1789 results about "Water energy" patented technology

A method of power system dispatch control solves power system dispatch problems by integrating a larger variety of generation, load and storage assets, including without limitation, combined heat and power (CHP) units, renewable generation with forecasting, controllable loads, electric, thermal and water energy storage. The method employs a predictive algorithm to dynamically schedule different assets in order to achieve global optimization and maintain the system normal operation.

A secondary hybrid aqueous energy storage device includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode which is capable of reversibly intercalating sodium cations, a separator, and a sodium cation containing aqueous electrolyte, wherein an initial active cathode electrode material comprises an alkali metal containing active cathode electrode material which deintercalates alkali metal ions during initial charging of the device.

The present invention is a water use and/or a water energy use monitoring apparatus that is affixed to the hot and cold water supply piping for continuously (or on demand) monitoring displaying the water and water energy (hot vs. ambient) use within a residential or commercial building. A first wire or wireless means is incorporated to communicate with a remote display for viewing by the owner of a commercial building or occupier/resident of a home. A second optional wire or wireless means can be incorporated that can be monitored by civil, commercial, governmental or municipal operators or agencies, using a remote display and/or recorder means or by a secure wire or wireless communication network (e.g. cell phone technology communication means). A third wireless means communicates water parameter data utilizing typical cell tower technology and/or mesh network technology. The water use monitor apparatus includes a power generation, a microprocessor, temperature and water flow sensors, optional water quality sensors, timing circuits, wireless circuitry, and a display means. A first wired or wireless means is designed to electronically communicate water use and water energy use information to a remotely located display for convenient observation by a commercial operator or occupier, or resident. An optional second wireless means is designed to electronically communicate water and/or water energy use information to governmental or municipal operators or agencies.

The present invention is a water use and/or a water energy use monitoring apparatus that is affixed to the hot and cold water supply piping for continuously (or on demand) monitoring displaying the water and water energy (hot vs. ambient) use within a residential or commercial building. A first wire or wireless means is incorporated to communicate with a remote display for viewing by the owner of a commercial building or occupier/resident of a home. A second optional wire or wireless means can be incorporated that can be monitored by civil, commercial, governmental or municipal operators or agencies, using a remote display and/or recorder means or by a secure wire or wireless communication network (e.g. cell phone, smart phone or other similar technology communication means). A third wireless means communicates water parameter data utilizing typical cell tower technology and/or mesh network technology. The water use monitor apparatus includes a power generation, a microprocessor, temperature and water flow sensors, optional water quality sensors, timing circuits, wireless circuitry, and a display means. A wired or wireless means is designed to electronically communicate water use, water energy use and/or water quality information to a remotely located display apparatus or typical cell phone, smart phones, or similar apparatus for convenient observation by a commercial, operator or occupier, resident, municipal or government agency.

The present invention is a water use and/or a water energy use monitoring apparatus that is affixed to the hot and cold water supply piping for continuously (or on demand) monitoring displaying the water and water energy (hot vs. ambient) use within a residential or commercial building. A first wire or wireless means is incorporated to communicate with a remote display for viewing by the owner of a commercial building or occupier/resident of a home. A second optional wire or wireless means can be incorporated that can be monitored by civil, commercial, governmental or municipal operators or agencies, using a remote display and/or recorder means or by a secure wire or wireless communication network (e.g. cell phone, smart phone or other similar technology communication means). A third wireless means communicates water parameter data utilizing typical cell tower technology and/or mesh network technology. The water use monitor apparatus includes a power generation, a microprocessor, temperature and water flow sensors, optional water quality sensors, timing circuits, wireless circuitry, and a display means. A wired or wireless means is designed to electronically communicate water use, water energy use and/or water quality information to a remotely located display apparatus or typical cell phone, smart phones, or similar apparatus for convenient observation by a commercial, operator or occupier, resident, municipal or government agency.

The invention relates to a renewable energy source integrated complementary power generation technology for a distributed power supply and provides a multi-energy integrated complementary power generation method and multi-energy integrated complementary power generation device consisting of water energy, wind energy, solar energy and other renewable energy sources. According to the method, the water energy serves as a main body, the peculiar mountain valley wind of a hydropower station is fully utilized, the solar energy, the biomass energy and other renewable energy sources which can be relatively concentrated are locally utilized and are gathered around the hydropower station, a low-voltage alternating current bus [W1] of the hydropower station serves as a grid-connected access point, and a water, wind, solar and biomass multi-energy integrated complementary power generation system which takes water and electricity as the center and takes the water and wind complementation as the basis. According to the device, a hydropower station [G1] serves as a main body, the electric energy generated by power generation subsystems [G2], [G3], [G4] and [G5] is subjected to full power conversion and is connected to the [W1] in a grid-connected mode, the original switching device and grid line of the hydropower station are utilized, and a multi-type renewable energy source integrated complementary distributed power supply which can supply power in a grid-connected mode and independently operate is formed.

The invention relates to a sulfur removal agent suitable for the production of an oil-gas well. The sulfur removal agent comprises the following components in percentage by mass: 10 to 25 percent of hexahydro-1,3,5-tris(hydroxyethyl)-s-triazine, 5 to 20 percent of alcohol amine, 5 to 20 percent of small molecular alcohol and the balance of water. The alcohol amine is one or a mixture of more thantwo of monoethanolamine, ethyleneglycol amine, diisopropanolamine, methyldiethanolamine and triethanolamine; and the small molecular alcohol is one or a mixture of more than two of methanol, ethanol and propanol. The sulfur removal agent has a simple formula, can be soluble with water, and can effectively reduce the content of hydrogen sulfide in crude oil or natural gas; simultaneously, productsgenerated by the sulfur removal agent and the hydrogen sulfide are water-soluble, and cannot block a mineshaft and influence the normal production of the oil-gas well; and the sulfur removal agent can achieve effects at the temperature of 30 to 120 DEG C and can be quickly reacted with the hydrogen sulfide.

A wind or water turbine mounted atop a support tower or tethered underwater drives a hydro-pumping system. The turbine converts wind or water energy into a driving torque applied to the hydro-pump. The hydro-pump forces water through a pipe transmission system to an onshore facility. On shore, the resultant pressurized fluid-flow propels a hydroelectric generating system to produce electricity or may first be used in a Reverse Osmosis desalinization process and the byproduct in part used to propel a hydroelectric generating system to produce electricity. The cold-water discharge from the hydroelectric generating system and/or from the desalinization process is used for onshore district or power plant cooling purposes.

The invention relates to a light-wind-water complementary type water pumping and energy storing power generation peak adjusting device which belongs to the field of development and utilization of newenergy sources. The device is characterized in that an upper water storage reservoir is built on the mountain top in a mountain area depending on a high mountain; a lower water storage reservoir is built in a valley; the mountain slope exposed to the sun in the area is provided with a solar energy photovoltaic cell board; wind power generation fields are arranged on the upper water storage reservoir on the mountain top and the position at periphery with more favorable wind current condition; a water pumping and energy storing power generation peak adjusting power station is arranged between the upper water storage reservoir and the lower water storage reservoir; the lower water storage reservoir is provided with a water pump station; a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe of the waterpumping and energy storing power generation peak adjusting power station are respectively communicated with the upper water storage reservoir and the lower water storage reservoir; and a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe of the water pump station are respectively communicated with the lower water storage reservoir and the upper water storage reservoir. The invention can carry out large-scale development and storage in such a way that solar energy and wind energy are converted into water energy and lead a traditional water pumping and energy storing hydropower station to finish peak adjustment on a power grid under the condition of not consuming or consuming less electric energy of the power grid.

The invention relates to methods and systems of converting electrical energy to chemical energy and optionally reconverting it to produce electricity as required. In preferred embodiments the source of electrical energy is at least partially from renewable source. The present invention allows for convenient energy conversion and generation without the atmospheric release of CO2. One method for producing methane comprises electrolysis of water to form hydrogen and oxygen, and using the hydrogen to hydrogenate carbon dioxide to form methane. It preferred to use the heat produced in the hydrogenation reaction to heat the water prior to electrolysis. The preferred electrical energy source for the electrolysis is a renewable energy source such as solar, wind, tidal, wave, hydro or geothermal energy. The method allows to store the energy gained at times of low demand in the form of methane which can be stored and used to generate more energy during times of high energy demand. A system comprising an electrolysis apparatus and a hydrogenation apparatus, and a pipeline for the transportation of two fluids, is also described.

The invention belongs to the technical field of comprehensive utilization of solid waste, and particularly relates to a method for one-step recovery and modification of carbon fiber. A polymer carbon fiber composite material is crushed mechanically into an appropriate size, the crushed polymer carbon fiber composite material, solvents and catalysts are added into a high-pressure reactor, the polymer matrix of the polymer carbon fiber composite material is decomposed with water at center temperature and under certain pressure, and finally the recycled carbon fiber with excellent mechanical properties and with the surface connected with -COOH, -OH and other active groups is prepared. The reaction steps are simple, the polymer matrix of the polymer carbon fiber composite material can be fully decomposed by the water at certain temperature and under certain pressure, and the surface of the carbon fiber is connected with the -COOH, -OH and other active groups while the internal structure of the carbon fiber is not destroyed. The recycled carbon fiber has excellent mechanical properties and can be used again as a reinforcing material for the composite material. Therefore, the pressure of waste disposal can be reduced, the material cost can be decreased, and the method has great economic and social significance.

The invention discloses a method for regulating and controlling the water quality of fully enclosed circulation sea-water industrial mariculture, comprising the following steps: (1) purifying water source of seawater through a sedimentation basin, regulating salinity and temperature, then supplying water to a culture pond; (2) letting the culture waste water discharged from the culture pond flow into a water collecting tank through a sewage tank, and putting the culture waste water to a filter unit for mechanical filtering; (3) dynamically lifting water to high position for sand filtration; (4) carrying out biological treatment in a biological filter which is filled with brushes as biological carriers; and (5) carrying out sterilization with vitalight lamp radiation, and then returning to the culture pond for recycling. The results of trial culture with the invention show that: the removal rates of three nitrogens of the processed water are all exceed 70 %, the removal rate of NO3<->-N exceeds 80 %; the bacterial index is reduced by 85.05 %, DO is increased to a certain extent, and the pH value is increased slightly; the indexes of water quality after treatment achieve the water standards of mariculture, simultaneously, culture output is increased, and the hydroenergy and electric energy are saved.

This invention discloses a water heat recovery type cold and hot water energy saving machine set which can fully use heat energy. It includes compressor, condenser, evaporator, refrigerating tower, I heat exchanger, by-pass valve, II heat exchanger, hot water tank, refrigerating water pump, hot water circulating pump, refrigerating water valve and refrigerating water circulating valve. The medium side of I heat exchanger and the by-pass valve are paralleled connected into the refrigerating medium pipeline between the inlet of compressor and the condenser. The I heat exchanger, hot water tank, hot water circulating pump and the hot water side of II heat exchanger are successively connected through hot water circulating pipeline and form the hot water circulating loop. The refrigerating water side inlet of II heat exchanger is connected into the refrigerating water circulating pipe between the condenser and the refrigerating water valve. Its outlet connects to the water inlet of refrigerating water pump. This invention can be used in the air conditioner energy saving field.

The invention discloses a method for drawing a joint scheduling graph of a step reservoir. The method comprises the following steps of: drawing an initial scheduling graph of each reservoir according to designed guaranteed power output of each hydropower station progressively from upstream to downstream by an equi-output method and according to a single reservoir scheduling graph drawing method; drawing an initial scheduling graph for joint scheduling of a step leading reservoir; performing optimization calculation on the joint scheduling graph of the step reservoir; calculating the water power of each hydropower station from top to bottom in a water power sequence according to the initial scheduling graph by taking a long-series history runoff process as an input and taking a period of ten days as a calculation interval, and optimizing scheduling lines in the joint scheduling graph of the step reservoir; and outputting a last joint scheduling graph of the step reservoir and a scheduling rule. Indicated power output in a step joint scheduling graph is used for coordinating, so that complementary scheduling effect of the step reservoir is brought into full play, damage depth of the reservoir is reduced and the utilization ratio of water power is increased.

The invention relates to a composite nano generator based on piezoelectric friction electromagnetism. A pair of protruded buckling cover type friction layers are arranged at the corresponding positions on the outer side of a rotor; a pair of protruded buckling cover type piezoelectric layers are arranged at the corresponding positions on the inner side of a shell; and a pair of corresponding magnetic electrodes are arranged on the inner side of the shell. A high-electric-quantity characteristic of a piezoelectricity-based energy collection mode, a high-voltage characteristic of a friction-based energy collection mode and a continuous high-output characteristic of a electromagnetism-based energy collection mode are combined. A micro nano array structure is prepared on the surface of a friction material, so that the friction efficiency is greatly improved and an effective friction area is greatly enlarged, and the output is greatly increased. By rotation of the rotor, the piezoelectric output, the friction output and the electromagnetic output are realized, so that wind energy and water energy can be easily collected; and a novel method for collecting energy from the natural world can be provided. The processing technology is simple, low in cost, high in yield and favorable for industrialization.

The invention provides an ocean energy direct drive sea water desalting device which comprises a sea water pre-filtering device, an ocean energy sampling device, a sea water energy storage device, a reverse osmosis device and a controller, wherein the sea water pre-filtering device, the ocean energy sampling device, the sea water energy storage device and the reverse osmosis device are sequentially connected through pipelines; and the controller is connected with the sea water energy storage device. The sea water pre-filtering device performs filtering pretreatment to sea water, so as to filter impurities, the filtered sea water becomes high-pressure sea water through the ocean energy sampling device, the high-pressure sea water enters the sea water energy storage device through pipelines to stabilize the pressure of high-pressure sea water, and then the high-pressure sea water enters the reverse osmosis device to desalinate the sea water.

The invention discloses a method and a system for measuring and calculating hydroenergy utilization improvement rate of cascaded hydropower stations. The method comprises the following steps that: 1) a data acquisition device acquires actual operating data of the hydropower stations; 2) the data acquisition device transmits the acquired data to a measuring and calculating server; and 3) the measuring and calculating server processes the acquired data, calculates actual generated power and assessed power aiming at the hydropower stations in different adjusting types, and obtains the hydroenergy utilization improvement rate. Due to the method and the system for measuring and calculating the hydroenergy utilization improvement rate of the cascaded hydropower stations, the accuracy of the calculation result of the hydroenergy utilization improvement rate can be improved and a good guiding effect is taken for the scheduling optimization of the hydropower stations.

The invention discloses a diversion device of a vertical axis tidal generator, which relates to a diversion device of a vertical axis tidal water turbine which generates power with the energy of the rivers or ocean currents with quite low water flow speed. The device is technically characterized in that a main runner consists of the inlet of the diversion device, a contraction section, a middle runner, a divergent section and the outlet of the diversion device. The fluid is accelerated when flowing past the front sections of the contraction section and the middle runner; the flow speed from the tail end of the middle runner to the outlet of the diversion device is reduced, so that the pressure is recovered. In this way, the liquid flows the turbine with quite high flow speed, so as to improve the utilization rate of the water energy and recover stable flow status at the downstream of the turbine. The device is also provided with an auxiliary runner, so that the circular arc-shaped low-pressure position of the of the inflow surface at the inlet of the diversion device is communicated with the opening at the tail end of the middle runner; the structure can pump the fluid in the middle runner, expand the pressure difference in front of and behind the turbine, promote the fluid to be further accelerated and improve the flow pattern of the fluid.

This invention discloses an intelligent light energy heat pump type cold and hot water energy saving machine set and its control method. It is high efficient, environmental protective and fully uses solar energy. The machine set includes heat preserving water tank, solar energy heat collecting machine, heat pump machine set, computer automatic controller, solar energy water outlet temperature sensor, water tank temperature sensor and water tank liquid level sensor. The heat preserving water tank and solar energy heat collecting machine are connected to form the solar energy heating circulating loop through the solar energy side water circulating pipeline. The heat pump machine set and heat preserving water tank are connected to form the heat pump heat circulating loop through the heat pump side water circulating pipeline. The computer automatic controller includes timer. Compared with the heat pump machine set, the solar energy heat collecting machine has the preferential heating right to the water inside of the heat preserving water tank. The water level of heat preserving water tank is controlled in time interval. After stopping solar energy heating, the heat pump heating can be permitted after the set time delay. This invention can be used in energy saving field.

The invention discloses a heating method of an instant heating type household liquid heating device. The control method comprises the following steps: 1. the required temperature of hot water (TS) is set, a control unit (9) is triggered, if the temperature (T2) of a heating plate is lower than the preset temperature (T0), the heating plate (52) carries out preheating at lower power (P0), and a water pump (2) does not work; if the temperature (T2) of the heating plate (52) is not lower than the preset temperature (T0), the control unit (9) sets the initial power of the heating plate (52) according to the water temperature (T1) at a water inlet, and the water pump (2) works at the rated power P1; 2. the control unit (9) controls the power of the water pump (2) according to the difference between the water temperature (T3) at a water outlet and the set temperature (TS) and the change trend of the water temperature (T3) at the water outlet; 3. the control unit (9) controls the power of the heating plate (52) according to the difference between the water temperature (T3) at the water outlet and the set temperature (TS) and the change trend of the water temperature (T3) at the water outlet. The method regulates the power of the water pump or the heating power of the heating plate by preheating the heating plate, monitoring the water temperature at the water inlet, setting the initial heating power of the heating plate and monitoring the water temperature at the water outlet and the change trend thereof, thereby ensuring water to achieve the set temperature in a short period of time, improving the temperature control precision and having the advantages of small fluctuation range of heating time, small fluctuation range of temperature, relatively longer service life of a heating element and the outlet water temperature which is closer to the set value.