199 results about "Operating energy" patented technology

The invention discloses an air conditioner efficiency test system and a control method of an air conditioner efficiency test platform. The method comprises the following steps: dynamically adjusting the air dry bulb / wet bulb temperature of a test room of an existing test bed based on a dynamic temperature control adjusting technology; acquiring a real-time building thermal load of the test room through a building thermal load prediction simulator; the dynamic change of the air dry-bulb temperature of the test room is calculated in real time through the indoor air dry-bulb temperature prediction simulator; and the dynamic change of the air wet bulb temperature of the test room is calculated in real time through the indoor air wet bulb temperature prediction simulator. According to the invention, the problem that the dynamic operation energy efficiency and performance parameters of the tested air conditioner cannot be obtained through the enthalpy difference method test bench because the existing enthalpy difference method test bench cannot control the dynamic change process of the building thermal load of the test room along with the refrigeration / heating capability of the tested air conditioner in the prior art is solved; and the actual operation performance level of the air conditioner cannot be reflected.

A system including an electrical meter and at least one server. The electrical meter: obtains a power monitoring signal by measuring an electrical property of a power line to a building; processes the power monitoring signal in a first mode of operation to determine first information about a first device in the building; transmits the first information to the at least one server; receives from the at least one server, an instruction to change to a second mode of operation; processes the power monitoring signal in the second mode of operation to determine second information about a second device in the building; and transmits the second information to the at least one server. The at least one server: receives the first information from the electrical meter, transmits the instruction to the electrical meter to change to the second mode of operation, and receives the second information.

Methods, systems, and devices for determination and notification of a location of a building safety system event are described herein. One embodiment includes a method for notifying a user of a fire system event, comprising detecting an event in a building through an event detection device and transmitting information about at least one of the event or the event detection device to a remote server and to a first computing device. The first computing device may include a memory wherein floorplans of each floor of the building are stored. The method may further comprise determining, based on the information and through the first computing device, a floor of the building on which the first event was detected; transmitting a particular floorplan of that floor to the remote server; determining a specific location within the floor at which the first event was detected; generating a visual floor representation, including an indication of the specific location, based on the particular floorplan and the specific location; and transmitting the visual floor representation to a software application comprised of executable instructions stored in the memory of a second computing device to present the visual floor representation to a user.

The embodiments provide a system and method for filtering out smoke and / or toxic gases / fumes from air in a building. The system integrates various smart devices with an HVAC system along with a controlling software application that can change the state of the smart devices, thereby controlling the types and quantities of air moving through the HVAC system at any time. In particular, the system can adjust the openings of one or more smart registers to control how much air passes in and out of the HVAC system over a given period of time. The system can also adjust the opening of a smart intake vent to control how much fresh (outside) air passes into the system over a given period of time. The system can also adjust the opening of a smart furnace valve that is disposed within the furnace.

The invention belongs to the technical field of intelligent household appliances, and particularly relates to a wind speed control method, device and equipment of an intelligent household appliance and a computer storage medium. According to the method, the expiration temperature, the cold outlet temperature and the environment temperature of the intelligent household electrical appliance are obtained, and a first temperature relation and a second temperature relation are generated based on the expiration temperature, the cold outlet temperature and the environment temperature; acquiring a preset energy-saving condition of the intelligent household electrical appliance, and judging whether the first temperature relation and the second temperature relation meet the preset energy-saving condition or not; if the first temperature relation and the second temperature relation meet the preset energy-saving condition, the intelligent household electrical appliance is controlled to enter a wind speed adjusting mode, and the wind speed of the intelligent household electrical appliance is flexibly adjusted. According to the method, the control logic of wind speed regulation of the intelligent household electrical appliance is optimized, the noise generated when the intelligent household electrical appliance is used is reduced, intelligent regulation of the rotating speed of the fan is realized under the condition that the operation of the intelligent household electrical appliance is not influenced, the operation energy consumption of the intelligent household electrical appliance is reduced, and the use experience of a user is improved.

A system for commissioning a model, comprising one or more processing circuits configured to identify a first plurality of data points in the building, automatically tag at least a portion of the first plurality of data points with one or more first tags using context data extracted from and / or associated with the data points, the one or more entities comprising one or more of building equipment, building spaces, people, or events, identify at least one of the first plurality of data points for manual review and generate one or more suggested tags for the at least one data point, receive feedback from the manual review, and receive a second plurality of data points in the building and automatically tag at least a portion of the second plurality of data points with one or more second tags using the feedback from the manual review.

Systems, devices and methods for optimising and managing distributed energy storage and flexibility resources on a localised and group aggregation basis, particularly around the determination, analysis and predictive learning of local data patterns, scoring availability for flexibility and risk profiles, to inform the optimisation of energy supply and behind the meter storage resources and local clusters of co-located or close resources within a community, low voltage network, feeder, neighbourhood or building. Said optimisation to involve scheduled, reactive and active management of data sources and local clusters of resources, for a range of goals such as price, energy supply, renewable leverage, asset value, constraint or risk management. Or where said optimisation achieves a local objective such as providing resources to off-set, aid local balancing or constraint management of larger local supplies and loads, or to aid active management of local energy demands and renewable supplies, storage resources, electric heat resources, electric vehicle charging resources or clusters of electric vehicle chargers, flexible loads in buildings.

A platform for an elevator system in a building that is under construction, the building having an elevator shaft that becomes taller as the building height increases over the course of the building phase of the building, includes a pneumatically activated seal for sealing a gap between platform and the walls of the elevator shaft. The seal is configured as a circumferential seal attached to the platform. A compressed air source in the form of a compressor is arranged on the platform to operate the pneumatically activated seal.

An adjustable roof support system is disclosed for supporting a roof or a floor in a building having at least one truss. The system includes a plurality of interlocking segments, each having at least one fastener slot and a cross-section comprising a main rail with a top extension and a bottom extension that define an interior channel and an external periphery. The interlocking segments include at least one female length and one male length, wherein the exterior periphery of the male length fits within the interior channel of the female length. The assembled length is slidably adjustable, and the system can be assembled on a structure having a first truss and a second truss. The system may also include a cross connector configured to secure one interlocking length to another at an angle.

Examples techniques to manage building operations are described. A first range of setpoints, a second range of setpoints, and a third range of setpoints of an asset installed in a building is determined. Current setpoints for operating parameters of the asset which are determined by a building operations optimizer are monitored. If the current setpoints determined by building operations optimizer fall within the second range of setpoints or the third range of setpoints, the current setpoints are adjusted by controlling a local controller to bring the current setpoint back into the first range of setpoints that correspond to values of the operating parameters of the asset in accordance with predefined optimal operating conditions for the asset, thereby ensuring safety of the asset and comfort to occupants of the building.

Information about power events on the electrical grid may be determined by processing reports of power anomalies from power monitors installed at various points on the electrical grid, such as in buildings of end users of electrical power. A power monitor may process sensor measurements of the power line to determine that a power anomaly has occurred. The power monitor may transmit information about the power anomaly, such as the time and location, to a processing location. The processing location may select power anomaly reports having a similar time and location to determine information about a power event that caused the power anomalies. The information about the power event may include the type, time, and location of the power event. A notification may be sent about the power event to facilitate repairs and reduce risks, such as the risk of electrical fires.

The disclosed technology provides for generating simulation training models that can be used to prepare people (i.e., building occupants, first responders) to safely and calmly respond to emergencies, such as fires in high-rise buildings. Using the training models, people can better cope with decision-making during emergencies. The disclosed technology also uses signaling devices, wearables, and other devices and sensors distributed throughout a building to provide egress or stay-in-place guidance to people located in the building during an emergency. Audio and / or visual information can be outputted to people to guide them along a safe pathway that is selected to provide safe egress for the person, including anticipating and protecting the person from changing emergency conditions within the building and in response to how the person responded to the simulation training models.

The invention discloses a coupling system of a composite wall body structure and a heat control system and a control method of the coupling system, and belongs to the technical field of building energy conservation. The composite wall body structure comprises an inner layer wall body, an outer layer wall body and a cavity interlayer; the outer-layer wall body adopts a high-density polyurethane thermal insulation layer, and the surface of the outer-layer wall body is coated with a weather-proof nano waterproof coating; the inner-layer wall body is made of an aerogel-based composite phase change material; an air outlet is formed in the top of the cavity interlayer, a honeycomb-shaped flow guide grid is arranged at the bottom of the cavity interlayer, and a distributed temperature sensor and a stepless speed regulation fan are integrated in the cavity interlayer; the heat control system comprises an evaporator, a compressor, a condenser and an expansion valve. A tube pass of the evaporator is sequentially connected with the compressor, a tube pass of the condenser and the expansion valve through refrigerant pipelines to form a circulation path. And the air outlet of the composite wall body structure and the shell side of the condenser are respectively communicated with the shell side of the evaporator through the heat recovery air duct to form a closed loop. Efficient heat preservation, heat recovery and energy recycling can be achieved, and the operation energy consumption of the refrigeration house is remarkably reduced.

A junction box having a cavity to contain electrical wires that provide a connection to a building mains voltage from an electrical system of a building is coupled to a plurality of telescoping hanger bars to hold the junction box in a wall or ceiling in the building. Each telescoping hanger bar is extendible and / or retractable to vary a length of the hanger bar. A position of the junction box is adjustable along the length of each telescoping hanger bar. In one example, the apparatus does not include a can, separate from the junction box, to contain a lighting device of a recessed lighting assembly.

The invention relates to an air conditioning system, a control method and device thereof, electronic equipment and a readable storage medium. The method comprises the steps that the operation capacity change trend of the indoor unit at different target superheat degrees or different target supercooling degrees is determined, and the optimal target superheat degree or the optimal target supercooling degree of the indoor unit is determined according to the operation capacity change trend; and the opening degree of an electronic expansion valve of the indoor unit is adjusted according to the optimal target superheat degree or the optimal target supercooling degree, so that the current operation capacity of the indoor unit is adjusted. And the current operation capacity of the indoor unit is detected, and the operation frequency of a compressor is adjusted according to the deviation between the target operation capacity of the indoor unit and the current operation capacity. The problems that according to an existing air conditioning system, the opening degree of an electronic expansion valve of an indoor unit is adjusted through the same target superheat degree or target supercooling degree under different conditions, it is difficult to achieve maximization of the heat exchange capacity of a heat exchanger of the indoor unit, and the whole machine operation energy efficiency level is low are solved.

The invention relates to a method (100) for determining an amount of thermal energy supplied to a premises (20) in a building (2) over a given period, by a collective heat management device (30), said determination, carried out by one or more processors, including the use of a plurality of ambient temperature values for the building, a value of the temperature outside the building (2), a volume of the premises (20) in the building, and a heat loss coefficient, said method being characterised in that the heat loss coefficient was calculated (130) from a thermal simulation model (41) of the building, taking into account the geometry of the premises and the composition of the walls.The invention also relates to an allocator (10) for determining an amount of thermal energy supplied by a collective heat management device (30), and a system (1) for allocating heating costs comprising an allocator (10) according to the invention.

The disclosure relates to the field of ventilation systems, specifically to ventilation systems in residential and non-residential (commercial) buildings. Specifically, the invention relates to decentralized supply and extract units with waste heat recovery and can be used for transmitting heat and power from an extraction air flow, i.e. from a flow of air extracted from a building, to a supply air flow, i.e. a flow of fresh air being drawn into a building, for the purpose of replacing spent air from the building.

The present invention of the polymer bricks that are considered highly efficient in terms of mechanical properties, providing thermal insulation in buildings and reducing the operating energy of the building and the energy embodied in the manufacturing stages compared to concrete bricks (blocks) or ready-made concrete. The lattice-based plastic brick includes at least two solid plates and a plurality of lattice unit cells. The two solid plates include an inner layer and an outer layer. The lattice unit cells are sandwiched between the at least two solid plates in a predefined manner. The lattice unit cells is designed using topologies comprising triangle, diamond, hexagonal / honeycomb, cubic, polygonal, star, gyroid, and a combination thereof. The lattice unit cells includes struts of predefined thickness and length.

A model predictive maintenance (MPM) system for building equipment includes an operational cost predictor configured to predict a cost of operating the building equipment over a duration of an optimization period, a maintenance cost predictor configured to predict a cost of performing maintenance on the building equipment over the duration of the optimization period, and an objective function optimizer configured to optimize an objective function to predict a total cost associated with the building equipment over the duration of the optimization period. The objective function includes the predicted cost of operating the building equipment and the predicted cost of performing maintenance on the building equipment. The MPM system includes an equipment controller configured to operate the building equipment to affect a variable state or condition in a building in accordance with values of one or more decision variables obtained by optimizing the objective function.

Polygonal elastomeric barrier sheets have tapered edges on at least two adjacent sides. At least one of the tapered edges is made by cutting the elastomeric barrier sheet along a cut line at an angle of at most 15° from the plane of the sheet. The elastomeric barrier sheet is supported during the cutting step to prevent distortion due to pressure of the cutting blade. The elastomeric barrier sheet can be supported from above, below or from both above and below, and can be supported on each side of the cut line. The polygonal barrier sheets so produced are useful in building and construction to seal gaps between structural elements such as expansion or control joints in a building or around functional elements such as a window or door inserted into a wall.

Provided is an elevator system that enables autonomous mobile bodies to use elevators while minimizing the impact on evacuees' use of elevators in the event of a disaster, and that can evacuate the autonomous mobile bodies after ensuring the evacuation of people. [Solution] The elevator system includes a disaster information acquisition unit 111 that acquires information regarding the occurrence of a disaster in a building in which the elevator is installed, an evacuation urgency determination unit 112 that determines the urgency of evacuation of people in the building in the event of a disaster based on the information regarding the occurrence of a disaster, an evacuation planning unit 113 that determines a first number, which is the number of elevator cars to be used for evacuation of autonomous moving objects in the building in the event of a disaster, depending on the urgency of evacuation of people in the building, and an elevator control unit 120 that controls the cars to use the first number of cars for evacuation of autonomous moving objects in the building in the event of a disaster.

This invention discloses a device for driving a closing component (9) in a building using a solar power source (1). It includes at least one low-voltage AC motor (3) mechanically connected to the closing component, a DC energy storage element (2), and a solar power source supplying DC voltage. The energy storage element has a rated voltage lower than the effective voltage and greater than the DC voltage supplied by the solar power source. A DC-DC charger (4) converts the output electrical energy from the solar power source into electrical energy having a charging voltage of the energy storage element. A DC-AC converter (5) converts the electrical energy from the DC output voltage of the energy storage element into electrical energy having an AC voltage capable of powering the motor.

The invention relates to a heating / cooling device for offices, in particular for offices having multiple workstations, wherein the heating / cooling device has at least one first heating / cooling element (1) per room, which can be connected to a central heating / cooling circuit in the building and is provided with a respective associated control unit (2) with a thermostat. A first heating / cooling element (1) which can be associated with a workstation is provided for each workstation in the room, wherein the first heating / cooling element (1) comprises two heating / cooling registers (3, 4) which can be connected to the central heating / cooling circuit and which are arranged parallel to one another, wherein a heating / cooling register (3) is arranged horizontally in the floor region below a desktop (5) and the second heating / cooling register (4) is arranged at a parallel distance from same directly below the desktop (5) or within the desktop (5).

This application relates to an indirect evaporative cooling system and control method, comprising a heat exchanger including a first air inlet, a first air outlet, a second air inlet, a second air outlet, and a heat exchange core, the heat exchange core including a first airflow channel and a second airflow channel; an internal circulation fan coil assembly, located on one side of the first air outlet, including a first surface cooler and a first fan; and an external circulation fan coil assembly, located on one side of the second air outlet; a cold source storage tank connected to the input end of the first surface cooler, the cold source storage tank containing insulation material, used to store external cold sources at night or during off-peak hours and to release the stored cold sources to the first surface cooler for supplemental cooling during daytime or peak hours via connecting pipelines; and a spray assembly, located on one side of the second air inlet, used to cool the airflow entering the heat exchanger through the second air inlet. This application has the effect of reducing the operating energy consumption of the indirect evaporative cooling system.

The invention relates to a system (100) for detecting water activity of a local water installation (250) in a building. The system comprises: a water inlet pipe (240) for supplying water to a local water installation (250) in a building, the water inlet pipe 5 (240) comprising an outer surface area being exposed to ambient conditions within a space (260) of the building; one or more temperature sensors (235) mounted on or engaging with said outer surface area of the water inlet pipe (240) being configured to detect a temperature (T1) of said outer surface area of the water inlet pipe (240); one or more temperature sensors (236) measuring the ambient temperature (T2) 10 within the space (260) of the building; an accelerometer (241) arranged in a position on the water inlet pipe (240) for detecting vibration signals (VS); and a computing unit arranged and configured to calculate a change in the temperature difference between T1 and T2, whereby the amount of running water of the local water installation (250) is estimated during a predefined time period, and arranged and 15 configured to apply the vibration signals of the accelerometer (241) for validating if the change in the temperature difference between T1 and T2 is caused by running water in the predefined time period.

The present application belongs to the field of network type energy storage cabinet, especially relates to a kind of intelligent power consumption optimization method and system for network type energy storage, the method is by real-time acquisition operating state data, external dispatching instruction and system operation mode, constructs dynamic hypergraph model to integrally represent the coupling relationship between power scheduling task, heat load demand and heat management energy consumption;Further, with the minimum system total operating energy consumption as the goal, based on the model collaborative optimization solution, generate the joint operation strategy of power scheduling and heat management control in future period;Finally, execute the strategy on digital twin energy storage cabinet, realize the closed-loop joint control of power conversion and heat management subsystem, thereby solve the energy efficiency bottleneck problem caused by the split optimization of electric heating system, improve overall operation economy and safety.

The present invention relates to an effective gravity control device which is installed so as to have a falling space to be a vertical space in a building, and which implements a zero gravity, microgravity, low gravity, or pseudogravity state of an internal module mounted in a moving external module. The effective gravity control device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a dual module which comprises an external module and an internal module; an actuator which is installed at the upper side of a falling space in a space for controlling and monitoring a change in gravity applied to the dual module, and which moves the external module so that, according to a control signal, the external module has at least one physical quantity; and a sliding frame which is installed in a space at the lower side of the falling space and provides a path for taking the dual module into / out from the falling space.

An acquisition unit (21) acquires a simulation period indicating an object period for which simulations of amounts of energy consumption in a building are to be done, a parallel number indicating the number of the simulations that are to be performed in parallel, and a holiday condition indicating nonoperating days of an air conditioning system installed in the building. A planning unit (22) splits the simulation period into the parallel number to generate split periods. The planning unit (22) splits the simulation period into the parallel number so that starting days of the split periods other than an initial split period may be the nonoperating days indicated by the holiday condition. A simulation unit (23) does the simulations of the amounts of energy consumption in the building in parallel, for the split periods.

The present invention discloses a dehumidifying air conditioning system for a hydropower station with cascaded energy utilization, which includes an indoor environment treatment device, a vapor compression dehumidification device, a natural energy utilization device, a heat recovery device, and a dew condensation monitoring device; the present invention utilizes the natural energy utilization device, the vapor compression dehumidification device, the condensation heat recovery device, and the indoor environment treatment device, and uses a control method to improve the annual operating energy efficiency, shorten the response time in the start-up phase, and make full use of the natural cold source to reduce the energy consumption of the air conditioning system.

The present invention relates to a smart embedded system for prediction of the state of charge of the battery of electric vehicles, scheduling of recharging and integration into buildings, comprising: means for collecting, in real time, data from the vehicle such as GPS position, road traffic and weather conditions; means for monitoring the consumption and production of electricity by renewable resources in real time; means for processing these fed-back data in order to train a machine learning algorithm to predict the state of charge of the battery of the electric vehicle; actuators for controlling the active equipment or electricity-consuming devices in line with the prediction result. The invention also relates to a method for implementing this system, comprising the steps of collecting data, in particular vehicle data, building data and weather data; processing the collected data using a prediction algorithm and making a decision in respect of management of electrical equipment in the building and of charging of the batteries of the vehicle.