Abstract: An assist device is for grasping the operating status of a plant and includes a data acquisition unit that acquires process data for the plant, a summarization unit that summarizes the dimensionality of the process data acquired by the data acquisition unit, and a display unit that displays the summarized data summarized by the summarization unit.

Abstract: The presently claimed invention relates to a process for the recovery of 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol from a stream obtained in the production of 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol from 2-methylprop-1-ene and formaldehyde, by treating the stream with an amine catalyst.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) and their use in therapy, for example in the treatment of mycobacterial infections or in the treatment of diseases caused by mycobacterium, such as tuberculosis.

Abstract: The present disclosure can provide a distributed and anonymous approach to demand response of an electricity system. The approach can conceptualize energy consumption and production of distributed-energy resources (DERs) via discrete energy packets that are coordinated by a cyber computing entity that grants or denies energy packet requests from the DERs. The approach leverages a condition of a DER, which is particularly useful for (1) thermostatically-controlled loads, (2) non-thermostatic conditionally-controlled loads, and (3) bi-directional distributed energy storage systems, among others. In a first aspect of the present approach, each DER independently requests the authority to switch on for a fixed amount of time (i.e., packet duration). The coordinator determines whether to grant or deny each request based electric grid and/or energy or power market conditions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle air conditioning device including a heat pump cycle configured to compress and expand a refrigerant; a heater core; a high pressure side pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure on the high pressure side of the heat pump cycle; and a heater core inlet water temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of cooling water at an inlet of the heater core as a heater core inlet water temperature. The heat pump cycle includes a compressor; a condenser; a water refrigerant heat exchanger and an evaporator; and a heating expansion valve and a cooling expansion valve. An estimated outside air temperature is calculated based on the high pressure side pressure detected by the high pressure side pressure sensor and the heater core inlet water temperature detected by the heater core inlet water temperature sensor.

Abstract: The present invention provides an active distribution network physics-information fusion control method for a hybrid system model includes an initialization time being a starting time, predicting power output and load of a feeder intermittent distributed power supply within a control time period T, calculating a feeder exchange power deviation variation ?P(t) during the control time period, if being a fixed distribution coefficient, and establishing a hybrid system model for feeder power coordinated control; if being a rolling distribution coefficient, an exchange power P(t) of the control region at time t being obtained, generating a distribution coefficient matrix W(t), and establishing the hybrid system model of the said feeder power coordinated control; confirming a control objective function min J, converting it into a MIQP, obtaining a full period control quantity; selecting a first control quantity P of the optimized control sequence, sending the first control quantity P to the control device.

Abstract: A chloride salt eliminator system and method for removal of chloride salt from glycol circulated through a reboiler in natural gas dehydration, in a continuous process, close to the wellhead. Hot glycol from the reboiler is pumped into a salt eliminator unit having independently replaceable filter elements which trap chloride salts which are not soluble in hot glycol and pass clean glycol for return to the reboiler.

Abstract: A method and system for co-ordinating control of a plurality of sensorless devices. Each device includes a communication subsystem and configured to self-detect one or more device properties, the device properties resulting in output having one or more output properties. The method includes: detecting inputs including the one or more device properties of each device, correlating, for each device, the detected one or more device properties to the one or more output properties, and co-ordinating control of each of the devices to operate at least one of their respective device properties to co-ordinate one or more output properties for the combined output to achieve a setpoint. In some example embodiments, the setpoint can be fixed, calculated or externally determined.

Abstract: A control apparatus is communicably connected to a first apparatus to perform a control on the first apparatus. The control apparatus includes a data collecting unit, a collection interval determining unit, and a storing unit. The data collecting unit collects, by polling and from the first apparatus, data in order to perform the control. The collection interval determining unit determines, based on a setting content of the control, a collection interval of the data collected by the data collecting unit. The control apparatus performs a plurality of the controls on one first apparatus. The storing unit stores, for each of the controls, one data item or a plurality of data items constituting the data. The storing unit further stores, for each of the data items, the collection interval.

Abstract: Systems and processes for designing and generating personalized surgical implants and devices are described herein. In various embodiments, the process includes generating patient-specific implants with patient-specific surface(s) and/or textures designed for increased osseointegration and improved surgical outcomes. In various embodiments, the process includes extracting patient-specific data with one or more aspects of an anatomical feature, processing the one or more aspects of the anatomical feature to create a non-rigid shape reference, and generating a patient-specific implant or device.