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Sense, Model and Identify the Load Signatures of HVAC Systems in Metro Stations
The HVAC systems in subway stations are energy consuming giants, each of
which may consume over 10, 000 Kilowatts per day for cooling and ventilation.
To save energy for the HVAC systems, it is critically important to firstly know
the "load signatures" of the HVAC system, i.e., the quantity of heat imported
from the outdoor environments and by the passengers respectively in different
periods of a day, which will significantly benefit the design of control
policies. In this paper, we present a novel sensing and learning approach to
identify the load signature of the HVAC system in the subway stations. In
particular, sensors and smart meters were deployed to monitor the indoor,
outdoor temperatures, and the energy consumptions of the HVAC system in
real-time. The number of passengers was counted by the ticket checking system.
At the same time, the cooling supply provided by the HVAC system was inferred
via the energy consumption logs of the HVAC system. Since the indoor
temperature variations are driven by the difference of the loads and the
cooling supply, linear regression model was proposed for the load signature,
whose coefficients are derived via a proposed algorithm . We collected real
sensing data and energy log data from HaiDianHuangZhuang Subway station, which
is in line 4 of Beijing from the duration of July 2012 to Sept. 2012. The data
was used to evaluate the coefficients of the regression model. The experiment
results show typical variation signatures of the loads from the passengers and
from the outdoor environments respectively, which provide important contexts
for smart control policies.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Hybrid Radio-map for Noise Tolerant Wireless Indoor Localization
In wireless networks, radio-map based locating techniques are commonly used
to cope the complex fading feature of radio signal, in which a radio-map is
built by calibrating received signal strength (RSS) signatures at training
locations in the offline phase. However, in severe hostile environments, such
as in ship cabins where severe shadowing, blocking and multi-path fading
effects are posed by ubiquitous metallic architecture, even radio-map cannot
capture the dynamics of RSS. In this paper, we introduced multiple feature
radio-map location method for severely noisy environments. We proposed to add
low variance signature into radio map. Since the low variance signatures are
generally expensive to obtain, we focus on the scenario when the low variance
signatures are sparse. We studied efficient construction of multi-feature
radio-map in offline phase, and proposed feasible region narrowing down and
particle based algorithm for online tracking. Simulation results show the
remarkably performance improvement in terms of positioning accuracy and
robustness against RSS noises than the traditional radio-map method.Comment: 6 pages, 11th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing
and Control, April 7-9, 2014, Miami, FL, US
Robust Component-based Network Localization with Noisy Range Measurements
Accurate and robust localization is crucial for wireless ad-hoc and sensor
networks. Among the localization techniques, component-based methods advance
themselves for conquering network sparseness and anchor sparseness. But
component-based methods are sensitive to ranging noises, which may cause a huge
accumulated error either in component realization or merging process. This
paper presents three results for robust component-based localization under
ranging noises. (1) For a rigid graph component, a novel method is proposed to
evaluate the graph's possible number of flip ambiguities under noises. In
particular, graph's \emph{MInimal sepaRators that are neaRly cOllineaR
(MIRROR)} is presented as the cause of flip ambiguity, and the number of
MIRRORs indicates the possible number of flip ambiguities under noise. (2) Then
the sensitivity of a graph's local deforming regarding ranging noises is
investigated by perturbation analysis. A novel Ranging Sensitivity Matrix (RSM)
is proposed to estimate the node location perturbations due to ranging noises.
(3) By evaluating component robustness via the flipping and the local deforming
risks, a Robust Component Generation and Realization (RCGR) algorithm is
developed, which generates components based on the robustness metrics. RCGR was
evaluated by simulations, which showed much better noise resistance and
locating accuracy improvements than state-of-the-art of component-based
localization algorithms.Comment: 9 pages, 15 figures, ICCCN 2018, Hangzhou, Chin
Research Progress of Tonifying Kidney and Promoting Blood Circulation in the Treatment of Steroid-induced Necrosis of Femoral Head
Osteonecrosis of the femoral head is a common disability disease of the hip joint in China, and osteonecrosis of the femoral head caused by hormone factors is the most common, which is related to the gradual increase in the utilization rate of glucocorticoids in recent years. It is a refractory disease in orthopaedics with a poor prognosis. For this disease, the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine has certain advantages. In view of this, the author reads, analyzes and summarizes its materials by searching China Journal full-text Database and Wanfang Database. This paper reviews the mechanism and clinical research progress of tonifying kidney and activating blood circulation in the prevention and treatment of steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head, hoping to provide help for the clinical treatment of hormone-related osteonecrosis of the femoral head
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Long-read sequencing reveals genomic structural variations that underlie creation of quality protein maize
Mutation of o2 doubles maize endosperm lysine content, but it causes an inferior kernel phenotype. Developing quality protein maize (QPM) by introgressing o2 modifiers (Mo2s) into the o2 mutant benefits millions of people in developing countries where maize is a primary protein source. Here, we report genome sequence and annotation of a South African QPM line K0326Y, which is assembled from single-molecule, real-time shotgun sequencing reads collinear with an optical map. We achieve a N50 contig length of 7.7 million bases (Mb) directly from long-read assembly, compared to those of 1.04 Mb for B73 and 1.48 Mb for Mo17. To characterize Mo2s, we map QTLs to chromosomes 1, 6, 7, and 9 using an F2 population derived from crossing K0326Y and W64Ao2. RNA-seq analysis of QPM and o2 endosperms reveals a group of differentially expressed genes that coincide with Mo2 QTLs, suggesting a potential role in vitreous endosperm formation.Open access journalThis item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at [email protected]
Development characteristics and main controlling factors of Carboniferous volcanic reservoirs in the Shixi area, Junggar Basin
The Carboniferous volcanic reservoirs in the Shixi area of the Junggar Basin are complex and diverse. Identifying the characteristics and main factors controlling high-quality volcanic reservoirs is the key to increasing oil and gas reserves and production in this area. Through core observations, thin section identification, physical property and pore structure analyses, combined with production data, the main controlling factors and development modes of high-quality reservoirs were analysed. The results show that the Carboniferous strata in the Shixi area mainly contain andesite and dacite of overflow facies, followed by volcanic breccia and tuff of explosive facies. Volcanic reservoirs in the study area are high-porosity–low-permeability and medium-porosity–low-permeability reservoirs. Volcanic breccia of explosive facies has the best physical properties, showing the characteristics of high porosity and medium permeability. The reservoir space is mainly composed of gas cavities, corrosion pores and fractures, among which the corrosion pores are the most important reservoir spaces of the Carboniferous volcanic rocks. Lithology and lithofacies, weathering and corrosion, and fractures are the main factors controlling the development of high-quality volcanic reservoirs. Volcanic rocks that had experienced weathering and denudation for a long time developed a large number of secondary corrosion pores due to the corrosion of soluble minerals or volcanic ash. Fractures further improved the physical properties, causing volcanic rocks to eventually develop into weathering crust reservoirs. The physical properties of the volcanic rocks far away from the weathering crust were improved through primary gas cavities and structural fractures, and these volcanic rocks eventually developed into the inner reservoir
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