公开(公告)号：US20200080875A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-12

申请号：US16610331

申请日：2017-06-01

Applicant: FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Inventor： Jason O. Hallstrom ,  Jiannan Zhai ,  Chancey Kelley ,  Michael Brown ,  Andrew Van Zwieten ,  Don Salamon

IPC: G01F1/075 ,  A01G25/00 ,  F03B13/10 ,  H02K11/26 ,  H02K7/18 ,  G01M3/28 ,  G01F15/075

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a fluid supply system. The methods comprise: using a micro-turbine and an Energy Harvesting Circuit (“EHC”) to harvest energy from a fluid flowing through a pipeline; operating a switch to disconnect the EHC from the micro-turbine when an amount of energy harvested reaches a threshold value; detecting by a sensor device an amount of natural fluid flow through the pipeline while the EHC is disconnected from the micro-turbine; and operating the switch to reconnect the EHC to the micro-turbine after the amount of natural fluid flow has been detected.

公开(公告)号：US12061102B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-13

申请号：US16610331

申请日：2017-06-01

Applicant: FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Inventor： Jason O. Hallstrom ,  Jiannan Zhai ,  Chancey Kelley ,  Michael Brown ,  Andrew Van Zwieten ,  Don Salamon

IPC: G01F1/075 ,  A01G25/00 ,  F03B13/10 ,  G01F15/075 ,  G01M3/28 ,  H02K7/18 ,  H02K11/26 ,  A01G25/16

CPC classification number: G01F1/075 ,  A01G25/00 ,  F03B13/10 ,  G01F15/0755 ,  G01M3/2807 ,  H02K7/1823 ,  H02K11/26 ,  A01G25/16

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a fluid supply system. The methods comprise: using a micro-turbine and an Energy Harvesting Circuit (“EHC”) to harvest energy from a fluid flowing through a pipeline; operating a switch to disconnect the EHC from the micro-turbine when an amount of energy harvested reaches a threshold value; detecting by a sensor device an amount of natural fluid flow through the pipeline while the EHC is disconnected from the micro-turbine; and operating the switch to reconnect the EHC to the micro-turbine after the amount of natural fluid flow has been detected.