Abstract: A control device for controlling charging and discharging of power storage systems includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an intention to participate in a DR for adjusting a power supply and demand balance in a power grid from consumers when the DR is contracted in a power transaction; a resource ensuring unit configured to ensure, from the power storage systems, a power resource that the power storage systems are able to supply to the power grid during an execution period of the DR; a plan formulating unit configured to adjust a charging state of each of the power storage systems during a preliminarily controllable period that is a predetermined period before a start of the DR and formulate a plan for increasing the power resource able to be supplied during the execution period; and a communication unit configured to transmit the plan to the power storage system.

Abstract: A control device for controlling charging and discharging of power storage devices respectively owned by consumers who have declared participation in a DR with respect to a power grid, includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a usage history; a base line prediction unit configured to predict, for each consumer, a base line which is demand power assumed in a case where there is no request for the DR; a base line correction unit configured to correct, based on information related to a deviation between a usage schedule and an actual usage status of the power storage device included in the usage history, the base line in the DR to be executed this time; and a selection unit configured to select, based on the corrected base line, the power storage device for charging and discharging power with respect to the power grid among the plurality of power storage devices.

Abstract: A rubber product capable of easily and accurately detecting the presence or absence of leakage and a position of the leakage is provided. A rubber product includes a gas chromic material that changes a color thereof reversibly or changes an electric resistance value thereof, due to oxidation-reduction reaction. The rubber product is a sealing member (sealing product 10) for sealing a gap between two members, wherein the sealing member includes a gas chromic material that changes a color thereof reversibly or changes an electric resistance value thereof, due to oxidation-reduction reaction, and has a ring shape.

Abstract: A system includes: a controlling module that provides an electric power grid with an electrical power resource by performing a charging increment control for increasing power charging amounts for the multiple movable batteries, in response to a power consumption increment request for requesting power consumption to be increased; and an estimating module that estimates, based on predicted state of charges of the multiple movable batteries, an amount of electrical power resources that can be provided to the electric power grid by each of the multiple movable batteries by the charging increment control, and the estimating module estimates the amount of electrical power resources that can be provided to the electric power grid by each of the multiple movable batteries by the charging increment control such that the state of charge of each of the multiple movable batteries does not exceed a predefined value.

Abstract: A system comprising: a controlling module that provides an electric power grid with an electrical power resource by performing at least one of a first control for reducing power charging amounts for the multiple movable batteries, or a second control for increasing power supplying amounts from the multiple movable batteries to an outside, in response to a first request for requesting power consumption to be reduced; and a classification module that classifies, based on at least one of an integrated value of the discharging power or soundness of each of the multiple movable batteries, each of the multiple movable batteries into a battery that can be used for both the first control and the second control, and a battery that can be used for the first control but not used for the second control.

Abstract: A system comprising: a controlling module that provides an electric power grid with an electrical power resource by performing at least one of a first control for reducing power charging amounts for the multiple movable batteries, or a second control for increasing power supplying amounts from the multiple movable batteries to the outside, in response to a first request for requesting power consumption to be reduced; and an allocating unit that allocates control, among the first control and the second control, with which each of the multiple movable batteries provide the electric power grid with an electrical power resource in each of multiple timeframes in a future, wherein the first control is preferentially allocated over the second control.

Abstract: A cutting machine includes a cutting room in which a cutting object is cut, a gripping portion to selectively grip one of a cutting tool that cuts the cutting object and a dummy pin that does not cut the cutting object and is in the cutting room, a spindle to rotate the gripping portion around an axis line, a contact body that is in the cutting room and can contact the dummy pin gripped by the gripping portion, a position adjuster to change a relative positional relationship between the gripping portion and the contact body, and a controller including a dummy pin cleaning controller to execute dummy pin cleaning by rotating, when the dummy pin gripped by the gripping portion is brought into contact with the contact body, the dummy pin together with the gripping portion by the spindle.

Abstract: A seal inspection device includes: a first holder including a port surrounded by an inspection target, and a through hole connected to an outside-leak detection flow path; a second holder holding the inspection target between the first and second holders; an inspection-place sealing portion forming, into a closed space, a space where the inspection target is arranged, in cooperation with the first and second holders; a pressurization valve connecting the port to both a supply source of an inspection gas and an exhaust system; a detector for the inspection gas; a first measurement valve connecting the detector to the port; and a second measurement valve connecting the outside-leak detection flow path to the detector.

Abstract: A power calculation apparatus calculates an amount of power suppliable and demandable between a battery and a power grid. The power calculation apparatus includes a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: predicting the amount of power suppliable and demandable between the battery and the power grid at a predetermined point in time to calculate a prediction value of the amount of power suppliable and demandable; and switching a calculation logic to be applied to a calculation of the prediction value, based on a length of duration from a present point in time to the predetermined point in time.

Abstract: A power calculation apparatus includes a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform: acquiring a power amount information regarding amounts of power input to and output from a plurality of vehicles, the amounts of power being detected by a plurality of measuring instruments provided in the plurality of vehicles or interposed between a power grid and the plurality of vehicles; classifying the plurality of measuring instruments based on errors possessed by the plurality of measuring instruments to set a plurality of groups; and calculating a total power input and output in each of the groups, based on the power amount information. The setting the plurality of groups includes setting the plurality of groups such that a mean value of errors of amounts of power in the groups is a predetermined value or less.

Abstract: A power calculation apparatus predicting and calculating an amount of power suppliable from a vehicle having a battery to a power grid via a connection apparatus, the power calculation apparatus includes a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: predicting a position of the vehicle after a predetermined duration; predicting a degree of likelihood of connection of the vehicle to the connection apparatus after the predetermined duration, based on a predicted position of the vehicle after the predetermined duration and the connection apparatus; and predicting the amount of power suppliable from the vehicle to the power grid after the predetermined duration, based on the degree of likelihood.

Abstract: A system, including: a controlling unit for performing a first control for reducing power charging amounts for the multiple movable batteries, and/or a second control for increasing power supplying amounts from the multiple movable batteries to outsides, in response to a first request for requesting power consumption to be reduced, and a third control for increasing power charging amounts for the multiple movable batteries, and/or a fourth control for reducing power supplying amounts from the multiple movable batteries to outsides, in response to a second request for requesting power consumption to be increased; and an allocating unit for allocating by which of the first control, the second control, the third control, or the fourth control, the each of the multiple movable batteries provides the electrical power network with an electrical power resource in each of multiple timeframes in a future.

Abstract: A system includes: a controlling unit for providing an electrical power network with an electrical power resource by performing, a first control for reducing power charging amounts for multiple movable batteries, and/or a second control for increasing power supplying amounts from the multiple movable batteries, in response to a first request for requesting power consumption to be reduced, and a third control for increasing power charging amounts for the multiple movable batteries, and/or a fourth control for reducing a power supplying amount from the multiple movable batteries to outsides, in response to a second request for requesting power consumption to be increased; and an estimating unit for estimating which of the first control, the second control, the third control, or the fourth control can be used by each of the multiple movable batteries to provide with an electrical power resource.

Abstract: A power calculation apparatus calculating an amount of power suppliable to a power system by an energy source connectable, at a connection point, to the power system and capable of power generation and power storing, the power calculation apparatus includes: a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor is configured to perform: specifying a position of the connection point of the energy source in connection with the power system; acquiring a capacity information indicating a power generation capacity or a remaining storage capacity of the energy source; and calculating an amount of power suppliable by the energy source to the power system in an area within a predetermined range including the connection point, based on the capacity information and the position of the connection point.

Abstract: A seal inspection device includes: a first holder including a port surrounded by an inspection target, and a through hole connected to an outside-leak detection flow path; a second holder holding the inspection target between the first and second holders; an inspection-place sealing portion forming, into a closed space, a space where the inspection target is arranged, in cooperation with the first and second holders; a pressurization valve connecting the port to both a supply source of an inspection gas and an exhaust system; a detector for the inspection gas; a first measurement valve connecting the detector to the port; and a second measurement valve connecting the outside-leak detection flow path to the detector.

Abstract: The present invention provides a genetic modification non-human organism in which an expression level of Cas9 is high and a plurality of different genes or a plurality of different locations in the same gene can be edited at the same time with high efficiency. The genetic modification non-human organism of the present invention includes a nuclear genome having at least 3 copies of genes that code for Cas9 (CRISPR-associated 9). Egg cells of the present invention are derived from the genetic modification non-human organism having the nuclear genome into which at least 3 copies of genes that code for the Cas9 are introduced. Fertilized eggs of the present invention are obtained by fertilizing the egg cells and sperm derived from the same species of the organism. A method for modifying target genes of the present invention includes a step of introducing a guide RNA into cells derived from the genetic modification non-human organism, the egg cells, or the fertilized eggs.

Abstract: A Y-axis direction moving mechanism that moves a Y-axis carriage includes a right first driving pulley configured to retract and pay out a right first wire and located in a housing, a right first driven pulley on the Y-axis carriage and around which the right first wire is wound, and a Y-axis motor configured to drive and rotate the right first driving pulley. An X-axis direction moving mechanism that moves an X-axis carriage includes a second driving pulley configured to retract and pay out a second wire and on a Y-axis carriage, a second driven pulley on an X-axis carriage and around which the second wire is wound, and an X-axis motor configured to drive and rotate the second driving pulley.

Abstract: A bid management apparatus managing a bid to a power transaction market, the bit for a power supplied from each of energy sources capable of generating a power or storing a power to a power grid. The bid management apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: calculating a prediction value of an amount of a power suppliable to the power grid by each of the energy sources in connection with the power grid at a predetermined point in time in future at which a power transaction is performed; adding a margin to the prediction value to correct the prediction value; and determining, based on the prediction value added the margin, whether or not the bid for the power supplied from each of the energy sources in connection with the power grid at the predetermined point in time is able to be made in the power transaction market.

Abstract: A power calculation apparatus calculating an amount of power suppliable to a power system by an energy source connectable, at a connection point, to the power system and capable of power generation and power storing, the power calculation apparatus includes: a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor is configured to perform: specifying a position of the connection point of the energy source in connection with the power system; acquiring a capacity information indicating a power generation capacity or a remaining storage capacity of the energy source; and calculating an amount of power suppliable by the energy source to the power system in an area within a predetermined range including the connection point, based on the capacity information and the position of the connection point.

Abstract: A power calculation apparatus includes a microprocessor and a memory. The microprocessor is configured to perform: acquiring a power amount information regarding amounts of power input to and output from a plurality of vehicles, the amounts of power being detected by a plurality of measuring instruments provided in the plurality of vehicles or interposed between a power grid and the plurality of vehicles; classifying the plurality of measuring instruments based on errors possessed by the plurality of measuring instruments to set a plurality of groups; and calculating a total power input and output in each of the groups, based on the power amount information. The setting the plurality of groups includes setting the plurality of groups such that a mean value of errors of amounts of power in the groups is a predetermined value or less.