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An energy management system and method providing a holistic premise energy optimization and energy efficiency reclamation system comprised of an interconnected system of software, analytics and automated process that optimizes the energy generation and storage technologies, energy consumption, energy demand and energy utilization of energy consuming assets within a premise.

A method of processing financial data may include determining if a relationship exists between a particular item of said financial data and a quantifiable quality-related characteristic. It may further include generating data quantifying usage of the quality-related characteristic based on a particular item of financial data.

Methods and systems for facilitating efficient travel management are disclosed. Exemplary embodiments comprise a processor configured to make selections from among a plurality of vehicle travel modes based on a vehicle travel mode selection rule using, at least in part, received travel plan information. In a preferred embodiment, this selection can be based on any of a number of factors, including monetary costs and carbon emissions associated with different vehicle travel mode options.

An energy management system and method providing a holistic premise energy optimization and energy efficiency reclamation system comprised of an interconnected system of software, analytics and automated process that optimizes the energy generation and storage technologies, energy consumption, energy demand and energy utilization of energy consuming assets within a premise.

The present invention relates to dispensing of a substance from a container by means of a dispensing apparatus. Specifically, the exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to (1) a container and (2) the automated method for opening such container and (3) the automated method of dispensing of the contents from such container into a customer receptacle or glass.

Novel solutions to the challenges of obtaining accurate information about a user's or an organization's carbon footprint. In some cases, these solutions can obtain and / provide feedback about a user's carbon output based on the user's habits and choices. Some solutions are designed to supply services to individuals as well as commercial ventures and for a variety of vehicle fleets, including without limitation construction equipment. In different aspects, systems in accordance with various embodiments enable a variety of types of users to create their own carbon emission generation profile based on vehicle type; track, estimate, and store their emissions in a database; analyze their results and performance, using established methods and metrics and / or automatically update all operating parameters of interest.

A system for monitoring and controlling electricity usage in a building includes a system control unit and an enhanced wiring device in wireless communication with the system control unit. The enhanced wiring device is hard-wired into the building electrical infrastructure, and is selected from the group consisting of an electrical outlet receptacle and an electrical power switch. The enhanced wiring device further includes a sensor for monitoring a stimulus parameter in a room of the building, a processor, at least one memory coupled to the processor, and program instructions stored on the at least one memory for execution by the processor to evaluate and communicate data from the sensor. The enhanced wiring device further includes an antenna for transmitting the sensor data to the system control unit, and a user interface connected to the system control unit adapted to configure and monitor data from the enhanced wiring device.

A method and system for fuel vapor control in a hybrid vehicle (HEV). The HEV fuel vapor recovery system includes a fuel tank isolation valve, which is normally closed to isolate storage of refueling from storage of diurnal vapors. The method for fuel vapor control includes selectively actuating the fuel tank isolation valve during interrelated routines for refueling, fuel vapor purging, and emission system leak detection diagnostics to improve regulation of pressure and vacuum the HEV fuel vapor recovery system.

A light emitting diode (LED) is provided that includes a host substrate formed from a first material, an n-type layer formed over the host substrate, an active region formed over the n-type layer, and a p-type layer formed over the active region. A layer is formed adjacent to the host substrate and includes a second material, the second material being different from the first material or having a refractive index different from a refractive index of the first material. Further, the second material is formed with a tapered outwards sidewall profile.

A system and a method for providing power to a marine vessel and, more particularly to a tugboat is disclosed. The system includes diesel engines and generators and batteries which can be charged using power supplied by the generators, shore power or regenerated power. The tugboat is operated utilizing battery power only and the generators are used to provide additional power if needed or to recharge the batteries.

A method and system for fuel vapor control in a hybrid vehicle (HEV). The HEV fuel vapor recovery system includes a fuel tank isolation valve, which is normally closed to isolate storage of refueling from storage of diurnal vapors. The method for fuel vapor control includes selectively actuating the fuel tank isolation valve during interrelated routines for refueling, fuel vapor purging, and emission system leak detection diagnostics to improve regulation of pressure and vacuum the HEV fuel vapor recovery system.

Methods and systems for assisted lane entrance are disclosed. In some aspects, a method of assisting movement of a vehicle from one lane to another, includes detecting an entrance to a restricted access lane within a threshold distance in front of the vehicle, determining entrance parameters for the restricted access lane based, at least in part, on a position of the entrance relative to a position of the vehicle, and generating an output signal based on the entrance parameters.

Methods and systems to achieve clean fuel processing systems in which carbon dioxide emissions (1) from fossil fuel consumption sources (2) may be processed in at least one processing reactor (4) containing a plurality of chemoautotrophic bacteria (5) which can convert the carbon dioxide emissions into biomass (6) which may then be used for various products (21) such as biofuels, fertilizer, feedstock, or the like. Sulfate reducing bacteria (13) may be used to supply sulfur containing compounds to the chemoautotrophic bacteria (5).

A method and system for fuel vapor control in a hybrid vehicle (HEV). The HEV fuel vapor recovery system includes a fuel tank isolation valve, which is normally closed to isolate storage of refueling from storage of diurnal vapors. The method for fuel vapor control includes selectively actuating the fuel tank isolation valve during interrelated routines for refueling, fuel vapor purging, and emission system leak detection diagnostics to improve regulation of pressure and vacuum the HEV fuel vapor recovery system.

The present invention relates to dispensing of a substance from a container by means of a dispensing apparatus. Specifically, the exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to (1) a container and (2) the automated method for opening such container and (3) the automated method of dispensing of the contents from such container into a customer receptacle or glass.

In a method for operating a gas turbine centre in the vicinity of the group nominal full-load conditions, the cooling of the working fluid before and / or during the compression is set in such a way that the respectively attainable full-load power is above the current power. Rapid power demands can therefore be rapidly satisfied by an increase in the turbine inlet temperature or by opening an adjustable inlet guide vane row, whereas the control of the cooling effect, which has a tendency to be more sluggish, is employed to adjust the full-load operating point.

An integrated platform management apparatus to which SDN and NFV technologies are applied includes a VIM controlling and managing virtualized computing, storage, and network resources of a NFVI and interaction of the resources of the NFVI; a VNFM controlling at least one network function and virtualization of the at least one the network function so that a part of the at least one network function and the NFVI is implemented in software; and a NFV orchestrator displaying appliance functions of a plurality of VNFs in form of icons on a UI screen, and provides integrated wired, mobile, and hyper-connection communication services by connecting functions corresponding to icons selected by an OSS or a BSS among the icons displayed on the UI screen in form of a forwarding graph.

In a method for operating a gas turbine centre in the vicinity of the group nominal full-load conditions, the cooling of the working fluid before and / or during the compression is set in such a way that the respectively attainable full-load power is above the current power. Rapid power demands can therefore be rapidly satisfied by an increase in the turbine inlet temperature or by opening an adjustable inlet guide vane row, whereas the control of the cooling effect, which has a tendency to be more sluggish, is employed to adjust the full-load operating point.

The present invention is natural gas steam reforming apparatus for generating an output gas mixture of carbon dioxide and hydrogen. The apparatus is made from two enclosures. A first enclosure contains a source of water, superheated steam, and channels, located within a lower portion of the first enclosure, which contain a water-gas-shift catalyst for converting CO into CO2 and H2. The heat from hot gas flowing through the channels is released into the first enclosure to boil the water to generate the superheated steam. A second enclosure, contained within an upper portion of the first enclosure, includes a steam inlet for receiving the superheated steam from the first enclosure; a combustion chamber; and a reformation chamber. The combustion chamber is used for combusting a portion of the natural gas to generate additional steam, heat, and a hot gas mixture of CO2, CO, and H2. The reformation chamber is used for steam reforming a remaining portion of the natural gas to generate additional hot gas mixture of CO2, CO, and H2. The hot gas mixture is directed through the channels installed in the first enclosure in which the water-gas-shift catalyst converts residual CO into additional CO2 and additional H2, to produce an output gas mixture of carbon dioxide and hydrogen. In the present invention, the first and second enclosures function as a top-to-bottom linear countercurrent heat exchanger. In one embodiment of the present invention, an external third enclosure containing a combustion chamber and a boiler for combusting natural gas with ambient air may be used to boil additional water into superheated steam which is then fed into the first enclosure.

A method and system for fuel vapor control in a hybrid vehicle (HEV). The HEV fuel vapor recovery system includes a fuel tank isolation valve, which is normally closed to isolate storage of refueling from storage of diurnal vapors. The method for fuel vapor control includes selectively actuating the fuel tank isolation valve during interrelated routines for refueling, fuel vapor purging, and emission system leak detection diagnostics to improve regulation of pressure and vacuum the HEV fuel vapor recovery system.

A reformation power plant generates clean electricity from carbonaceous material and high pressure CO2 which can be easily sequestered or utilized for a beneficial purpose, such as fuel production. The reformation power plant design utilizes a reformation process that reforms carbonaceous fuel with super-heated steam into a high-pressure gaseous mixture that is rich in carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas. This high-pressure gas exchanges excess heat with the incoming steam from a boiler and continues onward to a condenser. Once cooled, the high-pressure gas goes through a methanol separator, after which the CO2-rich gas is sequestered underground or beneficially re-used. The remaining hydrogen-rich gas is combusted through a gas turbine. The gas turbine provides power to a generator and also regenerative heat for the boiler. Finally, the generator converts mechanical energy into electricity, which is transferred to the electric grid. Therefore, carbon-free electricity is generated from coal, biomass, or other carbon-based feedstock.

The present invention relates to dispensing of a substance from a container by means of a dispensing apparatus. Specifically, the exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to (1) a container and (2) the automated method for opening such container and (3) the automated method of dispensing of the contents from such container into a customer receptacle or glass.

An power-saving amplifying device is disclosed, the power-saving amplifying device uses a micro controller unit (MCU) to receive a control signal transmitted by a volume controller and to generate a decision signal based on the control signal; the MCU transmits the decision signal to the volume controlling circuit for obtaining a drive signal, then the volume controlling circuit transmits the drive signal to a power amplifier for driving a speaker to output a sound with a required volume; the MCU also calculates an output value of a PWM signal and transmits the PWM signal to a DC integrating circuit for rectifying and integrating the PWM signal into a DC voltage; the DC voltage is coupled with a voltage control terminal of the power supply to increase or decrease the DC voltage outputted by the power supply to the power amplifier, thereby reducing power consumption by using the volume to control the output voltage of the power supply.

In recent years, with the increasing demand of people for dairy products and the unceasing development of ultra heat treated (UHT) sterilization technology, people need more and more packaging films of various dairy products and liquid foods. According to incomplete statistics, in 2009, the weight of the films used for only packaging milk is up to 7,200 ton (year). Because of the large amount and the characteristics of the liquid foods, and because the liquid packaging film is manufactured from 100 percent plastic raw materials or is synthesized from paper, a plastic and metal aluminum and the liquid foods cannot be packaged by a biodegradable packaging material, great pressure is put on environmental protection, at the same time, a large amount of petroleum resources is consumed, paper making puts pressure on environment and the paper, plastic and aluminum film structures cannot be recycled. Therefore, a material for packaging liquid, particularly a multi-layer liquid packaging film structure used for packaging liquid dairy products and reducing the consumption of the petroleum resources, is still needed. On the one hand, the invention provides a multi-layer film which is used for packaging liquid materials and can greatly reduce plastic materials.

The invention discloses an energy consumption control system and method for area buildings, relating to the technical field of comprehensive building energy consumption control. The system comprises a distributed video sensor unit, machine vision recognition unit, a distributed comfort sensor unit, a subarea information fusion unit, a single building control unit and an area control center unit, wherein the distributed video sensor unit comprises a plurality of video sensors distributed in different subareas in one building, the machine vision recognition unit is connected with the distributed video sensor unit, the distributed comfort sensor unit comprises a plurality of comfort sensors distributed in different subareas in the one building, the subarea information fusion unit is used for generating a distribution control demand of each subarea in the one building, the single building control unit is used for generating the control demand of the one building, and the area control center unit is used for performing area energy consumption balance and optimization to generate control information. The system provided by the invention can be used for realizing area energy consumption balance and optimization, energy consumption balance and optimization of buildings and consumption balance and optimization of cold and heat sources and a tail end so as to finally obtain the optimal point of balance between comfort and energy consumption and reduce the energy consumption and carbon emission of area buildings.

Systems and methods to control fuel tank pressure to reduce fuel oxidation in plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are disclosed. A method comprises routing vapors from a fuel system canister to the fuel tank to maintain the fuel tank pressure at a desired pressure. In this way, the engine may be maintained off for greater durations while still retaining fuel quality of fuel stored on-board the vehicle.

The invention provides a formula for preparing a regenerated concrete block material by using high activity regenerated powder and a regenerated aggregate. The invention further provides a productionmethod of the regenerated concrete block material based on a system of 'regenerated powder-regenerated coarse aggregate-regenerated fine aggregate'. The regenerated concrete block material prepared byusing the system of 'regenerated powder-regenerated coarse aggregate-regenerated fine aggregate' has excellent mechanical strength, the strength level range is 5-50 MPa, and the requirements of the concrete block material strength under different working conditions are met. The invention provides a novel developing route for the resource recycling of construction wastes. The performance of the regenerated powder is similar to the performance of mineral admixture such as fly ash and the like, the activity is higher, secondary hydration reaction of a cement-based material can be promoted to relieve the current situation of insufficient supplying of mineral admixture such as fly ash and the like, and the regenerated concrete block material has higher economic benefit and social benefit.

The invention discloses a microgrid-based regional interconnection system and method for electric vehicle charging stations. The system is established in a layered architecture mode and comprises a central control unit, regional coordination scheduling units, microgrid data scheduling units and electric vehicle charging station units. The control unit is a control unit of a highest layer, takes charge of scheduling allocation of the regional coordination scheduling units, and sends a decision and an allocation instruction to each layer. The regional coordination scheduling units are in charge of integrating data in regions, transmitting the data to a data knowledge base, and transmitting the decision and the instruction of the central control unit to other units. The microgrid data scheduling units monitor running states of a distributed power generation system and an energy storage apparatus, acquire electric quantity data in a microgrid, and transmit the electric quantity data to the regional coordination scheduling units through soft buses. The electric vehicle charging station units acquire data of the charging stations in the regions and transmit the data to the regional coordination scheduling units on one hand, and perform energy management of local battery energy storage units on the other hand. According to the system and the method, the charging stations can be better served and the resources are reasonably allocated for realizing microgrid energy scheduling.

The invention discloses an automatic electric power scheduling system and method. The automatic electric power scheduling system comprises an electric power scheduling control system, an electric power scheduling command system and an electric power scheduling early-warning system. The electric power scheduling control system further comprises a resource control system and a power grid electric power scheduling system. The electric power scheduling command system comprises a power grid scheduling command platform and user web terminals connected to the power grid scheduling command platform. The electric power scheduling early-warning system is capable of giving an alarm. According to the invention, market integration based on load responses is combined with a control mode, and a technical framework of active and reactive power spares participating in an electric power market based on down-to-up load responses is provided. By providing the active and reactive power spare capacity of an electric power system, and on the premise that the safe and stable operation of the electric power system is not affected, the operation economy of the electric power system is improved, the operation economic benefit of the electric power system is improved, the carbon discharge capacity of a power plant is reduced, and both economic benefits and environment benefits are achieved.