Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090132699 | Data Center Synthesis - A data center is designed by determining a compute description that describes computer resources to be used in the system from design requirements and models of the computer resources. A facility description that describes facilities to be used in the data center is determined from the compute description and models of the facilities. An integrated system describing the design of the data center is determined from the facility and compute descriptions. | 05-21-2009 |
20090138112 | Designing An Apparatus To Substantially Minimize Exergy Destruction - In a method of designing an apparatus formed of at least one component to substantially minimize exergy destruction, at least one of one or more candidate materials and one or more candidate processes are identified. The one or more candidate materials are capable of being used in forming the at least one component and the one or more candidate processes are associated with either or both of the one or more candidate materials and the at least one component. Exergy destruction values of at least one of the one or more candidate materials and the one or more candidate processes are determined. In addition, at least one of the one or more candidate materials and the one or more candidate processes having the substantially lowest exergy destruction values are selected for the apparatus design. | 05-28-2009 |
20090138888 | Generating Governing Metrics For Resource Provisioning - In a method of generating governing metrics, a high-level goal to be met in a provisioned system is identified. In addition, a low-level governing policy designed to facilitate achievement of the high-level goal is selected and properties relating to the selected low-level governing policy are identified. The identified properties are formulated to define governing metrics relevant to the selected low-level governing policy and the formulated governing metrics are outputted. The formulated governing metrics are configured to be used in at least one of evaluating and controlling resource provisioning in the provisioned system. | 05-28-2009 |
20090159866 | Integrated Circuits With Phase Change Devices - Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems with integrated circuits having phase change devices. One embodiment includes an integrated circuit die and a phase change die having a phase change material that changes phases when a temperature at the integrated circuit die exceeds a threshold for a predetermined amount of time. | 06-25-2009 |
20090161243 | Monitoring Disk Drives To Predict Failure - Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for monitoring disk drives to predict failure. One embodiment includes a disk drive having a plurality of different types of sensors that sense events over a lifetime of the disk drive. Data from the events is aggregated to predict when the disk drive will fail. | 06-25-2009 |
20090164811 | Methods For Analyzing Environmental Data In An Infrastructure - Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for analyzing data in an infrastructure. One embodiment includes a method that senses environmental data at equipment racks in an infrastructure, identifies patterns in the environmental data, and uses the patterns to modify the infrastructure to improve thermal management in the infrastructure. | 06-25-2009 |
20090287456 | Distributed Sensor System - A distributed sensor system includes a plug-in attachment, the plug-in attachment having a memory and at least one sensor; a modular node, the plug-in attachment being configured to connect to the modular node, the modular node being configured to read the memory and receive sensor data from the at least one sensor; a network, the network being connected to the modular node; and a central processor, the central processor being connected to the network and being in communication with the modular node through the network. A method for configuring and using a distributed sensor system includes connecting at least one plug-in assembly to a modular node, the at least one plug-in assembly having a memory and at least one sensor, the memory containing configuration data; connecting the modular node and a central processor to a network; configuring the modular node via the network; the modular node retrieving the configuration data and sending the configuration data via the network to the central processor; the modular node receiving sensor data from the at least one sensor, the modular node transmitting the sensor data via the network to the central processor. | 11-19-2009 |
20120020150 | Integrated Circuits With Phase Change Devices - Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems with integrated circuits having phase change devices. One embodiment includes an integrated circuit die and a phase change die having a phase change material that changes phases when a temperature at the integrated circuit die exceeds a threshold for a predetermined amount of time. | 01-26-2012 |
20120215368 | STORAGE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY MICROGRIDS - Systems and methods are provided to manage power storage, by generating power with one or more microgenerators; charging an ensemble of energy storage devices to receive power from the one or more microgenerators; abstracting the ensemble of storage resources with different characteristics, a dynamic and a current model of the load, and user-defined policies for operation, and matching a demand profile with a predetermined mix of energy supply from storage devices. | 08-23-2012 |
20130024014 | OPTIMAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF A RURAL MICROGRID SYSTEM USING MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION - Systems and methods are disclosed to improve energy efficiency of a farm with livestock wastes by generating a cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) microgrid model; performing on a computer a multi-objective optimization to improve system efficiency of energy utilization and reduce environmental problems caused by animal wastes; and displaying results of the optimization for review. | 01-24-2013 |
20130024044 | OPTIMAL STORAGE SIZING FOR INTEGRATING WIND AND LOAD FORECAST UNCERTAINTIES - Systems and methods are disclosed to manage energy system by receiving load forecasts and power generator forecasts with uncertainty specification; performing stochastic optimization on the load and power generation forecasts; determining an optimal storage sizing for energy balancing; and validating the optimal storage sizing; wherein the power generator is connected to an energy storage device with the optimal storage sizing. | 01-24-2013 |
20130024243 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MICROGRID CAPACITY AND STORAGE INVESTMENT UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed to method to determine capacity planning under environmental constraints by generating an integrated economic planning model for a decision maker, a utility company and one or more microgrids; maximizing the microgrids' total profit and minimizing the electricity price designed by the utility company; generating proactive strategies for the utility company to comply with the environmental policies, and planning strategies for microgrids to help utility company abate environmental mission; and applying different characteristics of microgrids to invest in different portfolio of renewable energy through gaming simulations. | 01-24-2013 |
20130080138 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MICROGRIDS AVAILABILITY EVALUATION USING A MARKOV CHAIN ENERGY STORAGE MODEL - Systems and methods are disclosed for availability evaluation of microgrid systems with an energy storage device by applying a Markov chain model to model charging and discharging processes in the energy storage device; determining an effect of the energy storage device connected to a microgrid with multiple energy sources and loads; and determining effect of system architectures on the availability of microgrids using minimum cut sets (MCS). | 03-28-2013 |
20130138285 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING ELECTRIC VEHICLES AS MOBILE ENERGY STORAGE - Systems and methods are disclosed for energy management by receiving parameters from commercial building energy system components; optimizing models of system components; optimizing for selected objective functions; generating an optimal operation schedule for the system components; analyzing economic and environmental impacts and optimizing operations of electric vehicles (EVs) for mobile energy storage in commercial buildings. | 05-30-2013 |
20130166043 | OPTIMAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF A MICROGRID SYSTEM USING MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION - Systems and methods are disclosed to improve energy efficiency of a farm with livestock wastes by generating a cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) microgrid model; performing on a computer a multi-objective optimization to improve system efficiency of energy utilization and reduce environmental problems caused by animal wastes; and displaying results of the optimization for review. | 06-27-2013 |
20130211799 | Use of Second Battery Life to Reduce CO2 Emissions - A method for determining use of a second life battery under load conditions to reduce CO2 emissions includes using Monte Carlo simulations to modeling uncertainties of a load profile, a renewable energy profile, and CO2 emissions rate, determining an initial state of charge SOC of the second life battery based on a Gaussian distribution for determining a rate of charging during low emission hours and discharging during high CO2 emission hours of the second life battery and storage size of the second life battery and CO2 emissions reduction. | 08-15-2013 |
20130226637 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STOCHASTICALLY USING ELECTRIC VEHICLES AS MOBILE ENERGY STORAGE - Systems and methods for energy management includes receiving parameters from commercial building management system components; generating a stochastic programming model of electric vehicles (EVs) as mobile energy storage (MES) for optimal planning, operation, and control purposes; and controlling operation of EVs according to the stochastic programming model to lower operating cost and carbon emission. | 08-29-2013 |
20140005852 | REDUCTION OF OPERATIONAL COST USING ENERGY STORAGE MANAGEMENT AND DEMAND RESPONSE | 01-02-2014 |
20140019188 | METHOD FOR REAL-TIME CONTROL OF ENERGY STORAGE UNITS TO REDUCE ELECTRICITY COST - A method for controlling an energy storage unit having a model which tracks each charging instances includes, for each charging event, capturing energy charged into the energy storage unit and an unit energy price of the charging source(s) at the time of charging; updating a unit price of total energy stored in the storage unit at each time-step; during a discharging event, updating the unit price of energy in the storage unit on a selected cost model; comparing the unit price of energy in the storage unit with other generation sources in the microgrid and a utility tariff; selecting a lowest cost combination from generation, storage, and grid and using the lowest cost combination to supply a load; and if a controller decides to use stored energy at any time, sending a discharge command to the energy storage unit. | 01-16-2014 |
20140058571 | MULTI-OBJECTIVE ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHODS FOR MICRO-GRIDS - Systems and methods are disclosed for multi-objective energy management of micro-grids. A two-layer control method is used. In the first layer which is the advisory layer, a Model Predictive Control (MPC) method is used as a long term scheduler. The result of this layer will be used as optimality constraints in the second layer. In the second layer, a real-time controller guarantees a second-by-second balance between supply and demand subject to the constraints provided by the advisory layer. | 02-27-2014 |
20140088897 | Computer Implemented Method for Diagnositc Analytics for Battery Life Management - A computer implemented method combines a simplified equivalent circuit model with a model capturing the variation of the circuit parameters. The components of the equivalent circuit model depend on the internal battery state, and the parameters of the model encode this dependence. The invention then uses actual operational data capturing various modes of operation of the battery and different discharge rates to fit the model parameters (rather than controlled laboratory tests used in previous work). Once this analysis is done (offline), the model can be used in an online phase to adjust estimates of the internal battery state as the battery is operating. | 03-27-2014 |
20140139191 | Method for Estimating Battery Life in Presence of Partial Charge and Discharge Cycles - A management framework is disclosed that achieves maximum energy storage device lifetime based on energy storage device life estimation and the price of energy. The management framework includes a battery life estimation from a supercycle model, for a time window between two consecutive full charges of a battery, which allows assessing a worst case scenario impact of all partial cycles within a supercycle on the battery life. The battery life estimation then considers each supercycle as a single discharge unit instead of treating each individual discharge period separately. | 05-22-2014 |
20140306534 | PMU BASED DISTRIBUTED GENERATION CONTROL FOR MICROGRID DURING ISLANDING PROCESS - A method for voltage regulation of a power distribution grid includes integrating a photovoltaic (PV) system with a distributed energy storage system (ESS); monitoring voltage and current phasors at a point of common coupling (PCC) to establish a real-time Thevenin equivalent of the distribution grid; and adaptively dispatching the ESS in response to network fluctuations. | 10-16-2014 |
20140350743 | TIERED POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MICROGRIDS - Systems and methods to perform multi-objective energy management of micro-grids include determining, by an advisory layer with Model Predictive Control (MPC) using a processor, long-term power management directives that include a charging threshold that characterizes one or more power sources, where the advisory layer provides optimal set points or reference trajectories to reduce a cost of energy; and determining real-time actions based on the charging threshold to adaptively charge a battery from the one or more power sources or to discharge the battery. | 11-27-2014 |
20140375125 | MULTI-LAYER CONTROL FRAMEWORK FOR AN ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - A multilayer control framework for a power system includes a hybrid storage system (HSS) to store energy using a plurality of energy storage devices; a local controller coupled to the HSS to smooth output power of wind or photovoltaic energy sources while regulating a State of Charge (SoC) of the HSS; and a system-wide controller coupled to the HSS activated upon an occurrence of one or more energy disturbances with a control strategy designed to improve system dynamics to address the one or more energy disturbances. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379141 | ZONE BASED HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING (HVAC) CONTROL USING EXTENSIVE TEMPERATURE MONITORING - System and methods for controlling an air conditioning (AC) system includes defining one or more zones to achieve control actions based on local conditions to create a localized dynamic system for localized control, wherein zones are defined by considering hot and cool areas of the room or location of heat generating equipment, wherein the zone definition changes dynamically based on time of day or based on occupancy, or wherein zones are defined in a customizable manner based on sensitivity analysis considering energy savings and comfort tradeoff or considering equipment with predetermined temperature restrictions; monitoring through sensor placement at predetermined locations in the room based on importance of the equipment, heat generation zones and proximity to the AC; determining appropriate temperature setpoints based on existing operating conditions; and applying temperature information at the predetermined locations to generate rules for the actuation of AC systems. | 12-25-2014 |
20150051747 | Method for Multiple Energy Storage Management in Microgrids - The implemented controller uses a cost function to find the optimal rate of charge/discharge for all batteries. In other words, this battery management system aims to find the minimum overall operating cost to run the batteries over a specific period of time. | 02-19-2015 |
20150095000 | OPTIMAL SENSOR AND ACTUATOR DEPLOYMENT FOR SYSTEM DESIGN AND CONTROL - A method of determining the location of actuators and sensors for climate control that includes providing a model of temperature and airflow within a room. A matrix for the placement of sensors is calculated using a Lyapunov equation. A Lyapunov equation includes a matrix for the transition state from the model of temperature and airflow. A trace of the matrix for the placement of sensors is maximized to provide optimum placement of the sensors. A matrix for the placement of actuators within the model is calculated using the Lyapunov equation. A variable for the Lyapunov equation includes the matrix for the transition state obtained from the model of temperature and airflow. A trace of the matrix for the placement of actuators is maximized to provide optimum placement of the actuators within the room. | 04-02-2015 |
20150142190 | POWER SYSTEM WITH AN ENERGY GENERATOR AND A HYBRID ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - Systems and methods are disclosed to control a power system with an energy generator and a hybrid energy storage system. The system includes two or more energy storage system, each with different energy storage capacity and energy discharge capacity. The system includes developing data for one or more control variables refined from expert knowledge, trials and tests; providing the control variables to a fuzzy logic controller with a rule base and membership functions; and controlling the energy generator and the hybrid energy storage system using the fuzzy logic controller. | 05-21-2015 |
20150148973 | FUZZY LOGIC BASED INTEGRATED POWER COORDINATION SYSTEM FOR HYBRID ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - A method of managing power between the multiple components of a hybrid electrical energy storage system (HESS) that includes providing at least two power storage elements, and at least one renewable power source. The method further includes managing the power flow among the at least two power storage elements with a fuzzy logic controller. The fuzzy logic controller uses a hardware processor that is configured to increase or decrease current to each of the at least two power storage elements using a fuzzy rule base that is dependent upon at least one of a state of charge for each of the at least two power storage elements, and a requested power demand of the hybrid electrical storage system. | 05-28-2015 |
20150149799 | POWER COORDINATION SYSTEM FOR HYBRID ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - A method of controlling power in a hybrid energy storage system that may include controlling power through the at least one battery storage element and the capacitor storage element using a multi-level power management system. In some embodiments, the multi-level power management system includes at least a long term battery management layer and a real time power management layer. The long term battery management layer can be for estimating and managing a life cycle for the battery. The real time power management layer can be for managing power sharing between the at least one battery storage element and the at least one capacitor storage element at each time instant dependent upon adjustments to battery performance based upon the long term battery management layer. | 05-28-2015 |
20150261892 | INTEGRATED OPTIMAL PLACEMENT, SIZING, AND OPERATION OF ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES IN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS - A method and system are provided. The method includes co-optimizing a placement, a sizing, and an operation schedule of at least one energy storage system in an energy distribution system. The energy distribution system further has at least one renewable energy resource and at least one distributed energy resource. The co-optimizing step includes generating a placement-sizing-scheduling co-optimization model of the at least one energy storage system by integrating therein a distribution optimal power flow optimization model of the energy distribution system and components thereof. The distribution optimal power flow optimization model integrates therein at least an energy storage system model, a renewable energy resource model, and a distributed energy resource model. The co-optimizing step further includes optimally determining, using a processor-based placement-sizing-scheduling optimizer, the placement, the sizing, and the operation schedule of the at least one energy storage system based on the placement-sizing-scheduling co-optimization model. | 09-17-2015 |
20150268643 | Quantifying the Impact of Constraints on a Grid-Tied Microgrid Using Optimal Control - Systems and methods are disclosed to evaluate the impact of a constraint on the performance of the microgrid by receiving as input a set of solar power, load and grid cost conditions; applying dynamic programming to determine optimal battery dispatch and the imported grid power; and optimizing microgrid operation with a chosen constraint of interest. | 09-24-2015 |
20150268650 | POWER MODELING BASED BUILDING DEMAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method and system are provided. The method includes generating a power model, modeling power demands of at least one of a building and subsystems thereof, responsive to measured power-related inputs specific to the building and forecasted power-related inputs. The method further includes controlling, by a processor-based supervisory controller, power consumption of at least one of the building and the subsystems responsive to the power demands modeled by the power model. | 09-24-2015 |
20150311713 | Service-based Approach Toward Management of Grid-Tied Microgrids - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing service based interactions between a utility and a microgrid by adjusting power flow profile at a point of common coupling (PCC) between a microgrid and a utility, wherein the power flow profile is adjusted to achieve a predetermined objective function based on a utility request; delivering different services to the utility at different periods of time by altering its internal operation of distributed generators, energy storage units, and demands as a multi-purpose microgrid; and managing the microgrid to deliver services to the utility and reduce its operational cost simultaneously. | 10-29-2015 |
20150311716 | CONSENSUS-BASED DISTRIBUTED COOPERATIVE CONTROL FOR MICROGRID VOLTAGE REGULATION AND REACTIVE POWER SHARING - A controller used in microgrid systems that includes a primary control module and a secondary control module. The primary control module may employ a primary consensus control to control at least one of a real power and reactive power sharing in at least one distributed generator system of a microgrid. The secondary control module may employ a secondary consensus control to maintain at least one of voltage and frequency in the microgrid to a nominal value. | 10-29-2015 |
20150355618 | OPTIMAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF A RURAL MICROGRID SYSTEM USING MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION - Systems and methods are disclosed to improve energy efficiency of a farm with livestock wastes by generating a cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) microgrid model; performing on a computer a multi-objective optimization to improve system efficiency of energy utilization and reduce environmental problems caused by animal wastes; and displaying results of the optimization for review. | 12-10-2015 |
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20100224354 | Depositing carbon nanotubes onto substrate - To deposit carbon nanotubes onto a substrate, an at least partially porous film is prepared so that a surface of the film has a layer of carbon nanotubes thereon. The film is positioned in relation to a surface of the substrate such that the surface of the film having the layer of carbon nanotubes is brought into contact with the surface of the substrate. Pressure is applied to the film to attach the film, including the layer of carbon nanotubes, to the surface of the substrate. | 09-09-2010 |
20100229187 | EVENT DETECTION FROM ATTRIBUTES READ BY ENTITIES - A method for detecting events based upon attributes read by a plurality of entities includes receiving data pertaining to the read attributes from the plurality of entities, performing a correlation analysis on the data to identify a number of independent variables existing among the read attributes for each of a plurality of groupings of the plurality of entities in a first hierarchical level of the plurality of hierarchical levels, comparing the identified number of independent variables with a nominal number of independent variables for each of the plurality of groupings in the first hierarchical level, and determining that an event has been detected in response to the identified number of independent variables falling outside of a predetermined value of the nominal number of independent variables for a particular grouping in the first hierarchical level. | 09-09-2010 |
20100231594 | Constructing a cell-based cluster of data records of a scatter plot - To construct at least one cluster of data records of a scatter plot, cells representing the data records are placed in a visualization screen according to values of a first attribute and a second attribute of the data records. Visual indicators are assigned to the cells according to values of a third attribute of the data records. In response to detecting data records having a particular pair of first attribute and second attribute values, cells representing the data records having the particular pair of first attribute and second attribute values are placed in nearby positions according to similarity of values of the third attribute to form the at least one cluster of cells having similar visual indicators. | 09-16-2010 |
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20110106501 | AUTOMATED DESIGN OF AN IT INFRASTRUCTURE - A method for automated design of an IT infrastructure, includes a) identifying IT equipment to support services to be provided to meet one or more user requirements; b) identifying one or more auxiliary infrastructures to meet requirements of the identified computer equipment; c) synthesizing the IT equipment and the one or more auxiliary infrastructures to generate a candidate design; d) analyzing one or more operating characteristics of the candidate design; e) repeating steps a)-d) on at least one additional candidate design that differs from the candidate design generated at step c); and f) storing at least one of the candidate design and the at least one additional candidate design. | 05-05-2011 |
20110106751 | DETERMINING REGIONS OF INFLUENCE OF FLUID MOVING DEVICES - A method for determining regions of influence of a plurality of fluid moving devices in an infrastructure is provided. In the method, a plurality of clusters are generated, with each of the plurality of clusters containing a representation of fluid supply data pertaining to a fluid moving device and one or more of the plurality of sensors based upon collected sensor and fluid supply data. In addition, regions of influence of each of the plurality of fluid moving devices are identified from an analysis of the generated clusters. | 05-05-2011 |
20110137469 | DETERMINING OPERATIONAL SETTINGS FOR FLUID MOVING DEVICES - In a method for determining operational settings for a plurality of fluid moving devices, one or more motifs in utilization data of the plurality of fluid moving devices collected over a time series is identified, sustainability metric levels for each of the one or more identified motifs are calculated, and a determination as to which of the one or more identified motifs have favorable sustainability metric levels is made. | 06-09-2011 |
20110270464 | DISTRIBUTION OF COOLING RESOURCES USING HIERARCHICALLY IDENTIFIED COOLING MICROGRIDS - In a method for distributing cooling resources to a plurality of locations using a plurality of hierarchically identified cooling microgrids, conditions detected at the plurality of locations are received. Each level of the hierarchically identified cooling microgrids is a plurality of resource actuators configured to vary distribution of the cooling resources. Settings for the plurality of resource actuators in each of the levels in the cooling microgrid hierarchy that substantially maintain conditions at the plurality of locations within predetermined ranges are determined using a processor, while substantially optimizing at least one measure of performance associated with supplying the cooling resources to the plurality of locations. | 11-03-2011 |
20110279469 | Performing time slice-based visual prediction - To perform time slice-based visual prediction, a weighted moving aggregate of data values in a data set is calculated over previous time slices to predict data values based on interactive user input. A visual accuracy indicator is generated for display to indicate a quality of prediction of data values at different times. A visualization presents data values from the data set and the predicted data values, where the data values from the data set and the predicted data values are represented as corresponding cells. | 11-17-2011 |
20110295443 | MANAGING AN INFRASTRUCTURE HAVING A 3D PACKAGE AND COOLING RESOURCE ACTUATORS - An apparatus for managing an infrastructure having one or more three-dimensional (3D) packages and a plurality of cooling resource actuators, each of the 3D packages including a plurality of heat sources, includes a heat source manager configured to determine heat load profiles of the heat sources. The apparatus also includes a cooling resource manager configured to determine capabilities of the plurality of cooling resource actuators to meet heat load demands of the plurality of heat sources based on the heat load profiles of the plurality of heat sources and an integrated thermal manager configured to match the capabilities of the plurality of cooling resource actuators to the heat load profiles of the plurality of heat sources. | 12-01-2011 |
20110307110 | MANAGEMENT OF A VIRTUAL POWER INFRASTRUCTURE - A virtual power infrastructure for managing distribution of power to a plurality of power demanding units from a plurality of power generators includes a demand manager having logical descriptions of the power demanding units, in which the demand manager is configured to determine power load demands of the power demanding units using the logical descriptions of the power demanding units, and a capacity manager having logical descriptions of the power generators. The capacity manager is configured to determine allocation of power capacity supplied to the power generators from one or more of the power generators to meet the power load demands of the power demanding units, while satisfying one or more predetermined constraints associated with at least one of the power demanding units and the power generators. | 12-15-2011 |
20120006038 | COOLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - According to one example of the present invention, a cooling system is provided. The cooling system comprises a water-cooled air conditioning module for cooling air from a chamber. The chamber is arranged for receiving air to be cooled and hot humid air. The cooling system also comprises a control system for controlling the flow of hot humid air to the chamber such that the air input to the air conditioning module has a predetermined relative humidity level within a predetermined range. | 01-12-2012 |
20120089941 | Visualizing motifs with visual structures - Visual structures are produced to represent corresponding motifs, where the motifs correspond to repeating patterns in an input data set, where sizes of the visual structures are based on values of a characteristic associated with the motifs, and where a first of the motifs is nested within a second of the motifs to represent a hierarchical relationship of the patterns represented by the first and second motifs. The visual structures of corresponding motifs are presented for display in a visualization screen, where the visualization screen depicts the data in the input data set with the visual structures overlapping parts of depicted data. Interactive input is received specifying modification of a region containing motifs, wherein the specified modification includes interactive distortion of the visual structures in the region to change a size of the visual structures in the region. | 04-12-2012 |
20120109391 | MANAGING ENERGY DEMAND IN AN INFRASTRUCTURE - In a method for managing energy demand in an infrastructure, a coefficient of performance (COP) of the infrastructure as a function of time is determined. The COP is a measure of efficiency of the infrastructure. In addition, an energy demand on the infrastructure as a function of time is determined and an energy demand schedule for the infrastructure that temporally reallocates the energy demand based upon the determined COP of the infrastructure is determined. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109605 | MANAGING AN INFRASTRUCTURE - In a method for managing an infrastructure, a utilization of a plurality of infrastructure components in performing an objective is simulated. In addition, a resource demand for the infrastructure associated with the simulated utilization of the infrastructure components is determined and a supply of resources by a plurality of available sources to meet the determined resource demand is simulated. Moreover, at least one metric associated with the determined resource demand and the simulated supply of resources by the plurality of available sources is determined. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109619 | GENERATING A RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE - In a method for generating a resource management plan for an infrastructure, a resource supply available from a combination of resource sources is determined, an operation of the infrastructure in performing an objective using the determined supply of resources is simulated, in which the simulation is to simulate resource demand of a plurality of infrastructure components in performing the objective, a metric(s) associated with operating the infrastructure based upon the simulation is determined, a determination as to whether the metric(s) satisfies a predetermined goal(s) is made, the resources supplied and/or the simulation of the resource demand of the plurality of infrastructure components is modified in response to the at least one metric failing to satisfy the predetermined goal(s), and a resource management plan for the infrastructure that has been determined to result in the metric(s) satisfying the predetermined goal(s) is generated. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109704 | MANAGING UTILIZATION OF BIOGAS IN AN INFRASTRUCTURE - A system for managing utilization of biogas in an infrastructure includes a plurality of biogas implementing apparatuses. The system also includes a biogas source to supply biogas to the plurality of biogas implementing apparatuses and an optimizer to determine a distribution of the biogas to the plurality of biogas implementing apparatuses that substantially optimizes at least one metric associated with operating the infrastructure. | 05-03-2012 |
20130025450 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CONDITION AIR - Systems and methods to condition air are disclosed. An example system includes a desiccant heat transfer device to supply conditioned air to a facility, an air intake to receive air to be conditioned via the desiccant heat transfer device, and a make-up exhaust to provide exhaust air from a heat dissipating device in the facility to provide heated air to reactivate the desiccant heat transfer device. | 01-31-2013 |
20130190941 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR DATA CENTERS - Resource management for data centers is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes determining electrical power usage for the data center, and determining cooling fluid usage for the data center. The method also includes processing a resource utilization cap for the data center, and adjust ng at least one of the electrical power and the cooling fluid for the data center based on the resource utilization cap. | 07-25-2013 |
20130226525 | Determining Sustainability Of A Data Center - Determining a sustainability impact for available data center architectures. A data center is accessed by a computer. Two or more functional parameters of the data center are then evaluated by the computer. Then, the computer combines the two or more evaluated functional parameters into a quantified judgment to determine a sustainability impact of available architectures of the data center. | 08-29-2013 |
20140100705 | DISTRIBUTED GENERATION CONTROL FOR MICROGRID DURING ISLANDING - System and methods are disclosed to handle power imbalance in one or more distributed generation (DG) units: detecting islanding at time t | 04-10-2014 |