Abstract: An energy management system or plugin thereto includes a graphical user interface that displays visual elements corresponding to at least one manufacturing component and an energy management module instantiated in the graphical user interface. The energy management module is enabled to receive and display energy consumption status information from the manufacturing component and can control and modify the energy consumption of the manufacturing component by instructions sent from the energy management system to the component. The instructions can comprise a throttle instruction, an orchestrate instruction, or a disabled instruction which can be configured as predetermined presets corresponding to a desired energy protocol. The energy management module can also be used to group or sequence the components to distribute energy consumption to avoid exceeding the energy capacity of the manufacturing setting.

Abstract: An integrated development environment or plugin thereto includes a source code generation module configured to automatically generate source code to expose commands for automation controls components. A graphical user interface has visual components that represent automation controls components to be interfaced with one another, and which are linked to the source code generation module. The integrated development environment enables modification of the component interfaces so that a plurality of event handlers can be implemented without having to write or edit any source code. The instantiation of a component into a project using the integrated development environment automates the generation of the source code that captures and broadcasts signals from the component to a communication channel that is declared on demand through the interface. A web application automatically creates the graphs or tables to represent the telemetry data for each signal received from the controller.

Abstract: An integrated human-machine execution system and related method for manufacturing automation, includes a computer, a graphical user interface, one or more programmable input/outputs, one or more human-machine interface components, and a network adapter. The computer is enabled to execute all necessary software to operate the functions of the integrated system and orchestrate the execution of one or more automated manufacturing operations. In some examples, data updates are event-based instead of time-based such that data updates transmitted by the system when data value changes initiate an event, independently of time elapsed since occurrence of a prior event. The system can be configured to connect to an external and discrete programmable logic controller attached an automation component and instructions to the automation component are instantiated at the human-machine execution system, obviating the need for programming at the programmable logic controllers.

Abstract: Embodiments herein include an image manager that provides for image compression by rearranging an order of blocks from one or more images and then sorting and writing those blocks into one or more different images. This technique enables using a high-level of image compression to reduce a relatively large amount of pixels to a common subset of values than would ordinarily be possible with the original image(s). This can include extracting a plurality of blocks from a graphical digital image file. Each block from the graphical digital image file can be a group of pixels. The image manager analyzes each block to produce a corresponding variation value for each of the blocks, indicating a level of variation of pixel data within a respective block. The image manager sorts blocks according to the variation values, and can apply a level of image compression to each respective block, based on the variation value and/or average color of each respective block, to compress each respective block.

Abstract: Embodiments herein include an image manager that provides for image compression by rearranging an order of blocks from one or more images and then sorting and writing those blocks into one or more different images. This technique enables using a high-level of image compression to reduce a relatively large amount of pixels to a common subset of values than would ordinarily be possible with the original image(s). This can include extracting a plurality of blocks from a graphical digital image file. Each block from the graphical digital image file can be a group of pixels. The image manager analyzes each block to produce a corresponding variation value for each of the blocks, indicating a level of variation of pixel data within a respective block. The image manager sorts blocks according to the variation values, and can apply a level of image compression to each respective block, based on the variation value and/or average color of each respective block, to compress each respective block.

Abstract: Embodiments herein include an image manager that provides for image compression by rearranging an order of blocks from one or more images and then sorting and writing those blocks into one or more different images. This technique enables using a high-level of image compression to reduce a relatively large amount of pixels to a common subset of values than would ordinarily be possible with the original image(s). This can include extracting a plurality of blocks from a graphical digital image file. Each block from the graphical digital image file can be a group of pixels. The image manager analyzes each block to produce a corresponding variation value for each of the blocks, indicating a level of variation of pixel data within a respective block. The image manager sorts blocks according to the variation values, and can apply a level of image compression to each respective block, based on the variation value and/or average color of each respective block, to compress each respective block.

Abstract: An auxiliary cooling device is configured to be operated outside of an aircraft. The auxiliary cooling device is configured to be connected to an aircraft liquid cooling system which includes a refrigerating device, a coolant supply connection, a coolant discharge connection, and a control device. The auxiliary cooling device includes a cold source that is adapted to cool a coolant down to a desired low temperature, an auxiliary cooling device outlet which is connected to the cold source and connectable to the coolant supply connection. The auxiliary cooling device also includes an auxiliary cooling device inlet which is connected to the cold source and connectable to the coolant discharge connection of the aircraft liquid cooling system.

Abstract: Embodiments herein include an image manager that provides for image compression by rearranging an order of blocks from one or more images and then sorting and writing those blocks into one or more different images. This technique enables using a high-level of image compression to reduce a relatively large amount of pixels to a common subset of values than would ordinarily be possible with the original image(s). This can include extracting a plurality of blocks from a graphical digital image file. Each block from the graphical digital image file can be a group of pixels. The image manager analyzes each block to produce a corresponding variation value for each of the blocks, indicating a level of variation of pixel data within a respective block. The image manager sorts blocks according to the variation values, and can apply a level of image compression to each respective block, based on the variation value and/or average color of each respective block, to compress each respective block.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for graphics application programming interface (API) interception. In one embodiment, one or more function calls to a graphics API may be received. The function calls may comprise one or more parameters usable to render a scene. The scene's geometry comprising one or more objects may be generated based on the one or more parameters. One or more graphics programming unit (GPU) shaders may be generated based on the one or more parameters. Each of the GPU shaders may comprise instructions for rendering a corresponding one or more of the objects based on the one or more parameters. The geometry and the GPU shader(s) may be sent to a GPU. In one embodiment, the execution of the GPU shader(s) on the GPU may be caused to render the scene comprising the one or more objects.

Abstract: An auxiliary cooling device (100) is configured to be operated outside of an aircraft and comprises a cold source that is adapted to cool a coolant down to a desired low temperature, an auxiliary cooling device outlet (104) which is connected to the cold source and connectable to a coolant supply connection (28) of an aircraft liquid cooling system (4) in order to deliver coolant cooled to a desired low temperature by the cold source to the aircraft liquid cooling system (4), and an auxiliary cooling device inlet (102) which is connected to the cold source and connectable to a coolant discharge connection (26) of the aircraft liquid cooling system (4) in order to receive coolant heated by heat absorption from a heat load (12) in the aircraft (2).

Abstract: Systems and methods for collaborative innovation management. A computer-implemented system for management of collaboration among users comprises: a computer having at least a processor and memory; an input module for receiving a file submitted by a user to a designated project hosted by the system and input from the user and contributors associated with the designated project regarding the submitted file, wherein the input includes input regarding value of the submitted file; a storage module for storing the submitted file and data relating to the submitted file; and a server module for depositing the submitted file with an external deposit authority, soliciting input from the user and contributors associated with the designated project about the submitted file, calculating a value for the submitted file based on input from the user and the contributors and maintaining the calculated value with other values calculated for contributors to the designated project.

Abstract: A method and a system for automatically exchanging information by wireless communication, particularly between a vehicle such as an aircraft and an information center, is proposed. The information to be exchanged concerns an amount of water for the vehicle. The amount of water on board of the vehicle is automatically measured by a device for determining the amount of water. The transmitter of a device for exchanging information at the vehicle automatically and wirelessly transmits the information concerning the current amount of water to a receiver of a device for exchanging information at an information center. New information parameters are wirelessly transmitted from the transmitter of the device for exchanging information at the information center to the receiver of the device for exchanging information at the vehicle.

Abstract: A method and a system for automatically exchanging information by wireless communication, particularly between a vehicle such as an aircraft and an information center, is proposed. The information to be exchanged concerns an amount of water for the vehicle. The amount of water on board of the vehicle is automatically measured by a device for determining the amount of water. The transmitter of a device for exchanging information at the vehicle automatically and wirelessly transmits the information concerning the current amount of water to a receiver of a device for exchanging information at an information center. New information parameters are wirelessly transmitted from the transmitter of the device for exchanging information at the information center to the receiver of the device for exchanging information at the vehicle.

Abstract: Refrigerated trolley for an aircraft. According to the invention: each trolley (1) is equipped with a removable unit (11) that can be inserted in and removed from said trolley (1) as a single piece and that can produce cold inside the trolley, because said removable unit (11) has at least one controllable reversible solid/gas adsorption reactor containing a regeneratable adsorbent; and means for regenerating said adsorbent are provided on the ground, outside said aircraft.

Abstract: Refrigerated trolley for an aircraft.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for controlling a PWR comprising a plurality of control bars selectively and individually positioned in the reactor core. The current value of an operating parameter indicative of the power level (for instance the average temperature of the core) is measured as well as the current positions of the control bars and the axial power offset in the core. When the difference between the current value of the operating parameter and the set value exceeds a predetermined deadband interval or the axial power offset in the core exceeds a reference value, the amount by which the reactivity of the core should be modified is computed. Through a simulation process on a model of said reactor, it is determined which ones of the bars may be moved and which are the amounts of travel to be given to the bars for bringing the difference within the deadband and the offset toward the reference value while minimizing a core enthalpy increase factor.

Abstract: A device for partitioning off the core of a nuclear reactor, including transverse plates (17) attached to the envelope (8) of the core and arranged transversely with respect to the fuel assemblies (5), and second plates (19) extending in the longitudinal direction with respect to the fuel assemblies. The second plates (19) are arranged in gaps between the transverse plates (17) and slightly stepped back with respect to the assemblies (5). The transverse plates (17) are connected to the longitudinally extending plates (19) with a certain clearance in the longitudinal direction. The transverse plates (17) are in contact with the assemblies (5) arranged at the periphery of the core by way of a portion of their peripheral surfaces.

Abstract: The invention relates to a superheated steam generator comprising a bank of U-tubes.It comprises a water drum (1) and a secondary casing (14) which are welded one on each side of the tube plate (5) and a bank of tubes (6) fixed on the tube plate (5) and contained in a casing (12) disposed inside the secondary casing (14) and forming an annular space (15) lying between the casings (12 and 14). Above the tube bank casing (12) a free space (25) is provided inside the secondary casing (14). This free space (25) constitutes a reserve of feed water in communication with the annular space (18). The water capacity thus constituted can be fed by at least one supply means (26).The invention is particularly applicable to pressurized-water nuclear reactors.