603 results about "Energy balancing" patented technology

A method and apparatus capable of monitoring performance of a process and of the condition of equipment units effecting such process is disclosed. A process model predicated upon mass and energy balancing is developed on the basis of a plurality of generally nonlinear models of the equipment units. At least one or more of such equipment models are characterized by one or more adjustable maintenance parameters. Data relating to mass and energy transfer within the process is collected and is reconciled with the mass and energy characteristics of the process predicted by the model. The condition of the equipment units and process performance may then be inferred by monitoring the values of the maintenance parameters over successive data reconciliation operations.

The invention discloses a submodule grouped voltage-sharing control method for a modular multi-level current converter, and belongs to the technical field of power transmission and distribution. According to the technical scheme, the method comprises the following steps: performing average grouping on submodules according to the number of bridge arm submodules, and acquiring voltage values of each group of submodules; calculating total voltage of each group, a bridge arm voltage sum and energy balance factors of each group, obtaining the number of submodules to be switched according to a modulation strategy, and calculating the number of submodules to be switched of each group; and finally, sequencing each group of submodules according to the voltage values, and switching each group of submodules according to the number of submodules to be switched of each group. The method has the beneficial effects that on the premise that the current converter runs normally, an energy balance factor is introduced, and the bridge arm submodules are subjected to a grouped voltage-sharing strategy, so that the aims of increasing the capacitance and voltage sequencing speed of the submodules, balancing energy between the modules and improving the capacitance and voltage fluctuation situation of the submodules can be fulfilled.

A nutrition and activity management system is disclosed that monitors energy expenditure of an individual through the use of a body-mounted sensing apparatus. The apparatus is particularly adapted for continuous wear. The system is also adaptable or applicable to measuring a number of other physiological parameters and reporting the same and derivations of such parameters. A weight management embodiment is directed to achieving an optimum or preselected energy balance between calories consumed and energy expended by the user. An adaptable computerized nutritional tracking system is utilized to obtain data regarding food consumed, Relevant and predictive feedback is provided to the user regarding the mutual effect of the user's energy expenditure, food consumption and other measured or derived or manually input physiological contextual parameters upon progress toward said goal.

A nutrition and activity management system is disclosed that monitors energy expenditure of an individual through the use of a body-mounted sensing apparatus. The apparatus is particularly adapted for continuous wear. The system is also adaptable or applicable to measuring a number of other physiological parameters and reporting the same and derivations of such parameters. A weight management embodiment is directed to achieving an optimum or preselected energy balance between calories consumed and energy expended by the user. An adaptable computerized nutritional tracking system is utilized to obtain data regarding food consumed, Relevant and predictive feedback is provided to the user regarding the mutual effect of the user's energy expenditure, food consumption and other measured or derived or manually input physiological contextual parameters upon progress toward said goal.

The present invention provides an energy management system which comprises a data acquisition module, an energy real-time monitoring module, an energy planning management module, an energy comprehensive statistics module, an energy efficiency diagnosis and optimization module, a benchmarking evaluation module, an energy cost analysis module, an environmental-friendly discharge monitoring module and a basic data management module. According to the present invention, an automatic and information technology and an integrated management mode are adopted; production information of different workshops, such as energy consumption, output, production processes, product quality and the like, is integrated; integrated flattened comprehensive dynamic monitoring and digital management are adopted for the four links of purchase and storage, processing and conversion, conveying and distribution and consumption and use; energy balance is improved and optimized; and the management and control integrated system which systemically saves energy and reduces consumption is realized.

The invention relates to a power balancing-based non-uniform clustering method for a cluster wireless sensor network, relating to wireless communication technologies. The method comprises the steps of dividing a wireless sensor network monitoring region with uniformly distributed nodes into a non-uniform a ring, determining the positions of cluster head nodes according to an equivalent distance method, ensuring a reliability link index deltap of end-to-end communication between the cluster head nodes to cluster nodes, and setting up an energy consumption solving equation. An optimal ring radius vector is obtained by optimizing parameters of the energy consumption solving equation of the cluster head nodes with a steepest gradient descent algorithm based on the idea of 'power-balancing'. The cluster size is finally obtained by adjusting the positions and the transmission power of the cluster head nodes in accordance with the optimal ring radius vector, so as to balance energy consumption among the cluster head nodes and prolong the network life cycle. The method remarkably prolongs the network life cycle, improves the efficiency of the routing protocol and the media control protocol, and provides a support basis for time synchronization, data integration and target positioning technologies.

The present invention provides novel triazole derivatives as ghrelin analogue ligands of growth hormone secretagogue receptors according to formula (I) that are useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions in mammals, preferably humans, that are mediated by GHS receptors. The present invention further provides GHS receptor antagonists and agonists that can be used for modulation of these receptors and are useful for treating above conditions, in particular growth retardation, cachexia, short-, medium- and/or long term regulation of energy balance; short-, medium- and/or long term regulation (stimulation and/or inhibition) of food intake; adipogenesis, adiposity and/or obesity; body weight gain and/or reduction; diabetes, diabetes type I, diabetes type II, tumor cell proliferation; inflammation, inflammatory effects, gastric postoperative ileus, postoperative ileus and/or gastrectomy (ghrelin replacement therapy).

The invention relates to the treatment of cardiac dysfunction. In particular, certain compounds, believed to be glucagon-GLP-1 dual agonist compounds, exert a positive inotropic effect while preserving the energy balance of the heart, and so may be superior to known inotropic agents such as dobutamine, norepinephrine and glucagon.

The invention discloses a spacecraft power system energy analysis simulation platform which comprises a data input module, a data processing module, a data display module, a power system energy balance analysis judging module and a power system energy balance analysis exception alarm module. A user directly sets the power system designing parameters through the data input module; the data processing module processes and operates the read-in data; and the data display module outputs a visual result. The data processing module is used as the core of the simulation platform, and performs quick and effective data processing through logic analysis; and without a complicated circuit, the simulation platform can be used to perform spacecraft on-track energy balance analysis after the design of power system parameters is finished. The spacecraft power system energy analysis simulation platform greatly reduces the design time of the developing designers, and can quickly correct errors in the power system design.

The invention discloses a system for monitoring complicated oil deposit flooding conditions, comprising an input unit, a multi-level processing unit and a display unit, wherein the input unit is used for inputting well point geologic parameters; the multi-level processing unit is used for building hidden geologic characteristic parameters according to the well point geologic parameters input by the input unit, finishing multi-layer, multi-well, multi-phase and multi-driving power energy balance analysis and calculation of a block, further building an injecting and extracting correspondence relationship among wells and carrying out comprehensive inversion treatment on the layered and partitioned flooding conditions by using improper functions to obtain distribution data of various sucking sections and layered flooding conditions of the block and a single well in different periods; and the display unit is used for displaying the injecting and extracting correspondence relationship amongwells, built by the multi-level processing unit, and the obtained diagram result data of the distribution of the various sucking sections and the layered flooding conditions of the block and the single well in different periods. The system can obtain accurate layered flooding condition data and different levels of section analyzed result data, improve the extracting precision, and save the manpower and material resources.

The present invention provides a battery circuit including a first battery cell with a first parameter having a first value and a second battery cell with a second parameter having a second value. The second battery cell is coupled to the first battery cell in series. The battery circuit further includes a magnetic device operable for storing energy transferred from the first battery cell via a first winding coupled to the first battery cell and for releasing the stored energy to the second battery cell via a second winding coupled to the second battery cell if the first value of the first parameter is greater than the second value of the second parameter.

Methods and devices are provided for the plasma-catalytic conversion of materials to produce chemical base materials. The methods and devices allow a plurality of chemical processes to be carried out in a plasma-catalytic manner to produce chemical base materials from simple raw materials (for example methane and biogas) with an improved selectivity and energy balance. A hydrocarbon-containing or other starting material is reacted under the action of a plasma to produce chemical base materials, or such a starting material is converted into an intermediate product in a first step under the action of a plasma, and the intermediate product is converted into the desired base material in a subsequent step. The devices for carrying out plasma-catalytic reactions are characterized by a jet pump arranged downstream of the plasma reactor, a tubular recipient (reaction chamber) having a diameter of at least 4 cm, or a catalyst-containing wall of the recipient.

The invention provides an inhomogeneous clustering multihop wireless sensor network routing protocol based on energy balance. A wireless sensor network data transmission method comprises the followingsteps: voting a cluster head according to residual energy of the nodes, the distances from the nodes to a base station and the distances from the nodes to the cluster head, separately adding the nodes not becoming the cluster head to the cluster where the cluster head having the shortest distances with the nodes is located; then, constructing, by the cluster head, an optimal transmission path based on a minimum spanning tree according to the residual energy and the distance to the base station so as to find the optima next hop forwarding cluster head; and finally transmitting data to the basestation by the nodes in a single hop in the cluster and a multihop communication mode between the clusters. By adoption of the method, the energy of the nodes can be effectively saved, the energy consumption of the nodes can be balanced, and thus the life cycle of the wireless sensor network is prolonged.

The invention discloses a five-element energy balance moxa stick and a manufacturing method thereof. The five-element energy balance moxa stick comprises a moxa layer (1), a tubular medicine layer (2) and a medicine column layer (3), wherein the tubular medicine layer (2) is located in the moxa layer (1), and the medicine column layer is located outside the moxa layer. The tubular medicine layer is formed by connecting a heart balancing medicine column (2-1), a lung balancing medicine column (2-2), a kidney balancing medicine column (2-3), a liver balancing medicine column (2-4) and a spleen balancing medicine column (2-5) in series; the medicine column layer comprises a heart balancing medicine column layer (3-1), a lung balancing medicine column layer (3-2), a kidney balancing medicine column layer (3-3), a liver balancing medicine column layer (3-4) and a spleen balancing medicine column layer (3-5). According to the five-element energy balance moxa stick, the five medicine columns correspond to the five elements, the five elements correspond to five internal organs of the human body, five-element energy balance of the heart, lung, kidney, liver and spleen can be ensured through the five medicine columns, various symptoms caused by sub-health are eliminated, and the purpose of body building is achieved.

The invention discloses a wireless sensor network energy balance route optimization method based on cluster head expectation. An algorithm considers two optimal objects which are cluster load distribution condition and node residual energy while electing cluster heads, and ensures the number of cluster heads in each round to be in an expected range by improving a threshold value while electing cluster heads so as to solve the problem that the energy consumption of the cluster heads is unbalanced. Simultaneously, the algorithm considers distance weight and residual energy weight by controlling coverage areas of different cluster heads in different positions so that the member node distribution of the cluster heads could be relative even to improve node energy efficiency. The algorithm presented by the invention has relative high energy efficiency, well balances the energy consumption of nodes in the network, and enables the cluster head distribution and number to be more stable. The optimization method of the invention could improve data transmission amount, prolongs network lifetime and preferably meet the requirement of the wireless sensor network to the network lifetime in a periodic monitoring environment.

The invention respectively adopts a direct energy balancing mechanism to realize the dynamic decoupling between a steam turbine power regulating loop and a boiler burning regulating loop and a direct mass (flow) balancing mechanism to realize the dynamic decoupling between a steam turbine power regulating loop and a boiler water supply regulating loop, and decouples a usual direct current boiler unit 3*n multi-variable parallel control system onto a decoupling control loop in a hierarchical control structure. The boiler burning regulating loop cancels an usual front side pressure series regulator, and takes the enthalpy increased deviation of an evaporation heated surface of a boiler as the control input; and the boiler water supply regulating loop is designed into fuel-water ratio regulation with a steam turbine power instruction as the input; and the dynamic compensation between boiler burning and water supply is designed. The method best eliminates the coupling impact among all the regulating loops, so that the adjustment is convenient, and the control quality of the direct current furnace unit coordinating control system under the working conditions of variable pressure and variable load is improved.

The invention discloses a wireless sensor network clustering method based on Sink trust value evaluation. The problem that a wireless sensor network in the prior art is insufficient in safety control and energy consumption balance refining and high in network node resource requirement is mainly solved. The wireless sensor network clustering method comprises the steps that 1 node statistic and interaction situation of neighbor nodes are obtained; 2 Sink nodes evaluate trust values of all nodes according to the interaction situation sent by the modes; 3 the Sink nodes select new clustering heads according to the trust value evaluation; 4 the residual non-cluster-head nodes select clusters according to communication expenditure. The wireless sensor network clustering method comprehensively considers clustering network safety and simple demand, improves the overall energy balance of a network, prolongs the life cycle of the network, improves the safety of the network and reduces network node cost.

The invention provides a method for online monitoring performance of a steam turbine of a coal-firing unit. The method includes the following steps: step 1, according to boiler operation designing procedures, acquiring boiler structure parameters, and reading real-time data of operation condition measuring points of a steam-water system and a heat exchanger system at a given moment from a real-time database of a DCS (distributed control system); step 2, calculating specific enthalpy and density of a working medium on the basis of a working medium physical parameter library; step 3, according to a working medium side energy balance model, respectively calculating heat absorbed by the working medium in the steam-water system and the heat exchanger system to acquire total energy increment of the working medium; step 4, building a transmission function model between the total energy increment of the working medium and output power of the unit, and acquiring efficiency and heat consumption rate of the steam turbine through parameter recognition. The method can be used for online monitoring operation conditions of the steam turbine and providing technical support for coordination and optimization of the unit.