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A system for hazard mitigation in a structure including a subsystem coupled to a circuit of an electrical distribution system and set of nodes. The nodes monitor operating conditions of the circuit and generate data in response. A data processing system is operable to process the data generated by the set of nodes and in response identify a trigger representing a condition requiring that an action be taken. The data processing system processes the trigger in accordance with a predetermined policy to initiate an action by the subsystem.

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.

Methods and systems are provided for LED modules that include an LED die integrated in an LED package with a submount that includes an electronic component for controlling the light emitted by the LED die. The electronic component integrated in the s submount may include drive hardware, a network interface, memory, a processor, a switch-mode power supply, a power facility, or another type of electronic component.

A gas floating-transporting apparatus transports a material to be treated along a predetermined direction in a thermal space so as to thermally treat the material to be treated. The apparatus includes a gas floating mechanism and a transporting mechanism. The gas floating mechanism includes a gas ejection device which expels the gas toward a portion of the material to be treated on which a floating force is acted so as to float the material to be treated, and a gas supply device which supplies the gas to the gas ejection means. The transporting mechanism includes an abutting member which abuts a trailing end of the floated material to be treated and moves along the predetermined direction, and which pushes the material to be treated by the movement thereof, whereby the floated material to be treated is moved along the predetermined direction.

A MEMS vapor bubble generator with a chamber for holding liquid and a heater positioned in the chamber for heating the liquid above its bubble nucleation point to form a vapour bubble; wherein, the heater is formed from a superalloy.

A lighting apparatus for retrofitting an existing luminaire includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LED) of similar or differing wavelengths arranged and configured in at least one light bar array, a heat sink module thermally coupled to the at least one light bar array, an electronic power module electrically coupled to the at least one light bar array, and a plate coupled to the at least one light bar array, electronic power module and the heat sink module, the plate arranged and configured for coupling to the luminaire to provide quick and easy installation and replacement of the at least one light bar array, heat sink module and electronic power module into and from the luminaire.

Execution of tasks on accelerator units is managed. The managing includes multi-level grouping of tasks into groups based on defined criteria, including start time of tasks and / or deadline of tasks. The task groups and possibly individual tasks are mapped to accelerator units to be executed. During execution, redistribution of a task group and / or an individual task may occur to optimize a defined energy profile.

A control system for motors, generators and other electric machines that improves machine performance by dynamically adapting to changes. These changes may be in user inputs, machine operating conditions and / or machine operating parameters. The control system can take advantage of more independent machine parameters. That gives greater freedom to optimize and allows motors and generators to perform better than bigger, heavier machines, particularly more efficiently. The control system is software-based. So standard interfaces allow the control system to be improved and updated without changing hardware. This adaptive control system improves performance in a wide variety of motor and generator applications, particularly those that need high efficiency over varying conditions.

An object of the invention is to suppress degradation in image quality of a liquid crystal display device which performs display by field sequential method and to reduce power consumption of a backlight. The highest brightness of a first color light in a pixel region is detected. Gamma correction is performed so that transmittance of a pixel of the region displaying the highest brightness of the first color light is set to maximum and transmittance of other pixel of the region is decreased in accordance with lowering of the first color light intensity, and the region is irradiated with the highest brightness of the first color light. Similarly, a second color light is irradiated in another region concurrently with irradiation of the first color, whereby input of an image signal and lighting of the backlight are performed simultaneously in every region of the pixel portion.

A rear suspension road bicycle frame uses an integrated rear shock absorbing assembly installed in a typical diamond bicycle frame with a head tube, down tube, top tube, seat tube, tubular chainstays, tubular seat stays, brake bridge at the top of the seat stays connecting them, the shock absorbing assembly having an elastomer shock absorbing spring member with a slide affixed to the brake bridge, and a sliding bearing in the upper wishbone so that the preloaded spring member absorbs shock and the frame absorbs flexing tending to unload the spring member.

Apparatuses and methods for heating foodstuffs, or other contents sensitive to high heat flux, such as sauces and gravies, without sticking; so that watching and stirring of the foodstuff is not needed during heating. The novel apparatuses and methods provide such heating in a relatively quick time, such as one hour. A pitcher is shown which sets into a heating unit fitted with a heating element below a baffle that shields the bottom of the pitcher from radiant heat and has apertures which cause favorable convective heating which reduces the risk of sticking. The pitcher or pot is easily installed and removed from the heating unit and a close fit is formed in the installed position to retain heat between the pitcher and heating vessel. The methods include inducing a convective heat flow with the baffle and reduced direct radiant heat to reduce or prevent sticking.

A method of catalytically preparing a fluid product from solid carbonaceous material is described. In the method, at least one of the following equilibria is established by one or more catalysts: a) CH3OH═CO+2H2, b) CO+H2O═CO2+H2. In some embodiments, the solid carbonaceous material is woody biomass. Components of the fluid product can include one or a combination of C5-C9 alcohols. In certain embodiments, the method can be practiced with substantially all of the carbon in the carbonaceous material being converted to the fluid product. Also, in some embodiments, the fluid product can be prepared with substantially no char formation. The fluid product of various embodiments can be used directly as fuel or as a reagent for preparing commodity chemicals without the need for separating the fluid product components.

A heater includes a housing having an angled top, a fan having a discharge disposed parallel to the angled top of the housing, and a baffle for laminarizing airflow through the heater. The heater may also create airflow through a cover, across a housing, a heat sensitive component, and / or a raceway, and into a housing inlet. The heater may include a manifold having at least one coupling member that slidingly engages and disengages a burner. Methods for propelling combustion air through a heater, laminarizing combustion airflow in a heater, improving the efficiency of a heater, and converting a heater to make it compatible with a different fuel are also disclosed.

Provided is a double-headed bolt assembling and disassembling tool. A first wrench is fixed at the tail end of the tool, a locking rod is sleeved with a nut and fixed in a feather edge outer sleeve through the nut, a second wrench is fixed at the outer end of the side, near the first wrench, of the feather edge outer sleeve, and a pre-tightening nut is arranged in the other side of the feather edge outer sleeve; the head end of the locking rod penetrates through the pre-tightening nut and is fixed in the pre-tightening nut through a straight pin, a spring is arranged in the feather edge outer sleeve, one end of the spring abuts against the nut, the other end of the spring abuts against the pre-tightening nut, a convex edge clamping nut is arranged on the pre-tightening nut, a hole check ring is arranged on the convex edge clamping nut, and the convex edge clamping nut and the hole check ring are arranged in the end of the feather edge outer sleeve. According to the double-headed bolt assembling and disassembling tool, the assembly is convenient and reliable, the structure is simple, the disassembly is flexible, use is easy, the manufacturing cost is low, the labor intensity can be greatly reduced, the tool is suitable for operation in narrow and special space, parts can be replaced quickly, and double-headed bolts with different diameters can be acted.

This invention relates to control method and apparatus of wind machine for plant frost protection, and belongs to the domain of agro-meteorological disaster monitoring and control. Existing wind machines for plant frost protection only rely on critical damage temperature or wind speed as a condition to start. If there is no thermal inversion, operation of the wind machine will aggravate freezing injury to plants. If the strength of thermal inversion is weak, the effect will be minimal The feature of this invention is that when temperature at the plant canopy is lower than the critical damage temperature of a certain plant and temperature difference between the top and bottom of the thermal inversion layers exceeds set threshold, wind machine will start automatically. Otherwise it will remain off. The control apparatus mainly consists of sensor 5 at the top of thermal inversion layer, sensor 7 at bottom of thermal inversion layer, and controller 4. This invention of the control of frost protection wind machine ensures rational and effective operation and avoids aggravated freezing risk due to misuse of energy and incorrect operation.

A heat exchange system for a vehicle may include a heat exchanger to transfer heat among a coolant, an automatic transmission oil, and / or a gear oil, an engine fluidly connected to the heat exchanger and adapted to deliver / receive the coolant, an automatic transmission fluidly connected to the heat exchanger and adapted to deliver / receive the automatic transmission oil, a differential apparatus fluidly connected to the heat exchanger and adapted to deliver / receive the gear oil, a pump adapted to pump the gear oil, and a control unit adapted to control the pump. A control method is also provided.

The solar charger is provided with a case 1 that can hold a rechargeable battery 5 in a removable fashion, and a solar cell 4 to supply charging power to the rechargeable battery 5 loaded in the case 1. The case 1 is formed in a shape having a bottom surface 2 and at least two tapered surfaces 3 with different slope angles α with respect to the bottom surface 2, and the solar cell is disposed on the bottom surface 2. The angle of inclination θ of the solar cell 4 provided on the bottom surface 2 of the solar charger is changed by disposing a tapered surface 3 having a different slope angle α on a flat surface.

An exemplary server rack includes a box adapted for receiving a plurality of servers therein, a plurality of pivoting members pivotally connected to the box; and a plurality of covers fixed to the pivoting members respectively. The box includes a front board and a back board opposite to the front board. The front board and the back board both define a plurality of though holes adapted for airflow to pass therethrough. Each cover is operable to pivot relative to the box via the corresponding pivoting member, and thereby cover some of the through holes of the front board of the box.

By driving a fuel pump suitably to an amount of fuel according to an amount of fuel consumed by an engine and by monitoring an actual motor speed of the fuel pump, F / B control is carried out according to a target motor speed and the actual motor speed of the fuel pump. Meanwhile, by learning and storing a duty value comparable to a deviation between the target and actual motor speeds, duty driving of the fuel pump is corrected to suit an engine condition. It thus becomes possible to provide a fuel pump control apparatus of an engine capable of promoting power saving by suppressing a wasteful energy loss including a current consumption and making an internal circuit of an ECU simpler by enhancing fuel supply accuracy.

A processor 4 is provided with an instruction decoder 32 responsive to preload instructions PLD [r0] which trigger preload operations, such as page table walks and cache line fetches. An instruction decoder identifies if the memory address associated with the preload instruction matches a null value and suppresses the preload operation if the memory address does match the null value. The null value may be set under program control, it may be predetermined as a fixed value (e.g. zero) or may be set under hardware control, such as corresponding to memory addresses of a page identified by a memory management unit as non-accessible.

The invention provides a melt-blown non-woven filter material, which is prepared by the following method: provide a polylactic acid raw material; dissolve the polylactic acid raw material into a DMF solvent; the polylactic acid electrospinning layer is prepared by electrospinning method using polylactic acid spinning solution as raw material; provide polylactic acid raw material again and provide polyphenylene sulfide raw material; and perform surface treatment. Polylactic acid raw material, polyphenylene sulfide raw material, nano-titania powder are mixed well with the processing assistant to obtain a mixture; the mixture is extruded into modified polylactic acid particles; then a modified polylactic acid melt-blown fiber layer is formed on the polylactic acid electrospinning layer by using the melt-blown method. The invention innovatively implements loading nano-titania particles into the synthetic fiber, which makes the fiber material presented in this invention not only have filtering effects, but also have photocatalytic ability.