment variable from a plurality of probability density functions or cumulative distribution functions having the energy consumption efficiency as a probability variable; and calculating an evaluation value for evaluating a fuel consumption rate of driving in the driving interval by using the selected probability density function or the selected cumulative distribution function and the calculated energy consumption efficiency.

A processor register file for a multi-threaded processor is described. The processore register file includes, in one embodiment, T threads, having N b-bit wide registers. Each of the registers includes a b-bit master latch, T b-bit slave latches connected to the master latch, and a slave latch write enable connected to the slave latches. The master latch is not opened at the same time as the slave latches. In addition, only one of the slave latches is enabled at any given time. As should be apparent to those skilled in the art, T, N, and b are all integers. Other embodiments and variations are also provided.

Method in a pneumatic material conveying system, such as a waste conveying system, which conveying system comprises at least one input point (60) of material, more particularly of waste material, a material conveying pipe, which can be connected to the input point (60), and at least one separating device (90, 90A, 90B), in which the material to be conveyed is separated from the conveying air, and also means for achieving a pressure difference and/or a conveying air current in the conveying pipe at least during conveyance of the material, which means for achieving a pressure difference and/or a conveying air current comprise at least one pump unit, which comprises at least one pump device (118A, 118B). In the method the conveying piping comprises at least one main conveying pipe section (100A, 100B) and also at least one branch conveying pipe section (80A, 80B), which can be connected to the main conveying pipe section (100A, 100B), and in that an input point (60) can be connected to a branch conveying pipe section (80A, 80B), in which method material is transferred initially from an input point (60) via a branch conveying pipe (80A, 80B) into a main conveying pipe section (100A, 100B) by means of the suction/pressure difference and/or the conveying air flow achieved by at least one pump device (118A, 118B) and in which method a main conveying pipe section (100A, 100B) is used as a material reservoir and in that in a second phase the material transferred into a main conveying pipe section is transferred by means of the suction/pressure difference and/or the conveying air flow achieved by at least one pump device into a separating means (90A,

The invention relate to the addition of mixture of non-halide salts to the water of above-ground swimming pools to allow sterilisation by in-situ electrochlorination with a modest sodium chloride content. A limitation of sodium chloride concentration in above-ground pools is necessary to prevent corrosion of the relevant steel supporting structure. The salt mixture additive contains sodium bisulphate and other salts of low toxicity.

The invention discloses a vertical vibration isolation device. The vertical vibration isolation device mainly comprises an upper connecting plate, an adaptive stiffness unit, slidable oblique rectangular compression spring units and a lower connecting plate. The adaptive stiffness unit is mainly composed of a positioning loading ring, a belleville spring and a pre-compressed rectangular spring, wherein the positioning loading ring and the belleville spring work in parallel to provide vertical negative stiffness, the pre-compressed rectangular spring provides vertical positive stiffness, and the positioning loading ring, the belleville spring and the pre-compressed rectangular spring work together to generate adaptive stiffness; and the slidable oblique rectangular compression spring unitsare each composed of a directional linear guide rail, an oblique rectangular compression spring and a universal joint, vertical sliding blocks move down along the directional linear guide rails to cause axial compression deformation of the oblique rectangular springs, and energy is dissipated through the mutual conversion of elastic potential energy and kinetic energy. The adaptive stiffness unitand the slidable oblique rectangular compression spring units work in parallel, collaboratively deform and jointly achieve vertical vibration isolation. The vertical vibration isolation device can bewidely applied to buildings or large and medium-sized mechanical equipment with high requirements for vibration reduction and near rail transit.

The frontlight unit is intended for enhancing illumination of a reflective display having pixels arranged in a matrix pattern and using monochromatic laser lights as light sources. The unit contains a network of light-distribution planar ridge waveguides with holograms arranged in a matrix pattern that corresponds to the matrix pattern of the reflective display when it is applied onto this display and emits light in the downward direction in the form of diverging beams that fall onto the pixels of the reflective display and in the upward direction onto mirrors wherefrom light is reflected also in the form of diverging beams onto the reflective display. Thus, all of the light reflected from the holograms of the light-distribution planar ridge waveguides is not lost and is used entirely for illumination of the reflective display. The mirrors occupy no more than 5% of the display surface area.

The invention discloses a strain increasing device and a damper. The strain increasing device comprises a first connecting steel plate, outer sandwich steel plates, an eccentric sector gear, and a second connecting steel plate. The lower part of the first connecting steel plate is disposed in the upper part between the two outer sandwich steel plates. The eccentric sector gear is arranged between the two outer sandwich steel plates. The second connecting steel plate is arranged in the lower part between the two outer sandwich steel plates. The lower side face of the first connecting steel plate is meshed with the upper teeth of the eccentric sector gear through teeth. The energy efficiency is enhanced by increasing the strain of the damper. Energy can be consumed efficiently from tiny vibration. Once the strain is beyond the designed strain of the damper, limiters are triggered to consume energy. Therefore, the overall performance of the damper tends to be stable, and excessive damping attenuation is not generated due to large deformation. The number of dampers used and the installation workload are reduced, and the overall cost is lowered.

The invention relates to a friction pendulum type inerter shock isolation system used in the field of civil engineering and energy infrastructures. The friction pendulum type inerter shock isolation system comprises a friction pendulum unit, an inerter subsystem unit and an installation unit. According to the friction pendulum type inerter shock isolation system, an energy disposal mechanism of the system is established for a structural system subjected to an external action; firstly, external energy input is reduced by isolating the structure from the ground through the friction pendulum unit; secondly, energy is stored in the form of kinetic energy through the rotation of an inerter in the inerter subsystem unit; and the energy is dissipated through a friction pendulum friction sliding mechanism and an eddy current unit. The friction pendulum type inerter shock isolation system utilizes the arrangement of the inerter subsystem unit, the energy absorption efficiency and energy consumption efficiency of the friction pendulum type inerter shock isolation system are improved while the physical quality of the shock isolation system is not significantly increased, the displacement of ashock isolation layer can be effectively controlled, and the inertial characteristics of an upper structure can further be effectively adjusted, so that the control over high-order vibration of the structure is realized, and the dynamic response of the structure is significantly reduced. The friction pendulum type inerter shock isolation system has the characteristics of high energy consumption efficiency, high robustness and the like, and has wide application prospects.

The invention relates to a double-tuned inertance system in the civil engineering and energy infrastructure field. The system comprises a first-grade collision friction type tuning mass unit, a second-grade tuning mass unit, a liquid inertance damping unit and an installation unit. In the invention, a double damping tuning mechanism is established to adjust a system frequency and carry out dampingcontrol, and the frequency bandwidth of the effective damping control of the damping system is increased. The two grade tuning mass units and the liquid inertance unit are used to store energy. The nonlinear collision of a collision friction block and a liquid inertance damping dissipation structure are used to vibrate energy. Based on the quality synergy effect of the liquid inertance unit, additional mass required for the first-grade collision friction type tuning mass unit is greatly reduced, and a light-weight tuning damping device is provided. In addition, the inertance unit effectivelycontrols the deformation of the entire first-grade collision friction type tuning mass unit, the installation space of the device is saved, the efficiency of the internal damping energy consumption of collision friction block damping is improved, and the system has a wide application prospect.

An energy consumption efficiency improving agent is disclosed which forms a substance having a large adherability to an applying object and a high adherence to a contacting object and greatly reduces energy loss, and attains improvement of an energy consumption efficiency substantially equal to three powers of adhesion improving rate under ordinary use conditions.

The invention provides a horizontal omnidirectional displacement amplification type SMA energy dissipation and seismic mitigation device, and belongs to the technical field of structural vibration control. The device is composed of a top plate, a spherical ring, a gourd-shaped rotating ball body, a high-strength bolt, a lever arm, a hollow circular truncated cone, an SMA stranded wire, a U-shapedlocking ring, a bottom plate, a fastening clamp, a spring bolt and the like. According to the device, through the omnidirectional rotation capacity of the gourd-shaped rotating ball body, the device can still utilize hysteretic deformation of the SMA stranded wire to consume energy under the effect of random and unpredictable multidirectional earthquake, and therefore 360-degree omnidirectional effective damping is provided. Meanwhile, the device amplifies the relative displacement of a pier beam of a bridge structure through a lever spherical hinge rotating mechanism, so that the displacement, speed and other responses of the series energy dissipation material are amplified, and the device can play a good energy dissipation role under the effect of large, medium and small earthquakes. Thedevice is clear in structure and high in applicability, and is a safe and efficient energy dissipation and seismic mitigation device.

A timepiece includes a casing, a display, a timepiece core unit, and a current processing circuitry. The current processing circuitry includes a rectifying circuitry, an oscillating circuitry, and an output circuitry. The rectifying circuitry is adapted for electrically connected with an AC power source, and arranged to rectify the AC. The oscillating circuitry is electrically connected with the rectifying circuitry, and is arranged to transform the DC outputted from the rectifying circuitry back into AC having a predetermined voltage and a frequency. The output circuitry is electrically connected with the oscillating circuitry, and is arranged to rectifying the AC output from the oscillating circuitry into a DC pulses output, wherein the DC output from the output circuitry is electrically transmitted to the timepiece circuitry for triggering an operation thereof so as to allow the signal generator to generate accurate time signal to display the current time by the display.

The invention provides a shear type damping wall with reverse displacement amplification. The shear type damping wall comprises an upper connecting plate, at least one displacement amplification mechanism and a lower connecting plate, wherein the upper connecting plate is arranged on an upper floor beam, and at least two fixed shear plates are arranged on the lower surface of the upper connecting plate; and the displacement amplification mechanisms are arranged in a damper outer steel box, each displacement amplification mechanism is located between the two fixed shear plates, the upper ends of the displacement amplification mechanisms are hinged to the upper ends of the fixed shear plates through first rotating shafts, and the damper outer steel box is filled with shear energy dissipation materials. The shear type damping wall with reverse displacement amplification is simple in structure, when the upper floor beam moves horizontally, interlayer displacement acts on reverse shear plates through displacement amplification levers, the reverse shear plates and the fixed shear plates move reversely to shear the shear energy dissipation materials in the damper outer steel box, so that the relative displacement and speed of the damping wall are increased, and the energy consumption of the damping wall is improved.

The invention provides a petal-shaped underwater energy dissipation and vibration reduction device suitable for an ocean floating structure, and belongs to the technical field of structural vibrationcontrol. The energy dissipation and vibration reduction device comprises a rack rod, a gear, a ball bearing, a rod shaft, a stand column, a blade plate and a bottom floating plate. A rack rod of the device is connected to an upper ocean floating structure, and when the structure vibrates up and down, the rack rod also axially moves along with the structure to drive gears arranged on the peripheryto rotate; due to the fact that each gear is connected with the corresponding blade plate, when the gears rotate, the blade plates distributed in the petal shape start to slide in water, the energy dissipation and vibration reduction effects are achieved through counter-acting force given by water, and vibration of an upper structure is reduced. Meanwhile, different energy consumption effects canbe achieved by adjusting the sizes of the gears and the areas of the blade plates, and then different working environments and design requirements are met. The underwater energy dissipation and vibration reduction device is novel in structure, safe and flexible, and is an efficient underwater energy dissipation and vibration reduction device.