Title:
MONITORING AND CONTROLLING DOMESTIC HOT WATER PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2021/124997
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method of monitoring and/or controlling domestic hot water production and/or distribution, particularly by monitoring and/or controlling a system 100 for domestic hot water production and/or distribution, the method comprising: detecting S10 at least two real temperatures T1R_t0, T2R_t0 of a fluid, particularly sanitary hot water, that is stored in a heat storage tank 20, at two different positions along the height of the heat storage tank 20 at least at few points in time t0, t0-1, t0-n and acquiring S20A a temperature distribution pattern TDP1 of heat stored in the heat storage tank 20 and/or corresponding heat distribution pattern data by applying a temperature-distribution-pattern-algorithm to the detected at least two real temperatures T1R_t0, T2R_t0 detected at least at few points in time. Moreover, the disclosure relates to a controller 1 and a system 100 for monitoring and/or controlling domestic hot water production and/or distribution. The disclosure further relates to a computer program and a computer-readable medium having stored the computer program thereon.
Inventors:
ZAREH E MEHRAN
VANDEMERGEL KRISTOF
VANDEMERGEL KRISTOF
Application Number:
PCT/JP2020/045775
Publication Date:
June 24, 2021
Filing Date:
December 09, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
DAIKIN IND LTD (JP)
DAIKIN EUROPE NV (BE)
DAIKIN EUROPE NV (BE)
International Classes:
F24D11/00; F24D19/10; G05D23/19
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2012162763A1 | 2012-12-06 |
Foreign References:
| GB2483362A | 2012-03-07 | |||
| US20150253051A1 | 2015-09-10 | |||
| US20150226460A1 | 2015-08-13 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SHINJYU GLOBAL IP (JP)
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