Abstract: A shielding for a signal connector includes a plurality of shielding walls arranged to electromagnetically shield a signal contact of the signal connector, a forward end open for receiving a mating connector along an insertion direction, and a longitudinal circumferential retention element extending along a circumferential direction of the shielding. At least two of the shielding walls are parallel with each other at least in sections in a cross-section perpendicular to the insertion direction.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a first conductive terminal, a second conductive terminal, an insulated body integrally molded on the first conductive terminal and the second conductive terminal, and a metallic shell on the insulated body. The insulated body includes a first tongue portion and a second tongue portion aligned side by side. The first conductive terminal is provided with a first contact portion. The second conductive terminal is provided with a second contact portion. The metallic shell includes a first cylinder portion provided with a first space and a second cylinder portion provided with a second space. The first cylinder portion surrounding the first tongue portion and the second cylinder portion surrounding the second tongue portion share a dividing portion for separating the first space from the second space, so that the two electrical connection ports of the electrical connector are independent and avoid mutual influence between the two electrical connection ports.

Abstract: A cable connector, a cable clamp, and a method for detecting bridging of car batteries. The cable connector includes a housing and a wiring circuit, wherein the wiring circuit is arranged in the housing and includes a first wiring terminal, a second wiring terminal, and a detection module and voltage absorption module electrically connected between the first wiring terminal and the second wiring terminal, and a voltage absorption module. The voltage absorption module includes a piezoresistor bridged between the first wiring terminal and the second wiring terminal. The detection module includes a first switch circuit and a second switch circuit which are oppositely bridged between the first wiring terminal and the second wiring terminal to be alternatively turned on, wherein the first switch circuit includes a first illumination unit, and the second switch circuit includes a second illumination unit.

Abstract: A modular plug-in bus wiring system for electrical connections. The system includes an adapter module, the adapter module including at least a housing wherein the housing includes a front side containing at least an electrical connector, a back side, an upper end, a lower end, and at least a receptacle. The system includes at least a plug configured to insert in the at least a receptacle wherein the at least a plug is connected to at least a cable that includes at least an electrically conductive wire. The at least a plug includes a ventral surface, a dorsal surface, a first side and a second side.

Abstract: An electrical connector having a housing with at least one contact receiving passageway extending from an insertion face to a mating face. The contact receiving passageway has a wall extending about the perimeter of the contact receiving passageway. A contact is insertable into the contact receiving passageway from the insertion face toward the mating face. The contact has a mounting portion positioned in the contact receiving passageway. The contact has a lance which extends outward from the mounting portion. A recess extends from the contact receiving passageway into the wall of the contact receiving passageway. The recess has a stop surface and a lead-in surface. The lance cooperates with the stop surface of the recess to properly position and retain the contact in the at least one contact receiving passageway.

Abstract: A polymer holder for a biosignal processing device, wherein a wall of the polymer holder forms a pocket, and the wall follows an outer contour of the biosignal processing device. The polymer holder has a first aperture for inserting the biosignal processing device into the pocket and removing the biosignal processing device from the pocket. The polymer holder includes an electrically conductive contact structure, which is in a wired electric contact with electrodes that receive the at least one biosignal, at a rear section opposite to the first aperture, and the electrically conductive contact structure is at least partly attached inside the wall. The electrically conductive contact structure is electrically connected with a counterpart of the biosignal processing device in response to an insert of the biosignal processing device in the pocket.

Abstract: An injection mold for molding an electrical connector assembly which includes a plurality of terminals, a clamping component located above the plurality of the terminals, and a base body fastened to the plurality of the terminals and the clamping component. The injection mold includes a lower mold and an upper mold. The lower mold has a plurality of lower terminal grooves. Lower portions of the plurality of the terminals are placed in the plurality of the lower terminal grooves. The clamping component is placed on the lower mold. The upper mold is engaged with and mounted on the lower mold. A molding cavity is formed between the upper mold and the lower mold. The upper mold has a plurality of upper terminal grooves. Upper portions of the plurality of the terminals are placed in the plurality of the upper terminal grooves.

Abstract: An arrangement monitors an optical element. The arrangement includes: a light source configured to emit radiation onto a surface of the optical element; a detector configured to detect the radiation that has been at least partially reflected at the surface of the optical element; and a holder for the optical element, in which the light source and the detector are integrated. The holder has a cooling region through which a cooling liquid is configured to flow, the cooling region being in contact with the optical element. The holder has a reservoir, through which a beam path between the light source and the detector extends. The reservoir is configured to receive the cooling liquid leaking out at the optical element in case of a leakage.

Abstract: A solid state laser apparatus includes a plurality of cold heads, a cooling apparatus, laser media and a seed light source. The cooling apparatus is configured to cool the plurality of cold heads. The laser media are arranged in contact with each of the plurality of cold heads, and configured to amplify a first laser beam and reflect the first laser beam. The seed light source is configured to irradiate a first laser medium of the laser media with the first laser beam. The first laser medium is arranged on a first of the cold heads. The laser media are configured to reflect the first laser beam irradiated to the first laser medium to a second laser medium of the laser media. The second laser medium is arranged on a second of the cold heads. The cold heads are configured to cool the laser media.

Abstract: An optical amplifier is provided in which adjacent ones of a plurality of cores each containing a rare-earth element and included in an amplifying multi-core optical fiber (MCF) serve as coupled cores at an amplifying wavelength, a connecting MCF is connected to the amplifying MCF, a pump light source is connected to the connecting MCF, and the pump light source pumps the rare-earth element in the amplifying MCF through the connecting MCF.

Abstract: A single longitudinal mode ring Raman laser including: a pump source outputting a pump light power, resonantly coupled to a first ring resonator; a optical measurement and piezo-actuator for stabilising the resonant coupling of the pump light power to a first ring resonator; a first ring resonator including a Raman gain medium, wherein the Raman gain medium receives the pump light power and undergoes Raman lasing generating resonated Stokes power at the corresponding Stokes output wavelength; the first ring resonator acting as a feedback loop for the pump light power and the resonated Stokes power and outputting a portion of the Stokes power as the laser output.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for producing ultrashort optical pulses are described. A high-power, solid-state, passively mode-locked laser can be manufactured in a compact module that can be incorporated into a portable instrument. The mode-locked laser can produce sub-50-ps optical pulses at a repetition rates between 200 MHz and 50 MHz, rates suitable for massively parallel data-acquisition. The optical pulses can be used to generate a reference clock signal for synchronizing data-acquisition and signal-processing electronics of the portable instrument.

Abstract: A light emitting element housing package of the present disclosure includes a base part including a first surface including a first recessed part for mounting a light emitting element. Surface roughness Sa of at least such a region of a bottom surface of the first recessed part that is opposite to a light emitting element mounted on the first recessed part is smaller than surface roughness Sa of a region other than the first recessed part of the first surface. Further, a light emitting device of the present disclosure includes the light emitting element housing package and a light emitting element housed in the light emitting element housing package. Further, a light emitting module of the present disclosure includes the light emitting device and a module substrate on which the light emitting device is mounted.

Abstract: A nitride light emitter includes: a nitride semiconductor light-emitting element including an AlxGa1-xN substrate (0?x?1) and a multilayer structure above the AlxGa1-xN substrate; and a submount substrate on which the nitride semiconductor light-emitting element is mounted. The multilayer structure includes a first clad layer of a first conductivity type, a first light guide layer, a quantum-well active layer, a second light guide layer, and a second clad layer of a second conductivity type which are stacked sequentially from the AlxGa1-xN substrate. The multilayer structure and submount substrate are opposed to each other. The submount substrate comprises diamond. The nitride semiconductor light-emitting element has a concave warp on a surface closer to the AlxGa1-xN substrate.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser device includes: a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type; a light emitting layer formed above the first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type formed above the light emitting layer; and an electrode formed above a ridge portion formed in the second semiconductor layer. The electrode is divided at positions at which an integrated value of light intensities of higher-order mode oscillation has a local maximum.

Abstract: An optoelectronic device includes a carrier substrate, with a lower distributed Bragg-reflector (DBR) stack disposed on an area of the substrate and including alternating first dielectric and semiconductor layers. A set of epitaxial layers is disposed over the lower DBR, wherein the set of epitaxial layers includes one or more III-V semiconductor materials and defines a quantum well structure and a confinement layer. An upper DBR stack is disposed over the set of epitaxial layers and includes alternating second dielectric and semiconductor layers. Electrodes are coupled to apply an excitation current to the quantum well structure.

Abstract: An emitter for emitting electromagnetic radiation includes a first region for thermally generating electromagnetic radiation, wherein the first region includes a first photonic crystal of the type having a first periodical structure with first holes having a first dimension and being at a first periodicity, so as to define a first dimension-to-periodicity ratio; and a second region for filtering the electromagnetic radiation generated in the first region, wherein the second region includes a second photonic crystal of the type having a second periodical structure with second holes having a second dimension and being at a second periodicity, so as to define a second dimension-to-periodicity ratio, wherein the second dimension-to-periodicity ratio is different from the first dimension-to-periodicity ratio.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser array includes: a plurality of semiconductor lasers configured to oscillate in a single mode at oscillation wavelengths different from one another, each semiconductor laser including an active layer including a multi-quantum well structure including a plurality of will layers and a plurality of barrier layers laminated alternately, and an n-side separate confinement heterostructure layer and p-side separate confinement heterostructure layer configured to sandwich the active layer therebetween in a thickness direction, band gap energies of the n-side separate confinement heterostructure layer and the p-side separate confinement heterostructure layer being greater than band gap energies of the barrier layers of the active layer. The active layer is doped with an n-type impurity.

Abstract: An externally gapped line arrester, EGLA, for transmission lines, the EGLA including a series varistor unit, SVU, having a first end and a second end, the SVU configured to be connected between a transmission line and ground, a primary sparkover gap unit serially connected to the first end of the SVU, a secondary gap arranged between the second end of the SVU and ground, and the secondary gap serially connected to the second end of the SVU, a shorting-link device connected in parallel with the secondary gap, and a disconnecting device arranged in the shorting-link device, the disconnecting device configured to open the shorting-link device when the SVU is overloaded. A method for impulse protection performed by an EGLA is also disclosed.

Abstract: A spark plug is provided with a center electrode and a ground electrode. The ground electrode includes an electrode tip, an electrode base material, an intermediate member and a first melt portion. The intermediate member is disposed between the electrode tip and the electrode base material. The first melt portion contains components of the electrode base material and the intermediate member, and is disposed at least at a part of the boundary between the electrode base material and the intermediate member. In a cross section including the axis of the ground electrode, the boundary line between the intermediate member and the first melt portion has at least two first projection portions projecting toward the electrode tip side, and the boundary line between the electrode base material and the first melt portion has at least two second projection portions projecting toward the opposite side of the first projection portions.

Abstract: Methods and assemblies to stabilize and reduce an electric field in an environment are provided that include an elongated member and a head member. The head member is coupled to the elongated member. The head member includes a floating electrode, a ground electrode, and an insulator portion. The ground electrode spaced apart from the floating electrode. The ground electrode is in communication with the elongated member to receive a charge with a polarity of a earth system. The insulator portion is positioned between the floating and ground electrodes to insulate the floating electrode from the ground electrode. The floating electrode induces an electrical charge from the environment surrounding the head member. The floating electrode balances an existing charge on the ground electrode using an electromagnetic induction to collect a plurality of charges in the environment such that the floating and ground electrodes generate a balanced electric field.

Abstract: A solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) with galvanic isolation capability includes an electrical bus with line-side and load-side terminals and a solid-state device connected in series with a closeable air gap between the line-side and load-side terminals. During normal operating conditions, the solid-state device is switched ON and the SSCB forces movable contacts inside the SSCB to close the air gap, so that an electrical current path is maintained between the line-side and load-side terminals and electrical current is allowed to flow through the SSCB and an attached load. Upon a short circuit or overload of unacceptably long duration occurring in the load circuit, the SSCB switches the solid-state device OFF to prevent current from flowing through the load, and releases the movable contacts to open the air gap and thereby establish galvanic isolation between the line-side and load side terminals.

Abstract: An arrangement includes: a module insertable into a housing or removable from a housing; and a slide-in compartment for receiving the module. The module is reversibly removable from the slide-in compartment. At least one side wall and/or a compartment rear wall and/or a compartment base of the slide-in compartment in an inserted state of the module forms or form a side wall and/or rear wall and/or a base wall and/or a roof of at least one module.

Abstract: The present invention relates in general to the field of high voltage power line insulators, and more specifically, to a tool for installing high voltage power line insulators and a method of use. The installation tool includes a feature that allows a lineworker to safely install high voltage power line insulators of different shapes and sizes using the same installation tool. In particular, the installation tool comprises differently sized sockets that correspond to the distinct head size dimensions of different types of high voltage power line insulators. A purpose of the invention is to provide a tool for installing high voltage power line insulators and a method of use that minimizes risk of injury to the lineworker during installation, is easy to use, and cost-effective to manufacture.

Abstract: A gland (1) for an electrical cable inside a threaded protective conduit, the gland includes a tubular body (2) enclosing a sealing ring (3), an annular nut (4) screwed on to the body to compress the sealing ring, a tubular connecting sleeve connected to the nut, an end portion of the nut (4) opposed to the body (5) having a threaded part (51) for connection to the threaded conduit, the sleeve having a connecting bore (52) mounted by force-fitting on an outer surface (42) of the end portion of the nut, the connecting sleeve having an annular groove (54) on an inner surface (53) of the connecting bore; the outer surface of the nut (4) having a relief surface (43) which engages in the groove (54) during the force-fitting, so as to retain the sleeve on the end portion of the nut while allowing the sleeve to rotate freely around the nut.

Abstract: An extruded aluminum conduit comprising a substantially cylindrical body including defining a conduit interior. The body may include an exterior surface defined by an outer diameter and an interior surface defined by an inner diameter. The conduit may include one or more protrusions protruding from the interior surface of the body toward the conduit interior and away from the exterior surface. The one or more protrusions may run substantially continuously from a first end of the body to a second end of the body.

Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a box body, a housing member fixed to a fixing surface that is set on a portion of an inner surface of the box body, and an electronic component that is housed in the housing member and to which a wire W is to be connected. The housing member includes a wire lead-out surface from which the wire W connected to the electronic component is to be led out, a component housing portion that is a space for housing the electronic component and that includes an opening portion that opens in the wire lead-out surface, and an extended wall portion that is located on the fixing surface side relative to the component housing portion and extends to a side of the opening portion in an opening direction thereof relative to the wire lead-out surface.

Abstract: An electric connection box includes a housing having an opening formed by side walls, a lock protruding plate, a lid to be attached to the housing, a hook, a lock portion, a protective wall, lock pieces and slits. The protective wall is configured to, when the lid is attached to the housing, cover a cable connection portion provided on the second side wall. The lock pieces extend in parallel to the protective wall and extend from the protective wall toward a first direction. The pair of slits respectively includes a receiving opening to, when the lid is attached to the housing, accommodate respective one of the pair of lock pieces, the pair of slits being to receive the lock pieces when engagement at the lock portion is carried out. The receiving opening opens, when the lid is attached to the housing, toward a second direction.

Abstract: An overhead power distribution line (10) comprises a tension resistant pole (101), two composite crossbeams (102) and tension resistant fixing members (103). A middle portion of the composite crossbeam (102) is horizontally secured on the tension resistant pole (101), and end portions of the composite crossbeam (102) are connected to the tension resistant fixing members (103). The tension resistant fixing members (103) enable the two composite crossbeams (102) to integrally connect and are for fixing conducting lines. With the above configuration, two composite crossbeams (102) are secured on the same horizontal plane of the tension resistant pole (101), thus satisfying vertical tension of a tension resistant requirement. Further, by using composited crossbeam bodies (102), a dry arc distance is significantly increased, and electrical lightning resistance performance is enhanced, preventing incidents such as line disconnection and flashover caused by lightning strike.

Abstract: Provided is a thunderbolt arrest-type lightning protection device that has a protected area formed to match a structure and a shape of a protected body being protected from thunderbolts, and is capable of effectively protecting the entire protected body from thunderbolts. The device is configured by: a charged body 2 formed of a conductive material provided to cover a protected body B installed on a ground G; an electrical insulation layer 3 that holds the charged body 2 in an electrically-insulated state with respect to the ground G and the protected body B; a capacitor 4 installed on the ground G, and stores an electrical charge by an electrostatic capacity with the ground; and a conductor 5 that electrically connects the charged body 2 and a second electrode body 4b.

Abstract: An overcurrent detection device including: a current detection resistor that is connected in series to a main circuit and is configured to cause a potential difference at both ends according to a current flowing through the main circuit; a current detection circuit that includes a pair of connection portions and is configured to detect a potential difference between the pair of connection portions; a pair of voltage detection lines connecting the both ends of the current detection resistor to the pair of connection portions in the current detection circuit; and an erroneous detection prevention unit configured to prevent an increase in the potential difference between the pair of connection portions when at least any one of the pair of voltage detection lines has a connection failure.

Abstract: A direct current circuit breaker includes: a positive supply line between a positive input terminal and a positive output terminal; a negative supply line between a negative input terminal and a negative output terminal connecting a direct current load to a supply; a series connection of a first galvanic separation switch and a bypass switch in the positive supply line, and a second galvanic separation switch in the negative supply line; a semiconductor switch element connected parallel to the bypass switch; and a series connected inductor in the positive supply line. The first and second galvanic separation switch, the bypass switch, and the semiconductor switch element are controlled using a processing unit.

Abstract: A dropout recloser is capable of in accordance with its operating programming after a predetermined number of fault interrupting operations, e.g., 1, 2, 3 or more but typically 3, to drop out of a cutout and hang freely in a hinge contact of the cutout providing sectionalization with an observable visible gap. The recloser includes fault interrupting and reclosing components, a drop out mechanism and a controller. The drop out mechanism may include a bi-stable actuator to affect fault interrupting operation and dropout operation. The device may include motion limiting structures. The recloser may have a number of operating modes or sequences.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an over-voltage protection method, an over-voltage protection device and a display device. When the voltage value of the output signal is greater than the first preset voltage threshold, it is determined whether the voltage value of the output signal meets the preset over-voltage protection condition. If the voltage value of the output signal is detected to meet the preset over-voltage protection condition, the first control signal is output to stop output of the output signal or lower the voltage value of the output signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting an open neutral condition in a split phase power system is described. The apparatus includes two powered lines providing output electricity to an electrical distribution system and a shared neutral line providing a grounded neutral to the first and second powered lines. The apparatus is configured for detecting when an open neutral condition is present in the split phase power system by determining when a power current is present on one or both of the first and second powered lines while a return current is not present on the neutral line; and in response to detecting that the open neutral condition is present, causing an interrupter to interrupt the power supplied by the first and second powered lines or to generate a signal indicating an open condition.

Abstract: An electrical system may include an ECU and a power distribution circuit that may include a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may be configured to combine a first power input and a second power input into a power output. The second portion may be configured to provide the combined power output to a plurality of loads. The first portion may include a first section, a second section, and an output section. The output section may be connected to the second portion. The first section and the second section may be connected in parallel to the output section. The first section may include a first semiconductor device and a first switch disposed in series. The second section may include a second semiconductor device and a second switch disposed in series. The ECU may be configured to detect and mitigate a thermal hazard in the power distribution circuit.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a driving device of the display panel, which includes a protection circuit in a chip, the protection circuit includes: a plurality of chip input ends; a plurality of first diodes (D1) connected to the plurality of chip input ends in parallel, the cathodes of the first diodes (D1) connect to the chip input ends; a third diode (D3), a cathode of the third diode (D3) connects to an anode of the first diode (D1), an anode of the third diode (D3) is grounded, an area of the third diode (D3) is larger than an area of the first diode (D1), an amount of the third diode (D3) is less than an amount of the first diode (D1).

Abstract: A crowbar device has a first terminal and a second terminal, the terminals being connectible to a medium to high impedance AC voltage source including a trigger circuit configured to output a trigger signal responsive to exceeding a threshold voltage across at least one trigger element of the trigger circuit; a positive-side signaling circuit and a negative-side signaling circuit configured to output a positive or a negative clamping signal, respectively, according to a positive-voltage or a negative-voltage signal, respectively, input from the trigger circuit; and a positive-side overvoltage clamping circuit and a negative-side overvoltage clamping circuit configured to control their respective semiconductor element to be in a conducting state, when the clamping signal from the corresponding signaling circuit is present, and configured to control their semiconductor element to be in a non-conducting state, when the corresponding clamping signal has not been present for a predetermined time period.

Abstract: A protection circuit, comprising: a transient suppression circuit, configured to suppress a transient voltage; and a short-circuit protection circuit connected between the transient suppression circuit and a ground terminal, wherein when the transient suppression circuit is shorted out and the transient voltage is a protection voltage, the short-circuit protection circuit disconnects a loop where the transient suppression circuit is located. The short-circuit protection circuit has a turned-on state and a turned-off state; the short-circuit protection circuit is in a turned-on state when the transient suppression circuit is shorted out and the transient voltage is greater than the protection voltage; and the short-circuit protection circuit is in a turned-off state when the transient suppression circuit is shorted out and the transient voltage is a protection voltage.

Abstract: This present application concerns a method for preventing an electrical grid from a failure in case of a temporary overvoltage. A method comprising: a) providing an electrical grid line, a surge arrester and a disconnector device with a disconnector unit; b) connecting the surge arrester at one terminal to the electrical grid line; c) connecting the surge arrester at its other terminal to a second terminal of the disconnector device; d) connecting a first terminal of the disconnector device to ground potential; e) interrupting the electrical connection in between the electrical grid line and the ground potential in case of a temporary overvoltage; f) protecting the surge arrester from failure due to a thermal overload caused by the temporary overvoltages by operating the disconnector device before the surge arrester fails due to a thermal overload of the surge arrester.

Abstract: An ESD protection circuit is disclosed. The ESD protection circuit is coupled between a first node and a second node that is coupled to an input of a functional circuit. A first protection circuit is coupled to the first node. The circuit further includes a first path and a second path. The first path includes a second protection circuit that is coupled to the second node, and is AC coupled to the first node. A second circuit path includes a third protection circuit, a resistor coupled between the third protection circuit and the first node, and a switch having a first terminal coupled to the resistor and the third protection circuit. A shunt circuit includes a transistor having a gate terminal coupled to the second terminal of the switch. The transistor, when activated, shunts current from the second node to ground.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a distributed battery pack power supply system, a charging control method, and a discharging control method, where a plurality of battery packs or battery groups is directly coupled in parallel or indirectly coupled in parallel as required using a charging/discharging circuit of the distributed battery pack power supply system and a corresponding control policy. A distributed battery includes a plurality of battery packs, and further includes a controller, a bidirectional voltage transformation circuit, a bypass circuit, a charging circuit, and a charging input end. Each battery pack corresponds to one bypass circuit and one bidirectional voltage transformation circuit.

Abstract: A power supply device with improved current balancing mechanism includes a power supply module, and a current detecting module detecting the output current to generate a sample voltage. A compensation voltage is provided that is in superposition with the sample voltage to synthesizes a corrected sample voltage, and a current mirror unit receives the corrected sample voltage at a first end. A positive input end of a comparator unit is connected to a second end of the current mirror unit, and is connected to the first end through a voltage divider, while the comparator unit outputs the current share voltage under negative feedback control. The current share output is corrected by compensating the sampling voltage and reflecting it by a current mirror with a certain ratio, the inconvenience of manually adjusting variable resistor, or the problem of temperature influenced BJT and MOSFET, or phase delay of digital sampling is solved.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for estimating capacity of a system including an energy generation system, an energy storage system or both. The method and apparatus initially estimate the system capacity based on a facility location and size. The initial estimate may be adjusted through adjustment of at least one parameter. An updated capacity estimate is generated and displayed.

Abstract: One example provides a power quality improvement system for an electrical power distribution system including a parameter measurement module to measure a power factor of the electrical power distribution system, a number of capacitor steps selectively connectable to the electrical power distribution system, and a number of harmonic filters connected to the electrical power distribution system, wherein a number and size of each capacitor step and a type of the harmonic filters are based on a load profile of the electrical power distribution system. A controller monitors a status of the harmonic filters and automatically connects or disconnects selected capacitor steps from the electrical power distribution to maintain the measured power factor at a set-point power factor, where a delay before connecting or disconnecting each selected capacitor step is based on a load stability factor of the electrical power distribution system, the load stability factor based on the load profile.

Abstract: System for controlling voltage supply to a portion of a distribution grid. The portion of the grid includes a substation providing one or more transformers operable to increase or decrease the voltage supplied to consumers within the portion of the grid. The voltage control system providing a data set can include a previously measured power consumption associated with previously measured values of (a) property(ies) for a portion of the grid, the property(ies) being one of voltage, current, frequency or load, or a combination thereof. The voltage control system can provide a measurement device to measure the property(ies) supplied within the portion of the grid. The voltage control system can provide a processing device to determine from the previously measured values of the property(ies) in the data set a most likely effect of altering the value of the property(ies) from a first value to a second value, on the power consumption.

Abstract: A method of controlling output of an ESS depending on droop control according to frequency variation range of a power grid in the present invention may comprise steps of: monitoring the frequency variation range of the power grid; predicting frequency correction range resulting from regulation of an engine generator during a predetermined unit regulation time if the frequency variation range is determined to exceed a first reference value; controlling the output of the ESS with an output value determined by a frequency of the power grid according to a droop control algorithm set as a default if the predicted frequency correction range does not exceed a second reference value; and fixing the output of the ESS during the unit regulation time if the predicted frequency correction range exceeds the second reference value.

Abstract: A well construction system with motor equipment having at least one of a drawworks motor, a top drive motor, or a combination thereof, and an electrical power system having a power recovery and regeneration system. The power recovery and regeneration system includes at least one energy storage device that is not a capacitor bank. The well construction system may be operated by generating AC power that is made available on an AC node, converting AC power available on the AC node to DC power available on a DC node, storing energy based on DC power available on the DC node by the power recovery and regeneration system, and regenerating the stored energy from the power recovery and regeneration system to AC power, DC power, or a combination thereof for consumption by an electrical consumer of the well construction system.

Abstract: A method for controlling the rebuilding of an electrical supply network, wherein the electrical supply network has a first network section and at least one further network section, at least one wind farm is connected to the first network section, the wind farm can be controlled via a wind farm control room, the first network section is coupled to the at least one further network section via at least one switching device in order to transmit electrical energy between the network sections, the at least one switching device is set up to disconnect the first network section from the at least one further network section in the event of a fault, a network control station is provided for the purpose of controlling the at least one switching device, wherein, in the event of a fault during which a network fault acting on the first network section occurs, the first network section is disconnected from the at least one further network section by the at least one switching device, the wind farm control room interchanges

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosed subject matter may provide a method includes determining, at a server, average historical usage of energy by a user based on received energy usage data. The server may determine at least one available energy usage plan from one or more energy providers based on the determined average historical usage of energy and by determining available energy rate structures. The server may determine an optimized energy usage from the one or more energy providers based on the determined at least one available energy usage plan. The method may include controlling, at the server, one or more setting of an energy usage device based on the determined optimized energy usage and a selected energy usage plan from the determined at least one energy usage plan.