132 results about "Environmental systems" patented technology

Construction systems for erecting building structures comprise a plurality of prefabricated interconnectable modular building units, each unit not meeting at least one of the ISO certification criteria for transport of cargo but each unit comprising a frame shaped as a rectangular parallelopiped and comprised of framing members and a plurality of nodes, each node situated at a corner of said frame for selective interconnection with other units, the nodes and the exterior dimensions of the frame conforming to ISO shipping standards such that each unit is transportable using the ISO intermodal transportation system, and such that when the units are aggregated horizontally and vertically and adjacent units are interconnected, a building structure comprising at least one habitable space is formed. The modular units are assembled in a factory remote from the job site, and are there constructed to a semi-finished state, including installation of one or more of interior fit-out systems and finishes, exterior envelope systems, plumbing systems, electrical systems, environmental systems, and fire protection systems, following which the semi-finished modular units are transported from the factory to the job site, where they are craned into place and secured to form the structure being erected, a plurality of adjacent pairs of semi-finished modular units also being “stitched” together, and the semi-finished modular units are thereafter constructed to a finished state.

The present invention provides an environment measurement monitoring and response system. The present invention provides a method, system and program for managing multiple environmental systems in retail store locations geographically remote from each other.

A method, system, apparatus and device for the monitoring, diagnosis and evaluation of the state of a dynamic system is disclosed. This method and system provides the processing means for receiving sensed and/or simulated data, converting such data into a displayable object format and displaying such objects in a manner such that the interrelationships between the respective variables can be correlated and identified by a user. This invention provides for the rapid cognitive grasp of the overall state of a critical function with respect to a dynamic system. The system provides for displayed objects, which change in real-time to show the changes of the functions of the system. It is a highly flexible system which works with a wide variety of applications, including biological systems, environmental systems, engineering systems, economic systems, mechanical systems, chemical systems and the like. The device of this invention is adapted specifically to providing objects within a frame associated with other objects in a reference grid to provide a graphical representation of cardiovascular function.

A motion simulation system for providing force feedback to a user in response to movement of the user within a virtual environment comprises a virtual environment system for producing a virtual environment to the user. Cables are connected to a user interface to support the user interface in a suspended position. Actuators are associated to each cable to adjust the length of the cables. A cable tension controller is connected to the actuators and to the virtual environment system to calculate a position and orientation of the user within the virtual environment as a function of the length of the cables, and to control the actuators so as to constrain movement of the user interface as a function of interactions between the user and the virtual environment, to provide force feedback to the user. A locomotion simulation apparatus and method are provide as well.

The invention belongs to the technical field of civil ship navigation, and discloses a three-dimensional motion scene based simulation system design method. The method comprises: firstly, establishing an MFC single document based OpenGL simulation system framework; secondly, drawing an environmental system with an OpenGL texture mapping method; thirdly, establishing a coordinate system; fourthly, loading three-dimensional models of ship and aircraft targets, generated by utilizing a computer aided design technology, into a program framework; fifthly, reading external driving data through real-time communication to realize target state updating; sixthly, establishing a perspective conversion system, and realizing different observation effects through keyboard interaction; and finally, realizing a smooth animation by utilizing an OpenGL double-buffer technology, and displaying target information through a data display system. According to the method, state images of the ship and aircraft targets in set water area and sky environment under given motion parameters can be formed, a shared audio-visual environment is created for training personnel, and a result is more realistic and more credible.

An apparatus and method maintain immersion fluid in the gap adjacent to the projection lens during the exchange of a work piece in a lithography machine. The apparatus and method include an optical assembly that projects an image onto a work piece and a stage assembly including a work piece table that supports the work piece adjacent to the optical assembly. An environmental system is provided to supply and remove an immersion fluid from the gap between the optical assembly and the work piece on the stage assembly. After exposure of the work piece is complete, an exchange system removes the work piece and replaces it with a second work piece. An immersion fluid containment system maintains the immersion liquid in the gap during removal of the first work piece and replacement with the second work piece.

A sparse data system is provided for verifying operational compliance of a plurality of environmental systems. To reduce operational costs to a minimum, the quantity of data transmitted is minimized and the data is only transmitted at certain times. If systems are compliant, then information is preferably not sent. If systems are non-compliant, then notices are sent to parties of interest at effectively the same time as the noncompliance occurs. Subsequent alarm detection level may also be sent after detection of an operational threshold to provide notice for continued ongoing or severe noncompliance.

The invention relates to an air cooled heating pump test system. An air treatment box is arranged inside a tested unit environment chamber, and a heat balance water tank is arranged outside the tested unit environment chamber; and cold capacity and heat are distributed and balanced between a surface cooler in the air treatment box and the heat balance water tank through the tested unit and an external cold source or an external heat source, so that requirements on water supply in different temperature regions is met. In a test process, control of the temperature and the humidity of the whole environment system can be executed by adjusting the flow of coolant water entering the air treatment box in the test chamber without extra heat source input. The air inlet temperature of a condenser of a large-size air cooling and heating pump unit can be independently controlled in different regions; in a season that outdoor temperature is relatively low, a working condition required by test of the tested unit can be realized by only controlling the air inlet amount and the air exhaust amount getting into and getting out of the test chamber; and the test energy consumption of the unit can be saved by 50 percent. The system can be used for product development experiments and test of the performance of the tested unit of an air cooled heating pump production line.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a verification environment system and a construction method thereof. The construction method of a verification environment comprises the following steps: acquiring port information required by the construction of the verification environment and generating a layered structure of the verification environment; and constructing, layer by layer, parts required by the layered structure of the verification environment in a direction opposite to configured data stream according to port signals from a tested designed top layer. The verification environment system and the construction method thereof can realize effective reuse and fast construction of the verification environment.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for predicting an energy savings resulting from the replacement of existing equipment with new equipment. In the example embodiments, the energy saving prediction is utilized to create a customized warranty for an individual customer of an HVAC system or subcomponent thereof. Historical energy usage, historical climate data, old and new equipment parameters, and customer use data is input to a predictive modeling algorithm, which determines an energy savings prediction. Alternative models may be employed and a weighting factor applied to each to arrive at an improved energy savings prediction. The energy savings prediction is utilized to warranty to the customer an estimated dollar savings that will result from the installation of the new equipment. The warranty provides that, in the event the predicted energy savings is not realized, the customer is entitled to receive a dollar amount representing the shortfall in warranted energy savings.

Methods are provided for calculating a reserve value or a risk value for various locations in an environmentally-controlled space such as a data center, and using the reserve value or risk value to allocate environmental maintenance modules and/or load. For example, an influence model can predict a change in a sensor value at a location for a corresponding change in an operation level of an actuator of one of the environmental maintenance modules. Based on the influence model and an operation level of the actuator, a reserve value can be determined for the location. A risk value for the location can be determined using a risk metric that may use the reserve value, a current sensor value at the location, and a threshold sensor value at the location.

The present invention relates generally a method and apparatus for measuring multiple parameters in-situ in a sample collected from an environmental system via a single device. In one embodiment, the method includes collecting the sample from said environmental system via the single device, measuring a first parameter of the sample in-situ via the single device, adding a reagent tot the sample within the single device to create a reagent infused sample and measuring a second parameter of the sample in-situ via the single device using the reagent infused sample.

A control system and method for environmental devices such as heating and cooling devices provides a control system for controlling the environmental device. The control system has a first condition sensor for sensing a first condition of the environment, a memory for recording the sensed first condition at predetermined intervals, a clock associated with the controller that supplies time data, a controller for activating and/or deactivating the environmental device, a memory for storing data relating to the sensed condition, data relating to events of activating and/or deactivating the environmental device and time data, and a processor that controls the activation and deactivation events of the controller based on data including the stored time, activation event, and condition data.

A controlled environment system for use in In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) or other biological procedures and a method for conducting such a biological procedure. The system includes a main chamber, one or more manipulator devices for manipulating items in the interior of the chamber, a microscopy viewing system enabling viewing of the manipulation procedure, means for modifying the proportions of gas in a multi gas chamber atmosphere set up in the main chamber, chamber heater means for heating the gas atmosphere in the main chamber, a recirculation gas circuit providing for recirculation of the main chamber gas atmosphere, the recirculation gas circuit including a particulate filter arrangement and a sterilization arrangement.

A microenvironment system for use with a heat transfer fluid includes a microenvironment structure and a fluid handling apparatus. The microenvironment structure defines a flow passage to receive a flow of the heat transfer fluid therethrough. The fluid handling apparatus is adapted to provide a flow of the heat transfer fluid through the flow passage. The fluid handling apparatus includes a gas driven pump and a supply of a phase change material (PCM). The gas driven pump is operable to force the flow of the heat transfer fluid through the flow passage. The supply of the PCM is convertible from a solid and/or liquid phase to a gas phase to provide a pressurized drive gas. The fluid handling apparatus is configured to drive the gas driven pump using the pressurized drive gas from the supply of the PCM.

The invention discloses a scale model test platform for large space airflow distribution. The scale model test platform comprises a large space scale model, an air processing system, a thermal environment system, an air conditioner cold source system and a data collecting and controlling system. The air conditioner cold source system is respectively connected with the air processing system and the thermal environment system to be used for providing freeze water for the air processing system and the thermal environment system. The air processing system is connected with the large space scale model to be used for providing airflow distribution inside a large space scale model. The thermal environment system is used for providing thermal environment outside the large space scale model, the data collecting and controlling system is installed on the air processing system and the thermal environment system and used for collecting air parameters inside and outside the large space scale model and for controlling the air parameters. Based on the similarity principle, the scale model test platform is established, can be used for finishing various large space building scale model tests, is wide in application range, flexible in using, visual in test process and real in test result, serves as a test and verification platform for large space building airflow distribution optimizing design and research and is a pioneer of the field.

The invention discloses a reaction type cysteine probe and a preparation method thereof. According to the preparation method, rhodamine derivatives are taken as fluorophores, and an acrylate structure is taken as a specific reaction group of cysteine; the probe is very weak in fluorescent light, but the fluorescent light of the probe is enhanced after the probe reacts with the cysteine, so that the probe can be used for detecting the cysteine. The probe can more rapidly react with the cysteine in a PBS 7.4 (30% ethanol) system, and has good selectivity and higher sensitivity; the probe can be applied to fluorescence detection, visual qualitative detection and cell imaging detection which are carried out for determining the content of the cysteine in biological and environmental systems.

Machine learning is used to control environmental systems for a building or other man-made structure. In one approach, environmental data is collected by sensors for an environment within the man-made structure. The environmental data is used as input to a machine learning model that predicts at least one attribute affecting control of the environment within the man-made structure. For example, the machine learning model might predict load on the environmental system, resource consumption by the environmental system, or cost of operating the environmental system. The environmental system for the man-made structure is controlled based on the predicted attribute.