Dynamic monitoring, diagnosis, and control of cooling tower systems

US10041736B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Aditya Kumar · Austin, US
• Brett R. Ellis · Farmington Hills, US
• Zhaoyang Wan · Trevose, US
• Claudia C. Pierce · Naperville, US
• Mustafa Tekin Dokucu · Latham, US
• Dongrui Wu · Clifton Park, US
• Sangeeta Balram · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 25, 2013
• Grant date: Aug 7, 2018
• Expiry date: Nov 3, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F28F2200/00
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A cooling tower simulation system may receive a measurement from a cooling tower sensor and generate a predicted output of a cooling tower system based on a model of the cooling tower system. The simulation system may generate an estimated output using an extended Kalman filter with the measurement and the predicted output as inputs, wherein the estimated output represents a characteristic of the cooling tower system.