Control method and apparatus for a water treatment system

US7776209B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Samuel Vincent DuPlessis · Louisville, US
• Kyran Hoff · Louisville, US
• Craig Robert Vitan · Louisville, US
• Laurence H. Fish · Highland Park, US
• Jonathan D. Nelson · Louisville, US
• John Steven Holmes · Sellersburg, US
• Almir Begovich · Louisville, US
• Erik J. Matusek · Louisville, US
• Timothy G. Hooker · Fisherville, US
• Dennis J. Dicken · Louisville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2005
• Grant date: Aug 17, 2010
• Expiry date: Mar 13, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C02F2209/40
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A modular water treatment system includes a plurality of water treatment components including selected from a group of a particulate filter component, a taste and odor filter component, a lead and mercury filter component, a water softener component, and a water disinfection component. A plurality of interfaces are provided for coupling to the selected water treatment components. Plumbing lines provide flow communication between the selected water treatment components, and the plumbing lines include a system water inlet and a system water outlet. A controller is configured to control the flow of water through the system, and a sensor is configured to transmit a signal to the controller.