The disclosure relates to a foamed floor with wood texture. It belongs to the technical field of co-extruded foam plate. It includes a foam matrix and a hard surface layer including (a) and (b); (a): a first exposed surface, a connecting substrate and a base layer formed by the first color resin; (b): a second exposed surface and a connecting substrate formed by the second color resin. The first exposed surface is composed of a plurality of exposed units, and the second exposed surface is composed of a plurality of sunken units. The exposed units and the sunken units are arranged alternately. A connecting unit is arranged between the adjacent exposed unit and the sunken unit, and it's composed of the connecting substrate and a connecting profile. The disclosure uses resin as a material, is based on two surface layers, and realizes the realistic effect of wood texture through some levels of expressions such as three-dimensional (depth of texture), color difference, brightness etc. It can also realize a variety of wood textures by adjusting the three-dimensional, chromatic aberration, and brightness.

A power control system, which enables more effective utilization of electrical power generated by using renewable energy, includes a monitoring unit, an output control unit, and a power storage control unit. The monitoring unit monitors the amount of electrical power generated by a power generation device using renewable energy and the amount of electrical power purchased by a consumer through utility grid. When the amount of purchased electrical power is less than a first threshold on the basis of a monitoring result of the monitoring unit, the output control unit suppresses output of electrical power generated by the power generation device. When the amount of the purchased electrical power is less than a second threshold which is greater than the first threshold on the basis of the monitoring result, the power storage control unit charges a storage battery with the generated electrical power outputted by the power generation device.

Systems and methods to test an electric power delivery system include a communication subsystem to transmit test signals to one or more merging units, a test subsystem to transmit a test data stream to the one or more merging units via the communication subsystem, and a processor subsystem to receive looped back data from the one or more merging unit in response to the transmitted test data stream and to determine an operating condition based on the looped back data.

The present disclosure provides a photovoltaic (PV) disconnect device used in an electrical system. The electrical system includes an energy control system electrically coupled to a utility grid. The electrical system includes a PV power generation system electrically coupled to the energy control system. The electrical system includes an energy storage system electrically coupled to the energy control system. The PV disconnect device is electrically coupled to the PV power generation system and the energy control system. The PV disconnect device electrically disconnects the PV power generation system from the energy control system.

A custom outlet module is contained within a housing and has an electric current sensor configured to measure current passing through an electric outlet during a time period, a proximity sensor configured to detect a distance of an object relative to the electric outlet during the time period, a relay switch that can open or close to stop or conduct current through a circuit in the electric outlet in response to a command, and a wireless network interface in communication with the electric current sensor and the proximity sensor, the wireless network interface configured to transmit and receive data from the current sensor and the proximity sensor, to transmit commands to the relay switch, transmit the data to a computing device, and receive commands from the computing device.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a utilities management system operable to receive via a guided wave transceiver a plurality of utility status signals from a plurality of utility sensors located at a plurality of supervised sites. Utility control data is generated based on the plurality of utility status signals. At least one control signal is generated for transmission via the guided wave transceiver to at least one of the plurality of supervised sites, and the at least one control signal includes at least one utility deployment instruction based on the utility control data. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A method for controlling an off-grid energy system. The off-grid energy system includes a gateway energy device and an expansion energy device. The gateway energy device comprising a gateway energy device, the gateway energy device comprising a first energy source, a first battery for storing energy from the first energy source, a first power output for outputting energy from the first battery, a first output lock for controlling the first power output, and a first radiofrequency (RF) transceiver. The expansion energy device comprising a second energy source, a second battery for storing energy from the second energy source, a second power output for outputting energy from the second battery, a second output lock for controlling the second power output, and a second RF transceiver for communicating with the first RF transceiver of the gateway energy device. The method includes the following steps: receiving a financial account status of the system from a financial account server; locking or unlocking the first power output of the gateway energy device responsive to the received financial account status; connecting with the at least one expansion energy device; sending instructions to operate or lock the at least one expansion energy device based on the received financial account status of the system; locking or unlocking the second power output of the at least one expansion energy device responsive to the received financial account status; and conserving power by limiting communications with the at least one expansion energy device during certain periods.

A smart adapter includes an insulating body, a plug fastened to the insulating body, at least one socket, at least one seven-segment displayer, at least one button and a main control unit. The at least one socket is mounted in the insulating body and is exposed to a front surface of the insulating body. The at least one seven-segment displayer is mounted in the insulating body. The at least one button is mounted in the insulating body and is exposed to the insulating body. The main control unit is mounted in the insulating body and is connected with the at least one socket, the plug and the at least one seven-segment displayer. The main control unit includes a cloud unit and a central processing unit. The cloud unit is connected to the at least one button and the central processing unit.

A power management apparatus manages a facility including a stop space. The stop space includes charge-discharge equipment that performs charge and discharge of a storage battery apparatus provided in an electric mobile body. The power management apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive a permission message indicating that at least one of the charge or discharge of the storage battery apparatus is permitted; a manager configured to manage a remaining storage amount of the storage battery apparatus for which the at least one of the charge and discharge is permitted by the permission message, when the storage battery apparatus is connected to the charge-discharge equipment; and a controller configured to control the charge-discharge equipment for performing the at least one of the charge and discharge of the storage battery apparatus, based on the remaining storage amount of the storage battery apparatus that is managed by the manager.

A communications network for communication between at least one power electronics element and at least one control unit is disclosed. According to one or more embodiments, the communications network can be described as a communications network having parts or portions thereof employing multi-hop and/or hybrid communication.