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Smart plugs: A low cost solution for programmable control of domestic loads
2014
International audience; Balancing energy demand and production is becoming a more and more challenging task for energy utilities. This is due to a number of different reasons among which the larger penetration of renewable energies which are more difficult to predict and the meagre availability of financial resources to upgrade the existing power grid. While the traditional solution is to dynamically adapt energy production to follow the time-varying demand, a new trend is to drive the demand itself by means of Direct Load Control (DLC). In this paper we consider a scenario where DLC functionalities are deployed at a large set of small deferrable energy loads, like appliances of residential…
Granuloma piógeno en tapones lagrimales smart plug
2007
espanolCaso clinico: Mujer de 65 anos, diagnosticada de ojo seco, acude por aparicion de tumoracion en canto interno con sensacion de cuerpo extrano. Tres anos antes se le habian implantado tapones lagrimales SmartPlug en ambos puntos lagrimales inferiores. Se aprecio un granuloma en el punto lagrimal inferior izquierdo que se extirpo. Dos semanas despues presento una recidiva lo que obligo a extraer el implante quedandose desde entonces asintomatica. Discusion: Estamos ante un granuloma piogeno en un implante punctal SMART PLUG, complicacion descrita clasicamente con los implantes de silicona, debido posiblemente a la irritacion cronica de los detritus acumulados. Esta complicacion obliga …
Smart Plugs for smarter cities
Load control in modern power grids is becoming more and more important. Recently, energy monitoring and load control has gained interest from several actors such as energy utilities, and Demand Response mechanisms allow consumers to respond to signals from energy suppliers in order to reduce their energy consumption during critical periods, in exchange of discounts on electricity bills. Direct Load Control mechanisms allow energy suppliers, through the adoption of Smart Plugs, to automate load switch-o during such periods. These mechanisms have been traditionally applied to industrial customers only, leaving a major part of loads in the grid, e.g. household appliances, uncontrolled. Commerc…