79 results about "Demand load" patented technology

A system and method for recharging a plug-in hybrid vehicle. The system includes a controller that schedules the recharging of the vehicles on local electrical distribution networks. The system arranges the schedule to minimize the demand loading on the local distribution network to more efficiently operate power plants providing electrical power to the distribution networks. A system for collecting charges associated with the recharging of plug-in hybrid vehicles is also disclosed providing for prepaid utility accounts.

A networkable power controller includes a mode selector for selectively conducting of a plurality of input signals to an output of the networkable power controller, where the input signals and the output signals satisfy the same signaling protocol. The networkable power controller may be networked with other networkable power controllers, lighting ballasts and other building automation control devices, and user-controlled voltage selectors to provide a lighting control network. A power controller may include a mode selector that may be used in combination with other control devices or components, including a rotary dimmer control, a digital slide dimmer control, a demand load shedder component, a photometer component, and a communications interface. The communications interface allows digital control of the networkable power controller.

An optimization problem models the dynamic placement of applications on servers under two types of simultaneous resource requirements, those that are dependent on the loads placed on the applications and those that are independent. The demand (load) for applications changes over time and the goal is to satisfy all the demand while changing the solution (assignment of applications to servers) as little as possible.

An apparatus, system, and method is provided for flushing data from a cache to secondary storage. The apparatus, system, and method identifies predefined high priority cache structures and predefined low priority cache structures. The apparatus, system, and method selectively flushes low priority cache structures according to a first scheme when the cache is under a demand load and according to a second scheme when the cache is under substantially no demand load. The first scheme is defined to flush low priority cache structures as efficiently as possible and the second scheme is defined to flush low priority cache structures in a less efficient manner.

A method of operating a multi-level memory hierarchy of a computer system and apparatus embodying the method, wherein instructions issue having an explicit prefetch request directly from an instruction sequence unit to a prefetch unit of the processing unit. The invention applies to values that are either operand data or instructions. These prefetch requests can be demand load requests, where the processing unit will need the operand data or instructions, or speculative load requests, where the processing unit may or may not need the operand data or instructions, but a branch prediction or stream association predicts that they might be needed. Further branch predictions or stream associations that were made based on an earlier speculative choice are linked by using a tag pool which assigns a bit fields in the tag pool entries to the level of speculation depth. Each entry shares in common the bit field values associated with earlier branches or stream associations. When a branch or stream predicted entry is no longer needed, that entry can be cancelled and all entries that were to be loaded dependent on that entry can likewise be cancelled by walking through all entries sharing the bit fields corresponding to the speculation depth of the cancelled entry and tagging those entries as invalid.

A distributed electric power generation system is configured to include a plurality of electric power distribution stations operable to receive electric power from an external power source and generate electric power in a balanced manner, a power transmission grid network connected to the plurality of electric power distribution stations for supplying received electric power to a plurality of demand loads using electric power, and a control station operable to acquire information on an electric power distribution period used to calculate a period during which electric power supply is needed, acquire an amount of power supply demand to be supplied via the power transmission grid network during the period during which electric power supply is needed, the period being determined from the acquired information on the electric power distribution period, and select one or a required number of electric power generation facilities for supplying electric power to the plurality of demand loads at a low cost based upon a start and stop cost and a running cost of each of the electric power distribution stations in accordance with the calculated electric power distribution period and the amount of power supply demand.

A method for controlling a demand for engine power in a control for an engine in a hybrid electric vehicle with power-split characteristics. Following transitions from acceleration or deceleration operating modes to a steady-state operating mode, power demand excursions from road-load power are attenuated or avoided by filtering the power demand using a filter constant that changes within battery power constraints as a function of a normalized driver demand for power at traction wheels for the vehicle.

A method and system of optimizing microgrid operations is provided. One or more intelligent microgrid coordinators interface with the microgrid such that those microgrid coordinators are able to measure and control all microgrid asset activities. The microgrid coordinator is used to forecast the microgrid's demanded load more accurately, and assign asset commands so as to optimize microgrid consumption, generation, and storage of load. The method and system incorporate a valuation of dispatchable load in optimization functions. The microgrid coordinator is further used to protect the microgrid assets from over-current situations when the microgrid is connected to the bulk electric system and when islanded. The method and system provide a means to test the microgrid controller prior to implementation on the microgrid in order to assure proper operation.

The invention is embodied in software executable on a computer having a working memory with demand-loadable components initially stored outside of the working memory, each component having an entry point including a constructor for an object. Preferably, the demand-loadable components are initially provided in a memory within the computer or a location external of the computer. A Namespace in the working memory provides access in the working memory to the components as they become needed by applications running in the computer. The Namespace provides the access by managing demand-loading and unloading of the components in the working memory.

The invention provides a system and method for power station and compressed air combination energy storage power generation. The system for power station and compressed air combination energy storage power generation comprises a heat power station, a wind power station, a biomass power station, a compressed air energy storage system, a power grid system and a demand load system. The heat power station, the wind power station and the biomass power station are connected with the compressed air energy storage system, and the compressed air energy storage system is connected with the power grid system. The demand load system is connected with the heat power station, the wind power station, the biomass power station, the power grid system and the compressed air energy storage system. According to the technical scheme, on the conditions of not affecting power grid peak regulation performance, clean energy is introduced, and the clean energy utilization rate is improved.

A method for apply splitting and on-demand load is provided, The device splits the application obtained by using the RN according to the splitting configuration file and the platform indication parameter to obtain the basic module and the service module. When the application is started, the basic module and the service module clicked by the user are loaded, so that the service module can be loadedon demand, thereby saving time and resources.