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| 20120109579 | METHOD OF TESTING AND PROVING FUEL EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS A method of testing and proving fuel efficiency improvements includes installing a telematic device in each of a first plurality of vehicles and a second plurality of vehicles. The telematic devices collect baseline fuel consumption data during a first time period and c... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109580 | SENSOR BASED MEANS OF MONITORING THE MECHANICAL CONDITION OF ROTATING MACHINERY THAT OPERATES INTERMITTENTLY A method of monitoring the mechanical condition of a machine in which statistically significant measurements on a characteristic signal are made over a period of time which can include interruptions and variations in the operation of the machine giving rise to uncharact... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109569 | DIAGNOSIS OF BEARING THERMAL ANOMALIES IN AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE A system for evaluating bearing metal temperature (BMT) to diagnose rotor misalignment and/or bearing wipe in an electrical machine. A first system is provided that includes: an input system for obtaining bearing metal temperature (BMT) readings from a first BMT sensor ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120080531 | THERMOSTAT CONFIGURED FOR PROVIDING EVALUATION OF A TEMPERATURE CONTROL EQUIPMENT AND METHOD THEREOF A method for evaluating a temperature control equipment of a building. The temperature control equipment is communicatively coupled with a thermostat. The method may comprise calculating an ideal design temperature difference (DTD) for temperature control of the buildin... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084057 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING AN OPTICAL FIBER PERFORMANCE PARAMETER A method for predicting an optical fiber performance parameter includes measuring N values for the optical fiber performance parameter at N stages during manufacture or installation of a first optical fiber, where N is an integer. A first set of correlation values is ge... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120053899 | HIGH SPEED SPECTROMETER A system for measuring quantum efficiency in a sample photovoltaic cell may include a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer. One or more light source for illuminating the photovoltaic cell in a wavelength range of interest are provided.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053894 | LONG TERM LOAD GENERATOR A method and system for long-term load generation is described.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053898 | PERFORMANCE EVALUATION DEVICE FOR CENTRIFUGAL CHILLER Enhanced accuracy in performance evaluation of a centrifugal chiller is achieved. Provided is a performance evaluation device for a centrifugal chiller, which includes an input unit that receives operating data of the centrifugal chiller; a data classifying unit that ac... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053900 | Estimating and Enhancing Residual Performance in an Energy Storage System A system and method is provided for estimating and enhancing performance that can be delivered by an energy storage system beyond the energy storage system's warranty period. The system includes an energy management system configured to communicate and manage the energy... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053897 | DETERMINING TRANSISTOR LEAKAGE FOR AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Techniques are disclosed relating to determining power consumption of an integrated circuit. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit is disclosed that includes a power monitor unit configured to receive a temperature of the integrated circuit, and to determine an estim... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046909 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM OVERALL EFFICIENCY CALCULATING DEVICE AND METHOD An indoor load is calculated from an indoor entropy of a controlled room, a supply air entropy of conditioned air that is supplied into the controlled room, and the amount of supply of the conditioned air that is supplied into the controlled room (indoor load=|indoor en... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120037547 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING PERFORMANCE OF A SORTING SYSTEM A method for analyzing performance of a sorting system is provided. The method includes recording downtime experienced by the sorting system, recording runtime experienced by the sorting system, and recording an optimal characterization of a product stream to be sorted ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041602 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL UNIT An system for monitoring the performance of a mobile environmental control unit (ECU) includes sensors for monitoring and detecting operating parameters of the ECU. A monitor processing and communications unit is coupled to the sensors for receiving and processing the o... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120029872 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING RELIABILITY OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE A system and method analyze reliability of an electronic device using a computing device. The method generates a component coding rule for components of the electronic device, establishes a BOM table for the electronic device according to the component coding rule, and ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120016637 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS A system and method for measuring performance of an electronic product using a measurement control device that connects to a measuring machine and a display device. A component of the electronic product is determined according to a coordinate array, and a physical facto... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120016636 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING STEADY STATE CONDITIONS IN A GAS TURBINE Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for determining steady state conditions in a gas turbine. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method for determining stability in a gas turbine is provided. The method ca... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120010854 | Quantum Efficiency Measurement System and Method of Use A system for measuring a characteristic of a solar cell is disclosed and includes a light source irradiating an optical signal having a spectral range from about 100 nm to about 3000 nm, a wavelength selector configured to selectively narrow the spectral range of the op... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010845 | Self Contained Boiler Sensor A system and method is presented for a multi-sensor component for an HVAC system. The multi-sensor component comprises a sensor assembly, having one or more detectors, comprising a plurality of temperature detectors operable to measure a temperature of an object or a me... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110320166 | GLUCOSE SENSOR SIGNAL STABILITY ANALYSIS Disclosed are methods, apparatuses, etc. for glucose sensor signal stability analysis. In certain example embodiments, a series of samples of at least one sensor signal that is responsive to a blood glucose level of a patient may be obtained. Based at least partly on th... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110320170 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF ACTIVE IMPLANTS IN OR ATTACHED TO BIOLOGICAL HOSTS OR SYSTEMS A method and apparatus to measure and analyze electromagnetic emissions from implanted electronics to accomplish at least one of: detect and identify an active implant comprising electronics implanted in a biological host, diagnose the health of individual electronics a... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110307216 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT OF EYE-TRACKING SYSTEM RANDOM ERROR An estimate of random error in an eye-tracking system is done directly from eye-tracker outputs during a trial, without the need for an explicit calibration process. The distances traveled between adjacent user observations are computed, and the random error δr 12/15/2011 | |
| 20110295556 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYSING THE CONDITION OF A MACHINE HAVING A ROTATING PART A method for analyzing the condition of a machine having a rotating shaft, includes:
| 12/01/2011 |
| 20110288821 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING THE USEABLE LIFE OF A PHOTORECEPTOR IN IMAGING DEVICES Systems and methods of determining a predicted usable life of components, such as a photoreceptor, associated with an imaging device. The systems and methods include a power source configured to increase an electric field across the photoreceptor. A sensor or array is c... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110282619 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR HEAT EXCHANGER AND PROCESS FOR MEASURING PERFORMANCE OF A HEAT EXCHANGER A temperature measurement device in combination with a furnace heat exchanger is disclosed and claimed. An instrumented heat tracer sensor is launched into the heat exchanger which records the temperature of the fluid and performance at data points along the length of t... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276311 | METHOD FOR TESTING FUNCTIONALITY OF AN OPTICAL MEASURING DEVICE OF A MACHINE TOOL In a method for testing functionality of an optical measuring device of a machine tool, optical measurement signals are acquired and converted into analog electrical signals, which are in turn supplied to an evaluation unit. The analog electrical signals are also suppli... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110270546 | EFFICIENCY METER FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS A portable instrument for displaying an efficiency metric for a photovoltaic power generation system based on an estimate of the source power available from the photovoltaic modules. The source power is a value scaled from the rated DC source power computed with data fr... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110264409 | COMPRESSOR SENSOR MODULE A sensor module for a compressor, having an electric motor operating at a first voltage, the sensor module operating at a second voltage, is provided. The sensor module includes a plurality of inputs connected to a plurality of sensors that generate a plurality of opera... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110264408 | TRACKING OF ENGINE WASH IMPROVEMENTS A method comprises the step of quantifying an improvement in a gas turbine engine operation after a cleaning of the engine. A computer-readable medium, and a system for performing the method are also disclosed.... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110257933 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND MANAGING THREE-PHASE POWER FLOWS IN ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS A system and method for monitoring and managing three-phase power flows in electrical transmission and distribution networks through the use of a deterministic, non-iterative method using an holomorphic embedding and algebraic approximants for determining the power flow... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110251824 | ATHLETICISM RATING AND PERFORMANCE MEASURING SYSTEM A universal athleticism rating system and related athletic performance measuring systems for accurately detecting and recording athletic performance are disclosed. The athleticism rating system evaluates individual athletes against a common, standardized, set of athleti... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110246108 | PRESENTATION OF UNBALANCE INFORMATION FOR ELECTRICAL ASSET MANAGEMENT Disclosed herein is an approach that presents unbalance information obtained from electrical assets in a manner that facilitates management of the electrical assets. In one aspect, a screen view is generated that provides a visual representation of the electrical assets... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110246093 | PREDICTING REMAINING USEFUL LIFE FOR A COMPUTER SYSTEM USING A STRESS-BASED PREDICTION TECHNIQUE One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for predicting a remaining useful life (RUL) for a component in a set of components within a computer system. The system starts by collecting values of at least one degradation-related parameter associated with t... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110238371 | METHOD FOR BRAKING STATE MONITORING AND WIND ENERGY INSTALLATION FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD A method for determining the state of a braking apparatus of a wind energy installation can include obtaining data relating to load behavior of the braking apparatus, recording a measured value during a time period between a start of a braking process and an end of the ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110238372 | OPERATIONAL STATE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND OPERATION STATE ANALYSIS METHOD The operational state analysis system may analyze an operational state of a plant based on processed data items related to the plant. The operational state analysis system may include a reception unit that receives a selection of the processed data items, the selection ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110238362 | ENTHALPY-BASED GROUND HEAT EXCHANGER (GHE) PERFORMANCE TEST INSTRUMENT SYSTEM An enthalpy-based ground heat exchanger (GHE) performance test instrumentation system for connection to a ground heat exchanger (GHE) installed in a deep Earth environment during performance testing operations. The enthalpy-based GHE performance test instrumentation sys... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110238370 | Methods, Apparatuses and Systems for Automatically Determining the State of a Cluster Tool Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for determining the state of a cluster tool. In one embodiment, the method may include receiving status information for one or more modules of a cluster tool. The method may include defining one or more wafer flows through... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110224942 | GPS-tracking ground heat exchanger (GHE) performance test instrumentation network supporting a plurality of wireless portable GPS-based enthalpy-based GHE performance test instrumentation systems A mobile-wireless GPS-tracking ground heat exchanger (GHE) performance test instrumentation network supporting a plurality of wireless portable GPS-based enthalpy-based GHE performance test instrumentation systems, each being connectable to a ground heat exchanger (GHE)... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110224920 | PUMP TESTER Methods of and devices for testing medical pumps via tracking induced single or multiple bubble trajectories within a fluid flow conduit (60) and methods of synchronized (600) corrections (604) of flow data estimates.... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110218770 | OPERATION MONITORING DEVICE, AN OPERATION MONITORING METHOD AND A PROGRAM STORING MEDIUM In an operation monitoring device which groups a plurality of types of performance information and focuses on monitoring the representative of the grouped performance information, abnormality of the non-representative of the performance information is also monitored eff... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110218771 | Method and system for evaluating the efficiency of an air conditioning apparatus The applicant describes a system and methods of calculating the overall operating efficiency of an air conditioning chiller that evaluates efficiency of the component parts of the chiller and generates an overall efficiency based on these component efficiency values. If... | 09/08/2011 |
