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20110202841 | COMPUTER-BASED PROJECT MANAGEMENT - Computer-based methods for managing a project are disclosed. The computer-based method may include displaying a plurality of images in a first portion of a computer screen, each image of the plurality of images being representative of at least one of a service and a good; detecting movement of at least one image of the plurality of images from the first portion to a second portion of the computer screen spaced from the first portion; soliciting one or more vendors for proposals to provide at least one of a service and a good represented by the at least one image moved to the second portion; displaying the proposals received from the solicited vendors on the computer screen; and detecting approval of one or more of the displayed proposals. | 08-18-2011 |
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20130094033 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING PRINT JOBS - The present disclosure provides methods and systems for aggregating print jobs of different lengths and/or customers to decrease the need for rewinding and splicing operations. An exemplary embodiment provides a method that comprises identifying individual label-printing jobs (1-8) that can be aggregated onto a roll of substrate ( | 04-18-2013 |
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20100237625 | Water-Current Paddlewheel-Based Energy-Generating Unit Having a Tapered Partial Covering Structure - Provided are, among other things, systems, methods, apparatuses and techniques for generating energy from water current. According to one representative embodiment, an apparatus includes: a paddlewheel having multiple individual paddles, an axis of rotation, a front side that is forward of the axis of rotation, and a rear side that is behind the axis of rotation; and a covering structure having a front portion that (a) covers a first part of the front side of the paddlewheel, leaving a second part of the front side of the paddlewheel uncovered by said front portion and (b) extends a distance forward of the front side of the paddlewheel, with the front portion of the covering structure being tapered, becoming thinner as it extends further forward of the paddlewheel. | 09-23-2010 |
20110067618 | Water-Based Material Transportation System - Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for water-based material transportation, such as a system that includes: (a) a robotic submersible propulsion unit having: a thruster, a computer controller that is coupled to and configured to control the thruster and that causes the robotic submersible propulsion unit to follow a predetermined course, and an attachment fitting; and (b) a submersible transport barge having: a storage tank, a locking port at a first end of the submersible transport barge that detachably connects to the attachment fitting of the robotic submersible propulsion unit, and a loading/downloading connection at a second end of the submersible transport barge that detachably connects to a transfer connection dock for transferring material between the storage tank and the transfer connection dock. | 03-24-2011 |
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20100114385 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CONTROL ENERGY CONSUMPTION EFFICIENCY - A controller is configured to exchange information with a building automation system and includes various executable programs for determining a real time operating efficiency, simulating a predicted or theoretical operating efficiency, comparing the same, and then adjusting one or more operating parameters on equipment utilized by a building's HVAC system. The controller operates to adjust an operating efficiency of the HVAC system. An adjustment module utilized by the controller may modify the HVAC equipment parameters based on the likelihood that various HVAC equipment operates in parallel and on-line near its natural operating curve. In addition, the adjustment module may include a self-learning aspect that permits the controller to more efficiently make similar, future adjustments as needed. | 05-06-2010 |
20110054698 | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL FOR HVAC SYSTEM - A system for controlling energy consumption in a building having a heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) which includes using an external application to perform HVAC energy consumption optimization algorithms and other external energy control functions and transmit application control data to a building automation system (BAS), which in turn provides hardware level equipment control for the HVAC system. The external application evaluates equipment data received from the HVAC system by way of the BAS and processes these equipment data to provide application control data back to the BAS. The application control data are calculated to achieve a desired operating efficiency for the HVAC system. | 03-03-2011 |
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20130048114 | CONTROLLED HYDRONIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A hydronic distribution system includes self-regulating valves networked together and operable to share valve temperature and valve position information with a microprocessor or other type of controller. The microprocessor runs one or more algorithms that process the temperatures and positions of the valves and then computes a desired speed for one or more variable speed pumps within the system. Controlling the pumps to operate at the desired speed and still maintain the correct amount of process fluid flow needed by the system reduces the overall energy use of the hydronic distribution system, saves on the operational lives of the pumps, and increases system efficiency. | 02-28-2013 |
20130125565 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF A CHILLED WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A chilled water distribution system includes a chilled water loop in fluid communication with a plurality of buildings and also in fluid communication with a plurality of chiller stations. A monitoring and control system communicates with one of the chiller stations, hereinafter referred to as a. “controlled” chiller station because it is configured with one or more variable frequency drives that are controlled by the monitoring and control system to modulate the speed of at least one chiller station component such as, but not limited to, a pump or a fan. By way of this modulation process, a differential pressure of the chilled water loop may be maintained in a “sweet spot” so as to optimize chiller station output while minimizing chiller station energy consumption. | 05-23-2013 |
20140012429 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BALANCING AN ELECTRICAL GRID WITH NETWORKED BUILDINGS - An electrical power grid includes multiple, networked buildings that receive electrical power from one or more power generation sources. A networking control system communicates with a utility control center to obtain information regarding the amount of power being supplied by the power generation sources. The networking control system further obtains information from one or more building automation controllers that are controllably associated with a plurality of networked buildings. The networking control system determines whether the total amount of power being supplied exceeds a total demand load for the plurality of buildings. And if so, the networking control system commands one or more of the building automation controllers to operate one ore more of the buildings a reduced energy efficiency level, which may take the form of an optimization curve. | 01-09-2014 |
20140379139 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BALANCING AN ELECTRICAL GRID WITH NETWORKED BUILDINGS - An electrical power grid includes multiple, networked buildings that receive electrical power from one or more power generation sources. A networking control system communicates with a utility control center to obtain information regarding the amount of power being supplied by the power generation sources. The networking control system further obtains information from one or more building automation controllers that are controllably associated with a plurality of networked buildings. The networking control system determines whether the total amount of power being supplied exceeds a total demand load for the plurality of buildings. And if so, the networking control system commands one or more of the building automation controllers to operate one or more of the buildings a reduced energy efficiency level, which may take the form of an optimization curve. | 12-25-2014 |
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20150045964 | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL FOR HVAC SYSTEM - A system for controlling energy consumption in a building having a heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) which includes using an external application to perform HVAC energy consumption optimization algorithms and other external energy control functions and transmit application control data to a building automation system (BAS), which in turn provides hardware level equipment control for the HVAC system. The external application evaluates equipment data received from the HVAC system by way of the BAS and processes these equipment data to provide application control data back to the BAS. The application control data are calculated to achieve a desired operating efficiency for the HVAC system. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045965 | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL FOR HVAC SYSTEM - A system for controlling energy consumption in a building having a heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) which includes using an external application to perform HVAC energy consumption optimization algorithms and other external energy control functions and transmit application control data to a building automation system (BAS), which in turn provides hardware level equipment control for the HVAC system. The external application evaluates equipment data received from the HVAC system by way of the BAS and processes these equipment data to provide application control data back to the BAS. The application control data are calculated to achieve a desired operating efficiency for the HVAC system. | 02-12-2015 |
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20160054009 | CONTROLLED HYDRONIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A hydronic distribution system includes self-regulating valves networked together and operable to share valve temperature and valve position information with a microprocessor or other type of controller. The microprocessor runs one or more algorithms that process the temperatures and positions of the valves and then computes a desired speed for one or more variable speed pumps within the system. Controlling the pumps to operate at the desired speed and still maintain the correct amount of process fluid flow needed by the system reduces the overall energy use of the hydronic distribution system, saves on the operational lives of the pumps, and increases system efficiency. | 02-25-2016 |
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20140335271 | BOATS CONFIGURED TO OPTIMIZE VAPORIZATION OF PRECURSOR MATERIALS BY MATERIAL DEPOSITION APPARATUSES - A boat according to this disclosure includes side walls and a base that are arranged to define a container with an interior. A bottom of the boat may have a convex configuration. In a specific embodiment, the base may have a convex configuration, such as the shape of a portion of the curved surface of a cylinder, with end walls located at opposite ends of the base. Such a boat may have a crescent configuration. Each boat may be configured to be positioned against another boat, enabling the assembly of groups of boats. Multi-celled structures that receive and effectively increase the surface area of precursor material are also disclosed. A multi-celled structure may be configured for use within the interior of a boat, or individually, without a separate boat. Vaporization chambers that are configured to receive the boats and/or multi-celled structures and material deposition apparatuses that include the vaporization chambers are also disclosed, as are methods for introducing precursor materials into material deposition apparatuses. | 11-13-2014 |
20150151453 | PROFILES FOR PRECURSORS TO POLYMERIC MATERIALS - Methods for obtaining a profile for a batch, or lot, of a precursor material and using the profile while processing the precursor material to form a polymer are disclosed. In such a method, a process profile that corresponds to the characteristics of a particular precursor material (e.g., the batch, etc.) may be generated. That process profile may then be used to cause a material processing system to process the precursor material in a manner that accounts for differences between that precursor material and a “standard” precursor material, while providing a polymer and, optionally, a film of “standard” quality. Apparatuses and systems that are configured to obtain profile data for a batch of precursor material, generate or modify a process profile based on the profile data and use the process profile to form a polymer are also disclosed. | 06-04-2015 |
20150209825 | MATERIAL PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH CONDUITS CONFIGURED TO PREVENT HEAT TRANSFER BETWEEN A PYROLYSIS TUBE AND ADJACENT ELEMENTS - A material processing system that prevents transmission of infrared radiation from its pyrolysis tube to one or more adjacent elements, such as a vaporization chamber or a deposition chamber, is disclosed. Such a material processing system may include at least one conduit with a non-linear element. The non-linear element of such a conduit may preclude the presence of a line-of-sight through the length of the conduit. The non-linear element may also have a shape that enables gas or vapor to flow therethrough with little or no turbulence, which, in embodiments where part or all of the material processing system lacks valves, enables the gas or vapor to flow freely through the material processing system, or at least through the valveless portion thereof. | 07-30-2015 |
20150211115 | MULTI-CHANNEL PYROLYSIS TUBES, MATERIAL DEPOSITION EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THE SAME AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A pyrolysis tube for use with a material deposition system includes a plurality of channels. The channels may be defined by internal elements of the pyrolysis tube, or by internal elements that form an insert for a conventionally configured pyrolysis tube. One or more of the channels may extend straight through the pyrolysis tube, providing a direct line of sight through the pyrolysis tube. Material deposition systems that include such an insert or pyrolysis tube are also disclosed, as are methods for efficiently pyrolyzing precursor materials at temperatures that are reduced relative to conventional pyrolysis temperatures and/or at rates that are increased relative to conventional pyrolysis rates. | 07-30-2015 |
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20120186669 | Nozzle Check Valve - The disclosed embodiments include check valves capable of improved dynamic performance (e.g., closing and opening times). The check valves may include an annular disc having an opening. The annular disc may be lightweight and present a reduced surface area to the flow, thus increasing the closure speed of the check valve as well as the opening speed of the check valve. Other components, such as a spacer component, may be reconfigured to modify the check valve for increased performance in a variety of applications, including low flow volume, medium flow volume, and high flow volume applications. | 07-26-2012 |
20150267823 | NOZZLE CHECK VALVE - The disclosed embodiments include check valves capable of improved dynamic performance (e.g., closing and opening times). The check valves may include an annular disc having an opening. The annular disc may be lightweight and present a reduced surface area to the flow, thus increasing the closure speed of the check valve as well as the opening speed of the check valve. Other components, such as a spacer component, may be reconfigured to modify the check valve for increased performance in a variety of applications, including low flow volume, medium flow volume, and high flow volume applications. | 09-24-2015 |
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20090102456 | Electrical Power Metering Device and Method of Operation Thereof - A metering device for metering energy delivered to customers over electrical wires from a power distribution cabinet. The metering device has a plurality of current transformers, each capable of receiving one of the electrical wires and connections for the line voltages which drive the wires. The current transformers are arranged for physical correspondence to the power outputs of the power distribution cabinet. Circuitry connected to the current transformers and line voltage connections meter the energy over the electrical wires. | 04-23-2009 |
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20150376006 | OZONE CELL POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention generally includes an ozone generation system with a power supply that measures the rate of energy delivered to the ozone generation cell. While changing voltage, frequency or current will likely affect the rate of energy delivery, current, frequency and voltage provide a very poor and unreliable control for an ozone generation cell. It is only through control of the rate of energy delivery that consistent, reliable ozone generation is possible. Based upon the measurements of the rate of energy delivery as measured at the ozone generation cell, compared to the rate of energy delivery supplied, the rate of energy delivery supplied can be adjusted to improve ozone production and control. | 12-31-2015 |