Abstract: A method controls the electric charging of a group of vehicles. A central control system can communicate with the respective vehicles of the group and with a server of the network operator. In each case a charging time window, a departure time and a setpoint state of charge of the vehicle-side energy store at the departure time are defined in advance for one or more specific vehicles. In addition, a cost value for the charging time window is predefined in accordance with a cost function which specifies a cost level as a function of the charging process according to the charging time window. The central control system transmits a modified charging time window to a respective specific vehicle of at least some of the specific vehicles, after which the charging process is carried out according to the modified charging time window by fulfilling the charging time criterion with an unchanged departure time and setpoint state of charge.

Abstract: A method for wind power curtailment optimization comprises calculating the power flow for a power network for the day-ahead; calculating a contingency analysis for the power network for the day-ahead, comprising forecasted power generation, power consumption and topology of said power network, together with a set of contingency scenarios; calculating a sensitivity factor of a power flow for each power network branch to a power injection by each wind power plant, wherein the sensitivity factor is calculated only for the periods of time of the day-ahead for which overloaded branches have been detected during the solving of the power flow or during the solving of the contingency analysis; selecting a subset of the wind power plants having at least one sensitivity factor above a predetermined threshold as curtailment candidates; and calculating the wind power curtailment restricted to the selected subset of wind power plants.

Abstract: A method includes repeatedly identifying one or more values for one or more model parameters of at least one model associated with a process. The one or more values for the one or more model parameters are identified using data associated with the process. The method also includes clustering the values of the one or more model parameters into one or more clusters. The method further includes identifying one or more additional values for the one or more model parameters using additional data associated with the process. In addition, the method includes detecting a mismatch between the at least one model and the process in response to determining that at least some of the one or more additional values fall outside of the one or more clusters. The values could be clustered using a support vector machine.

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring dish ware position and modifying the wash and dry cycle of a dishwasher by capturing and analyzing image data utilizing a plurality of cloud-connected cameras.

Abstract: A field device includes a controller and a process communication module. The controller is configured to perform at least one operation related to process control and is also configured to perform at least one self-recovery operation relative to the field device. The process communication module is coupled to the controller and is configured to couple to a process communication segment and communicate in accordance with a process communication protocol. The controller is configured to detect an erroneous condition and selectively apply the at least one self-recovery operation in response to the detected erroneous condition.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system enclosure may include a plurality of slots, each slot configured to receive an information handling system and a rack tile airflow controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of slots. The rack tile airflow controller may be configured to receive from each information handling system an indication of an individual airflow consumption of the information handling systems, aggregate the individual airflow consumptions of the information handling systems to determine a total enclosure-level airflow, and communicate one or more control signals to an active floor tile in fluid communication with the information handling system enclosure, the active floor tile including one or more air movers, and the one or more control signals for controlling a tile airflow generated by the one or more air movers in accordance with the total enclosure-level airflow.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for providing a standard operating procedure associated with a monitoring system of facility are described herein. One method includes determining a plurality of parameters associated with a facility having a monitoring system, accessing a library of SOP templates to determine a particular SOP template having a correlation with the plurality of parameters, allowing a user to create an SOP by customizing the particular SOP template, and associating the created SOP with the plurality of parameters.

Abstract: There is provided a voltage/reactive power control device, method, and a voltage/reactive power control system that allow a proper control even with a control delay or in a situation where the system conditions at the time of setting the voltage reference value may not be always reproduced. A voltage/reactive power control system is applied to a power system in which a monitoring point is set in a local system divided as appropriate from the power system and the local system includes a voltage/reactive power control device capable of adjusting voltage and reactive power at the monitoring point.

Abstract: A processing unit for measuring and controlling a rotary-driven tool, wherein the processing unit is connectable to a light barrier arrangement, which comprises a light-transmitting unit and a light-receiving unit, wherein the processing unit is configured to receive from the light-receiving unit signals that are at least approximately proportional to shading generated by the rotary-driven tool and/or at least one cutting edge of the rotary-driven tool at a first measuring position. The processing unit is further configured to evaluate the signals received and to transmit control signals to the light barrier arrangement, wherein the evaluation of the signals received by the processing unit comprises the following steps: determination of an interference signal component and/or a useful signal component of the received signal; and provision of information about the useful signal component, the interference signal component and/or the received signal for forwarding to a numerical controller of a machine tool.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for retrieving temperature information of GPUs of a server system via PCIe topology, and using a baseboard management controller (BMC) to control fan speed(s) of cooling fans based at least upon the temperatures of the GPUs. In some implementations, the management controller can determine a PCIe topology of the server system via an operating system (OS), and get the BusID of each GPU or GPU card of the server system. Based upon the BusID, the management controller can retrieve temperature information of a corresponding GPU from a GPU library (e.g., NVIDIA Management Library [NVML]), and further control fan speed of cooling fan(s) based at least upon the temperature information.

Abstract: A method for security and/or automation systems is described. In one embodiment, the method may include receiving input regarding at least one home automation system operation profile. The method may further include receiving monitored sleep data of at least one user of a home automation system associated with the at least one home automation system operation profile. The method may further include comparing the received monitored sleep data with the received input regarding the at least one home automation system operation profile, and may include implementing the at least one home automation system operation profile based, at least in part, on the comparing.

Abstract: The present invention discloses methods and systems for scheduling and distributing power for electric vehicle chargers, through enabling and disabling a plurality of relays at a system. One of the criteria to allow an authenticated user to use an electric vehicle charger is whether there is enough electricity capacity. When the user is allowed to use a scheduled electric vehicle charger, its location is then sent to the user. Alert messages can be generated if charging does not begin within a first time limit and the cancellation of a reservation will take place if the second time limit is reached.

Abstract: There is provided a method of regulating the formulation of a multi-component product comprising a product attribute profile, the method comprising providing a first and second component of the product, each component having a component attribute profile; supplying to a product formulation zone the first component and the second component in a desired ratio and combining the first and second components together to provide the product or a precursor thereof to yield a target product attribute profile; responsive to a change or predicted change in at least one component attribute profile, supplying information concerning the attribute change to a data processing apparatus and calculating with respect to that change an adjustment in the ratio to reduce the deviation of one or more attributes of the product attribute profile from the target product attribute profile. A production system is also provided.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining closed-loop data associated with operation of an industrial process controller, where the industrial process controller is configured to control at least part of an industrial process using at least one model. The method also includes generating at least one noise model associated with the industrial process controller using at least some of the closed-loop data. The method further includes filtering the closed-loop data based on the at least one noise model. In addition, the method includes generating one or more model parameters for the industrial process controller using the filtered closed-loop data.

Abstract: A method of producing a paper product by forming a paper web on a paper machine, the web including a plurality of sections, analyzing the web, marking the web, winding the web to form a parent roll after the web has been inspected and marked, assigning an action score to each section of the web, at least one action score having an action value, unwinding a web from a parent roll, reading at least one of a plurality of marks with a mark reading unit, obtaining the action score associated with a second one of the marks, calculating a distance between a mark read by the reading unit and the second one of the marks, changing at least one operational parameter of a converting line based upon the action score of the second of the marks when the distance is less than a threshold, and converting the paper web.

Abstract: A drip irrigation emitter flow channel structural design method and a fractal flow channel drip irrigation emitter product therefor. The method comprehensively considers within a design process the hydraulic performance and anti-blocking performance of a drip irrigation emitter, and mainly comprises stages such as simulation method establishment, flow channel configuration selection, structural parameter determination and flow channel boundary optimization. An optimal flow channel configuration and a structural parameter value range of a drip irrigation emitter flow channel are determined via an optimal value simulation model, thereby defining a drip irrigation emitter primary prototype structural design method.

Abstract: A method of identifying a multi-component cutting tool assembly to a user includes the steps of: receiving an indication from the user of a desired characteristic of at least one of the cutting tool assembly or of a workpiece to be machined, determining at least a portion of a first set of characteristics associated with a first component of the plurality of tool components corresponds to the desired characteristic, determining at least a portion of a second set of characteristics associated with a second component of the plurality of tool components corresponds to a portion of the first set of characteristics and responsive thereto grouping the first component and the second component together to form a combination and identifying the combination to the user as the cutting tool assembly.

Abstract: A received power control device (200) that performs control of received energy, which is an amount of power received from a power system per predetermined time at a power receiving point to which a load (302) and an electric storage device (303) are electrically connected, the received power control device (200) performing the control by controlling charge and discharge of at least the electric storage device (303), including: a received energy obtainer (201) that periodically obtains information indicating the received energy; a controller (202) that causes at least the electric storage device (303) to discharge to prevent the received energy from exceeding a first threshold; a remaining capacity obtainer (203) that periodically obtains information indicating a remaining capacity of the electric storage device (303); and a threshold setter (204) that increases the first threshold when an amount of decrease in the remaining capacity per unit time exceeds a second threshold.

Abstract: A method includes: an obtaining step, in which a first device in the home network obtains the instruction; a query step, in which the first device queries for at least one particular device meeting a predetermined condition in the home network; and a notification step, in which the first device notifies the particular device of the instruction. A user does not need to directly send an instruction to a particular device that executes the instruction; instead, the user only needs to make sure that any device in the home network obtains the instruction. The user can enable a most suitable device to execute the instruction automatically without knowing a large amount of detailed information such as device performance. Therefore, not only is full use of functions and features of devices in the home network made, but also user operations are significantly facilitated, improving user experience for users.

Abstract: Embodiments for facility management by a processor. Operations are performed to collect and track environmentally-related data of the facility over time. Predictive analytics are applied to the environmentally-related data to generate decisions that are dynamically applied to environmental settings of the facility.