Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Replacement of fluid in freshwater networks
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Application No.: US16036125Application Date: 2018-07-16
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Publication No.: US10663985B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Markus Struzyna , Georg Hewelt
- Applicant: Trimble Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Trimble Inc.
- Current Assignee: Trimble Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
- Main IPC: G05D7/06
- IPC: G05D7/06 ; E03C1/05 ; E03C1/00 ; G05B15/02 ; G05D9/12 ; F04B49/06 ; F16K37/00 ; E03C1/01 ; E03B7/08

Abstract:
A fluid network exchange system for efficiently exchanging fluid in a fluid network for prevention of hygiene risks. The system includes a source and a plurality of sinks. The system also includes flow meters for determining the flow rate at each of the sinks and automatic flushing devices for flushing fluid at each of the sinks. The system determines an order and a flushing time for the plurality of sinks to be flushed. The sinks are flushed starting with the sink with the highest flow rate and ending with the sink with the lowest flow rate. Flushing times are determined based on the length of different pathways corresponding to different sinks.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180321696A1 REPLACEMENT OF FLUID IN FRESHWATER NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2018-11-08
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