895 results about "Peak load" patented technology

A surgical attachment includes a surgical tool, an actuator configured to drive the surgical tool, and a power cell for providing electrical power to the actuator, the power cell being configured to accumulate stored electrical energy during an idle state of the actuator and to discharge at least a portion of the stored energy to power the actuator during a peak load of the actuator.

The Electric Power Converter has the qualifications for an uninterruptable power supply, battery management, energy conversion, micro-grid formation, Power Factor Correction including Total Harmonic Distortion correction in real time. Uninterruptable power supply's use is for always-on, real-time, all-time, reduced distortion with functions of load reduction and management during peak load events. The Electric Power Converter as well has the ability to provide maintenance for most types of batteries including charging and discharge regiments to increase the overall lifetime of a battery, the maintenance, incorporating restorative functions that can refurbish dead batteries or can further increase the overall efficiency and useful function of weaker / aged / defective batteries. Energy conversion capabilities allow for the conversion of AC or DC to AC or DC with high efficiency and ability to actively vary the frequency in accordance to the required parameters. The Electric Power Converter is able to establish and sustain a micro-grid with multiple and varying sources of power generation and load conditions. The Electric Power Converter is achieving dynamic, real-time, interactive Power Factor Correction (PFC) function with advanced voltage harmonic distortion correction with a high efficiency ratio. The Electric Power converter is designed to function with the emerging Smart Grid technologies and provide an overall higher level of operating efficiency and higher quality of electrical power.

A server is capable of receiving large numbers of concurrent download requests, establishing TCP sessions with each client. A copy of the socket of each session, together with descriptor information of the file requested are transferred to a download manager, and the original connection immediately closed. The connection to the client remains open via the copy of the socket, which is then converted to a non-blocking socket by the download manager converts to copy of the socket to a non-blocking socket, and downloads the requested information to the client using the non-blocking socket and its own connection to the server. The arrangement is capable of dealing with loads that would ordinarily overwhelm the server's capability of establishing and maintaining individual TCP sessions with its clients. Heavy loads, including bursty peak loads, are handled gracefully, without causing the server to stall, or to refuse connections.

A thermodynamic system that produces mechanical, electrical power, and / or fluid streams for heating or cooling. The cycle contains a combustion system that produces an energetic fluid by combustion of a fuel with an oxidant. A thermal diluent may be used in the cycle to improve performance, including but not limited to power, efficiency, economics, emissions, dynamic and off-peak load performance, and / or turbine inlet temperature (TIT) regulation and cooling heated components. The cycle preferably includes a heat recovery system and a condenser or other means to recover and recycle heat and the thermal diluent from the energetic fluid to improve the cycle thermodynamic efficiency and reduce energy conversion costs. The cycle may also include controls for temperatures, pressures, and flow rates throughout the cycle, and controls power output, efficiency, and energetic fluid composition.

As the density of Electric Vehicle deployments in residential neighborhoods increase, demand on local power grids may exceed the local utility power supply causing local brown outs or transformer failure. The invention describes a method and process which enables the acquisition and efficient RF transmission of data that enables utility customers, utilities and / or other controlling entities to collaboratively regulate the timing and rate of Electric Vehicle battery charging in a manner that avoids peak-load related transformer failures.

The present invention reduces the capacity of the AC-DC converter for the peak load and realizes low price and reduction in the volume of the power unit. The apparatus built-in backup power supply has the peak cut function for sharing a part of the load current at the time of peak load from the secondary battery. The two-way DC-DC converter 5 and the secondary battery 4 are installed on the DC output side of the AC-DC converter 3 and a current larger than a predetermined peak cut level is discharged from the secondary battery 4 at the time of peak load. Further, when the load is less than the predetermined cut level, the secondary battery 4 is charged from the AC-DC converter 3 via the two-way DC-DC converter 5. Furthermore, a most suitable peak cut level according to the SOC of the secondary battery and load pattern is automatically set and dynamically changed.

A method for reducing peak loads of wind turbines in a changing wind environment includes measuring or estimating an instantaneous wind speed and direction at the wind turbine and determining a yaw error of the wind turbine relative to the measured instantaneous wind direction. The method further includes comparing the yaw error to a yaw error trigger that has different values at different wind speeds and shutting down the wind turbine when the yaw error exceeds the yaw error trigger corresponding to the measured or estimated instantaneous wind speed.

The invention discloses a cascade reservoir combined flood scheduling optimization method coupled with flood control and power generation, which can coordinate flood control and power generation goals in flood scheduling, and adopt corresponding models for different standard floods, timely power generation pre-discharging and closing gates and staggered peaks, reducing flood seasons It is useless to abandon water to maximize the benefits of cascade reservoir flood control and power generation. The technical solution is: judge the level of the flood according to the real-time hydrometeorological information and flood forecast results. When the average inflow flow during the flood period is greater than the full flow of the power station, it will be judged as a major flood, otherwise it will be judged as a small flood; according to the different levels Different models are used to optimize the scheduling of different control objectives; under each different flow, constraint settings and control objectives, a number of different flood control schemes are obtained, which constitute a set of flood control schemes corresponding to a flood, as the basis for decision-making, if In the flood control scheme set, it is necessary to modify the inflow flow, so the simulated flood control calculation under various inflow conditions is repeated.

The invention provides an intelligent energy storage machine and an operating method thereof. The intelligent energy storage machine is used in a large scale, so that the electrical load of a power grid is relatively stable, the electrical load for the daytime and night is balanced, and the peak load shifting function is realized; and the energy storage machine comprises a miniature wind power and photovoltaic power generation input interface, and a new energy access power system is easily realized. The intelligent energy storage machine comprises a cabinet shell, a control system, an energy device and an energy storage device, wherein the energy device is used for providing energy for the load and comprises a solar energy device, a wind energy device and a mains supply; the electric energy generated by the solar energy device and the wind energy device is stored in the energy storage device; the energy storage device is an energy storage battery pack; the energy storage battery pack is used for storing the energy generated by the solar energy device and the wind energy device and the energy charged by the mains supply; and the control system comprises a wind and photovoltaic complementary controller, a grid-connected inverter, an off-grid inverter, a programmable logic controller (PLC), a battery management system and a bidirectional intelligent electric meter.

The invention relates to a process and a device for process realizing to increase the efficiency of power stations by improvement of the efficiency of using the heat potentials for an electric power production by using of supercritical carbon dioxide as a working fluid and heat transfer medium as well as for the improvement of the ecological balance of power stations by minimization of the carbon dioxide emission and the total avoidance of NOx-emissions by using of pure oxygen for the burning process. Additionally the process allows the buffering of electric overcapacity energy producing mass storages for natural gas, pressed air and carbon dioxide and their effective using as well as in the continuous operation and for peak load supply of power stations.

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for symmetric and anti-symmetric control of aircraft flight control surfaces to reduce wing-body loads. Commands are sent to symmetrically deploy outboard control surfaces to shift wing air-loads inboard based on airplane state and speed brake deployment. Surface rate retraction on a wing with peak loads is limited to reduce maximum loads due to wheel checkback accompanied by utilization of opposite wing control surfaces to retain roll characteristics. Airloads are shifted inboard on a swept wing to move the center of pressure forward, thereby reducing the tail load required to perform a positive gravity maneuver. In a negative gravity maneuver, speed brakes are retracted, thereby reducing the positive tail load and reducing the aft body design loads. High gain feedback commands are filtered from wing structural modes above one hertz by a set of linear and non-linear filters.

The invention relates to an electric automobile optimal peak-valley time-of-use pricing method giving consideration to the owner satisfaction degree. The electric automobile optimal peak-valley time-of-use pricing method specifically comprises the following steps of (1) establishing probability models of a last journey ending moment and a daily running mileage; (2) establishing demand response models for charging and discharging of electric automobiles, including (2a) a demand response model of an A-type electric automobile, (2b) a demand response model of a B-type electric automobile and (2c) a demand response model of a C-type electric automobile; (3) establishing an optimal peak-valley time-of-use electrovalence solving model. Charging and discharging power models of the electric automobiles are established according to two factors influencing the power demands of the electric automobiles, namely charging beginning moment and the daily running mileage, then an optimal peak-valley time-of-use electrovalence solving scheme applicable to the charging and discharging of the electric automobiles is established based on the electric automobile owner satisfaction degree and power grid benefits, and investment on peak-load units and lines is reduced to some extent.

A system and method for generating power includes a motor assembly, an inertia-assisted, torque-enhanced gearbox, including a flywheel assembly and a clutch assembly, and a generator assembly. The motor assembly is used to drive the flywheel assembly up to the generator's designed operating speed. When the flywheel assembly reaches the generator operating speed, the clutch assembly engages and connects the flywheel assembly to the generator assembly. When the flywheel assembly is connected to the generator assembly, it supplies the generator with the starting torque required to start the generator. The motor assembly then supplies the torque necessary to operate the flywheel assembly and the generator assembly at the generator's designed operating speed. When the generator encounters peak loads, the flywheel assembly also supplies peak load torques to the generator assembly. The generator assembly is operable to supply power to a load connected to the generator assembly.

A method for reducing peak loads of wind turbines in a changing wind environment includes measuring or estimating an instantaneous wind speed and direction at the wind turbine and determining a yaw error of the wind turbine relative to the measured instantaneous wind direction. The method further includes comparing the yaw error to a yaw error trigger that has different values at different wind speeds and shutting down the wind turbine when the yaw error exceeds the yaw error trigger corresponding to the measured or estimated instantaneous wind speed.

The invention discloses an electrified railway traction power supply and energy storage device and a method of the electrified railway traction power supply and energy storage device. The energy storage device is connected between a feeding arm alpha or feeding arm beta at the output end of a traction transformer and a steel rail, or two energy storage devices are connected between the feeding arm alpha and the steel rail and between the feeding arm beta and the steel rail respectively, wherein the energy storage device is arranged in a traction substation. The energy storage device comprises a control unit, an isolation transformer, a PWM current transformer, an energy transformation circuit and an energy storage element, wherein the PWM current transformer, the energy transformation circuit and the energy storage element are connected in sequence, and the control unit is used for carrying out calculation according to the voltage, current and direction of the feeding arm alpha and / or feeding arm beta to complete control over the PWM current transformer and the energy transformation circuit and achieve energy exchange between the energy storage device and the feeding section connected with the energy storage device. The electrified railway traction power supply and energy storage device can fully recycle locomotive braking feedback electric energy, improve the energy utilization ratio of a traction power supply system, reduce the installation billing capacity of the traction transformer, reduce cost and absorb and store energy even in electricity valleys, has the effect of peak load shifting and further has the functions of dynamic reactive-power compensation and low-order harmonic suppression.

Various techniques directed to providing temporary peak power from a switching regulator are disclosed. In one aspect, a switching regulator includes a switch that is to be coupled between a power supply input and an energy transfer element of the power supply. A controller is coupled to be responsive to a feedback signal to be received from an output of the power supply. The controller is coupled to switch the switch in response to the feedback signal to regulate the output of the power supply. An oscillator is coupled to provide an oscillating signal to the controller to determine a maximum switching frequency of the switch. The oscillating signal is coupled to oscillate at a first frequency under a first moderate load condition at the power supply output. The oscillating signal is coupled to oscillate at a second frequency under a second peak load condition at the power supply output.

A voltage regulator is disclosed. The voltage regulator has a voltage generation circuit that outputs a regulated voltage and a load current. The voltage regulation circuit has a sensing circuit that senses a peak magnitude of the load current and stores a peak signal that is based on the peak load current magnitude. The sensing circuit receives at least one signal that is input to the voltage regulation circuit and senses the peak magnitude of the load current. The voltage regulation circuit has a current generation circuit that generates a compensation current that has a magnitude that is proportional to the peak load current magnitude. The current generation circuit generates the compensation current based on the peak signal. The compensation current is provided during a time interval that is defined by at least one signal that is input to the voltage regulation circuit.

The invention relates to a semi-liquid metal electrode energy storage battery, belonging to the field of an energy storage battery, and aiming at solving the problems that the all-liquid metal battery is narrow in battery material selection range and high in running temperature, and has potential safety problem. The semi-liquid metal electrode energy storage battery comprises a shell, a positive pole, electrolyte, a negative pole and a collector, wherein the positive pole is alloy made from one or more of Sn, Sb, Pb, Bi and Te; the negative pole is alloy made from one or more of Li, Na, Mg and Ca; and the electrolyte is a mixture of inorganic salt mixture and ceramic powder. When the semi-liquid metal electrode energy storage battery runs, the positive pole is in a semi-liquid state structure with alloy solid phase distributed in liquid phase, and the electrolyte is melted into semi-liquid state paste, so that the short circuit of the positive pole and the negative pole can be effectively prevented, the energy storage cost is lowered, the working temperature of the battery is reduced, the corrosion speed of the shell is slowed down, the service life of the battery is prolonged, the safety and the reliability of running can be improved, and the semi-liquid metal electrode energy storage battery is suitable for storing energy for new energy power generation grid-connection, frequency modulation and peak-load regulation of an electrical power system as well as smart power grid construction.

The invention discloses a charging and discharging scheduling method for electric vehicles connected to a micro-grid. The method comprises the steps of: (1) determining a system structure of the micro-grid and the characteristics of various units; (2) building a micro-grid optimal scheduling target function of considering the battery depreciation cost of the electric vehicles under time-sharing electrovalence; (3) determining constraints of various distributed power supplies, batteries of the electric vehicles and the like and forming a micro-grid optimal scheduling model by the constraints and the micro-grid optimal scheduling target function; (4) determining the number, the start-stop time, the start-stop charged states and other basic calculated data of the electric vehicles connected to the power grid under the time-sharing electrovalence; and (5) solving the micro-grid optimal scheduling model through a particle swarm algorithm and determining the charge and discharge power when the electric vehicles are connected to the power grid. The batteries of the electric vehicles are connected to the micro-grid as mobile distributed energy storage devices to achieve the peak load shifting effect; the operation safety and stability of the micro-grid in the time-sharing electrovalence environment are improved; and the energy utilization efficiency and the power grid operation efficiency are simultaneously improved.

The invention discloses a method for economically and optimally dispatching cogeneration units. The method includes S1, determining safe and adjustable peak-load regulation ranges of the cogeneration units; S2, constructing mathematical model for unit load optimization under the consideration of electric load adjustment moments and creating multi-objective and multi-constraint unit load optimization objective functions; S3, designing a cogeneration unit multi-objective and multi-constraint load optimal dispatching scheme on the basis of a non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II). The multi-objective and multi-constraint method for optimally dispatching the cogeneration units has the advantages that power generation load and heating load among the various units of an integral plant can be reasonably distributed in real time on the premise that safe, economical and environment-friendly running of the units is guaranteed, standard total coal consumption and pollutant emission of the integral plant are reduced to the greatest extent, power grid load adjustment can be quickly responded, the load competitiveness of each unit is improved, the integral plant can run at a low comprehensive economical cost, and the overall efficiency of the units is improved.

The invention provides a coupling modeling method for hydropower station generated output scheme making and optimal load distribution. The method includes the steps that a hydropower station generated output scheme model is established with the maximum peak-load regulating capacity benefit as the target, and a in-plant set load optimal distribution model is established with the minimum water consumption as the target; the hydropower station generated output scheme model is solved, so that a hydropower station initial generated output scheme is obtained; the hydropower station initial generated output scheme serves as input of the in-plant set load optimal distribution model, simulation calculation is performed on the in-plant set load optimal distribution model, algorithm loop iteration and model trace netting correction are performed on the hydropower station initial generated output scheme through an integrated self-adapting adjustment mode, and coupled output is a final hydropower station generated output scheme. Integrated seamless coupling operation of hydropower station generated output scheme making and in-plant set load optimal distribution is achieved, wherein the hydropower station generated output scheme has the self-adapting adjustment characteristic, and the fine hydropower station generated output scheme is obtained under the condition that in-plant set load optimal distribution is met.

An independent and conserved source of fuel and / or power comprises a top stage rocket engine firing up to 5000 F. at very high pressures, delivering jet flows up to transonic velocities into a near adiabatic tunnel for mixing in general and / or for transforming reactants introduced to suit specific objectives. The related compression is supplied by an independent prime mover which compresses its exhaust and other recoverable fluids. Low grade flows, thereby upgraded in temperature and pressure, are adiabatically contained, are further upgraded in the tunnel to become part of the prescribed fuel for export at the tunnel ends; or fuel to be fired in a prime mover for electric or other power, or hydrogen for chemical use. Expansion turbines for this purpose are relieved of the load used to compress the excess air in standard gas turbines thus increasing export power. A portion of the expansion turbine's exhaust becomes part of recoverable fluids. When oxygen is used instead of air, the gases through turbines are nitrogen-free with more heat capacity reducing turbine inlet temperatures for the same power. When reactant transformation is specified, the larger water vapor content in the cycle enhances the water gas / shift autothermally for ammonia and / or power and alternatively for pyrolysis cracking for olefins and diolefins. Further, staging rocket engine reactors increases efficiency in boilers and steam turbines; and staging can produce sponge iron and / or iron carbide as well as expansion turbine power and fuel cells for peak and off-peak loads.

Energy can be stored by directing fluid into an expandable receptacle that has a relatively heavy mass above it. The fluid fills the receptacle such that it expands and lifts up the heavy mass above it. At a time when energy is needed, the fluid can be allowed to flow out of the receptacle and through a turbine or hydraulic motor to generate power or electricity. Intermittent or unreliable sources of power can be used to fill the receptacle, or power from a power grid can be used to fill the receptacle at times that are off-peak. During peak-load times, the potential energy of the fluid in the receptacle can be converted to power. The receptacle can also be used to control water flows and can provide a source of power and potable water to a community.

Various techniques directed to providing temporary peak power from a switching regulator are disclosed. In one aspect, a switching regulator includes a switch that is to be coupled between a power supply input and an energy transfer element of the power supply. A controller is coupled to be responsive to a feedback signal to be received from an output of the power supply. The controller is coupled to switch the switch in response to the feedback signal to regulate the output of the power supply. An oscillator is coupled to provide an oscillating signal to the controller to determine a maximum switching frequency of the switch. The oscillating signal is coupled to oscillate at a first frequency under a first moderate load condition at the power supply output. The oscillating signal is coupled to oscillate at a second frequency under a second peak load condition at the power supply output.

The invention discloses a mid-long-term unit commitment optimizing method. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring various optimized data to determine the optimal space of mid-long-term unit commitment; then establishing a mid-long-term security constrained unit commitment model with minimum deviation between the generated energy of the unit and the expected electric quantity as the target according to the practical power grid model; adopting the mixed integer programming approach to compute the starting / stopping state, load factor and active power output in the peak load period of the unit in each day in the dispatching period; considering all the network monitoring components and adopting the daily maximum load point to carry out security check according to the starting / stopping state and power output in the peak load period of the unit which are obtained through optimization; and finally acquiring the mid-long-term unit commitment scheme satisfying the power grid security through the optimization technology and iteration of security check. The large power grid steering capability and the power resource optimal allocation capability are greatly improved by adopting the method.

The invention provides an energy-storage voltage-balanced power electronic electric energy converting system and a control method thereof. The energy-storage voltage-balanced power electronic electric energy converting system is composed of an energy storage module, a voltage-balanced converter, a power-grid-side inverter, a power grid load, an energy-storage-side inverter and an independent load. Through control over the high-frequency soft-switching voltage-balanced converter, balanced control over an energy storage unit or module is realized, the service life of energy storage equipment is prolonged, the use cost is reduced, and meanwhile, multiple routes of isolation direct voltage are provided for the power-grid-side inverter. The energy storage unit or module is charged and discharged through the electric energy converting system, electric isolation of energy storage and a power grid is realized, interaction is formed with the power grid, and the purposes of peak load shifting, harmonic suppression and reactive compensation are realized. The energy-storage voltage-balanced power electronic electric energy converting system is realized through modularized design and has the advantages that electric isolation of the power grid and the energy storage side is realized, control is simple, the size is small, the efficiency is high and the cost is low.

The invention discloses a smart central strategy control system for a micro-grid. The smart central strategy control system for the micro-grid comprises a micro-grid electrical system. The micro-grid electrical system comprises a distributed electricity generation unit, an energy storage unit, an environment monitoring unit, a simulation load unit, an actual load unit, a communication network unit and a central strategy control unit. The smart central strategy control system for the micro-grid further comprises an information collection system unit and a central control processing unit. According to the smart central strategy control system for the micro-grid, overall control, coordination and optimization of electricity generation equipment, electricity consumption equipment and electricity consumption quality of the micro-grid can be achieved, the intermittent energy electricity generation plan, the load electricity consumption plan, load control, energy storage, the diesel engine electricity generation plan and the like are involved, and the functions of emergency electricity consumption control, automatic grid-connected / grid-disconnected switching control, adverse current prevention control, black-start control, peak load shifting, time shifting and the like of the system can be achieved. In communication, the smart communication detection technology and the channel hot standby redundancy technology are adopted additionally, and the stability and the reliability of communication are guaranteed.

Overload protecting operation is performed by controlling the current peak value of a switching device 1 through the use of a comparator 8, a NAND circuit 5, and so on according to variations in feedback current being input to a feedback signal control circuit 11, internally setting the overcurrent protection of switching device 1 through the use of a clamp circuit 12, charging a capacitor 34 when having fallen below a specified current smaller than current required for the overcurrent protection for a fixed time period, and detecting rise in voltage VOL at the capacitor 34 to a constant voltage to stop switching operation. By achieving the overload protection under normal load and the overcurrent protection against peak load in a single switching power supply unit, problems such as the complexity of the unit and an increase in the element count of the control circuit are solved.