30 results about "Units of energy" patented technology

A method for controlling energy consumption within a building includes providing at least one environment sensing device and at least one energy consumption sensing device associated with the building. Current data is collected from the environment sensing device and the energy consumption sensing device along with associated time-of-day data. A value of a future energy consumption parameter is predicted based upon the collected current data, the associated time-of-day data, and historic data collected from the environment sensing device and the energy consumption sensing device. A profile of future costs per unit of energy consumption as a function of time is determined. Energy consumption is controlled dependent upon the predicted future energy consumption parameter value and the determined profile of energy consumption costs.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for using wind energy to compress air or pressurize a fluid as a means of storing energy. Compressed air or pressurized fluid is generated directly by the wind turbines, thereby avoiding the energy losses that occur when wind power is used first to generate electricity to run an electrically powered air compressor. The compressed air or pressurized fluid is stored by means of expanding a volume at constant or nearly constant pressure. This method avoids energy losses that would otherwise result from compressional heating; while also allowing lower pressures to be employed, reducing the cost of the containment facility and avoiding the need to locate facilities in geographically favored locations where underground storage is available. The invention permits both large and small-scale storage at low cost per unit of energy stored, thereby avoiding the difficulty of using a highly variable and unreliable source of energy such as the wind for electrical power generation. The invention can be used for generation and storage on land, in shallow near-shore waters and in deep-water locations far from shore.

A merchant and a customer have an agreement for the trading of energy units wherein the customer pays a contracted sum and the applicable wholesale market pool price for excess units of energy and receives the wholesale market pool price for unused units of energy. A system monitors and controls the energy usage of the customer. The system includes a metering means (105), a communication means (123, 124) receiving pricing information, a computing means (103) accumulating information from the metering means and communication means and determining a preferred trading outcome, and switching means controlling energy supply to the energy consuming devices to achieve the preferred trading outcome.

A processing information acquisition system in a processing machine which feeds a processing point energy or material, the processing information acquisition system provided with a position information acquisition unit which acquires position information of a feed unit of energy or material, a feed rate control unit which receives a feed condition command of energy or material, converts the feed condition command to a control command which controls a feed of energy or material, and uses the converted control command to control a feed rate of energy or material from the feed unit, a feed rate estimation unit which acquires the control command from the feed rate control unit and calculates an estimated feed rate of energy or material which is fed to a processing point based on the control command, and an output unit which outputs the position information which the position information acquisition unit acquired and the estimated feed rate which the feed rate estimation unit calculated when the feed unit is located at a position corresponding to the position information.

A system for non-destructive non-contact quality inspection of dry electrode units of energy storage includes an eddy current-based inspection system having a conveyor belt, and a hollow dielectric shell. An outer surface of the shell has a plurality of spaced apart measuring transducers. Each of the transducers include a feed-through eddy current probe and at least two strap capacitors spatially linked therewith. In the related method, an electrode unit to be inspected is placed on the conveyor belt and enters and moves through the dielectric shell. The electrode unit is excited using a magnetic field from the eddy current probe as it passes by each of the plurality of transducers, where eddy currents at a plurality of frequencies are induced in the electrode unit. The modulation characteristics of impedance at a plurality of frequencies are measured by the probes, and from the impedance data it is determined whether the electrode unit is defective.

The invention relates to a combined display unit of an energy-saving and innovative light-emitting diode (LED) display screen,. The combined display unit comprisinges a module mounting strip combination unit, LED display modules, a first electrical box and a lower frame, wherein the module mounting strip combination unit is formed by N module mounting strips which are parallel to one another and are arranged vertically; the LED display modules are arranged at the front sides of the module mounting strips; the first electrical box is arranged at the upper side of the module mounting strip combination unit and is also used as an upper frame; the lower frame is positioned at the lower side of the module mounting strip combination unit; the first electrical box is internally provided with alternating current (AC) / direct current (DC) conversion power supplies and a signal receiving system. In order to solve the problem of difficult power configuration of a high-power combined display unit, the lower frame of the combined display unit is also used as a second electrical box, and the second electrical box is provided with AC / DC conversion power supplies; aiming at a low-power combined display unit, the lower frame is a simple type lower frame. Compared with the prior art, the combined display unit is modularized, and can normally work only by ventilating a screen body or installing a ventilation device without being cooled by an air conditioner. The combined display unit of the energy-saving and innovative LED display screen has the advantages of being light in weight, low in cost, high in accuracy, easy to manufacture as well as simple and attractive in appearance, and increases manufacturing efficiency and installation efficiency.

Systems and methods for balancing power on an electrical power grid are provided. Demand-side equipment, such as industrial heaters, refrigeration units, and freezers are adjusted to help balance the electrical grid. The power utility that operates the local electric grid (or other external entity) requests real time changes in electrical consumption by specifying specific levels of electrical demand in units of energy (watts). A device control system translates the requested energy level to thermal set points in thermal devices (heaters, air conditioners, freezers, chillers, and the like) such as degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius, to the specific pieces of equipment most likely to most quickly achieve and sustain this level of energy consumption to reduce or increase the supply of available energy as needed.

A method for controlling the charging of one or more electric vehicles at one or more charging stations in a geographic locality includes determining if the charging event of an electric vehicle of the one or more electric vehicles increases a demand billing rate. The demand billing rate may be a cost per unit of energy in the locality. The method also includes charging the electric vehicle at the charging event such that the demand billing rate is not increased.

A method for controlling energy consumption within a building includes providing at least one environment sensing device and at least one energy consumption sensing device associated with the building. Current data is collected from the environment sensing device and the energy consumption sensing device along with associated time-of-day data. A value of a future energy consumption parameter is predicted based upon the collected current data, the associated time-of-day data, and historic data collected from the environment sensing device and the energy consumption sensing device. A profile of future costs per unit of energy consumption as a function of time is determined. Energy consumption is controlled dependent upon the predicted future energy consumption parameter value and the determined profile of energy consumption costs.

The invention relates to a high-low-area direct-coupled unit of an energy-saving pressure-reducing substitutable-type turbine pump, which aims at solving the heating and energy-saving problems of high-rise buildings, and adopts a technical scheme that: on a closed-type water supply-return heating pipe network, a pressurizing water circulating pump is used for pumping low-area water with pressure of a certain degree from a low-area water supply pipe to be supplied to a high-rise building, the water pump is controlled by a variable-frequency controller, a program logic controller (PLC) and a pressure sensor, a high-area pipe network is protected against vaporization and emptying, hot returned water which is used by the high-rise building is decompressed by a hydroturbine of the energy-saving pressure-reducing substitutable-type turbine pump, so the returned water of the low area is free from over-pressure. Energy which is produced by reducing the pressure of the returned water from high area to the low area is coaxially transferred by the energy-saving pressure-reducing substitutable-type turbine pump to a water pump head for pressurizing on the other end at identical speed or at different speeds, so pump lift of the supplied water is provided, and the pressurizing water circulating pump runs at a variable and low frequency to further save the electric energy.

The invention discloses an automatic shaping method of parallel U-shaped tube unit of energy-saving fluorescent tube, which comprises that first a glass tube via a transmitter is fed into a heater, the bottom of parallel U-shaped tube is heated and softened, then the softened glass tube is bent into U-shape, to be fed into the heater, the side tube of the parallel U-shape tube is heated, and the softened U-shaped glass tube is straightly inserted between cavity die and terrace die of a shaping die, the cavity die and terrace die via a match / release mechanical arm clamps the bent glass tube in a U-shaped slot which two sides are bent at same curvature, a blow tube blows air into the glass tube to stuff and shape the bent portion of the glass tube according to the U-shaped slot, the cavity die and terrace die are separated by the match / release mechanical arm, and the glass tube released from die is a tube unit. The invention can reduce process cost, improve efficiency, and improve material utilization of energy-saving fluorescent tube.

A “mutually definite units of energy for forced energy economy” (MDUFEE) gearbox family has simplified the shifting pattern of shifting mechanisms to cause a real gear dependence on mechanical inertia created by the weight of a load and a fast changeable resistant force in response to the movement. This gearbox is able to operate in a manual, semi-automatic or automatic regime. Each family of designs produces torques and overdrive speeds in a faltering geometric sequence that significantly reduces the power that a motorized vehicle or craft or machine tool needs of a power source from a ratio of highest revolution of its shaft to idle revolution. This is achieved by using the unique function to keep highest torque of power source shaft within its work process. Therefore, an existing power source could be replaced by power source with substantially reduced power when gearbox of a MDUFEE gearbox family has replaced an existing gearbox. Also, the new gearbox substantially limits or eliminates the need for conventional acceleration systems to control speed produced by power source for maximizing the reduced energy consumption, emission and wear of power source. In addition, the greater degree of control of power usage with a compound MDUFEE gearbox family leads to a dramatic increase in the maneuvering capability of a motorized object on land, water or air.

The invention relates to a unidirectional counter comprising a worm wheel (1), which can be driven, and at least one numeric indicator (3), which can be driven by the rotation of the worm wheel (1). Said wheel (1) cooperates with a system wheel (8) by means of a first system of ratchet teeth (6, 7a, b) comprising at least one first pair of equally acting ratchets (7a, b) which cooperate with each other. Moreover, a reversing wheel (10) can be driven by the worm wheel (1), wherein said reversing wheel (10) cooperates with a second system wheel (14) by means of a second system of ratchet teeth (12, 13a, b) comprising at least one second pair of equally acting ratchets (13a, b) which cooperate with each other. The invention aims to count and show the consumed units of energy as precisely as possible, even when there is a change in the direction of rotation. To this end, the transmission ratio between the worm wheel (1) and the reversing wheel (10) and / or between the first and second system wheels (8, 14) is different from 1, which compensates for the slower, system-inherent backwards rotation speed of the rotor disk arrangement in the unidirectional counter.

The invention discloses a synthesis method of a glyphosate potassium salt technical product, belonging to the pesticide technical field. The synthesis method comprises the following process steps of: 1) mixing glyphosate, alkali with potassium ions which are positive ions, and water to react and form a glyphosate potassium salt aqueous solution, and controlling the pH value of the glyphosate potassium salt aqueous solution after the reaction; 2) reducing the temperature of the glyphosate potassium salt aqueous solution, dropwise adding an organic solvent in the glyphosate potassium salt aqueous solution under stirring to perform alcohol precipitation; and 3) filtering after the precipitation of crystals to obtain a wet potassium salt technical product, and then drying to obtain the glyphosate potassium salt technical product. The synthesis method of the glyphosate potassium salt technical product is reasonable in design, the content of the glyphosate obtained by the method is up to above 97%, the yield of the glyphosate potassium salt is above 98%; and compared with the glyphosate potassium salt yield of the prior art which is 20%, the efficiency is increased by nearly 5 times and every unit of energy consumption is reduced.

A computer processor is embedded in a vehicle and a display device embedded in the vehicle is communicatively coupled to the computer processor. The computer executes logic to receive a price per unit of energy that is stored in the vehicle, compute an energy consumption rate of the vehicle over a time period, multiply the price per unit by the energy consumption rate to determine a cost of the energy consumption rate over the time period, and display the cost of the energy consumption rate for the time period on the display device in the vehicle.

The invention discloses an energy converter conversion unit, consisting of an input pipe and an output pipe. The input pipe is extended in the output pipe or butted with the output pipe; the overlapped position between two pipes is provided with a space; the circumferences between the input pipe and the output pipe are hermetically connected; when the gas with a certain pressure enters the output pipe from the input pipe, the space at the overlapped position of the structure produces an entraining effect field, thus producing vacuum force in the area; in this way, dark energy is converted, and the gas is annihilated.

The invention discloses a magnetic force assisted die locking die-clamping unit of an energy-saving type injection molding machine. After four pull rods of the of the magnetic force assisted die locking die-clamping unit orderly penetrate through the respective positioning holes of a movable template and a fixed template orderly, one ends of the four pull rods are fixedly connected with the fixed template and the other ends of the four pull rods are in sliding fit with the movable template; a die-clamping semi-die is mounted in a fixed template groove in the center of the fixed template in the four pull rods, while another die-clamping semi-die is mounted in the movable template groove in the center of the movable template; the center of the outer side of the movable template is connected with a connecting rod of a die-clamping cylinder. The die-clamping unit further comprises eight magnetic polar plates with the same structure; the eight magnetic polar plates are mounted at the inner joints between the corresponding pull rods and the fixed template, respectively, while the other four magnetic polar plates are mounted at the inner joints between the corresponding pull rods and the movable template, respectively. Coils wound on iron cores in the magnetic polar plates are electrified to generate a magnetic force so that the fixed template and the movable template are tensioned and the die locking force is enhanced. The fixed template of the die-clamping unit is capable of attracting the movable template through the magnetic force; the die locking force is increased and stabilized; the magnetic force assisted die locking die-clamping unit of the energy-saving type injection molding machine is simple in structure and high in working efficiency.

Disclosed is a method of referring to any unit of energy as a monetary system methodology and / or any monetary system methodology language or simile of any monetary system methodology and / or any monetary system methodology language such as 1 BTU (British Thermal Unit) equals 1 Shekel or 1 U.S. dollar.

The invention relates to an unloading device for energy-saving lamp spiral tubes, belonging to the technical field of processing units of energy-saving lamp spiral tubes. The invention aims to provide an unloading device for opening an energy-saving lamp spiral tube gripping mechanism, which can lower the labor intensity of the workers, enhance the work efficiency and save the processing cost. The technical scheme is as follows: the lower part of a horizontally arranged frame is fixed with a first bracket and a second bracket, a motor is installed on the second bracket, and a cam is installed on an output shaft of the motor; a swing arm is installed on the first bracket through a shaft, the middle part of the swing arm is fixed with a first roller through a shaft, the outer circle of the first roller abuts against the cam, the upper part of the swing arm is fixed with a tension spring, and the other end of the tension spring is fixed to the lower part of the frame; and the upper part of the swing arm is connected with one end of a connecting rod, the other end of the connecting rod is connected with a rotating shaft through a mounting plate, and the rotating shaft is installed on the frame through a rotating shaft seat. The invention is used for processing energy-saving lamp spiral tubes.