2280 results about "Electric energy consumption" patented technology

Electrical appliance energy consumption control methods and electrical energy consumption systems are described. In one aspect, an electrical appliance energy consumption control method includes providing an electrical appliance coupled with a power distribution system, receiving electrical energy within the appliance from the power distribution system, consuming the received electrical energy using a plurality of loads of the appliance, monitoring electrical energy of the power distribution system, and adjusting an amount of consumption of the received electrical energy via one of the loads of the appliance from an initial level of consumption to an other level of consumption different than the initial level of consumption responsive to the monitoring.

A communication device, for connecting one or more electrical appliances to a remote service centre, comprises a control unit (AMC), means (PLG) for connecting the device (HG) to an alternating voltage electric mains network (Vac) and means (SK) for supplying the alternating mains voltage (Vac) to a power supply line of an electric appliance. The device (HG) further comprises first communication means (CSA), prearranged for receiving information possibly generated by the electric appliance and transmitted through the power supply line thereof, second communication means (ZB), prearranged for establishing a connection with a local area network (HN1) and third communication means (GGM), prearranged for establishing a connection with a further communication network, different from the local network (HN1), to which the remote service centre is connected. The control unit (AMC) is prearranged for acquiring by means of the first communication means (CSA), first information possibly generated by the electric appliance and transmitted through the power supply line thereof and / or second information regarding electric energy consumptions associated to the operation of is the electric appliance, acquiring, by means of the second communication means (ZB), third information possibly available on the local network (HN1), and transmitting to the remote centre (RMC), by means of the third communication means (GGM), at least one of the first, second and third information.

A device and method is provided for automatically controlling the heating element(s) of an electric hot water heater to minimize electric energy consumption over a prolonged time period by projecting the future need for hot water based on it's use in prior time periods as well as by monitoring the use of hot water during current periods. The device saves energy by switching the heater "off" during times when the projected and current need for hot water is low or nonexistent thereby reducing the tank temperature and therefore energy losses to the ambient, while detecting the instantaneous requirement for hot water through utilization of a flow sensor arrangement, one of which is the utilization of thermistors on the exit pipe and on the tank or body of the heater. The device leaves all existing controls intact and may be adapted by end users to existing heaters or by manufacturers of original equipment (OEMs).

The invention aims at providing a method and device for scheduling an application according to a touch screen operation of a user, wherein the method comprises the steps of: obtaining the user operation of a user on a touch screen of user equipment by the user equipment; querying a target application matched with the user operation according to the user operation; and scheduling and executing the target application. Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that according to different user operations of the user on the touch screen, different target applications are matched, an operation process of the user equipment from the operation of the touch screen to the target application is shortened, electric energy consumption of the user equipment is reduced at the same time, and the usability of the user equipment is enhanced, so that the user obtains better use experience.

This invention provides a system and method for cogeneration of electric power and building heat that efficiently interfaces a liquid-cooled electric power generator with a multi-zone forced hot water (hydronic) space heating system. The system and method utilizes an electric generator with an electric output capacity (kW) that is near the time-averaged electric power consumption rate for the building and with a heat generation capacity that is useful for meeting building heating needs. This generator is operated as the priority source of heat for the building, but normally only when there is a demand for heat in building, with the intent of running the generator for long periods of time and generating a total amount of electric energy (kWhs) that is significant in comparison to the total electric energy consumption of the building over time. The actual onsite time-variable power demand (kW) is met by a combination of the cogenerated electric power produced on site and quantities of electric power from the public electric power grid or another external power source. Hence, useful electric power is generated on site as a by-product of the required generation of heat for space or water heating. The generator is run at a speed / operating condition that is appropriate to maintaining a long operational life.

The invention discloses a driving range estimation method of an electric car. The driving range estimation method of the electric car comprises the following steps: 1.1 a planned route and the future microcosmic traffic state of the route are obtained according to a set departure site, a destination and the departure time; 1.2 an aggregative variable is calculated based on the obtained speed per second and an acceleration; 1.3 a built electric car electricity consumption rate model is selected according to different driving conditions, and electricity consumption per second is calculated by combining the calculated aggregative variable; and 1.4 residual electric quantity of a current battery is obtained, residual energy of the battery is calculated, and residual range is obtained through circular calculation by combing the electricity consumption of the car. The driving range estimation method of the electric car takes the influence of a real traffic state on the energy consumption of the electric car into account, and overcomes the defect that the estimation result of an existing method is not accurate enough.

An appliance measurement interface inputs an appliance measured value from each appliance. The appliance measured value includes an electric energy consumption, a usage intensity and a usage frequency of the appliance. An appliance information count unit calculates an average of the appliance measured value in an evaluation span, and outputs an appliance information as the average of the appliance measured value. An evaluation unit acquires a first appliance information in a first evaluation span as an evaluation object period and a second appliance information in a second evaluation span as a comparison object period from the appliance information, and calculates an evaluation value by applying the first appliance information and the second appliance information to an evaluation function. A display unit displays an evaluation result of an energy saving behavior based on the evaluation value.

A method and system for electricity consumption profile management for electrical devices, is provided. One implementation involves receiving an energy consumption control command at a consumer site including on or more electrical devices connected to an energy distribution network; determining energy consumption adjustment including determining an energy consumption adjustment for at least one of the electrical devices based on the energy consumption control command; and transmitting an energy consumption adjustment message to said at least one of the electrical devices, commanding the electrical device to adjust its electrical energy consumption accordingly.

The invention discloses a method and a device for full balance control of a power battery of an electric automobile. In the method, an analog-digital conversion module of a microcontroller is used for acquiring single body voltage parameters of the power battery and sequencing the single body voltage parameters of the power battery; the microcontroller is connected with a battery management system to acquire dump energy information and battery balancing threshold of the current battery management system; and the method for the full balance control of the power battery of the electric automobile is implemented by the microcontroller according to the actual condition of the dump energy, or selecting an active balancing mode of starting an active balance control circuit and using an on-vehicle battery to charge the lowest battery single body, or selecting a passive balancing mode of starting a passive balance control circuit and using a balancing resistor to discharge the highest batterysingle body, or selecting a mixed balancing mode of using the two modes at the same time. By using the method and the device, a reasonable balancing strategy is established according to the dump energy of the battery, so that the problem of inconsistency of charge and discharge of the power battery is effectively solved and unnecessary electric energy consumption in balancing is effectively reduced.

The embodiment of the invention discloses an authorized frequency band channel occupation time configuration method comprising the steps that subframe configuration of a TDD LTE system is acquired; an indicating message of idle channel detection CCA time of an authorized frequency band is received, and the indicating message of CCA time includes the indicating message of uplink CCA time and the indicating message of downlink CCA time; and channel occupation time in the authorized frequency band is determined according to the subframe configuration and the indicating message of CCA time, and data transmitting and data receiving are performed according to channel occupation time. With application of the technical scheme, a UE is enabled to determine uplink channel occupation time and downlink channel occupation time according to the indicating message of CCA time and the uplink and downlink subframe configuration so that data transmitting is performed within uplink channel occupation time or a receiver is shut down within non-downlink channel occupation time and thus the objective of saving electric energy consumption of terminals can be achieved.

The invention provides a gasification process for producing synthesis gas from garbage and biomass raw materials, which relates to a gasification processing technique of garbage and biomasses. The gasification process is characterized in that the technological process mainly comprises a raw material solid matter process, a gas phase circulation loop, a calcium oxide circulation loop and a synthesis gas drawing process; one or a mixture of more garbage, the biomasses and coal is sent into a gasification furnace to perform gasification so as to generate the synthesis gas; and simultaneously, calcium oxide is sent into the gasification furnace, an exothermic reaction of absorbing carbon dioxide by the calcium oxide provides the heat required by the gasification reaction in the furnace, and water vapor is sent into a plasma spraying gun and is heated to more than 3,100 DEG C to generate H2, O, O2 and H2O<*> which are sprayed into the gasification furnace to perform reactions with the garbage and the biomasses and supply heat into the furnace. The gasification process adopts a measure to spray the calcium oxide into the furnace to not only greatly reduce the electric energy consumption of the plasma spraying gun, but also improve the quality and the yield of the synthesis gas, thus the aim of transforming the garbage and the biomasses into clean energy can be achieved easily.

The invention provides a heartbeat interval adjusting method, a server, a client terminal and a communication system, wherein the heartbeat interval adjusting method comprises the following steps: after the current connection between the server and the client terminal is established successfully, the server receives the heartbeat negotiation message sent by the client terminal; the heartbeat negotiation message carries a factor value used for characterizing the factor of the previous disconnection and the heartbeat interval value finally used in the previous connection; when the server determines that the previous connection is disconnected owning to link impasse or network unusualness according to the factor value, the heartbeat interval value is gradually reduced and is sent to the client terminal by the negotiation response message; and when the server determines that the previous connection is disconnected owning to phone calling, application halting or application shifting according to the factor values, the heartbeat interval value is gradually increased and is sent to the client terminal by the negotiation response message. The invention has the advantages of effectively reducing the electric energy consumption of the client terminal.

The invention discloses a thermal management system for a power battery based on a pulsating heat pipe, which comprises a module box and a module box top cover. The module box is internally equipped with at least two battery set monomer shells; each of the battery set monomer shells is internally provided with at least more than two battery module groups constructed by serially or parallelly connecting battery monomers; the surface of each battery monomer is provided with a pulsating heat pipe which is bent back and forth in the form of a row; the pulsating heat pipe is divided into an evaporation end and a condensation end; the evaporation end is attached on the surface of the battery monomer; and the condensation end is extended outside the surface of the condensation end. The thermal management system for a power battery based on a pulsating heat pipe provided by the invention has the advantages that the efficiency is high, the energy is saved, the environment is protected, the structure is simple, the cost is low, the operation is stable and reliable, and the function is diversified and etc.; furthermore, the high-efficiency thermal management comprising radiation, heating, working temperature control and waste heat recycling and the like of a power battery can be carried out without providing an external force or consuming the electric energy of additional batteries under a variety of charging and discharging conditions, the thermal management system is suitable for a variety of electrical equipments driven by a power battery, and the market prospect of the thermal management system is wide.

The present invention relates to an intelligent temperature adjusting preservation refrigerator which is characterized in that the inside of a non-refrigerating room of the refrigerator is provided with a storage box; the lower part of the storage box is provided with a pressure sensor which can detect the weight of stored goods at any time; at the same time, a control panel of the refrigerator also distinguishes the variety of the stored goods. When the invention is used, the main control panel determines the refrigerant time and the optimal preservation temperature according to the variety and the weight of the stored goods, thereby achieving the dual effect of saving electric energy consumption and increasing the preservation degree of goods.

The invention provides a method for automatically starting or turning-off a TV, which comprises the following steps: a. a detection unit detects signals sent by TV audiences and sends the detecting result to the TV; b. the automatic starting or turning-off of the TV is controlled by the TV according to the detecting result transmitted by the detection unit. The invention overcomes the shortages of the prior art; when the TV is in start state, the detection unit detects the signals transmitted from audience bodies and judges whether the audience watches the TV or not, and when the answer is no, the TV enters standby state automatically; when the TV is in the standby state and the signals transmitted form the audience body are detected by the detection unit, the TV is automatically started under control, thereby realizing the automatic starting and turning-off of the TV by detecting the signals transmitted from audience bodies. On the one hand, the method of the invention causes a TV to be more intelligent, and on the other hand, electric energy consumption can be reduced by turning-off the TV timely.

The invention discloses a method and system for detecting a user to be in a sleep state to automatically turn off a television. The method comprises the steps that A, wearing equipment enters in a standby state, and whether a paired mobile terminal is located within the close distance range of the wearing equipment or not is judged; B, when the mobile terminal is located within the close distance range of the wearing equipment, a data transmission channel is started by the wearing equipment, and blinking action information and motion information are acquired in real time and are transmitted to the mobile terminal; C, the mobile terminal judges whether the user is in the sleep state or not according to the blinking action information and the motion information, and the mobile terminal sends a shutdown instruction to control the television to be turned off when the user is in the sleep state. According to the method and system, the user can automatically turn off the television without manual operation, the user operation is facilitated, electric energy consumption is saved, and the service life of the television is prolonged.

The invention discloses a system for detecting the energy consumption and the emission of a hybrid electric vehicle. The system comprises a vehicular energy consumption and emission measuring device connected with a computer system, wherein the computer system comprises a data acquisition module and a detection and comparison model; the data acquisition module is used for acquiring and receiving the data of the vehicular energy consumption and emission measuring device, and the acquired data comprises fuel oil consumption, electric energy consumption and the mass emission of HC, CO, NOx and particulate matters (PM); the detection and comparison model comprises a plurality of databases, and at least the following information is stored in the databases: (A) energy consumption and emission data obtained in a field test of a testing field by a conventional diesel-engine vehicle, (B) energy consumption and emission data obtained in an analog line test by the conventional diesel-engine vehicle and (C) energy consumption and emission data obtained in a practical line operation by the conventional diesel-engine vehicle; and the acquired data is compared with the detection and comparison model by a data analyzing module to analyze the energy consumption and emission properties of hybrid electric vehicles of the same technological types or different technological types.

The invention discloses a multi-network-combined home microgrid electric-energy consumption interactive management system and a method thereof. Based on a plurality of network protocols, a communication mode is selected for realizing information interaction between equipment. Intelligent monitoring equipment is used for monitoring. Network communication is performed through a home gateway, the intelligent monitoring equipment and a power grid. A management server acquires and analyzes information of the intelligent monitoring equipment and acquires an optimal electric-energy utilization solution. Particularly, the multi-network-combined home microgrid electric-energy consumption interactive management system comprises a home microgrid electric-energy consumption management terminal, the home gateway, an intelligent socket, a distributed-power-supply accessing integrated device, a temperature and humidity sensor, an infrared sensor and a smart meter. The multi-network-combined home microgrid electric-energy consumption interactive management system realizes multi-network fusion and intercommunication; information interaction among different kinds of equipment; acquisition for information of main home electric-energy consumption equipment, distributed power generating equipment and room environment; network communication between the intelligent monitoring equipment and a power grid information service platform; effective interaction between a user and the power grid; high-efficiency electric-energy management and sufficient utilization for clean renewable energy.

The invention discloses a control method and device of a compressor electric heating band. The control method and device is characterized in that the highest value and the lowest value of the first temperature which reflects the temperature of a compressor oil tank are determined, the current value of the first temperature is detected, the electric heating band is controlled to be in an off state when the current value is larger than the highest value, unnecessary electric energy consumption is reduced, the standby power of an air conditioner is lowered, and energy conservation performance of the air conditioner is increased; when the current value is smaller than the lowest value, the electric heating band is controlled to be turned on so as to heat lubricating oil; when the current value is larger the lowest value and smaller than the highest value, the electric heating band is kept to be in a current state. By the control method and device, timely on / off of the electric heating band is achieved, unnecessary electric energy consumption of the air conditioner is reduced under the premise that the temperature of the lubricating oil satisfies requirements, the standby power of the air conditioner is lowered, the energy conservation performance of the air conditioner is increased, and problems in the prior art are solved.

The invention discloses a background photographing method and device. The method includes setting a background photographing mode; controlling a camera module to switch on, operate and switch off in the background according to the background photographing mode; since the entire photographing process is advanced automatically, the camera module operates in the background, the current display interface is prevented from being occupied, a user can view, edit and share photographed images and videos in real time and play other applications or functions, and care and force are saved for the user; meanwhile, the camera module is switched on or off through various strategies in the photographing process in the background, waste electric energy consumption since the camera module operates in the background can be avoided, power consumption is reduced, and electric energy is saved.

The invention provides a method and a terminal for measuring cells. The method comprises following steps: the terminal receives broadcast control channel distribution BA list issued by a network side device, wherein the BA list comprises information of cells adjacent to the service cell where the terminal locates; the terminal performs measurement to the service cell to obtain measurement results of the service cell; if the measurement results of the service cell satisfy a first triggering condition, then at least one of adjacent cells included in the BA list is measured by the terminal. According to the cell measurement method provided by one embodiment of the invention, through measuring the terminal service cell, when the measurement results satisfy the triggering condition, the measurement of adjacent cells is enabled so that frequent measurement of adjacent cells is avoided, and electric energy consumption of the terminal is reduced.

The present invention provides a technique that enables, in an environment in which an upper limit of electric energy consumption is prescribed for a specific period, operations of a storage device while keeping the electric energy consumption within the prescribed upper limit and, at the same time, maintaining operations of a disk device of a storage device necessary for providing services to a user. A storage system according to the present invention includes a storage device having one or more energized parts and a management device that manages operations of the storage device. The management device acquires electric energy consumption of the energized part and controls the operational state of the energized part so that the electric energy consumption of the storage device over a predetermined period does not exceed a prescribed upper limit.

An energy management system for a transport device, in particular for a motor vehicle running on fuel and electricity, includes an energy source, an intermediate energy store and an electric energy consumer, in particular an electric drive. Control and / or regulation of the provision of energy, which is dependent on information relating to future energy requirements and supplied by means of at least one part of the transport device, can be carried out by the energy management system by means of the intermediate energy store and / or the energy requirements.

The invention provides a wireless network cloud platform system based on lighting nodes. The wireless network cloud platform system comprises a wireless gateway, at least one wireless lighting driver, at least one wireless lighting controller, at least one positioned terminal and a cloud server client side. A cloud server is connected with a wireless gateway, issues configuration information to the at least one wireless lighting driver and the at least one wireless lighting controller for configuration, controls the at least one wireless lighting driver and judges whether faults exist in a lighting line or not according to a current and energy consumption of the lighting line. Position monitoring is carried out on the positioned terminal according to the positioning information of the positioned terminal, the environment in a preset area is monitored according to environment parameters, and monitoring data are displayed to a user. According to the embodiment, wired lighting control is replaced with the wireless lighting, and labor cost and material cost can be saved. In addition, lighting energy consumption is monitored in real time, dimming is carried out according to current illuminance, and therefore electric energy consumption can be saved.

The invention discloses a system and a method for adjusting environment of a portable data center. The system comprises a computer room, a plurality of computer cabinets, a blowing device, a control unit and a first sensor, wherein the computer room comprises a first opening and a second opening; the plurality of computer cabinets are accommodated in the computer room and generate a second air flow after heat exchange with the first air flow; the blowing device is arranged in the computer room and guides the first air flow towards the computer cabinets; the control unit controls the first andsecond openings of the computer room; the first sensor detects the first temperature of the outside air of the computer room and is electrically connected with the control unit; wherein the control unit controls the on and off of the first and second openings by comparing the first temperature with the second temperature. By the invention, the heat exchange amount of the heat exchanger can be reduced so as to reduce the electric energy consumption of the heat exchanger, avoid the waste of energy and save the operation cost.

The invention discloses a pure electric vehicle endurance mileage calculating method and system. The pure electric vehicle endurance mileage calculating method comprises the following steps that the electric energy consumption rate corresponding to the speed of a whole vehicle is calibrated in advance; when the vehicle runs based on vehicle navigation, road condition information corresponding to each road section of roads planned through vehicle navigation is obtained, and the electric energy consumption rate corresponding to the speed is obtained according to the speed in the road condition information corresponding to each road section of roads; according to the electric energy consumption rate corresponding to each road section, corresponding path length and current remaining battery capacity, the endurance mileage of the automobile running in paths planned through vehicle navigation is calculated.

The invention relates to a high-voltage electric energy direct measurement system and a method, which is applied on a three-phase high-voltage circuit. The system comprises an A-phase high-voltage electric energy measurement unit arranged on the high-voltage terminal of an A-phase power line for measuring a first portion of electric energy consumption; a C-phase electric energy measurement unit arranged on the high-voltage terminal of a C-phase power line for measuring a second portion of electric energy consumption; a B-phase electric energy synthesis unit arranged on the high-voltage terminal of a B-phase power line for accumulating the first portion of and the second portion of electric energy consumption.