Apparatus and methods for recovering energy in a petroleum, petrochemical, or chemical plant as described. The invention relates to a recovered electric power measuring system comprising at least one processor; at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions; and at least one receiver configured to receive data from a sensor on an electrical powerline connected to a generator of a power-recovery turbine, the power-recovery turbine located in a petroleum, petrochemical, or chemical process zone wherein a portion of a first process stream flows through the power-recovery turbine and generates recovered electric power as direct current, the power-recovery turbine electrically connected to a single DC to AC inverter and the output of the DC to AC inverter electrically connected to a first substation.

The present embodiments provide systems, processes and/or methods of controlling irrigation. In some embodiments, methods are provided that receive (4112) water usage information corresponding to a first volumetric water usage at a site location having an irrigation controller (130), wherein the first volumetric water usage corresponds to volumetric water usage from a beginning of a budget period of time to a first time within the budget period of time; determine (4114) automatically whether a volumetric water budget at the site location will be met for the budget period of time based on at least the first volumetric water usage, the volumetric water budget corresponding to a specified volume of water for use during the budget period of time; determine (4116) automatically, in the event the volumetric water budget will not be met, an adjustment to the irrigation by the irrigation controller; and output (4118) signaling to effect the adjustment.

A cooling system for the decoating system includes a sensor, a control device, and a controller communicatively coupled with the sensor and the control device. The sensor is configured to measure a characteristic of the cooling system in the decoating system, the control device controls the characteristic of the cooling system, and the controller is configured to adjust the control device to adjust the characteristic of the cooling system based on at least one of a measured temperature within the decoating system or the measured characteristic. A method of controlling a temperature of the decoating system includes measuring a temperature within a piece of equipment of the decoating system and measuring a characteristic the cooling system in the piece of equipment of the decoating system. The method includes controlling the cooling system to adjust the characteristic based on at least one of the measured temperature or the measured characteristic.

A method includes defining a plurality of variables to modify in a control loop; collecting first data using a first variable of the plurality of variables while executing the control loop, generating a first result based on the collecting first data step, substituting a second variable of the plurality of variables for the first variable, collecting second data using the second variable while executing the control loop, generating a second result based on the collecting second data step, comparing the first result and the second result; and taking an action based on the comparing step.

In an aspect, a test platform for testing an embedded control system having a plurality of interconnected components is operable to: receive, at run time, configuration data for configuring a system under test (“SUT”) representing the embedded control system, the configuration data specifying: which of the components shall be simulated versus hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) components in the SUT; and an inter-component signal mapping that maps input signals to output signals of the specified simulated or HIL components of the SUT; for each of the simulated or HIL components, automatically activate, at run time, a corresponding object code portion for simulating the embedded system component in the test platform or a corresponding object code portion for facilitating communication with the HIL component connected to the test platform, respectively; and automatically map input signals of the activated object code portions to output signals of the activated code portions according to the signal mapping.

An atherectomy system includes a drive mechanism that is adapted to rotatably actuate an atherectomy burr and a controller that is adapted to regulate operation of the drive mechanism. In some cases, the drive mechanism includes a drive cable that is coupled with the atherectomy burr and a drive motor that is adapted to rotate the drive cable. The controller is adapted to receive an indication of an increase in torque experienced at the atherectomy burr and is further adapted to, in response, regulate operation of the drive mechanism such that the increase in torque results in a noticeable reduction in speed of the drive mechanism such that a user of the atherectomy system notices the reduction in speed and is alerted to the increase in torque.

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) may be used to measure the internal components of a battery or interfaces between connections inside a battery in order to determine a state of one or more subcomponents of the battery. In various embodiments, EIS testing of the battery may be conducted using various test waveforms, such as test waveforms with different voltages, currents, and/or frequencies, to identify and/or predict battery subcomponent and/or interface failures. In various embodiments, EIS testing of the battery may be used to determine when battery conditions are suitable for charging.

The invention relates to a system and a method for legally compliant documentation of health-relevant and safety-relevant process events in a food processing plant. The system comprises a workstation, an acquisition device, an auditor device, a report generator and a signing device. The acquisition device is assigned to the workstation and is configured to automatically acquire plant-related process variables. The auditor device, on the other hand, is configured to analyze the acquired process variables and identify a trigger event. Further, the auditor device is capable of generating a first data set including at least one of the acquired process variables and/or an information value about the trigger event. The report generator is adapted to determine a signing device responsible for the first data set. In addition, the report generator may generate a requirement data set comprising a signature requirement and at least part of the first data set. This requirement data set may be transmitted to the responsible signing device. The signing device is adapted to generate a requirement data set comprising an electronic signature for at least part of the requirement data set.

A method, computer program product and system for precision inkjet printing. A control variable vector of actuation parameters associated with an inkjet waveform is determined. A printhead is then actuated to eject a grid of droplets from an inkjet onto a substrate based on the inkjet waveform. An image of the grid of droplets on the substrate is acquired. The acquired image is then processed to calculate a fitness function of the inkjet waveform that includes a function of sensed output variables associated with printing characteristics. The control variable vector is then adjusted by updating its topology based on the fitness function to obtain an optimized control variable vector associated with an optimized inkjet waveform.

A substrate processing apparatus that accommodates a substrate holder in which a substrate is placed in a processing container and forms a film onto the substrate, includes: a film thickness meter that measures a thickness of the film formed on the substrate; a state analysis unit that analyzes variation of the film thickness from a measurement result output from the film thickness meter at a plurality of measurement points where the film thickness on the substrate is measured; a singular point detection unit that, based on the analysis result, detects a measurement point where a difference from an adjacent measurement point deviates from a predetermined condition, as a singular point; and a singular point correction unit that corrects a measurement result of the singular point so that the difference of the film thickness between the singular point and the adjacent measurement point is within a predetermined condition.