1158 results about "Efficient energy use" patented technology

A household energy management system uses measurements of the household electricity supply 4 to identify and to determine the energy consumption of individual household appliances. From these measurements, models can be built of the behaviour of the occupants of the house, the thermal properties of the house and the efficiency of the appliances. Using the models, the household appliances—in particular heating and cooling appliances—can be controlled to optimize energy efficiency; and maintenance programmes for the appliances and for the house itself can be recommended to the householder or arranged with a service company.

A reflector for a light source, such as an LED, is provided with a shape which efficiently collects and directs energy to an illumined surface whereby almost 100% of the light is collected and distributed into a designer composite beam. The shape in one embodiment is comprised of three zones beginning with a parabolic surface of revolution at the base of the reflector, followed by a transition or straight conic zone and ending with an elliptical zone. In another embodiment the reflector shape is determined according to a transfer function which allows for arbitrary designer control of the reflected rays at each point on the reflector, which when combined with direct radiation from the source, results in a designer controlled composite beam or illumination. The device is more than 90% energy efficient and allows replacement of higher power, less energy efficient light sources with no loss in illumination intensity.

Self-programmable thermostat control system and method that automatically senses, creates and suggests highly energy efficient optimized setback schedules in a controllable and predictable manner for a user in accordance with consistently updated historical occupancy patterns of a heated and / or cooled space. Through the use of this system and method, users will be able to reduce inefficiency from the setback schedules produced by other thermostats and select one of the many energy efficient setback schedules produced by the system through an easy to use display screen built into the self-programmable thermostat. With this unique system and method, the user is able to customize their energy efficiency and comfort level in their cooled and / or heated space by selecting the set-back schedule that fits best with their pocketbook and comfort level all at the turn of a knob.

A multi-purpose, multi-oxy-fuel High Temperature Power Burner / Injector / Oxygen Lance, Mechanical System Apparatus Device, for steelmaking from recycled scrap and / or virgin ferrous charge, which can be employed in multi-oxy-fuel (natural gas; pulverized carbonaceous matter; heavy oil), especially by Oxygen Combusted mixture of Natural Gas / Pulverized Carbonaceous Matter in High Temperature Power Burner Mode, for efficient and rapid melting of solid ferrous charge (cold or preheated) in a special steelmaking Metallurgical Furnace or Open Hearth Furnace, Tandem Furnace, BOF, EAF, as its augmenting or only source of thermal energy; more than one Device in Oxygen-Natural Gas / Pulverized Carbonaceous Matter Power Burner Mode, can be employed as the only source of thermal energy in a modified, originally Electric Arc Furnace, as total replacement of Graphite Electrodes and Electric Arc System, the replacement being noticeably more primary energy efficient than the thermal energy provided by Graphite Electrode / Arc System; it also can be employed in an Solid Particles Injector Mode, for injecting of adequately granulated carbonaceous materials or lime into the molten steel for its carburizing or for foamy slag control; further it can be employed in a natural gas shrouded, pulsating oxygen stream, for vertically to the charge oriented soft blow supersonic Oxygen Injection Lance Mode, for decarburization of the molten metal contained in the hearth of the metallurgical furnace and foamy slag control; in one of the embodiments-generally arcuate-pivotally mounted, liquid media cooled composite body, is pivoted into and out of a furnace vessel through a small opening in the shell wall for auto-regulated constant optimal positioning of the Composite Body Tip against solid or molten charge, in each and all multi-purpose modes; furthermore, when inserted into the furnace vessel, the arcuate composite body can be rotated about its longitudinal axis for directing the oxy-fuel high temperature flame towards unmolten charge in the furnace; in an other-generally linear-embodiment, the liquid cooled composite body is attached to the mast type carrier allowing vertical movement of the composite body which enters the furnace vessel through a small opening in the furnace roof; the bimetallic, liquid cooled special tip assembly of both-arcuate and linear embodiments-of the composite body includes easy replaceable, independent, multi-opening nozzles, mounted in a protective, retracted position inside of the liquid cooled special tip assembly.

The invention discloses an efficient energy saving electro heating multipurpose cooker utilizing a new method of accurate temperature controlling and healthy cooking. The technical scheme of the invention is as follows: the outside surface of the cooker body is provided with an ambient temperature sensor; the base of the cooker is provided with an inner pot temperature sensor; the cooker body, thecooker cover and the cooker base are all set to be closed efficient heat insulation interlayers; the closed heat insulation interlayer on the cooker base is arranged between the casing of the cookerbase and the electro heating device; a hallow cavity is arranged between the casing of the cooker base and the closed heat insulation interlayer; and the purposes of energy saving, discharge reducingand healthy cooking can be realized by setting standard control values such as ambient temperature or temperature drop, cooking / steaming temperature and time and the like by an automatic control device and by comparing the ambient real-time temperature or temperature drop with the inner pot real-time temperature to control the power on and power off of the electro heating device. The efficient energy saving electro heating multipurpose cooker can be used for cooking rice, cooking congee, cooking soups and steaming food; compared with various electro rice / congee / soup cooker in the prior art, the invention can save electricity by 30%-50% and can be widely used in families, dining halls and catering enterprises in cities and towns.

PCT No. PCT / ES97 / 00119 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 30, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 30, 1998 PCT Filed May 8, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97 / 42452 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 13, 1997A condenser of solar energy on a moving structure, with east-west solar tracking and a modular liquid lens, the former consisting of a system capable of concentrating the solar energy by the incorporation of one or several modular liquid lenses, and the latter comprised by the connection of different transparent lenticular recipients, capacitated for installation on a metallic structure of spherical or cylindrical shape which, by means of the action of a divergent lens and a liquid prism transmits the heat to the fluid in a primary circuit which by means of a heat exchanger provides the temperature necessary for the different energy uses.

Disclosed is an oscillation device comprising: a first movable plate adapted to be oscillated about a first rotation axis; a first elastic supporting portion for oscillatively supporting the first movable plate; a supporting substrate for fixing the first elastic supporting portion; a first magnetic field generating portion arranged in a position remote from the first movable plate; a second movable plate adapted to be oscillated about a second rotation axis; and a second elastic supporting portion fixed to the first movable plate for oscillatively supporting the second movable plate, in which a first coil is provided in the first movable plate to be turned round the second movable plate, and in which a second magnetic field generating portion is provided in the second movable plate. The oscillation device is capable of: operating at a high speed with large displacement; enhancing an energy efficiency; and oscillating about two axes.

Systems, computer readable media, and program code for systematically providing enhanced energy efficiency of mega industrial sites and synergy with the adjacent community through advanced hybrid inter-systems energy integration targeting and solutions generation to achieve desired best levels of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions reduction, are provided. An exemplary system includes a computer and computer readable code for performing the operations of determining possible inter-processes integration energy consumption targets, selecting an energy-efficient inter-processes integration energy consumption target, determining the inter-processes energy integration combination providing for the energy efficient inter-processes integration energy consumption target, generating a plurality of technically viable industrial site inter-processes heat exchange system design alternatives, and assisting a user to identify the technically viable industrial site inter-processes heat exchange system design substantially providing for optimal total waste heat recovery between the respective functional areas.

The present invention provides a way to more effectively estimate energy usage by devices such as servers, including traditional mainframes as well as other enterprise systems. One core idea surrounds the fact that when detailed power consumption information is unavailable for a specific configuration, power consumption is computed / projected / estimated by de-rating the maximum power rating by a power adjustment factor that would more closely project the true power consumption. Under this approach, the power consumption is then provided as a range specifying probable expected lower and upper limits for a given device. This range is more meaningful for planning and decision-making and shows the client a more likely best and worst case energy consumption scenario for their specific device(s), and hence is helpful for planning or server comparison decisions. Cooling, energy costs, energy efficiency, and energy expanded per MIPS are also projected and given as a range instead of a single number. This gives the IT decision maker more accurate information upon which to base IT decision-making.

An apparatus for providing a building energy consumption diagnosis and a real-time commissioning processing, includes a database section configured to store building related information; a real-time commissioning section configured to diagnose energy efficiency and obstruction of the mechanical facilities using the building related information. Further, the apparatus includes a building energy consumption information analysis section configured to determine an energy consumption references and diagnose energy consumption of the buildings to be commissioned using the building related information, the real-time operation information and the measured information on the basis of the determined energy consumption reference.

A system provides space conditioning zone control in a building for efficient energy use and conservation of energy resources. The system includes an energy transfer module coupled to a solar thermal system to receive a first airflow and an auxiliary thermal module coupled to the energy transfer module for processing a return airflow to provide a conditioned airflow for one or more spatial zones. The system further includes a zone controller coupled directly to the auxiliary thermal module and a thermostat in each spatial zone for operating the auxiliary thermal module. Furthermore, the system includes a master control module wirelessly communicated with each thermostat and configured to operate the energy transfer module. The master control module initiates a transfer of the first airflow based upon a first setpoint before the zone controller initiates a generation and transfer of the conditioned airflow based upon a second setpoint.

Described herein is a luminaire controller for a luminaire in which dimming signals can be provided to control the operation of the luminaire. The controller also includes an energy measurement module connected to a mains supply, a sensor module, a power switch, a central processing module and a ZigBee transceiver module. The controller, in addition to providing dimming signals in accordance with ambient lighting conditions sensed by a photocell in the sensor module provides efficient energy metering. In one embodiment, the luminaire controller is directly mountable on a luminaire which is to for control thereof.

The invention relates to an analyzing and processing method for power user demand side, in particular to a power demand side optimization method combining market demand response with physical demand response. The power demand side optimization method combining market demand response with physical demand response comprises the following steps of constructing an optimization model for an interruptible load, then constructing an optimization model for a real-time electricity price, and finally obtaining a combined optimization model; and setting an optimal price at 24-t by only considering the real-time electricity price according to the combined optimization model, changing the electricity price at t+1, substituting the two prices into the combined optimization model under the condition of considering an interruptible electricity price, calculating whether a restraint is met, and finally calculating the benefit of a power supply company according to the optimal electricity price under the current interruptible load and real-time electricity price combined demand side management. The method has the effects that the market demand response and physical demand response common measure real-time electricity price and the interruptible load are combined, and the optimal combination acts on the power grid demand side, so that an obvious effect on management of the demand side is achieved; peak clipping and valley filling can be realized; the energy efficiency can be improved; and the power utilization mode can be optimized.

The invention relates to an environment-friendly and high-efficiency production method of antimony white by using Sb and As-containing ash, belonging to the fields of nonferrous metallurgy and chemical industry. The production method comprises the following steps: putting Sb and As-containing ash into a high-pressure reactor, adding sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate and performing high-pressure alkaline oxygen bleaching; reacting leachate with copper sulfate to generate a copper arsenate product and preparing sodium sulfate by using waste liquid; burdening leaching residue and reducing coal and adding to an internal smelter for reduction smelting to generate lead-antimony alloy; and burdening the produced lead-antimony alloy in an oxidizing kettle and performing oxidizing blowing to obtain antimony white with purity of 99.5% or above, wherein reduction residue obtained through reduction smelting returns to a lead system to be subjected to burdening and bottom lead obtained through oxidizing blowing also returns to the lead system to be subjected to burdening. The production method has the beneficial effects that As comes into leachate and Sb comes into leaching residue so that As and Sb in the Sb and As-containing ash can be effectively separated; moreover, the Sb and As-containing ash can be converted into high-purity antimony white, harm of As in the Sb and As-containing ash can be eliminated and As can be converted into a valuable copper arsenate product; latent heat in the production process is used sufficiently. The production method has the advantages of high raw material adaptability, large handling capacity, high energy efficiency and the like; moreover, environment pollution is avoided and green production is realized.

There is provided a comfort management system including a networked comfort management control device. The comfort management control device operates an HVAC interface to maintain an environment utilizing a determined comfort zone range for one or more occupants of an area treated by the HVAC system, and utilizes controlled deviations from an initial set point to maintain comfort while maximizing energy efficiency of the HVAC system.

The invention discloses an efficient energy-saving optimizing method for numerical control milling processing process parameters based on a Taguchi method. The efficient energy-saving optimizing method comprises the following steps: analyzing characteristics of a numerical control milling processing process energy consumption time interval and establishing a numerical control milling processing energy efficiency function; designing orthogonal experiment by applying an orthogonal table in the Taguchi method, and adopting signal to noise ratio evaluation to obtain an interference relationship between process parameters and processing time as well as specific energy consumption; obtaining a regression equation of each target by adopting a response surface process, and establishing an efficient energy-saving multi-target optimizing model for numerical control milling processing process parameters; and searching out Paretro optimal solution through a particle swarm optimization. Correlation relationship of specific energy, processing time and process parameters in the processing process is analyzed through experimental data and algorithm optimizing results, so that a complex coupling mechanism between energy consumption efficiency and process parameters is disclosed in the numerical control milling processing process.

The invention discloses efficient energy-saving coupling stripping deamination equipment and method. The equipment mainly comprises an I-effect evaporator, an II-effect evaporator, an inlet / outlet heat exchanger, a stripping deamination tower, an ammonia absorption tower and a circulation pump. The method comprises the following steps: heating the ammonia-nitrogen wastewater through the inlet / outlet heat exchanger and then feeding the heated ammonia-nitrogen wastewater into the stripping deamination tower; performing stripping deamination by utilizing circulating steam and fresh steam; feeding the ammonia steam contained in the top of the stripping deamination tower into the ammonia absorption tower by a steam circulator; absorbing the ammonia in the circulating steam by utilizing sulfuric acid to obtain ammonium sulfate solution; returning the purified steam to the stripping deamination tower for cyclic use; and feeding the ammonium sulfate solution to a double-effect evaporation section, and heating the ammonium sulfate solution by utilizing the fresh steam serving as a heat source for evaporation, obtaining solid ammonium sulfate, wherein the steam obtained by evaporating the ammonium sulfate solution in the II-effect evaporator is returned to a steam circulation efficient stripping deamination section by a steam conveyer and used as deamination steam. Through the invention, the wastewater with high ammonia nitrogen content can be treated, the ammonia nitrogen content in the discharged wastewater after treatment is low, and the steam consumption is low.

A method for calculating the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, energy efficiency, and natural resource requirements of a biofuel production system, using a life cycle assessment of biofuel production from the creation of material inputs to finished products, and producing a GHG emissions inventory from fossil fuels and a few key non-fossil fuel GHG emissions in the production life cycle.

The invention relates to an energy-saving optimization method for a redundant building combined cooling heat and power (CCHP) system, which is used for improving the reliability and energy utilization rate of the CCHP system. The technical scheme is that: the redundant building CCHP system is established by taking the local conventional energy supply system of a building as a reference object, and the capacity and operating strategy of the CCHP system are subjected to optimized allocation by taking comprehensive benefits of energy conservation and reliability as a target, so that the aim of improving energy efficiency and energy supply reliability is fulfilled. The method is simple and convenient, easy to understand and operate, and generally suitable for the optimized design of the common building CCHP system.

The invention discloses a resource joint allocation method based on energy efficiency maximization in a NOMA portable communication system, which comprises the following steps: 1) a base station sendsdata through a non-orthogonal multiple access technology to provide data service for a mobile user terminal; 2) the mobile subscribe terminal is provided with an information receiver and an energy receiver at the same time, and the information and the energy are received in a time switching mode; 3) the characteristics of the system is analyzed and the mathematical optimization problem based on the maximization of energy efficiency is established; 4) the optimization problem is analyzed and a two-layer iterative algorithm is designed to solve the optimal power and time slot joint allocation scheme. The method can not only guarantee the data rate of the mobile user terminal and the collection energy demand, but also maximize the total energy efficiency of the system, so as to optimize thesystem resource allocation and improve the resource utilization rate.

Hydrogen production is provided via integrated closed-loop processing of landfill gas (LFG) and solid biomass feedstocks such as various agricultural wastes with minimal environmental impact. LFG is purified of harmful contaminants over a bed of activated charcoal (AC) and is catalytically reformed to synthesis gas, which is further processed to pure hydrogen via CO-shift and pressure-swing adsorption stages. Biomass is gasified in the presence of steam with production of a producer gas and AC. The producer gas is mixed with LFG and is processed to hydrogen as described above. High-surface area AC produced in the gasifier is used for the purification of both LFG and producer gas. An integrated processing of LFG and biomass offers a number of advantages such as a high overall energy efficiency, feedstock flexibility, substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and production of value-added product-biocarbon that can be used as a soil enhancer.

Disclosed is a slurry sintering agent which is prepared by using oxidizing agent as the main raw material, and one or more selected from mineralization agent, seed crystal, grinding aid or packing material as the compatible auxiliary raw materials. The sintering agent can reduce deacidized material in the clinker aggregate and improve the sintering quality of the clinker aggregate.

The invention relates to a process and a device for quickly preparing powdered active coke for desulfurization by utilizing pulverized coal. The process and the device are used for producing a powdered active coke product with certain desulfurization performance and reducing combustible gas. According to the process, the powdered active coke for desulfurization and a byproduct reducing gas are prepared from the pulverized coal of 20 to 500 microns by remaining in an entrained-flow bed fast reaction furnace for 1 to 60 seconds. The process and the device has three characteristics that 1, the desulfurization active coke can be prepared by directly utilizing the pulverized coal for combustion of a boiler, so in-situ preparation of a desulfurizing agent of a coal-fired power plant can be realized, and the production cost and the transportation cost of the active coke are reduced; 2, the reducing combustible gas generated in the production process of the active coke can serve as a reburning fuel and is fed into the boiler, so the production quantity of nitric oxide during combustion of the pulverized coal is reduced and the energy efficiency of the whole process is improved; and 3, sulfur dioxide can be recovered and high-concentration sulfur dioxide can be reduced into elemental sulfur, so resource utilization of the sulfur dioxide can be realized.

The invention discloses an efficient energy-saving high-temperature electric furnace with a lifting furnace door and a full-fiber hearth. Compared with a traditional electric furnace, the electric furnace has obvious innovation advantages in aspects such as structural design of a furnace body, selection of hearth materials and temperature control. The furnace door is arranged at the bottom of the electric furnace and controlled to rise and fall by a lead screw, calcined samples can be conveniently placed on the furnace door after the furnace door falls, loading capacity is high, the furnace door is excellent in tightness after the furnace door rises and is closed, and heat is not easily dissipated from a furnace mouth. By the aid of the multilayer graded temperature-resistant full-fiber hearth, heat insulation performance is excellent, heat storage capacity is low, the energy-saving effect of the electric furnace is quite remarkable, the temperature is rapidly raised and reduced, a furnace roof does not easily collapse by the aid of unique assembly structure design of the furnace roof, all sides of a heater are heated, temperature fields in the furnace are uniform, a temperature control system is advanced and simple and convenient to operate, running voltage, current, power, electricity consumption and the like are displayed in a centralized manner by the aid of a PID (proportion integration differentiation) intelligent temperature control instrument and an intelligent power display instrument, the electric furnace has an over-current alarm function, and heating elements are low in load, long in service life and convenient to replace.

The present invention is directed to an apparatus for more efficient exergy and power usage in data centers. Denominated FRAME (standing for “Forced Recuperation, Aggregation & Movement of Exergy”), the apparatus is a power production and exergy management system (exergy being energy available to do useful work, as opposed to energy, which can be changed to a form, usually heat, rendering it unavailable). The apparatus integrates generally isothermal operation with phase-change and single-phase liquid cooling having variable operating temperatures and pressures, aided by a dynamically reconfigurable “thermal bus” comprising multi-fluid thermal fluid transport channels, virtual plumbing, and associated support devices. The apparatus minimizes exergy use through efficient operation and by recuperating and aggregating useful exergy that may then be dynamically repurposed to meet energy or power needs that would otherwise have to be met via external means.

An electronically shaded glass window system is described that provides a progressively darkening window, based on either user input or detection of ambient light. This invention is appropriate for use in commercial buildings, residential buildings, public areas and vehicles. It enhances energy efficiency by blocking bright light thereby reducing heat. It includes a user interface, which permits a user to create opaque or alternatively transparent walls or windows as the need arises.

The invention discloses an energy utilization efficiency evaluation method. The energy utilization efficiency evaluation method comprises the steps of from four view points of energy, production, environment and sustainability, establishing an energy efficiency evaluation model according to the set evaluation rules and evaluation content; according to the evaluation content, selecting the evaluation index of the energy efficiency evaluation model; evaluating the energy utilization efficiency of an evaluated object by utilizing the energy efficiency evaluation model and the evaluation index thereof; acquiring the energy utilization efficiency value of the evaluated object. The invention further provides an energy utilization efficiency evaluation system, the evaluated object is evaluated by utilizing the technology, the action of the energy production efficiency on the comprehensive energy utilization efficiency and the influence of the energy consumption status on the sustainable social and economic development are taken into full consideration, the key influence factor of the energy efficiency can be recognized, the comprehensive evaluation of the energy efficiency can be realized, the data support can be provided for the research on the energy efficiency so as to promote the improvement of the energy efficiency.