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A sub-atmospheric downstream pressure control apparatus (200) includes a first flow restricting element (FRE) (202); a pressure control chamber (PCC) (204) located in serial fluidic communication downstream from the first FRE; a second FRE (206) located in serial fluidic communication downstream from the PCC; a gas source (208); and a flow controlling device (210) in serial fluidic communication downstream from the gas source and upstream from the PCC.

An intelligent network demand control system provides a system and method for controlling demand in an energy delivery system. Various embodiments of the intelligent network demand control system employs a transceiver network with a plurality transceivers coupled to meters and appliances residing at a plurality of customer premises. Control room operators instruct a customer premises (CP) energy management controller to implement a reduction in system demand. A demand reduction control signal is relayed out to a predefined group of transceivers to bring their respective controlled generators on line. The predefined transceivers, identified by their identification codes, are specified in the demand reduction control signal. The actual demand reduction is metered and relayed back to the CP energy management controller. In some embodiments, the total demand reduction is aggregated into a single number and then communicated to the operators.

An intelligent network demand control system provides a system and method for controlling demand in an energy delivery system. The intelligent network demand control system employs a transceiver network with a plurality transceivers coupled to meters and appliances residing at a plurality of customer premises. Control room operators instruct a customer premises (CP) energy management controller to implement a reduction in system demand. A demand reduction control signal is relayed out to a predefined group of transceivers to bring their respective controlled generators on line. The predefined transceivers, identified by their identification codes, are specified in the demand reduction control signal. When the transceivers bring the generators on line in response to a broadcasted demand reduction control signal, the actual demand reduction is metered and relayed back to the CP energy management controller. The total demand reduction is aggregated into a single number and then communicated to the operators.

A pollution information message system provides a system and method for generating and transmitting pollution information messages. In one embodiment, the pollution information message system employs a transceiver network with a plurality transceivers coupled to monitoring devices. Control room operators receive a pollution information message from an identifiable transceiver. The transceiver, identified by an identification code, indicates a location and the nature of the detected pollution.

A cardiopulmonary bypass system utilizing membrane-based reciprocating positive displacement blood pumps (“pod pumps”). In one aspect, the pod pumps are constructed to provide reduced shear forces on the blood being pumped. In another aspect blood flow through the pod pumps can be controlled by a controller using information from pressure sensors in the control chamber of the pod pumps. In another aspect, the pod pumps are included on a disposable unit that can be received and held by a receptacle means on a base unit, the base unit also providing pressurized control fluid to the pod pumps on the disposable unit through the receptacle means.

This is directed to systems and methods for integrating hotel services in a single application available to a portable electronic device. Using the single application, a user can access and control hotel services before arriving at the hotel, upon arriving at the hotel, in the hotel room, in the local vicinity, and after leaving the hotel. Such services can include, for example, checking-in and checking out, purchasing in-room dining or in-room entertainment, making reservations at local restaurants or local attractions, scheduling hotel guest reminders, and controlling room setting either within the room or outside of the room.

An intelligent network demand control system provides a system and method for controlling demand in an energy delivery system. The intelligent network demand control system employs a transceiver network with a plurality transceivers coupled to meters and appliances residing at a plurality of customer premises. Control room operators instruct a customer premises (CP) energy management controller to implement a reduction in system demand. A demand reduction control signal is relayed out to a predefined group of transceivers to bring their respective controlled generators on line. The predefined transceivers, identified by their identification codes, are specified in the demand reduction control signal. When the transceivers bring the generators on line in response to a broadcasted demand reduction control signal, the actual demand reduction is metered and relayed back to the CP energy management controller. The total demand reduction is aggregated into a single number and then communicated to the operators.

A wireless power and communication unit for field devices is configured to connect to a field device and provide operating power and wired digital communication between the unit and the field device. RF circuitry in the unit is configured for radio frequency communication. In one embodiment, power supply circuitry in the unit includes one or more solar power cells that convert solar energy into electricity to power both the unit and the field device. The unit interacts with the field device in accordance with a standard industry communication protocol. The unit communicates wirelessly with an external device, such as a control room, based upon the interaction with the field device.

The invention relates to a port warehousing logistics technology, in particular to a bulk material yard unmanned stacking / reclaiming technology. Firstly, a database is established; secondly, operation instructions, automatic stacking / reclaiming operation modes and control instructions for automatic stacking / reclaiming operations are generated through input operation kinds of goods and the planning work amount; thirdly, the relevant instructions are sent to a central control PLC and then transmitted to the corresponding local stacker / reclaimer PLC through the industrial network; fourthly, the local PLC controls the operation of all components of the stacker / reclaimer to complete the local operation control. At the same time, a material stack laser scanning device is used to scan the material yard condition, and the scanned result will then be transferred to a central control processing unit through the industrial network; fifthly, the central control processing unit achieves the stack type scan data processing of the stacker / reclaimer to generate new instructions which will then be sent to the corresponding local stacker / reclaimer PLC; sixthly, a handle operating panel arranged inside a central control room can be taken as a backup means of manual operation under special circumstances. The invention can be applied to large-scale raw material yards, such as ports, wharfs, open warehouses, mine stacking yards, as well as iron and steel enterprises.

The invention provides a drug delivery infusion device comprising an injection means (18) in fluid connection with a drug reservoir chamber (12) and pressure-generation means (10) coupled to both the drug reservoir (12) and to a liquid-filled control chamber (13), wherein the coupling is such that the liquid-filled control chamber (13) serves to constrain the motion of the pressure-generation means (10), thereby controlling the drug infusion rate, wherein the liquid-filled control chamber (13) is associated with means for controlled depletion of the liquid therein whereby depletion of the volume of liquid in the control chamber enables the pressure-generation means to drive the drug in the reservoir chamber therefrom for infusion thereof.

A rotating compensator spectroscopic ellipsometer or polarimeter system having a source of a polychromatic beam of electromagnetic radiation, a polarizer, a stage for supporting a material system, an analyzer, a dispersive optics and a detector system which comprises a multiplicity of detector elements, the system being functionally present in an environmental control chamber and therefore suitable for application in wide spectral range, (for example, 130-1700 nm). Preferred compensator design involves a substantially achromatic multiple element compensator systems wherein multiple total internal reflections enter retardance into an entered beam of electromagnetic radiation, and the elements thereof are oriented to minimize changes in the net retardance vs. the input beam angle resulting from changes in the position and / or rotation of the system of elements.

The present invention generally relates to hemodialysis and similar dialysis systems, including a variety of systems and methods that would make hemodialysis more efficient, easier, and / or more affordable. One aspect of the invention is generally directed to new fluid circuits for fluid flow. According to one aspect, a blood pump is configured to pump blood to a dialyzer of a hemodialysis apparatus, the blood pump comprising a pneumatically actuated or controlled reciprocating diaphragm pump. In an embodiment, the diaphragm of the pump comprises a flexible membrane formed or molded to generally conform to a curved inner wall of a pumping chamber or control chamber of the pump, wherein the diaphragm is pre-formed or molded to have a control side taking a convex shape, so that any elastic tension on the diaphragm is minimized when fully extended into a control chamber of the pump.

A rotating compensator spectroscopic ellipsometer or polarimeter system having a source of a polychromatic beam of electromagnetic radiation, a polarizer, a stage for supporting a material system, an analyzer, a dispersive optics and a detector system which comprises a multiplicity of detector elements, the system being functionally present in an environmental control chamber and therefore suitable for application in wide spectral range, (for example, 130-1700 nm). Preferred compensator design involves a substantially achromatic multiple element compensator systems wherein multiple total internal reflections enter retardance into an entered beam of electromagnetic radiation, and the elements thereof are oriented to minimize changes in the net retardance vs. the input beam angle resulting from changes in the position and / or rotation of the system of elements.

The invention discloses an electric-drive mixing device, and relates to the technical field of mixing equipment. The electric-drive mixing device comprises a motor power unit, a mixing tank, a discharge centrifugal pump, a suction centrifugal pump, a powder tank, a control chamber, a drainage manifold, a water-powder mixing manifold, a chemical adding pump and a suction header. The mixing tank is fixedly mounted on one side of the motor power unit, and the control chamber is fixedly mounted on one side of the mixing tank. The electric-drive mixing device has the advantages that a selected motor is a variable-frequency all-in-one machine, that is to say, a frequency converter is integrated with the motor, and there is no independent frequency conversion cabinet, so that the occupied space is remarkably saved, and the device is suitable for vehicle transportation; the variable-frequency all-in-one machine has much lower heat than the motor, a radiator is integrated to a cabinet casing of the motor and the frequency converter, and no plate-fin radiating holes are provided; a large-channel air duct is arranged at a motor and frequency converter casing position of a fan, and accordingly, blockage is avoided.

The invention relates to an intelligent monitoring system for a boiler and a heat exchange station and a method thereof, which belong to the technical fields of production monitoring and security management. The system comprises a main system in a central control room, a plurality of boiler monitoring subsystems which are respectively connected with the main system in the central control room and a plurality of heat exchange station monitoring subsystems. The method comprises the following steps: parameters and video signals on site are collected and transmitted in real time and transmitted to a host machine in the central control room after being converted and compressed; the host machine carries out comprehensive processes of intelligent analysis, dynamic display, prewarning and warning and management for the received signals and transmit control commands to the monitoring subsystems to carry out control; and the monitoring subsystems can be cooperated with the central room to carry out monitoring or independently carries out monitoring to realize automatic control. The invention can realize real-time and dynamic intelligent control, prewarning and warning, security management and automatic monitoring for a large boiler or a boiler group and a heating network system and has the advantages of energy saving, consumption reduction, comprehensive analysis, safety, stability and economic operation.

The present invention generally relates to hemodialysis and similar dialysis systems, including a variety of systems and methods that would make hemodialysis more efficient, easier, and / or more affordable. One aspect of the invention is generally directed to new fluid circuits for fluid flow. According to one aspect, a blood pump is configured to pump blood to a dialyzer of a hemodialysis apparatus, the blood pump comprising a pneumatically actuated or controlled reciprocating diaphragm pump. In an embodiment, the diaphragm of the pump comprises a flexible membrane formed or molded to generally conform to a curved inner wall of a pumping chamber or control chamber of the pump, wherein the diaphragm is pre-formed or molded to have a control side taking a convex shape, so that any elastic tension on the diaphragm is minimized when fully extended into a control chamber of the pump. In another aspect, a system for monitoring the adequacy of blood flow in a blood line of the hemodialysis apparatus allows a controller to suspend dialysate pumping operations if the adequacy of blood flow in the blood line is sub-optimal, and to present information on a display on the quality of blood flow in the blood line.

The invention provides a steaming oven having multiple operating modes. The steaming oven is characterized by comprising an oven body, a steaming-baking module, a humidity regulating and detecting module, a menu editing and storing module, a central temperature detecting module and a control module, wherein the oven body comprises a steaming-baking chamber and a control chamber, the steaming-baking module comprises heating tubes, a steam generator, a turbo fan and an infrared thermodetector, the humidity regulating and detecting module comprises a dryer, a humidifier and a humidity detecting gauge, the menu editing and storing module comprises a menu memorizer and a USB flash disk reading port, the central temperature detecting module is used for food internal-temperature detection, and the control module comprises a photographing camera, a timer, an alarm apparatus, a controller and a central processing unit and is used for providing operation control. The steaming oven has multiple operation modes by arranging the modules, can meet the diversified food processing demands and is high in processing efficiency.

The invention relates to an automatic parking system based on a mobile robot trolley. The automatic parking system is mainly and technically characterized by comprising a parking lot, the mobile robot trolley and a parking lot intelligent control system, wherein a plurality of rows of parking spaces, a plurality of lines of parking spaces and mobile robot trolley rotating spaces are arranged on the ground of the parking lot, a non-rail type vehicle guide device is paved on the ground of the parking lot, a vehicle access chamber and a center control chamber are arranged in the parking lot, the parking lot intelligent control system is arranged in the center control chamber and is connected with the mobile robot trolley and the vehicle access chamber, and the mobile robot trolley supports vehicles to be accessed for realizing the vehicle access through being controlled by the parking lot intelligent control system. The automatic parking system has the advantages that the design is reasonable, and the flexible dispatching on the vehicles to be accessed and the flexible vehicle access can be carried out through the mobile robot trolley and the corresponding control system, so the functions of high-density storage, fast response and safe service are realized, and the automatic parking system has the characteristics that the building and maintenance cost is low, the access is convenient, the energy is saved, the environment is protected, and the like.

The invention relates to the technical field of cell automation augmentation and culture instrument, in particular relates to an automation augmentation and culture system of induced pluripotent stem cells, which comprises a cell automation augmentation and culture system, an operation room and a control system which are mutually connected, wherein, the cell automation augmentation and culture system comprises a culture box and a culture box control room connected with the culture box; the culture box comprises at least one culture device for fixing a culture container fixed block of a culture container, a culture container cover automatic opening and closing system, a culture container automatic popping and closing system, a digital temperature system and at least one sensor; the culture box control room comprises an air flow purification and induction system and a culture box digital power system; and the operation room comprises a bar code automatic entry system, an liquid automatic replace system and a cell on-line observing system. By utilizing the system provided by the invention, a somatic cell can be automatically induced into a pluripotent stem cell, and the system can be used for stem cell research and clinical stem cell treatment.

An apparatus of the invention has a closable chamber that can be sealed and is capable of withstanding an increased pressure and high temperature. The chamber contains a substrate holder that can be rotated around a vertical axis, and an edge-grip mechanism inside the substrate holder. The deposition chamber has several inlet ports for the supply of various process liquids, such as deposition solutions, DI water for rinsing, etc., and a port for the supply of a gas under pressure. The apparatus is also provided with reservoirs and tanks for processing liquids and gases, as well as with a solution heater and a control system for controlling temperature and pressure in the chamber. The heater can be located outside the working chamber or built into the substrate holder, or both heaters can be used simultaneously. Uniform deposition is achieved by carrying out the deposition process under pressure and under temperature slightly below the boiling point of the solution. The solution can be supplied from above via a shower head formed in the cover, or through the bottom of the chamber. Rinsing or other auxiliary solutions are supplied via a radially moveable chemical dispensing arm that can be arranged above the substrate parallel thereto.

A chamber for a surveillance camera that is designed to be mounted inside a larger camera housing. The chamber is sealed and provides a controlled internal environment for sensitive camera optics and internal electronics. A flush mount window is provided for the front lens of the camera, and a sealed feed-through electronic connector is provided for attachment to external controls. Valves for both adding and removing gasses to / from the chamber are provided. In one embodiment, temperature, pressure and / or humidity sensors may be deployed inside the chamber and connected electronically to a display or computer for monitoring and adjustment. In another embodiment of, a heating element is provided to evaporate moisture from the camera lens and / or from the window, and to help control the temperature inside the chamber.

The invention provides a safety guide intelligent tour-spot inspection system which comprises a handheld terminal, multiple Bluetooth beacons and a background monitoring management center. Tour inspection personnel executes tour inspection on a site according a tour inspection plan and returns tour-spot inspection data to a tour inspection application system, the Bluetooth beacons are mounted on a building in the site and used for positioning the tour inspection personnel in real time and sending positioning data to the handheld terminal, and the background monitoring management center displays position of each Bluetooth beacon, real-time position of the tour inspection personnel and tour inspection tracks of the tour inspection personnel on an electronic map according to the positioning data, judges whether the tour inspection personnel is in place or not and sends an alarming signal to personnel in a central control room when standing time of the tour inspection personnel at a position exceeds preset time duration or one-button call for help from the tour inspection personnel is received. By the system, high-accuracy all-around accurate real-time positioning of personnel can be realized; tour inspection equipment used daily is integrated, so that the system is light in weight, and collected data can be automatically sent back to the background monitoring management center.

The invention relates to an online monitoring system for high-voltage cables, which comprises a sensor, a data collection unit, a power supply device, and a network server. The sensor is arranged at the joint of a high-voltage cable and is used for collecting data such as the shield circulating current of the high-voltage cable joint, the core current, the surface temperature of the cable, and the ambient humidity and temperature and transmitting the data to the data collection unit. The data collection unit is arranged nearby the high-voltage cable joint and is used for collecting the data transmitted from the sensor and transmitting the date to the network server via a wireless network. The power supply device acquires power from the high-voltage cable and provides power to the data collection unit. The network server is installed in a control room and is used for receiving the data transmitted from the data collection unit in order to determine whether the power cable is in safe operation condition via special data analysis, thereby serving the purpose of helping maintenance personnel monitor the operation condition of the power cable at any time, and preventing the electrical faults from happening. In case that faults occur with the cable, the online monitoring system can send alarms promptly and locate fault points, thereby providing assistance for cable repair.

A method, as well as a controller, for controlling room temperature within a variable air volume system having a plurality of zones wherein the thermal transfer rate with respect to each of such zones is maintained at a substantially constant value notwithstanding changes in the temperature of the supply air thereby providing improved efficiency and environmental comfort.

The invention discloses an intelligent drug box system which comprises a drug box composed of a drug box body and a box cover. Two portions including a drug storage chamber and a control chamber are formed in the drug box body, at least one drug bin is arranged in the drug storage chamber, a detection device arranged in the drug storage chamber in a semi-inverted-conical manner is arranged at the bottom of each drug bin and used for detecting conditions of drugs in the drug box body, and a light-emitting device is arranged at the bottom of each drug bin. A controller, a control button, a sounding device, a vibrating device and a position balance sensor are arranged in the control chamber, a central control chip is integrated on the controller, and connection of the drug box and an intelligent terminal is realized through wireless data transmission. By the intelligent drug box system, a user can effectively know the conditions of the drugs in the drug box, a medicine-taking time can be easily set, the user can be accurately and effectively reminded, recording of medicine-taking states and replenishing of new drugs can be conveniently and timely realized, and the problem that the user forgets to carry the emergency drug box can be solved through a binding function.

An intelligent cooker with a fire prompting function comprises a pot body and a pot cover. The pot body is connected with a handle. The handle is internally provided with a control chamber and a fire prompting device. The fire prompting device comprises a built-in chip processor, a display screen exposed out of the handle, and a thermocouple set arranged on the pot body. The chip processor is connected with the display screen and the thermocouple set. By the arrangement of the fire prompting device and the application of the chip processor, the temperature of the pot body is accurately controlled, the stability of cooking temperature is ensured, fire is more accurately controlled during cooking, and the cooked food taste is improved. The intelligent cooker has the advantages of being simple and reasonable in structure, convenient to operate, durable and visual.

The invention discloses a method and a device for detecting the freshness of fish based on olfaction visualization, which is characterized in that a computer is connected with a constant temperature control room and a scanner; a visual gas sensor array, the scanner, a reaction room and a sample room are arranged inside the constant temperature control room; detected gas diffused from a detected fish sample is in contact with the visual gas sensor array; the detected gas reacts with a porphyrins sensor, a pH indicator sensor or a solvation chromotropic dye sensor arranged in the visual gas sensor array; images before and after the reaction are collected by the scanner and input into the computer; and the freshness of the detected fish sample is determined according to the correlation between the color change of the three sensors and the variety and the concentration of the detected gas. The invention can ensure that the extraction quantity of characteristic values is reduced by determining the selection of the sensor type and the characteristic values; the synthesis course is simple, and the use quantity of the sensors is less; the gas can be fully contact with the sensors; the detection by human eyes can be utilized; and the use of the device is simple and convenient; the detection time only needs 3 to 5 minutes.

The invention concerns a wind turbine comprising a vertical tower with a yaw bearing, a nacelle on top of the yaw bearing, a hub with blades rotatable around a more or less horizontal rotation axis. The nacelle has a generator and a control room, whereby the generator comprises a rotor with a rotor shaft supported on two rotor bearings carrying the hub, and a stator comprising a cylindrical outer shell with a stator diameter that is approximately equal to the diameter of the nacelle and which outer shell has at its ends a front cover plate and a back cover plate each with a rotor bearing for supporting the rotor shaft. In accordance with the invention the rotor shaft is hollow and the hollow hub is accessible from the control room through the hollow rotor shaft.

A pollution information message system provides a system and method for generating and transmitting pollution information messages. In one embodiment, the pollution information message system employs a transceiver network with a plurality transceivers coupled to monitoring devices. Control room operators receive a pollution information message from an identifiable transceiver. The transceiver, identified by an identification code, indicates a location and the nature of the detected pollution.