A DNA sequence containing a gene encoding a protein, the gene being under the transcriptional control in the DNA sequence of a mammalian milk protein promoter which does not naturally control the transcription of the gene, such DNA sequence including DNA enabling secretion of the protein.

Transgenic animals secreting desired proteins into milk

A controller equipped with a user interface having multiple-day programming capabilities, including methods of programming such devices, are disclosed The user interface may include one or more menus or screens that can be used to program a schedule for one or more selected days during the week An illustrative method of programming the controller may include the steps of entering a scheduling routine, selecting multiple days for schedule modification, changing the schedule parameters for one or more periods during the selected days, and then exiting the scheduling routine

Controller interface with multiple day programming

A monitoring system for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a building includes a monitoring device installed at the building, a monitoring server located remotely from the building, and a review server. The monitoring device measures an aggregate current supplied to components of the HVAC system and transmits current data based on the measured aggregate current. The monitoring server receives the transmitted current data and, based on the received current data, assesses whether failures have occurred in first and second components of the HVAC components. The monitoring server generates a first advisory in response to determining that the failure has occurred in the first component. The review server provides the first advisory to a technician for review and, in response to the technician verifying that the failure has occurred, transmits a first alert.

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Hvac system remote monitoring and diagnosis

A graphical user interface system for a thermal comfort controller. The user interface system has a central processing unit coupled to a memory and a touch sensitive display unit. The memory stores a temperature schedule data structure and perhaps a temperature history data structure. The temperature schedule data structure is made up of at least one set-point. The temperature history data structure is made up of at least one Actual-Temperature-Point. The display presents the set-points and/or the Actual-Temperature-Points. One representation of the display is a graphical step-function. The user uses a finger or stylus to program the set-points by pointing and dragging a portion of the step-function.

Graphical user interface system for a thermal comfort controller

A context-aware smart home energy management (CASHEM) system and method is disclosed. CASHEM dynamically schedules household energy use to reduce energy consumption by identifying contextual information within said household, selecting a comfort of service preference, wherein said comfort of service preference is based on different said contextual information, and extracting an appliance use schedule for maximum energy savings based on said contextual information in light of said comfort of service preferences, by executing a program instruction in a data processing apparatus. CASHEM correlates said contextual information with energy consumption levels to dynamically schedule said appliance based on an energy-saving condition and a user's comfort. Comfort of service preferences are gathered by CASHEM by monitoring occupant activity levels and use of said appliance. CASHEM can also recommend potential energy savings for a user to modify comfort of service preferences.

Context-aware smart home energy manager

An air flow rate sensor and throttle valve which controls the opening of a duct in accordance with the detection signals from the air flow rate sensor are provided in a control duct between a supply chamber utilizing double ceilings and the air diffusers in the supply chamber. The quantities of air fed from the respective air diffusers can be equalized or can be set to the desired values. In this case, since the air blowing can be automatically controlled for each diffuser, it is not necessary to individually adjust the quantities of air for the respective air diffusers after the installation of the air conditioner, thereby eliminating the adjusting works of the air diffusers.

Air conditioning apparatus

In an air conditioning system, a damper unit disposed in the middle of a circulating duct is controlled so that a throttle valve of at least one of air quantity regulating devices for controlling incoming outside air quantity and exhaust air quantity is fully open, and that the quantity of air passing through the device whose throttle valve is fully open is equal to a set air quantity. The control system for the damper unit is so-called floating control system that is responsive to the control conditions. If none of the throttle valves of the devices is fully open, then there must be too great a pressure difference to pass the set quantity of air through all the devices. Accordingly, the excessive pressure applied to the devices can be lowered to a proper level by driving the damper unit in an opening direction, thereby reducing pressure loss between the discharging and charging blowers. If the throttle valve of at least one of the devices is fully open, and if the passage air quantity is smaller than the set air quantity, then the pressure applied to the devices must be too small to pass the set quantity of air. Accordingly, the insufficient pressure applied to the devices can be increased to the proper level by driving the damper unit in a closing direction, thereby increasing the resistance between the discharging and charging blowers.

Air conditioning system

PURPOSE:To perform both cooling and heating mode operation at the same time by a method wherein a flow path change-over device is provided on a refrigerant pipe that connects heat exchangers, a compressor and a liquid tank, and the flow path is changed so as to make the outdoor heat exchanger function as a condenser or evaporator. CONSTITUTION:When the heating load is rather small in comparison with the cooling load, the amount of refrigerant in a liquid tank 11 drops below a specified value. In this case, a portion of gas refrigerant discharged from compressor 10 is led to an outdoor heat exchanger 4, and the liquid refrigerant condensed in the heat exchanger 4 is supplied to the liquid tank 11. In this case, the heat exchanger 4 functions as a condenser. On the contrary, the heating load is rather large in comparison with the cooling load, the amount of refrigerant in the liquid tank exceeds the specified value. In this case, a portion of liquid refrigerant in the liquid tank is led to the outdoor heat exchanger 4, and the gas refrigerant vaporized in the heat exchanger 4 is supplied to the compressor 10. In this case, the heat exchanger 4 functions as an evaporator. Thus, the unbalance between the cooling load and heating load in the air conditioning region is compensated by the outdoor heat exchanger 4, and the income and outgo of thermal energy are balanced with each other.

Air-conditioning equipment

PURPOSE:To provide an economical, multi-type directly expanding type air conditioning facility by which respective air conditioning zones are air- conditioned in the most suitable state by means of a plurality of indoor units and, at the same time, there is little waste in the operation of outdoor units and it is efficient so that cost reduction is feasible CONSTITUTION:With a multi-type, direct expansion type air conditioning facility which connects a plurality of indoor units 3 capable of charging air to a plurality of air conditioning zones 5 to an outdoor unit 1 by a coolant piping 2 the respective indoor units 3 control the blast volume of a blower 32 according to the air conditioning load in the air conditioning zones 5 and, at the same time, a required quantity of heat for exchange is calculated from the difference of the temperature on the suction side for a heat exchanger 31 and a set blow- out temperature and the blast volume A controller 33 that determines required flow rate of the coolant and controls a coolant flow rate regulating valve is provided, and in the outdoor unit 1 a controller 11 that determines the total coolant flow rate based on the information on required coolant flow rate from a controller 33 of each indoor unit 3 and controls the discharge volume of a compressor 10 and controls a coolant flow rate regulating valve is provided

Air conditioning facility

PURPOSE:To ensure communication without necessitating the correction of a polarity erroneous wiring by transmitting a polarity inversion signal when communication is not concluded at the time of trial run, inverting the polarity of the transmitting in the case of getting a response, and receiving circuit of a lower rank device, and operating communication. CONSTITUTION:When the response from the lower rank device is absent, a higher rank device operates a relay coil 55 by a polarity switching circuit 54, and transmits the polarity inversion signal inverted by an invertor 43 to a communication line 40. When the polarity erroneous wiring is present, the lower rank device which receives the polarity inversion signal recognizes it by inverting the signal. Therefore, the lower rank device receives the polarity inversion signal in the form of the normal signal. When the polarity erroneous wiring is present, the lower rank device which receives the polarity inversion signal transmits the signal by replacing it in the (+) line and (-) line of a communication line. In the higher rank device, a signal inverted and recognized by a communication IC 46 is inverted again by an invertor 48, and received as the normal signal by a receiving circuit 51. Then, after the communicating state of the entire lower rank devices is confirmed, the polarity of the higher rank device is returned to the normal one, and succeeding communication is executed.

Kamata Keiji

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Air conditioning system

Air-conditioning equipment

Air conditioning facility

Automatically polarity-corrective communication equipment