Power System Patents (Class 703/18)
  • Patent number: 8577661
    Abstract: A system for filtering and interpreting real-time sensory data from an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The data acquisition component acquires real-time data output from the electrical system. The power analytics server is comprised of a virtual system modeling engine, an analytics engine, and a decision engine. The virtual system modeling engine generates predicted data output for the electrical system. The analytics engine monitors real-time data output and predicted data output of the electrical system. The decision engine compares the real-time data output against the predicted data output to filter out and interpret indicia of electrical system health and performance. The client terminal is communicatively connected to the power analytics server and configured to display the filtered and interpreted indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Power Analytics Corporation
    Inventor: Adib Nasle
  • Patent number: 8571847
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method for improving efficiency of a static core turn-off in a multi-core processor with variation, the method comprising: conducting via a simulation a turn-off analysis of the multi-core processor at the multi-core processor's design stage, wherein the turn-off analysis of the multi-core processor at the multi-core processor's design stage includes a first output corresponding to a first multi-core processor core to turn off; conducting a turn-off analysis of the multi-core processor at the multi-core processor's testing stage, wherein the turn-off analysis of the multi-core processor at the multi-core processor's testing stage includes a second output corresponding to a second multi-core processor core to turn off; comparing the first output and the second output to determine if the first output is referring to the same core to turn off as the second output; outputting a third output corresponding to the first multi-core processor core if the first output and the second output are b
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
  • Publication number: 20130282353
    Abstract: An arrangement provides simulation of important battery factors such as state of charge or state of health, and the estimates are provided to the human user in ways that permit the human user to make better use of the battery, for example in an electric car. The arrangement uses modeling elements that communicate with each other by means of an analog bus. Some lines on the analog bus are voltages that are intended to be inputs to the simulation or actual measured values from a physical system. Other lines, importantly, are “voltages” that are intended to communicate characteristics of interest such as open-circuit voltage of a cell. Still other lines may be “voltages” that merely pass messages between modeling elements, the voltages not necessarily representing any real-life measurable such as the afore-mentioned temperature value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: SENDYNE CORP.
    Inventor: Yannis Tsividis
  • Patent number: 8560291
    Abstract: Analyzing one or more physical infrastructure elements of a data center by generating a plurality of outputs from a stochastic process for a set of inputs to the stochastic process. The inputs comprise one or more inputs of certainty and one or more inputs of uncertainty. A statistical output analysis of the outputs is utilized to generate one or more threshold reaching projections for each of the physical infrastructure elements of the data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sugato Bagchi, Soumyadip Ghosh, Stacey Ramos
  • Patent number: 8548789
    Abstract: A method for modeling a nuclear reactor core that follows the history of each fuel pin and employs fuel pin flux form factors to explicitly track each fuel pin's fluence and burnup along its axial length and uses this information to obtain fundamental data for each fuel rod, i.e. fuel rod cross-sections, for each fuel pin segment. The data obtained for the fuel pins segments are employed to adjust the fuel pin flux form factors to match the real fuel pins' history so that the fuel rod power distribution can be precisely calculated based on the fuel rod cross-sections and the flux form factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventor: Baocheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130253898
    Abstract: A system and method for providing real-time modeling of an electrical power system for demand response. In an embodiment, real-time data is acquired from an electrical power system. Predicted data is generated for the electrical power system utilizing a virtual system model of the electrical power system. If a difference between the real-time data and predicted data exceeds a threshold, a calibration and synchronization operation is initiated to update the virtual system model to provide predicted data that is consistent with the real-time data. In addition, patterns observed from the real-time data and predicted data may be processed, and an aspect of the electrical power system can be forecasted. The forecasted aspect may then be provided to a demand response market system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: POWER ANALYTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin Meagher, Brian Radibratovic
  • Publication number: 20130218548
    Abstract: In a renewable energy-based electricity grid infrastructure, distributed data analytics enable modeling and delivery of an appropriate, time-sensitive, dynamic demand response from multiple renewable energy resource components to an intelligent power distribution network. Distributed data analytics also enable the electricity grid infrastructure to virtually, optimally and adaptively make decisions about power production, distribution, and consumption so that a demand response is a dynamic reaction across the electricity grid infrastructure in a distributed energy generation from multiple renewable energy resources responsive to various types of grid demand situations, such as customer demand, direct current-specific demand, and security issues, and so that power production is substantially balanced with power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventor: SPYROS JAMES LAZARIS
  • Patent number: 8509954
    Abstract: A system and method migrating virtualized environments is disclosed. According to an aspect of the disclosure, a home energy management system and method includes a database configured to store site report data received from a plurality of residential sites using a wireless home energy network at each site. Each residential site includes a thermostat accessible to the wireless home energy network. A processor is operably coupled to the database and configured to access the site report data and detect a current temperature set-point of the thermostat at a first residential site; detect a first seasonal profile of the thermostat; detect a current operating mode of a HVAC system operably coupled to the thermostat; and determine a thermostat schedule of the thermostat using the first seasonal profile and the current operating mode of the HVAC system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Allure Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin R. Imes, James Hollister
  • Patent number: 8510694
    Abstract: A transaction level (TL) system power estimation method and system are provided. The method includes inserting at least a characteristic extractor into an electronic device of a target system. The characteristic extractor extracts at least a power characteristic of the electronic device when a TL simulation is proceeding. The power characteristic provided from the characteristic extractor is converted to at least a power consumption value by using a power model. The power consumption value is recorded into a power database, for analyzing power consumption of the whole target system. In some embodiments, the TL system power estimation method and system can be applied in the target system with dynamic power management. The TL system power estimation method and system also can be used with a high-level synthesizer to develop the power-aware electronic device in a short time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Wen-Tsan Hsieh, Jen-Chieh Yeh, Hong-Jie Huang, I-Yao Chuang
  • Patent number: 8498751
    Abstract: A method for early detection and anticipatory control of consumer-end load shedding in a single-phase or polyphase electrical grid supplied with single phase or polyphase by at least one generator driven by at least one rotating machine includes measuring a current and a voltage between the at least one generator and the electrical grid and/or a current and a voltage in the electrical grid, deriving at least one signal from the measured current and voltage and using the at least one derived signal to act on the at least one rotating machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Marcel Meier, Christian Stockmann, Erhard Liebig, Jose Taborda
  • Patent number: 8494830
    Abstract: A system for making real-time predictions about an arc flash event on an electrical system comprises a data acquisition component communicatively connected to a sensor configured to acquire real-time data output from the electrical system; an analytics server communicatively connected to the data acquisition component and comprising a virtual system modeling engine configured to generate predicted data output for the electrical system using a virtual system model of the electrical system, an analytics engine configured to monitor the real-time data output and the predicted data output of the electrical system, and an arc flash simulation engine configured to use the virtual system model updated based in the real-time data to forecast an aspect of the arc flash event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Power Analytics Corporation
    Inventors: Branislav Radibratovic, Kevin Meagher
  • Publication number: 20130179143
    Abstract: This disclosure describes methods for use with energy management systems that electric utilities use to manage power distribution networks. The methods can account for changes in phase value that dynamic cross-phasing causes in the power distribution network. In one embodiment, the methods facilitate computer-based modeling of the power distribution network to include such changes in phase value into a connectivity model, which provides a schematic representation of the power distribution network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stuart Gilmour, Steven Sparling
  • Patent number: 8478577
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for modeling a multiprocessor system in a graphical modeling environment. The multiprocessor system may include multiple processing units that carry out one or more processes, such as programs and sets of instructions. Each of the processing units may be represented as a node at the top level of the model for the multiprocessor system. The nodes representing the processing units of the multiprocessor system may be interconnected to each other via a communication channel. The nodes may include at least one read element for reading data from the communication channel into the nodes. The node may also include at least one write element for writing data from the nodes into the communication channel. Each of the processing unit can communicate with other processing unit via the communication channel using the read and write elements. Code may be generated to simulate each node and communication channel in the modeled multiprocessor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: The Math Works, Inc.
    Inventor: John Ciolfi
  • Publication number: 20130166270
    Abstract: A method of substation-control center two-level distributed modeling for power grid is provided. The method comprises: (1) building a substation model for each of substations, each substation model comprising a network model having a topological structure of the substation devices, parameters of the substation devices and measurement information of each substation devices, and a wiring diagram of each substation based on a whole line identification consistency; (2) uploading each substation model for each of the substations to the control center through a state power dispatching data network; and (3) splicing network models for the substations according to the wiring diagrams of the substations to build a whole power grid model of a whole power grid so as to monitor and control the whole power grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicants: EAST CHINA GRID COMPANY LIMITED, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Hongbin Sun, Minhui Ge, Wenchuan Wu, Dexing Wang, Qinglai Guo, Boming Zhang, Jing Wang
  • Patent number: 8468007
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for emulating a mass storage device and a file system of a mass storage device. In a first aspect, a human-portable data processing device that includes one or more data processors that perform operations in accordance with machine-readable instructions, an incoming message classifier configured to classify an incoming read command according to an address of the data requested by the incoming read command, and an emulation data generation component connected to respond to the classification of the incoming read command by the incoming message classifier to generate emulation data emulating that which would have been read by the incoming read command were the human-portable data processing device a mass storage device; and a bus controller configured to respond to the incoming read command with the emulation data generated by the emulation data generation component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Baptiste Maurice Queru, Christopher L. Tate
  • Patent number: 8468005
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for controlling a fidelity of a simulation of a computer system. A model of the system is received that has a plurality of components. A representation of the plurality of individual components of the system is generated. A component is assigned to be a fidelity center having a highest possible associated fidelity value. Fidelity values are assigned to each other component in the plurality of individual components based on an affinity of the other component to the fidelity center. The system is simulated based on assigned fidelity values to the components in the plurality of individual components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas W. Aarts, Ched D. Hays, Michael C. Hollinger, Jason S. Ma, Jose L. Ortiz, Gundam Raghuswamyreddy
  • Publication number: 20130151228
    Abstract: A power consumption prediction method for an integrated circuit device is provided. The power consumption prediction method includes detecting a clock gating cell of the integrated circuit device to extract clock gating domains of the integrated circuit device, extracting a power consumption model of the integrated circuit device according to clock gating based on the extracted clock gating domains, and estimating power consumption of the integrated circuit device based on the extracted power consumption model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventor: Joonhwan YI
  • Publication number: 20130151227
    Abstract: A battery system simulation apparatus that enables a battery system to be stably driven by using simulation data. The battery system simulation apparatus includes a voltage simulator that outputs an imaginary simulation voltage corresponding to a battery included in a battery system, to a battery management unit for controlling the battery, and a simulation verification unit that receives control results of the battery which is generated in dependence upon the imaginary simulation voltage. The control results are transmitted by the battery management unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Woon YANG, Eui-Jeong HWANG
  • Patent number: 8457802
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention assist customers in managing the four types of energy assets, that is, generation, storage, usage, and controllable load assets. Embodiments of the present invention for the first time develop and predict a customer baseline (“CBL”) usage of electricity, using a predictive model based on simulation of energy assets, based on business as usual (“BAU”) of the customer's facility. The customer is provided with options for operating schedules based on algorithms, which allow the customer to maximize the economic return on its generation assets, its storage assets, and its load control assets. Embodiments of the invention enable the grid to verify that the customer has taken action to control load in response to price. This embodiment of the invention calculates the amount of energy that the customer would have consumed, absent any reduction of use made in response to price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Viridity Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Alain Pierre Steven, Audrey A. Zibelman
  • Publication number: 20130117004
    Abstract: A system and methods to simulate a power profile of an electrical system are disclosed. A combination of electrical devices operable to be electrically coupled to a common power source is virtually assembled, and empirically derived dynamic power requirements associated with each of the electrical devices are modeled. Power profiles for at least one electrical system configuration comprising the combination of electrical devices are generated using the empirically derived dynamic power requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Donald W. Schultz, Alberto Ferrer, Joseph M. Keegan
  • Patent number: 8438125
    Abstract: A system is described for assembling a behavior model of a technology component. The system may include a memory, and a processor. The memory may store a behavior model of a technology component. The processor may to monitor the technology component over a period of time to determine a plurality of parameter values associated with each state of a plurality of states of the technology component. The processor may process the plurality of parameter values associated with each state to determine a baseline parameter value for each state. The processor may assemble the behavior model for the technology component. The behavior model may include each state, the baseline parameter value for each state, and an association between each state and the baseline parameter value for each state. The processor may store the behavior model of the technology component in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Acenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Teresa S. Tung, Nikki Ann G. Guevarra, Fausto A. Inestroza
  • Patent number: 8437880
    Abstract: A system and method for enhancing operation of a power generation system. The method includes receiving forecasts at a predictive control unit. The method also includes accessing via a controller real-time lifing models or near real-time lifing models in the predictive control unit. Additionally, the method includes accessing via the controller an enhancer configured to simulate operation of a power generating unit in the power generation system to generate an enhancement of the power generation system based on the forecasts and the real-time or near real-time lifing models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christopher Eugene Long, Robert Joseph Iasillo, Jonathan Carl Thatcher, Kevin Thomas McCarthy, Sameer Vittal
  • Patent number: 8433029
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the method includes determining the safety limit minimum critical power ratio using the operating limit minimum critical power ratio, a change-in-critical-power-ratio distribution bias and a change-in-critical-power-ratio distribution standard deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Global Nuclear Fuel—Americas, LLC
    Inventor: James Edward Fawks, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20130103378
    Abstract: Various arrangements for anticipating an electrical load are presented. A plurality of indications of locations of a vehicle may be received. A travel pattern of the vehicle based on the plurality of indications of locations of the vehicle may be determined. The travel pattern may indicate a destination and an expected travel time to arrive at the destination. A current location of the vehicle may be received. At least partially based on the current location of the vehicle, whether the vehicle is expected to conform to the travel pattern may be determined. An anticipated electrical load at the destination may be determined at least partially based on the travel pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap, Lukas D. Kuhn, Tao Chen
  • Patent number: 8428917
    Abstract: A signal processing device includes a transformer simulator for simulating transfer characteristic of a transformer which changes in frequency characteristic depending on a load connected to the transformer and processing an input signal with the transfer characteristic to output the processed signal, and a load impedance simulator for simulating impedance characteristic of a predetermined load to output the impedance characteristic. The transformer simulator simulates the transfer characteristic of the transformer to which the load having the load impedance which is simulated by the load impedance simulator is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuya Iwata
  • Patent number: 8429590
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for reducing power supply noise within an electronic system that includes an integrated circuit (IC), a package, and a printed circuit board (PCB) connected by a plurality of power delivery networks (PDN) is disclosed. Power supply noise within the system is reduced by defining a voltage compression limit for each PDN of the electronic system; determining a voltage compression for each PDN of the electronic system during a plurality of switching events; comparing the voltage compression of each PDN of the electronic system to the voltage compression limit for each switching event; and in response to the voltage compression of each PDN of the electronic system exceeding the limit, modifying the electronic system to reduce the voltage compression below the limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy W. Budell, Eric W. Tremble
  • Patent number: 8423329
    Abstract: Systems and methods of resistance-based memory circuit parameter adjustment are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method of determining a set of parameters of a resistance-based memory circuit includes determining a range of sizes for a clamp transistor and selecting a set of clamp transistors having sizes within the determined range of sizes. For each clamp transistor in the set of clamp transistors, a simulation may be executed to generate a first contour graph representing current values over a range of statistical values. The first contour graph may be used to identify a read disturbance area and a design range of the gate voltage of the clamp transistor and a load of the clamp transistor. The method may execute a simulation to generate a second contour graph representing sense margin over a range of statistical values of the gate voltage of the clamp transistor and the load of the clamp transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated, Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei
    Inventors: Seong-Ook Jung, Jisu Kim, Jee-Hwan Song, Seung H. Kang
  • Publication number: 20130085696
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for obtaining degradation of a battery comprising the steps of collecting data of the battery and data related to the degradation of the battery; processing the collected data to obtain parameters related to the degradation of the battery; creating and updating a degradation model for the battery with the obtained parameters; and computing the degradation of the battery by using the degradation model and the parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Panasonic Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130080138
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for availability evaluation of microgrid systems with an energy storage device by applying a Markov chain model to model charging and discharging processes in the energy storage device; determining an effect of the energy storage device connected to a microgrid with multiple energy sources and loads; and determining effect of system architectures on the availability of microgrids using minimum cut sets (MCS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Mohammad Chehreghani Bozchalui, Ratnesh Sharma
  • Patent number: 8401834
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for modelizing a nuclear reactor core, including the steps of: partitioning the core in cubes to constitute nodes of a grid for computer implemented calculation, calculating neutron flux by using an iterative solving procedure of at least one eigensystem, the components of an iterant of the eigensystem corresponding either to a neutron flux, to a neutron outcurrent or to a neutron incurrent, for a respective cube to be calculated. The neutrons are sorted in a plurality of neutron energy groups, and the eigensystem iterative solving procedure includes a substep of conditioning the eigensystem into a restricted eigensystem corresponding to the eigensystem for a selection of some neutron energy groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Areva NP
    Inventor: Rene Van Geemert
  • Publication number: 20130060553
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for modeling and simulating a communication network operating under at least one communication protocol, which supports a Smart Grid electricity network. Communication performance data of the communication network are generated by a processor based on operating behavior of the Smart Grid with a plurality of assets under a first condition. Devices in the Smart grid are grouped in bins for rapid modeling. One or more different configurations of the communication network are entered into the processor and related performance data is also generated. Network configurations are compared based on the generated performance data which may include end-to-end delay and reception rate. Processor based systems to perform modeling methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Siemens Corporation
    Inventors: Amar H. Patel, Juan Aparicio, Nazif Tas, Michael T. Loiacono, Justinian Rosca
  • Publication number: 20130060552
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for modeling and simulating a communication network operating under at least one communication protocol, which supports a Smart Grid electricity network. Communication performance data of the communication network are generated by a processor based on operating behavior of the Smart Grid with a plurality of assets under a first condition. Devices in the Smart grid are grouped in bins for rapid modeling. One or more different configurations of the communication network are entered into the processor and related performance data is also generated. Network configurations are compared based on the generated performance data which may include end-to-end delay and reception rate. Processor based systems to perform modeling methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Siemens Corporation
    Inventors: Juan Aparicio, Michael T. Loiacono, Amar H. Patel, Justinian Rosca, Nazif Tas
  • Publication number: 20130060554
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for modeling and simulating a communication network operating under at least one communication protocol, which supports a Smart Grid electricity network. Communication performance data of the communication network are generated by a processor based on operating behavior of the Smart Grid with a plurality of assets under a first condition. Devices in the Smart grid are grouped in bins for rapid modeling. One or more different configurations of the communication network are entered into the processor and related performance data is also generated. Network configurations are compared based on the generated performance data which may include end-to-end delay and reception rate. Processor based systems to perform modeling methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Siemens Corporation
    Inventors: Juan Aparicio, Amar H. Patel, Nazif Tas, Michael T. Loiacono, Justinian Rosca
  • Publication number: 20130054204
    Abstract: Disclosed are an automatic three-phase unbalanced load compensation experimental device and its control method. The experimental device comprises an automatic compensation device, a load simulation part, and detection, display and control parts. The automatic compensation device comprises power capacitors and intelligent grouping compound switches; the detection, display and control part comprises current transformers, molded case circuit breakers, a three-phase digital display ammeter, a three-phase electric power monitoring instrument, a protocol conversion module, 485 buses, Ethernet cables and an upper computer; the load simulation part comprises phase A, B and C loads which are in star connection and are same in component and circuit connection, an analog output module and a relay output module. Power monitoring instrument and digital ammeter are connected to the grid by circuit breaker and current transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicants: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Huaguang Zhang, Qiuye Sun, Zhenwei Liu, Tieyan Zhang, Xiangping Meng, Qingqi Zhao, Jianguo Zhou, Jun Yang, Dazhong Ma, Yan Zhao, Xinrui Liu, Jing Guo
  • Patent number: 8380358
    Abstract: A switchgear assembly provides on-board documentation and includes a switchgear adapted to distribute electrical power to a plurality of loads. An industrial computer includes storage, a web server service and a wireless broadcasting device. The storage stores switchgear specific documentation. A mobile computing device wirelessly communicates with the industrial computer through the wireless broadcasting device. The mobile computing device includes a web browser and the documentation is provided to the mobile computing device by the web server service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Harsh Karandikar, Marek Budyn
  • Patent number: 8370780
    Abstract: A design structure is embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, or testing integrated circuitry. The design structure includes first hardware for executing first software in response to macros that describe the integrated circuitry, and for generating a set of constants in response to the execution of the first software. Second hardware is for receiving the set of constants from the first hardware, and for executing second software in response to the macros and the set of constants, and for estimating a power consumption of the integrated circuitry in response to the execution of the second software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rajat Chaudhry, Tilman Gloekler, Daniel L. Stasiak, Todd Swanson
  • Publication number: 20130030784
    Abstract: Embodiments for determining an optimal configuration for a renewable energy power plant are provided. The power plant, which may be a virtual power plant, includes one or more generator devices and one or more energy storage devices that may be operated to undertake one or more operating applications. Data indicative of the power output of the power plant and the voltage level at the energy storage system connection point is received as an input. Using this data, combinations of energy storage devices and operating applications stored on a database are processed and, for each energy storage and operating application pair, a value indicative of the profitability of undertaking the operating application is determined. These values are used to rank the combinations of energy storage devices and operating applications according to their profitability, which in turn is used to select the most efficient or profitable application/energy storage pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Daniel VIASSOLO, Sridhar SAHUKARI, Gerald MURPHY, Bo HESSELBÆK, Jianhui ZHANG, Aditya UPADHYE, Yonatan ABEBE, Jason HOFFMAN, Juan SANTOS, Brett ROLLOW
  • Publication number: 20130024179
    Abstract: A system, in one embodiment, provides means for acquired measurements of one or more operating parameters of a turbine engine. The system further includes means for determining an estimated value of a performance parameter of interest at a current time based at least partially upon the acquired measurements, means for adjusting a deterioration model at the current time based on a historical set of estimated values from previous times, and means for forecasting performance changes in the turbine engine based on the adjusted deterioration model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Maria Cecilia Mazzaro, Mohammad Waseem Adhami, Juan Paulo Chavez Valdovinos, Achalesh Kumar Pandey, Atanu Talukdar, Adriana Elizabeth Trejo, Jose Vega Paez
  • Publication number: 20130024037
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a computer system for preventing switching errors in a power system that includes a plurality of switching devices. The system includes a topology-extraction mechanism configured to extract topology information associated with the power system; a status database configured to store status information associated with the switching devices; a rule database configured to store user-definable operation rules associated with the switching devices; a receiving mechanism configured to receive a request for performing a switching operation on a device; a simulation mechanism configured to perform a simulation based on the extracted topology information, the status information, and a rule associated with the device; a determination mechanism configured to determine whether the switching operation is allowed based on an outcome of the simulation; and a display mechanism configured to display an output of the determination mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: YOUTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Shuqiang Jin, Lingzhi Pang, Liguo Wan, Jiandong Huang, Hongping Jiang
  • Publication number: 20130013282
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring nuclear thermal hydraulic stability of a nuclear reactor, contains: a calculation unit configured to calculate a stability index of a nuclear thermal hydraulic phenomenon based on nuclear instrumentation signals, the signals being outputted by a plurality of nuclear instrumentation detectors placed at regular intervals in a reactor core; a simulation unit configured to simulate the nuclear thermal hydraulic phenomenon based on a physical model by using information on an operating state of the nuclear reactor as an input condition; a limit value updating unit configured to update a limit value of the nuclear thermal hydraulic phenomenon based on a result of the simulation; and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the stability index and the limit value, whether or not to activate a power oscillation suppressing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yutaka TAKEUCHI, Hiroyuki TAKEUCHI, Kazuki YANO
  • Patent number: 8352235
    Abstract: A method for modeling power management in an integrated circuit (IC) includes: specifying a circuit design and a power architecture for the IC, the power architecture including a plurality of power domains for specifying power levels in different portions of the IC; determining an emulation module for the IC by including one or more hardware elements for modeling the power architecture in the emulation module; and using the emulation module to simulate changing power levels in one or more power domains of the IC including a power shutoff in at least one power domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsair-Chin Lin, Bing Zhu, Platon Beletsky
  • Patent number: 8352236
    Abstract: The invention relates to the fault tree analysis system for a nuclear power plant with advanced boiling water reactor. The full digital instrument control system uses six different modes to simulate the transmission of the digital signals and the analog signals from the detection units. It is to develop the fault tree for various signal transmission modes to support the nuclear power plant in probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) and meet requirements for simulated signal detection, transmission, logic operation and equipment actuation. Thus, the digital instrument control flow process can fit into PRA model and properly reflect its importance in risk assessment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research
    Inventors: Chun-Chang Chao, Meng-Chi Cehn
  • Publication number: 20130006600
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for transmission evaluation. In one embodiment, among others, a method includes evaluating a plurality of contingencies to generate a plurality of contingency results, where at least one of the contingency results includes an overload condition. The evaluation is based at least in part upon a case associated with a transmission network. The method further includes sorting the plurality of contingency results based upon corresponding overload-contingency pairs and determining a potential remediation solution to the overload condition based at least in part upon the overload-contingency pair. In another embodiment, a system includes a transmission evaluation application executed in a computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventor: Joseph E. Sneed, III
  • Patent number: 8346529
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention are directed to improving the speed of event-driven simulation by manipulating delta delays in a system model to reduce delta cycle executions. The manipulation is performed in a manner that preserves delta cycle accurate timing on selected signals of the system, which may be of interest to a designer. Methods and systems are provided for identifying the signals of interest, and for determining portions of the design that may have delta delays retimed. Preserving the timing on the signals of interest ensures that race conditions and glitches present in the design on the signals of interest are still viewable by the designer. To reduce simulation time, delta delays may be moved from high activity signals to low activity signals, the total number of delta delays may be reduced, or a number of processes executed may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Mentor Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Sachin Kakkar, John Ries
  • Patent number: 8340946
    Abstract: A computer-readable recording medium stores therein a program causing a computer that accesses a simulator to execute receiving a measured yield distribution that expresses an actually measured yield distribution concerning leak current of a circuit-under-design, and model data for leak current of a cell of the circuit-under-design; providing the simulator with the model data and values for a normal distribution concerning variation components of the leak current of the cell; acquiring the leak current of the circuit-under-design; calculating, based on the acquired leak current, an estimated yield distribution concerning the leak current of the circuit-under-design; calculating values for the normal distribution that minimize error between the measured yield distribution and the estimated yield distribution; setting an initial value to the normal distribution and the calculated values for the normal distribution to the normal distribution; and outputting the estimated yield distribution that is based on the l
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Katsumi Homma
  • Patent number: 8332789
    Abstract: A method may include receiving an input from an optimization control that indicates a value along a scale, wherein the value is indicative of a design tradeoff between at least optimization for a first parameter of an electrical design and an optimization for a second parameter of the electrical design, wherein the value places an emphasis on the first parameter and an emphasis on the second parameter such that when the value on the scale is closer to the first parameter a larger emphasis is placed on the first parameter of the electrical design and when the value on the scale is closer to the second parameter a larger emphasis is placed on the second parameter of the electrical design. The method may further include choosing components for the electrical design based on the value indicated using the optimization control, the emphases affecting the components selected for the electrical design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Robert Perry, Malcolm Humphrey, Mark Davidson, Dien Mac, Denislav D. Petkov
  • Patent number: 8326594
    Abstract: A method analyzes a model of a balanced power distribution system by transforming a model of the balanced distribution system with zero impedance branches to an equivalent model of the balanced power distribution system with non-zero impedance branches. Decoupled power mismatch equations with second orders are generated for each bus in the equivalent model. Power mismatches are determined using the bus power flow equations. The power mismatches are compared to a predetermined threshold. Then, for each bus, solving iteratively, if the comparing is true, the power mismatch equations to obtain a bus voltage magnitude correction and a bus phase angle correction until the comparing is false.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Hongbo Sun
  • Patent number: 8326589
    Abstract: In the present invention, in a case where a stable equilibrium point calculation is not calculable by using a Newton method, a damping factor of a mechanical system differential equation of a generator is set to be greater than an actual value of the generator of the power system. By applying pseudo-transient simulation to the nonlinear differential algebraic equation of the power system including the mechanical system differential equation of the generator, in which the damping factor is set, a norm of a mechanical system equation is found. If the found norm meets a predetermined condition, variable values of the power system at a time when the norm is found are set as initial values of the nonlinear differential algebraic equation of the power system. A stable equilibrium point is determined by applying the Newton method to the nonlinear differential algebraic equation in which the initial values are set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated, BIGWOOD SYSTEMS, Incorporated
    Inventors: Hsiao-Dong Chiang, Hua Li, Yasuyuki Tada, Ryuya Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20120303351
    Abstract: A system is for optimizing the operation of solar plants 100 and for specifying the operating conditions thereof. A file transmission protocol (FTP) server 102 collects general prediction data of a data satellite service and an electric grid server 104 collects data referring to the public file market prices of the electric grid. The information compiled by both servers (102, 104) is supplied to expert modules (110, 112, 114, 116), compared and stored in a database 106 (DB), which is supplied to a control unit (120). A user (108) has the chance to manipulate it and work with each expert module by a user interface (118) for the purpose of defining the conditions suitable for operating and optimizing activities of the solar plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SUN TO MARKET SOLUTIONS S.L.
    Inventors: Enrique Serrano Dorado, Ralf Wiesenberg
  • Publication number: 20120303350
    Abstract: An analysis method for turbine-generator torsional vibrations affected by power transmission system, which is processed by a computer system with a simulation software, is proposed. This analysis method comprises: building structures of a first system model and a second system model to respectively simulate a first system and a second system; building detailed models of the first and second system model; and analyzing the detailed models of the first and second system model in frequency- and time-domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Jong-Ian TSAI, Ching-Tai Chiang, Rong-Ching Wu, Chen-Sen Ouyang