Thermal energy storage (TES) system has been introduced as a practical facility for shifting load from peak hours to off-peak hours. Because of different energy consumption during day and night, peak and off peak period is created on load curve. Ice storage technology which is a kind of TES system, is implemented in different points of the world with the purpose of solving load shifting problem...

In this paper, a novel initial videos allocation scheme and a dynamic load balancing strategy are proposed for a distributed video storage server in order to increase the availability and reduce operation cost. The initial allocation scheme determines the allocation of video replicas on the servers to achieve static load balance and to obtain a configuration for efficient dynamic load adjustmen...

Traffic shifting based load balancing (LB) schemes reduce the load of the hot-spot base station (BS), by shifting its traffic to its less-loaded neighbouring cells, called partners. Under the condition of multiple hot-spot BSs shifting traffic to one partner, this partner becomes a public partner. In conventional LB schemes, each hot-spot BS makes its traffic shifting decision independently. Th...

The goal of any load-management program is to maintain, as nearly as possible, a constant level of load, thereby allowing the system load factor to approach 100%. The important bene®ts of load management are reduction in maximum demand, reduction in power loss, better equipment utilisation and saving through reduced maximum demand charges. Load shifting, one of the simplest methods of load mana...

Previous research reveals that older adults sometimes show enhanced processing of emotionally positive stimuli relative to negative stimuli, but that this positivity bias reverses to become a negativity bias when cognitive control resources are less available. In this study, we test the hypothesis that emotionally positive feedback will attenuate well-established age-related deficits in rule le...

A high density of Photovoltaic generation can lead to problems in low voltage grids. This paper addresses the problem by actively and anticipatory using the load shifting and load influencing potentials in households. The goal is to achieve a local generation/load balance. To analyse the potential in Austrian households, a model settlement is generated, which represents Austria as a small villa...

We analyze a competitive electricity market, where consumers exhibit optimal load shifting behavior to maximize utility and producers/suppliers maximize their profit under supply capacity constraints. The associated computationally tractable formulation can be used to inform market design or policy analysis in the context of increasing availability of the smart grid technologies that enable opt...

Objectives in treating primarily unicompartmental knee arthritis with a load-shifting brace are pain relief, compliance, brace durability, and complication-free treatment over multiple years. This was a single institution retrospective chart review, radiograph review, and telephone survey of patients treated from 1997 to 1999 with a load-shifting knee brace. Forty-six patients (49 knees) with a...