47495 results about "Energy conservation" patented technology

The invention discloses a self-insulation wall with a high energy conservation property, and belongs to the field of building wall materials. The self-insulation wall with the high energy conservation property is mainly characterized in that building blocks of a self-insulation wall body are shaped like a T, building blocks of a self-insulation right-angle wall corner are in a flower shape and a scissor shape, building blocks of a self-insulation T-shaped wall corner are provided with either a T-shaped top with a handle or a T-shaped bottom with a handle, when the wall body is built, one of every two horizontally adjacent self-insulation wall bricks is placed in a T shape, the other one is placed in a reverse T shape, when the right-angle wall corner is built, the flower-shaped and scissor-shaped building blocks of the self-insulation right-angle wall corner are alternatively placed, and when the T-shaped wall corner is built, the building blocks, provided with either the T-shaped top with the handle or the T-shaped bottom with the handle, of the self-insulation T-shaped wall corner are alternatively placed. The self-insulation wall with the high energy conservation property has the advantage of improving the energy conservation property.

A system for reducing utility consumption of at least one subsystem of a facility is disclosed. A utility meter is coupled to the subsystem for monitoring utility consumption of the subsystem and provides data corresponding to the measured energy consumption. A controller in communication with the subsystem and the energy meter is configured to control the operation of the subsystem by employing an operating protocol with the protocol dependent on the data received from the utility meter. The system measures the reduction in utility consumption and generates a credit based on the measured reduction.

An intelligent lighting system employs energy efficient outdoor lighting and intelligent sensor technology in cooperation with video analytics processing. The lighting system selectively illuminates outdoor spaces and identifies and evaluates events in a scene monitored by a video camera, thereby to facilitate proactive and appropriate security responses to those events. Selective use of advanced lighting fixtures may significantly reduce costs of lighting areas that are monitored by security systems such as streets, public parks, and parking lots, while simultaneously improving security, safety, and traffic control. Energy savings alone, for a properly designed system, are estimated at 50%-90% of current usage. When combined with remote monitoring, such systems may prevent accidents and criminal activity.

An energy management system uses an expert engine and a numerical solver to determine an optimal manner of using and controlling the various energy consumption, producing and storage equipment in a plant/communities in order to for example reduce energy costs within the plant, and is especially applicable to plants that require or that are capable of using and/or producing different types of energy at different times. The energy management system operates the various energy manufacturing and energy usage components of the plant to minimize the cost of energy over time, or at various different times, while still meeting certain constraints or requirements within the operational system, such as producing a certain amount of heat or cooling, a certain power level, a certain level of production, etc. In some cases, the energy management system may cause the operational equipment of the plant to produce unneeded energy that can be stored until a later time and then used, or that can be sold back to a public utility, for example, so as to reduce the overall cost of energy within the plant.

An ad hoc network organizes itself to provide communications without need for an a priori designated central control mechanism or base stations. Such self-organization is challenging in a multihop ad hoc network having member nodes that are highly mobile and widely distributed. A Synchronous Collision Resolution (SCR) protocol and a Node State Routing (NSR) protocol are well suited to provide efficient ad hoc network organization. SCR is an access protocol that achieves high capacity collision free access using a signaling approach that creates a random cellular-like network after each signaling period. NSR is a routing protocol that uses the dissemination of node states to predict link availability and to assign metrics to those links for the creation of optimized routes. In use, the present invention provides quality of service and supports energy conservation for the mobile nodes.

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.

A method (150) and device (200) adapted to run an application in synchronous communication with an application server is described. The method (150) can include the steps of: detecting (155) motion in proximity to the mobile computing device; and adjusting (160) a synchronization interval between the mobile computing device and a server in response to the detected motion. The method and device can provide substantial energy savings in an energy storage device for a mobile computing device and provides a useful compromise for energy conservation on one hand, while also accommodating a user's demand for a short synchronization interval when desired, on the other.

An Intelligent Thermostat (IT) device and method of use for the retrieval and display of real-time energy demand and energy pricing. The IT device is configured to perform automatic adaptation of energy conservation based on real-time fluctuations in the energy pricing from a Utility Company. The IT device controls a multicolor backlight to immediately notify the user of real-time fluctuations in the energy pricing.

The present invention provides methods for water conservation with irrigation controllers based upon the ambient temperature and extraterrestrial radiation of a particular geographical area. It receives a preliminary irrigation schedule from the operator and computes a water budget ratio by comparing current local geo-environmental data with stored local geo-environmental data, then modifying the preliminary irrigation schedule based upon that ratio. The present invention utilizes fewer variables, is less complex, and is much easier to install and maintain than the current evapotranspiration-based controllers.

An appliance network having a first networked appliance, an energy controller, at least one of a smart dimmer and smart adapter, and a communication network coupling the first networked appliance, energy controller, and the at least one of the smart dimmer and smart adapter for communication therebetween.

The invention discloses a device and method for preparing nitrogen foam cement. The preparing device comprises a foam cement producer, a liquid nitrogen evaporator, a liquid nitrogen plunger pump, a foam liquid plunger pump, a foam liquid tank, a heat exchange system, a liquid nitrogen pipeline, a high-pressure cement paste pipeline, a first pipeline, a foam cement discharge pipeline and a densitydetecting device. The heat generated by a power unit, a hydraulic system and other devices in a nitrogen foam well fixing device is recovered through the heat exchange system, the recovered heat is used as a heat source of the liquid nitrogen evaporator, energy conservation and environment protection are realized, the energy utilization rate is high, and equipment input is low. Liquid nitrogen and foam liquid are pressurized through a high-pressure liquid nitrogen plunger pump and a high-pressure foam liquid plunger pump, the mixing uniformity is increased, and the density of foam cement is reduced. The density of the foam cement is detected in real time through the density detecting device, the flow of the liquid nitrogen and/or foam liquid is adjusted according to the density, and the density is simply controlled. By arranging a clear water tank, after operation ends, the equipment and pipelines are flushed, and the service life is polonged.

The present invention provides systems and methods capable of reducing power consumption in an imaging device. One imaging device includes two analog to digital converters that are separately programmable and can be in different power modes. Each analog to digital converter is capable of creating an image derived from a pixel array that has a full field of view, but lower resolution.

The invention discloses a convenient heat-insulation and cooking method for outdoor picnic food and a device thereof. According to the convenient heat-insulation and cooking method disclosed by the invention, a soft heat-insulation bag with a cover, which can be folded and can also be molded by supporting, is firstly machined; a light reflection film is arranged on the inner surface of a cover body; then, a liner which is tightly adhered to the inner surface of the heat-insulation bag is also machined; a transparent film is arranged on the bottom face of the liner; and the periphery of the liner is provided with a heat-absorption shell fabric. When people prepare to travel outdoors, the food is put into the liner of the soft heat-insulation bag. and the cover body of the heat-insulation bag is closed to keep fresh; when the people have a meal, the liner is turned over, and the bottom face is upwards buckled on the food in the soft heat-insulation bag; the cover body of the heat-insulation bag is wholly opened and is bent and molded, and the rear side faces the sun to heat and cook the food. According to the convenient heat-insulation and cooking method for the outdoor picnic food and the device thereof disclosed by the invention, heating equipment and fuel do not need to be carried when the people have an outdoor picnic, the applicant is convenient, and energy sources are saved; and particularly, open fire is not used so that the method and the device are not limited by prohibitive regulations.

An object locator device is disclosed for use in conjunction with both a GPS satellite system and a two-way communication satellite. The object locating system includes a mobile unit physically connected to the object to be located. The mobile unit includes a satellite communication transceiver capable of receiving and transmitting encoded signals. A decoder is associated with the satellite communication transceiver for decoding a unique signal associated with that mobile unit and for generating an activation signal upon receipt of the unique signal. The mobile unit further includes a GPS receiver which is activated in response to the receipt of the unique signal so that the GPS receiver generates a position signal representative of the position of the mobile unit. The output signal from the GPS receiver is connected as an input signal to the satellite communication transceiver such that the satellite communication transceiver transmits the.position signal to a base station on the communication satellite. The base station physically separated from the remote unit is operable to both transmit the unique signal to the communication satellite in order to activate the mobile unit as well as for receiving the position signal from the communication satellite following activation. The base station creates a display representative of the location of the mobile unit. Preferably, this display signal is transmitted via a telephone line and modem to a computer which generates the display on a computer monitor. Energy conservation algorithms including periodic activation of the satellite communication transceiver as well as activation of the satellite communication transceiver only when the position of the mobile unit has changed more than a threshold amount between periodic signals is disclosed.

The invention belongs to the technical field of energy conservation, and relates to a variable frequency energy-saving control method for a refrigeration system. The control method comprises the steps of: determining the mass flow of a refrigerant according to the change or change trend of cooling load, then determining consumed power of a compressor which satisfies the flow, predicting the minimum condensation pressure which ensures that the thermal load of a condenser satisfies the cooling load and the power change of the compressor through an established energy-saving control mathematical model, and gradually adjusting the power frequency of the compressor to ensure that the rotating speed of the compressor reaches a predicted value; and adjusting the opening degree of an expansion valve to ensure that the condensation pressure reaches to be lowest, realizing the minimum pressure difference operation between the condenser and an evaporator, and ensuring that the operation energy consumption of the refrigeration system is lowest. The method solves the optimizing control problem of the compressor, the expansion valve and a fan in the system, utilizes the energy-saving control mathematical model to perform joint regulation on controllable factors (such as the rotating speed of the compressor, the opening degree of the expansion valve, and the air volume of an outdoor unit) of the operation of the system, ensures that the refrigeration system operates at a best operating point, and realizes the further energy conservation of the refrigeration system based on the variable frequency regulation.

A microsoftgel coated phase changing material to be plastered on the inner surface of wall for regulating indoor temp is prepared from phase changing material as core, polymer as coating, emulsifier, disperser and deionized water through polymerizing reaction. Its advantages are compact structure and long service life.

Disclosed is an intelligent power grid management system. In a certain area, an area-level minisize intelligent power grid system is established, which uses the common power supply of regenerative resources such as photovoltaic generation and wind power generation and the traditional power grid as the main power supply, the micro-turbine generation as the supplementary power supply, and the storage battery energy storage as the adjusting device; and comprehensively connects the power supply system with the distribution system of the area, the power utilization system of each building user. And then the intelligent power grid system including a generation and energy storage side management system as well as a power utilization side management system is comprehensively managed by utilizing the network communication and the intelligent control as the nerve centre, thus effectively lifting the utilization rate of regenerative resources in the area, raising the reliability of the power supply network of the area, improving the intellectualization degree of the whole power grid of the area, effectively saving energy and improving the power utilization satisfaction of users.

The invention discloses an air conditioner control method, which comprises the following steps that the indoor temperature is detected; a difference value between the indoor temperature and the temperature set by a user is calculated according to the indoor temperature and the temperature set by the user; the initial operation frequency increment of an air conditioner compressor is calculated according to the difference value and a fuzzy control rule, and the initial operation frequency is calculated according to the initial operation frequency increment for controlling the compressor to operate at the initial operation frequency; the operation time of the compressor is detected; when the operation time is greater than the preset time, and if the absolute value of the difference value is smaller than or equal to a preset threshold value, the operation frequency modification value is calculated according to the difference value and a PID (proportion integration differentiation) control model, and in addition, the operation frequency modification value is overlapped onto the initial operation frequency for controlling the compressor to operate at the modified operation frequency. Therefore the operation frequency of the compressor can realize fast response to the load change, the fast refrigeration and heating can be realized, meanwhile, the temperature can be precisely controlled, and the energy sources can be effectively saved. The invention also discloses an air conditioner control device.

The invention discloses a control method for improving the comfort of an air conditioner, which is characterized in that the indoor ambient temperature detected at certain time is T1 during the operation of the air conditioner, the actual temperature of an indoor unit evaporator is T2, and the target temperature of the indoor unit evaporator operated by the air conditioner is T (T is equal to T1-t); and before the indoor ambient temperature T1 reaches the indoor ambient target temperature set by a user (indoor refrigerating and cooling stage): when the T2 is more than the T, the operation frequency of a compressor is improved, or the wind velocity of an indoor unit is reduced, or the operation frequency of the compressor is improved and the wind velocity of the indoor unit is reduced; when the T2 is equal to the T, the operation frequency of the compressor is unchanged, and the operation speed of a fan is unchanged; when the T2 is less than the T, the operation frequency of the compressor is reduced or/and the wind velocity of the indoor unit is improved; and the target of the steps is to control the T2 and the T to have a same value. The invention aims at different crowd needs to set different operation control methods, allows users to set operation modes needed by the users according to self feelings or needs, and has the characteristics of health, energy conservation, wide application range and the like.

The invention provides a high-grade flax fabric weaving method based on crystallized and modified flax yarns. The method comprises the following steps: in the material preparing stage, woven flax spun yarns are subjected to relaxation and winding, so as to form relaxed yarns on cones; the relaxed yarns on cones are subjected to crystallization and modification treatment; the crystallized and modified relaxed yarns on cones are simultaneously subjected to winding, electronic yarn clearing and waxing, so that weaving yarns on cones are obtained; the weaving yarns on cones are subjected to warping according to the quantity of warp yarns; in the weaving stage, flax grey cloth is woven by taking the weaving yarns on cones as weft yarns, the warp yarns after warping as warp yarns, and drawing weft and warp yarns in an air jet loom; in the dyeing stage, the woven flax grey cloth is subjected to hot dyeing or cold dyeing; in the after finishing stage, the dyed flax grey cloth is rinsed, dried, finalized, preshrunk, wound and packaged to form the high-grade flax fabric. According to the high-grade flax fabric weaving method, the bottleneck of wearability of traditional flax fabric is solved, the flax fabric is enabled to obtain the sense of cotton, the production efficiency is improved, the production cost is reduced, and the energy conservation and emission reduction in the production process are realized.