Abstract: A method and system for deploying proactive responses and personnel messaging to improve contagion-related building management are disclosed. The system and method are configured to determine whether there is a high likelihood of a contagion-related event occurring in the building, based on local device sensors. In response to the predicted contagion-related event, a controller causes a modification in building access patterns that are intended to reduce the impact of the contagion in that area. In addition, an automated personnel alert system generates customized navigational guidance to occupants to better prepare persons affected by changes in access.

Abstract: A method for determining sap flow velocity, constituted of: providing a heat source and a thermal sensor on a single needle: at a no-flow condition, providing first heat energy to produce a steady state first pre-determined temperature rise: determining a total amount of first heat energy provided to produce the first pre-determined temperature rise: at a flow condition: providing second heat energy to produce a steady state second pre-determined temperature rise: determining a total amount of second heat energy provided to produce the second pre-determined temperature rise: and determining a sap flow rate responsive to the determined total amount of first heat energy and the determined total amount of second heat energy.

Abstract: A process plant and industrial control system architecture includes a generalized compute fabric that is agnostic or indifferent to the physical location at which the compute fabric is implemented. One or more applications, executing via the location-agnostic compute fabric, provide for access, management, and/or reconfiguration of various aspects of one or more process control systems across one or more physical sites operated by an enterprise. The one or more applications may, for example, provide for viewing of operational parameters and/or health statuses based upon information accessed from one, two, three four or more physical sites.

Abstract: Proposed is a control device (10) for optimizing energy management and energy monitoring of an industrial site (1) and measurement of an environmental footprint of an industrial site or plant (1) and/or of a product (2) manufactured or processed by said industrial site (1), the industrial site (1) comprising one or more processing units (12) for processing or manufacturing one or more products (2) and said control device (10) comprising measuring devices and sensors (13) capturing measuring parameters at the processing units (12) and/or environmental measuring parameters associated with the industrial site (1), input/output interfaces (1011) and data transmission lines/networks (1012) to transfer the measured parameters to the control device (10). This can also include raw material scenarios of different sources, specific production practices (e.g. fertilizer use), and different environmental impact metrics, such as water and land use.

Abstract: A method for configuring a fixture for use in machining of sequential parts via a machine tool, for a planned machining movement of the machining element, uses a model of the part and fixture. Respective reaction forces at the plurality of part contact references are computed. Responsive to computation of a negative reaction force at a said part contact reference, a modification is made to a machining parameter.

Abstract: A method of measuring Operational Equipment Effectiveness for one or more machines is described. The method comprises the following steps. One or more machines and a server are connected to a data network. At the server, a stream of tags is received from the one or more machines. This stream of tags is provided over the data network. The tags are defined according to an open standard for providing machine data. At the server, Operational Equipment Effectiveness is determined for the one or more machines using a machine learning generated model. This machine learning generated model has been trained to determine Operational Equipment Effectiveness parameters for the one or more machines from the tags. A method of training a server to measure Operational Equipment Effectiveness for one or more machines is also described, together with a suitable server and a suitably enabled set of machines.

Abstract: A furnace system for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a furnace controller configured to determine a rolling average furnace run time of the furnace system based on a plurality of previous run cycles of the furnace system. The furnace controller is configured to segment the rolling average furnace run time into a plurality of operational time periods, wherein each operational time period is associated with a distinct fire rate of a plurality of distinct fire rates the furnace system. The furnace controller is also configured to operate the furnace system to sequentially implement the plurality of distinct fire rates associated with the plurality of operational time periods.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a processing device, position error data from one or more motors of a process chamber. The method further includes performing preprocessing of the position error data. The method further includes transforming the position error data to a frequency domain. The method further includes determining, based on the frequency domain position error data, that a vibration fault has occurred in connection with the process chamber. The method further includes performing a corrective action in view of the vibration fault.

Abstract: An adaptive multi-mode solar energy storage system achieves unprecedented round-trip efficiency exceeding 50% through integration of reversible solid oxide cells (rSOC), predictive machine learning control, thermal recovery networks, and hybrid hydrogen storage. The system employs rSOC stacks with graded porosity electrodes and infiltrated nanocatalysts operating alternately in electrolysis and fuel cell modes. A predictive control system using LSTM neural networks forecasts conditions 72 hours ahead, selecting between five operational modes. Dynamic stack reconfiguration eliminates power electronics losses by matching solar voltage variations. Multi-stage near-isothermal compression with energy recovery feeds a hybrid storage system combining pressure vessels with metal organic frameworks. Comprehensive thermal integration captures high-grade heat in molten salt storage for thermally-assisted electrolysis.

Abstract: A system having an enabling remote monitoring, control and diagnosis of variable refrigerant flow or volume systems, with other systems of a building/overall BMS with a mobile application (app) so that buildings can have seamless interoperability. In the present disclosure or solution, VRF systems along with mechanical equipment, controllers, sensors, actuators may be offered by OEMs. A mobile app may be used to configure the gateway, Modbus or other protocol devices and all or any IDUs and ODUs of the VRF/VRV systems, to enable extended remote monitoring, control and diagnosis.

Abstract: A system for checking an aircraft or spacecraft surface structure includes a ground vehicle having a drive, a manipulator arranged on the ground vehicle, having multiple movement links articulately arranged relative to one another, an inspection device arranged on the manipulator, proximity sensors, and a control unit. The proximity sensors are distributed on the manipulator, divided into multiple zones, and configured to acquire a distance to an object. The system inspects the surface structure by successively moving the inspection device along the surface structure.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for wireless cascading water heater systems. The wireless cascading water heater system may include several water heaters that may include one or more of a tankless water heater, a boiler, or a combination boiler, for example. One or more of the water heaters may communicate with a remote controller and/or a user device. The water heaters may further be in wireless communication with one another. One water heater may be designated the lead water heater and a second water heater may be designated the backup water heater. The lead water heater may oversee operation of the follower water heaters in response to a hot water demand. A hierarchical order may be determined for selecting which water heaters will respond to hot water demand and in what order. The hierarchical order may be based on the age of the water heater, burn time for the water heater for optimization and efficiency purposes.

Abstract: A method for training a local machine learning model is provided. The method includes receiving a scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of semiconductor features. The method additionally includes determining a location and dimensions of a bounding box within the SEM image. The method yet further includes determining, whether a defect feature exists within the bounding box, based on an unsupervised object detection process. The method also includes, if the defect feature exists within the bounding box, receiving positive rewards. The method also includes, if the defect feature does not exist within the bounding box, receiving negative rewards.

Abstract: A method includes identifying deposition thickness property data associated with an amount of material deposited via one or more substrate processing operations of a process recipe performed in a processing chamber. The method further includes determining, based on the deposition thickness property data and a variable clean time relationship of the process recipe, cleaning operation parameters. The method further includes causing, based on the cleaning operation parameters, a cleaning operation in the processing chamber.

Abstract: A method for producing a device includes, by an electronic computing unit, determining a nominal value of a nominal property of the device to be produced and/or of a movement apparatus for moving the device in space. By the electronic computing unit, comparing the nominal value with actual values of a property of respective already produced devices and/or of an already produced movement apparatus, where a respective difference between the nominal value and the respective actual value is determined in the comparing. By the electronic computing unit, displaying an item of information on an electronic display, where the information characterizes one of the already produced devices, where one of the actual values belongs to the one device characterized by the information, and where one of the differences was determined on a basis of the one actual value belonging to the device characterized by the information.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing characterization of wells using data acquisitions tools are disclosed. The data acquisition tools may be positioned in portions of wells. While positioned in the wells, the data acquisition tools may be measured. The measurements may be ingested into models and may provide, as output, inferred conditions in the portions of the wells. The models may be created using simulation systems. The simulation systems may allow for conditions that may be present in wells to be simulated, and data acquisition tools to be exposed to the simulated conditions. While exposed to the simulated conditions, the data acquisition tools may be measured to establish associations that may be used to infer conditions that may be present in wells.

Abstract: An etching control system includes a prediction device and an etching control device. The prediction device includes an updating unit configured to update, to optimize a model indicating a relationship between distribution of an etching amount within a surface of a substrate and a process parameter, which is a parameter of controlling operations of multiple nozzles configured to etch the substrate, a parameter of the model; a calculator configured to calculate the process parameter corresponding to distribution of a designated etching amount by using the model whose parameter has been updated by the updating unit; and a provider configured to provide the process parameter calculated by the calculator. The etching control device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire the process parameter; and an operation controller configured to control the operations of the multiple nozzles by using the process parameter acquired by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: There is provided a hot water supply system including: a controllable hot water supply outlet having when fully opened a given flowrate; a thermal energy store, containing an energy storage medium comprising a phase change material to store energy as latent heat, that is configured to receive energy from a source of renewable energy; a renewable energy source; the hot water supply system being operable, under the control of the processor, to heat water that is to be supplied to the hot water outlet to a target system supply temperature using a selection of one or more of the renewable energy source, energy from the thermal energy store, and optionally an auxiliary water heater intermediate the thermal energy store and the hot water supply outlet; wherein the thermal energy store has an energy storage capacity, when fully charged, that is sufficient to provide hot water to the hot water outlet, at the given flowrate, and at the target system supply temperature for a period of at least 8 minutes, and preferably

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed include BOP systems and methods for actuation of a BOP function by manipulating a component associated with a BOP. Embodiments of the disclosed BOP systems and the methods of operation of the BOP systems are further configured to monitor and/or control the actuation of a BOP function, by receiving information related to the actuation from a set of sensors associated with the component. Embodiments of the systems and/or methods include modeling actuation of the component; the actuation of the component being based on analyses derived from the modeling.

Abstract: A system may include a first energy storage system (ESS) configured to provide electrical power to a datacenter. A system may include a second ESS configured to provide electrical power to the datacenter, wherein the second ESS is a higher-level ESS relative to the first ESS. A system may include a hierarchical ESS controller in data communication with the first ESS, the second ESS, and the datacenter and configured to: obtain grid information from a regional power grid, obtain first ESS state information, obtain second ESS state information, obtain datacenter power demands, determine a discharge schedule of the first ESS and the second ESS for the datacenter based at least partially on the grid information and the datacenter power demands, and discharge at least one of the first ESS and the second ESS based on the discharge schedule.