Carrier Corporation

Collins Aerospace Ireland, Limited

Marcello Torchio

Stefano Riverso

Craig R Walker

Yonghua Zhu

Sarah O'Connell

Alessandro Razzoli

Artur Robert Luber

The present invention relates to a sensing device for monitoring aircraft brake assemblies, in particular the sensing device is for monitoring wear and/or temperature of the aircraft brake assembly. The device comprises a housing rigidly connected to the chassis of the aircraft brake assembly, wherein the housing comprises a displacement sensor. The device further comprises a pin extending through the housing with a first end configured to move with a pressure plate of the aircraft brake assembly such that, in use, the pin is configured to move relative to the housing in a longitudinal direction of the pin. The pin comprises a detectable element positioned within the housing, and the displacement sensor is configured to monitor the position of the detectable element within the housing.

Aircraft brake assembly sensing device

A power and energy management (PEM) method for managing power consumed by a plurality of power devices on a network. The method includes: a monitoring step (S) to determine whether PEM is required based on the power available on the network and the power consumption of the power devices on the network; a monitor step (S) to determine the operating status of each of the power devices on the network; a step (S) of determining a strategy for operating the power devices in response to a determination in the monitoring step that PEM is required; a step (S) of determining a coordination strategy for recharging of any storage devices on the network in response to a determination in the first network monitoring step that PEM is not required; and controlling (S) devices on the network to operate at a power consumption level and/or to recharge based on the above steps.

Power management of resources

Disclosed is a refrigeration system having: a steam ejector with an ejector outlet; and a passive flow trap connected to the ejector outlet.

Refrigeration system with a plurality of steam ejectors connected to a plurality of flow traps

An architecture that provides automatic monitoring of brake conditions making use of a wear pin on a brake. The disclosure makes use of the fact that a wear pin is required to be provided on an aircraft brake, by integrating monitoring functions such as displacement sensors and/or temperature sensors, into the pin. This means that the automatic monitoring components are not taking up more space on the brake than is already taken up by the compulsory wear pin.

Brake wear pin architecture

A method for controlling power consumption includes receiving a flexibility request from an electrical utility and discovering energy relevant devices in a building. The energy relevant devices include electrical loads and alternative energy sources. Power requirements are predicted from an electrical utility for the loads, the prediction takes into account available power from the alternative power sources. Power set points are determined for the energy relevant devices based on the prediction. The power set points meet the flexibility request. The energy relevant devices are directed to operate at the power set points. A building energy management system is also disclosed.

Method for supervisory control of building power consumption

Provided are techniques for predictively generating demand response (DR) events based on grid operations and faults, based on optimization and self-learning routines. The techniques include obtaining grid status information, and determining a fault condition based at least in part on the grid status information. The techniques also include generating a DR event based at least in part on the fault condition, and responsive to generating the DR event, transmitting a notification of the DR event.

Generation of demand response events based on grid operations and faults

A method for controlling power consumption includes estimating power flexibility for one or more electrical systems in a building, presenting one or more power flexibility options to a user in the building, and communicating power set points to the one or more electrical systems based on a power flexibility option selected by the user. A system for predicting energy consumption of a building is also disclosed.

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