公开(公告)号：US11841154B1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US16994446

申请日：2020-08-14

申请人： HARVEST THERMAL, INC.

发明人： Elisabeth Jane Melia ,  Evan Green ,  Pascual Starink

IPC分类号： F24D15/02 ,  F24F11/46 ,  G01K1/14 ,  G01F1/661 ,  G01F1/05 ,  G01K13/02 ,  F24H1/00 ,  F24D19/10 ,  G05B19/042 ,  F24F5/00 ,  F24D15/04

CPC分类号： F24F11/46 ,  F24D15/02 ,  F24D19/1051 ,  F24F5/0003 ,  F24H1/00 ,  G01F1/05 ,  G01F1/661 ,  G01K1/14 ,  G01K13/02 ,  G05B19/042 ,  F24D15/04 ,  G01K13/026 ,  G05B2219/2614

摘要： The present disclosure provides methods and systems for tracking temperature profile of water in a hot water storage tank. The method performed by a control unit includes monitoring flow of water at one or more inlets and one or more outlets included in the tank to determine current locations of a plurality of water layers within the tank. The plurality of water layers changes corresponding positions within the tank based on water entering within and exiting from the tank. The method includes receiving a series of temperature values measured at a series of time instances from at least one temperature sensor mounted to the tank. The method includes electronically generating a temperature profile of the tank based at least on the current locations of the plurality of water layers and the series of temperature values.