CN115031056A - Intelligent valve indicator, intelligent valve indicating system and intelligent valve indicating method - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosure relates to the technical field of valves, in particular to an intelligent valve indicator, an intelligent valve indicating system and an intelligent valve indicating method. The intelligent valve indicator comprises a distance sensor, wherein the distance sensor is connected with a wireless transmission module and is used for measuring the distance between the distance sensor and a valve wheel in a valve; the lamp band display module is respectively connected with the distance sensor and the wireless transmission module; the temperature sensor is respectively connected with the wireless transmission module and the lamp belt display module; the wireless transmission module is connected with the central monitoring module and used for receiving the data transmitted by the distance sensor and the temperature sensor and sending the data to the central monitoring module. This application can help the better state of knowing the valve of user through the parameter that utilizes distance sensor and temperature sensor to gather.

Description

Intelligent valve indicator, intelligent valve indicating system and intelligent valve indicating method

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of valves, in particular to an intelligent valve indicator, an intelligent valve indicating system and an intelligent valve indicating method.

Background

The valve is a common mechanical product, has the main functions of isolating equipment and a pipeline system, preventing backflow, regulating pressure and flow and the like, and plays an important role in controlling and regulating the operation of the equipment system. However, in the field of fluids, such as nuclear power, thermal power, petrochemical industry and the like, valves are widely applied, not only are the valves large in number and wide in model, but also have important safety functions at all system positions. At present, the traditional manual valve applied to the electric power field is easy to leak internally, so that steam and water loss is caused. Therefore, how to better monitor the valve is an urgent technical problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The purpose of this disclosure is to provide an intelligent valve indicator, an intelligent valve indicating system and an intelligent valve indicating method to help users to better know the actual condition of a valve.

To achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present disclosure provides a smart valve indicator comprising: the distance sensor is connected with the wireless transmission module and used for measuring the distance between the distance sensor and a valve wheel in the valve; the lamp band display module is respectively connected with the distance sensor and the wireless transmission module; the temperature sensor is respectively connected with the wireless transmission module and the lamp belt display module; the wireless transmission module is connected with the central monitoring module and used for receiving the data transmitted by the distance sensor and the temperature sensor and sending the data to the central monitoring module.

Optionally, the smart valve indicator further comprises a positioning sensor, the positioning sensor being connected to the wireless transmission module.

Optionally, the intelligent valve indicator further comprises a power supply module, and the power supply module is respectively connected with the distance sensor, the light strip display module, the temperature sensor and the positioning sensor.

Optionally, the lamp strip display module includes a positioning information display module, the positioning information display module is connected to the positioning sensor, and the positioning information display module is configured to receive the position information transmitted by the positioning sensor and execute a positioning information display operation.

Optionally, the intelligent valve indicator further comprises a magnetic module, the magnetic module is connected to the valve, and the magnetic module is used for adsorbing the intelligent valve indicator to the valve.

Optionally, the light strip display module includes a switch state display module, the switch state display module is connected to the distance sensor, and the switch state display module is configured to receive the switch state transmitted by the distance sensor and display the switch state.

Optionally, the lamp strip display module further comprises an alarm module, the alarm module is connected with the temperature sensor, and the alarm module is used for receiving the inner leakage alarm information transmitted by the temperature sensor and displaying the inner leakage alarm information.

Optionally, the temperature sensor comprises a thermocouple for monitoring the temperature of the valve in real time.

The second aspect of the present disclosure further provides an intelligent valve indicator system, which includes a central monitoring module, a valve and the intelligent valve indicator of any one of the first aspect, wherein the central monitoring module is connected to the wireless transmission module, and the valve is connected to the intelligent valve indicator.

The third aspect of the present disclosure further provides an intelligent valve indication method, which is applied to the intelligent valve indication system of the second aspect, and the method includes: receiving valve indication data transmitted by the transmission module, wherein the valve indication data comprises at least one of distance data, temperature data and positioning data; and displaying the valve indication data.

In above-mentioned technical scheme, through combining devices such as distance sensor, lamp area display module and temperature sensor this application can be better monitor the valve, can help the better understanding valve's of user state at a certain degree.

Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the disclosure without limiting the disclosure. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a smart valve indicator provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a smart valve indicator including a position sensor provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a smart valve indicator including a power module provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a smart valve indicator including a magnetic attraction module provided in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of an example structure of a smart valve indicator provided according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a smart valve indicator system provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a smart valve indication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of specific embodiments of the present disclosure is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present disclosure, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.

It should be understood that the various steps recited in the method embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed in a different order, and/or performed in parallel. Moreover, method embodiments may include additional steps and/or omit performing the illustrated steps. The scope of the present disclosure is not limited in this respect. The term "including" and variations thereof as used herein is intended to be open-ended, i.e., "including but not limited to". The term "based on" is "based, at least in part, on". The term "one embodiment" means "at least one embodiment"; the term "another embodiment" means "at least one additional embodiment"; the term "some embodiments" means "at least some embodiments". Relevant definitions for other terms will be given in the following description.

It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", and the like in the present disclosure are only used for distinguishing different devices, modules or units, and are not used for limiting the order or interdependence relationship of the functions performed by the devices, modules or units. It is noted that references to "a", "an", and "the" modifications in this disclosure are intended to be illustrative rather than limiting, and that those skilled in the art will recognize that "one or more" may be used unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

The traditional manual valve applied to the current electric power places has the following problems: when the unit runs for a long time, the valve is easy to leak, and further water vapor loss is caused, and the loss is not easy to be found through manual leakage detection; when a traditional power plant relates to valve positioning of a system, a user needs to hold a paper valve list to carry out on-site operation, however, the problem of valve missing detection is easily caused when the operation is carried out in the mode, and thus accident potential exists; for new employees, unfamiliar with the valve system, and the need to operate a certain manual valve on site in an emergency situation, however, the best time for valve operation is often delayed due to inexperience.

In view of the above, the present disclosure provides an intelligent valve indicator, an intelligent valve indicating system and an intelligent valve indicating method to solve the above technical problems.

The present disclosure is described below with reference to specific examples.

Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a smart valve indicator 100 that may include a distance sensor 101, a light bar display module 102, a temperature sensor 103, and a wireless transmission module 104.

Wherein, the distance sensor 101 is connected with the wireless transmission module 104, and the distance sensor 101 can be used for measuring the distance between the distance sensor and the valve wheel in the valve. The valve may include a valve wheel, a valve seat, a valve stem, and the like, and a user may open or close the valve by controlling a distance between the valve wheel and the valve seat. Specifically, when the distance between the valve wheel and the valve seat is smaller than a preset distance, the valve is determined to be in an open state; and when the distance between the valve wheel and the valve seat is greater than the preset distance, determining that the valve is in a closed state.

In some embodiments, to better determine the state of the valve, distance sensor 101 in smart valve indicator 100 may collect information on the distance between the valve wheel and the valve seat and obtain the on-off state of the valve based on the collected distance data. In other words, the distance sensor 101 may collect a distance between the valve wheel and the valve seat, determine whether the distance between the valve wheel and the valve seat is greater than a preset distance, and determine that the valve is in the on-off state if the distance between the valve wheel and the valve seat is greater than the preset distance.

In addition, if it is determined that the distance between the valve wheel and the valve seat is less than or equal to the preset distance, it is determined that the open-close state of the valve is off. The preset distance may be set according to an empirical value, or may be set by a user according to an actual situation.

In other embodiments, the distance sensor 101 may also directly obtain information about the distance between the distance sensor and the valve wheel, and obtain the opening and closing state of the valve based on the information about the distance. In other words, the distance sensor 101 may collect the distance between itself and the valve wheel, determine whether the distance between itself and the valve wheel is greater than a preset distance, and determine that the valve is in the on-off state if the distance between itself and the valve wheel is greater than the preset distance. Otherwise, the valve is in an off state.

Alternatively, the distance sensor 101 may send the on-off state of the valve to the wireless transmission module 104 after acquiring the on-off state. In addition, the distance sensor 101 may also be connected to the light band display module 102, and after acquiring the switch state, the distance sensor 101 may send the switch state to the light band display module 102, so as to display different switch states through the light band display module 102.

In this embodiment of the application, the light strip display module 102 may be connected to the distance sensor 101 and the wireless transmission module 104, respectively. This lamp area display module 102 can possess two kinds of light sources red, green, and after receiving the on off state of distance sensor 101 transmission, lamp area display module 102 can show different colours based on off state. Specifically, when the switch state received by the lamp band display module 102 is on, it may display red; when the switch status received by the light strip display module 102 is off, it may display green.

As another alternative, the light strip display module 102 may also receive the function setting parameter transmitted by the wireless transmission module 104, where the function setting parameter may be sent to the light strip display module 102 by the user through the wireless transmission module 104. In addition, the function setting parameter may also be input by the user based on the light strip display module 102. In other words, the light strip display module 102 may include a parameter input module by which a user may input function setting parameters to the light strip display module 102.

In this embodiment of the application, the lamp band display module 102 may be a lamp band display parameter that is set by a user according to personal requirements and aiming at different situations. As an example, when an internal leakage event is detected in the valve, the corresponding light bar display parameter may be "red flashing". As another example, when outputting the positioning information, the corresponding light strip display parameter may be "red and green alternate blinking".

As another example, when a user performs operations such as system valve positioning, boiler water discharging, maintenance and isolation, the corresponding lamp strip display parameter may be "green light flashing", so that the risk of missed detection of the valve can be reduced, the state of the valve is also clear at a glance, and the safety and convenience of manual operation can be improved to a certain extent. This application user can set up different lamp area display parameter according to its self demand, and specific how to set up here just no longer gives unnecessary details.

It should be noted that, when the electric quantity of the lamp band display module 102 is too low to display the on-off state, the lamp band display module 102 may send the alarm information of low electric quantity to the wireless transmission module 104. In other words, if the light strip display module 102 is not bright, it is determined that the power of the light strip display module 102 is insufficient.

As another optional mode, the light strip display module 102 may further be connected to the temperature sensor 103, and may determine whether the valve has an internal leakage condition through temperature data transmitted by the temperature sensor 103, and if the internal leakage condition occurs, may output alarm information through a light strip display parameter preset by a user.

In this embodiment, the temperature sensor 103 may be connected to the wireless transmission module 104 and the light band display module 102, respectively. The temperature sensor 103 may include a thermocouple, and the temperature of the valve may be detected in real time by the thermocouple temperature sensor 103.

In addition, temperature sensor 103 also can confirm whether this temperature surpasss preset temperature when gathering the temperature of valve, if confirm that the temperature in the valve surpasss preset temperature, temperature sensor 103 then can send the interior alarm information that leaks of valve to lamp area display module 102 and wireless transmission module 104 to make the user can know the interior condition of leaking fast, reduce the possibility that the occurence of failure.

In summary, the temperature sensor 103 can detect the temperature information of the valve body in real time and upload the temperature information to the central monitoring module through the wireless transmission module 104. When the temperature is higher than the preset temperature, it leaks in the valve emergence to judge, and not only central monitoring module can receive leaking alarm information in the valve this moment, and lamp area display module 102 also can send the red light that twinkles moreover, so can be convenient for the user discovery of very first time in leak the incident, can reduce the soda loss that leaks in the valve and produce to a certain extent, and then can improve the economic nature and the security of unit operation.

In this embodiment, the wireless transmission module 104 may be connected to a central monitoring module, and the wireless transmission module 104 is configured to receive data transmitted by the distance sensor 101 and the temperature sensor 103, and send the data to the central monitoring module. As another alternative, the wireless transmission module 104 may also send the light strip display parameters input by the user to the light strip display module 102.

This application is through wireless transmission module 104 with the data transmission of its receipt to central monitoring module, can convenience of customers look over the condition of valve at any time, and can in time discover the potential safety hazard of valve, and then can promote user's work efficiency to a certain extent.

In other embodiments, smart valve indicator 100 as shown in FIG. 2 may also include a positioning sensor 105, and positioning sensor 105 may be coupled to wireless transmission module 104, which may be used to locate the position of the valve. Specifically, the Positioning sensor 105 may employ a Global Positioning System (GPS) to position the valve and send the position information of the valve to the wireless transmission module 104 in real time, so that the user can know the position of the valve clearly.

In summary, in the embodiment of the present application, the positioning sensor 105 may upload the geographic position information of the valve to the central monitoring module through the wireless transmission module 104 in real time, and when an emergency occurs or a new person is encountered in the system, if a certain manual valve needs to be urgently searched or operated, the user may input a keyword of the valve through the central monitoring module or the mobile device to search for the valve. At this point, the central monitoring module may automatically pop up the specific position of the targeted manual valve and guide the user to navigate to the door. Therefore, the production and training efficiency can be greatly improved, and the safety and the stability of the unit operation can be further ensured.

As an example, if a user needs to search for a vacuum pump inlet manual valve, he or she may input a keyword "vacuum pump inlet manual valve" on the central monitoring module or the mobile device, and due to the setting of the positioning sensor 105, the detailed position of the vacuum pump inlet manual valve may be displayed on the central monitoring module or the mobile device.

In other embodiments, the light strip display module 102 may further include a switch state display module, which may be connected with the distance sensor 101. In addition, the switch state display module is configured to receive the switch state transmitted by the distance sensor 101 and display the switch state. As can be seen from the above description, when the switch status received by the light strip display module 102 is on, the red color is displayed, and when the switch status received by the light strip display module is off, the green color is displayed.

In other embodiments, the light strip display module 102 may further include an alarm module, where the alarm module may be connected to the temperature sensor 103, and the alarm module is configured to receive the internal leakage alarm information transmitted by the temperature sensor 103, and display the internal leakage alarm information. It is known from the above description that the continuously flashing red light can be output when the temperature information received by the lamp strip display module 102 exceeds the preset temperature.

In some embodiments, the light strip display module 102 may be a positioning information display module, which may be connected to the positioning sensor 105, wherein the positioning information display module may be configured to receive the position information transmitted by the positioning sensor 105 and perform a positioning information display operation. It is known from the above description that, when the light strip display module 102 displays the positioning information, red and green flashing lights can be output.

As another alternative, smart valve indicator 100 as shown in fig. 3 may further include a power supply module 106, and power supply module 106 may be connected to distance sensor 101, light bar display module 102, temperature sensor 103, and positioning sensor 105, respectively. The power supply module 106 is configured to supply power to the distance sensor 101, the light strip display module 102, the temperature sensor 103, and the positioning sensor 105, so that the distance sensor 101, the light strip display module 102, the temperature sensor 103, and the positioning sensor 105 can work normally. In this embodiment, the power supply module 106 may be a button battery with a large capacity and easy replacement.

As another alternative, smart valve indicator 100 as shown in FIG. 4 may also include a magnetic attraction module 107, where magnetic attraction module 107 may be coupled to the valve. Additionally, magnetic module 107 may be used to attract smart valve indicator 100 to a valve. In the embodiment of the present application, the magnetic module 107 may be made of a neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnetic material.

To more clearly understand the structure of smart valve indicator 100, the embodiments of the present application present an example diagram as shown in FIG. 5. In fig. 5, the distance sensor 101, the positioning sensor 105, the wireless transmission module 104, the light strip display module 102, the temperature sensor 103, the power supply module 106, the temperature sensor 103, and the magnetic module 107 may be sequentially installed in the smart valve indicator 100 from top to bottom.

In addition, the middle distance sensor 101, the positioning sensor 105, the wireless transmission module 104, the light strip display module 102, the temperature sensor 103, the power supply module 106, the temperature sensor 103 and the magnetic attraction module 107 can be installed in the intelligent valve indicator 100 according to other sequences, and the specific installation method can be selected according to actual situations without specific limitation.

Referring to fig. 6, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an intelligent valve indicator system 200, and the intelligent valve indicator system 200 may include a central monitoring module 208, a valve 209, and the intelligent valve indicator 100 described in the above embodiments.

In an embodiment of the present application, central monitoring module 208 may be coupled to wireless transmission module 104 in smart valve indicator 100. The wireless transmission module 104 can send the received information of the valve temperature, the valve switch status, and the position of the valve to the central monitoring module 208. After receiving information such as the valve temperature, the valve switching state and the position of the valve, the central monitoring module 208 can display the information, so that a user can conveniently check the state of the valve at any time, potential safety hazards existing in the valve can be found in time, and the user can be assisted to improve the working efficiency to a certain extent.

Optionally, valve 209 of smart valve indicator system 200 is coupled to smart valve indicator 100. From the above description, it is known that smart valve indicator 100 may include magnetic module 107, and the present application may attach smart valve indicator 100 to valve 209 via magnetic module 107.

The embodiment of the application displays the information transmitted by the distance sensor, the temperature sensor, the positioning sensor and the like by utilizing the central monitoring module, so that a user can conveniently acquire information such as valve faults and switch states at the first time, and the automation level of valve monitoring can be improved to a certain extent. Therefore, the safety and the stability of the operation of the electric power production field can be ensured, and meanwhile, the risks of manual misoperation and operation leakage can be reduced.

Referring to fig. 7, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an intelligent valve indication method, which is applied to the intelligent valve indication system in the above embodiment, where the method includes:

step S31, receiving the valve indication data transmitted by the transmission module, where the valve indication data includes at least one of distance data, temperature data, and positioning data.

Wherein, intelligent valve indicating system can include intelligent valve indicator, central monitoring module and valve, and intelligent valve indicator then can include distance sensor, lamp area display module piece, temperature sensor, wireless transmission module, positioning sensor, power module and magnetism and inhale module etc..

In addition, the lamp belt display module can include a positioning information display module, the positioning information display module is connected with the positioning sensor, and the positioning information display module is used for receiving the position information transmitted by the positioning sensor and executing positioning information display operation.

Optionally, the light strip display module may further include a switch state display module, the switch state display module is connected to the distance sensor, and the switch state display module is configured to receive the switch state transmitted by the distance sensor and display the switch state.

Optionally, the lamp area display module can also include alarm module, alarm module with temperature sensor connects, alarm module is used for receiving the interior alarm information that leaks of temperature sensor transmission, and right the interior alarm information that leaks shows.

Consequently, lamp area display module can show different colours based on valve state and user's demand automatic display in this application embodiment. In other words, the user can set different lamp band display modes according to the requirements, and the lamp band display modes can be different if the user requirements are different. For example, when a user wants to detect that the valve is leaked inward, the light strip display module outputs red flashing light, and then the corresponding light strip display mode may be the first display mode. If the user wants to position the valve, the lamp strip display module can output red and green flickering lamp light, and the corresponding lamp strip display mode can be the second display mode.

And step S32, displaying the valve indication data.

The embodiment of the application utilizes the central monitoring module to display the information transmitted by the distance sensor, the temperature sensor, the positioning sensor and the like, so that a user can conveniently acquire information such as valve faults and switch states at the first time, and the automation level of valve monitoring can be improved to a certain extent. In addition, the user can also set different lamp strip display parameters according to individual requirements and aiming at different situations. So can improve the flexibility that intelligent valve instructed.

The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications may be made to the technical solution of the present disclosure within the technical idea of the present disclosure, and these simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.

It should be noted that, in the foregoing embodiments, various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various combinations that are possible in the present disclosure are not described again.

In addition, any combination of various embodiments of the present disclosure may be made, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present disclosure, as long as it does not depart from the spirit of the present disclosure.

Claims (10)

1. A smart valve indicator, comprising:

the distance sensor is connected with the wireless transmission module and used for measuring the distance between the distance sensor and a valve wheel in the valve;

the lamp belt display module is respectively connected with the distance sensor and the wireless transmission module;

the temperature sensor is respectively connected with the wireless transmission module and the lamp belt display module;

the wireless transmission module is connected with the central monitoring module and used for receiving the data transmitted by the distance sensor and the temperature sensor and sending the data to the central monitoring module.

2. The smart valve indicator of claim 1, further comprising a positioning sensor coupled to the wireless transmission module.

3. The smart valve indicator of claim 2, further comprising a power module coupled to the distance sensor, the light bar display module, the temperature sensor, and the positioning sensor, respectively.

4. The smart valve indicator of claim 2, wherein the light strip display module comprises a positioning information display module, the positioning information display module is connected to the positioning sensor, and the positioning information display module is configured to receive the position information transmitted by the positioning sensor and perform a positioning information display operation.

5. The intelligent valve indicator of claim 1, further comprising a magnetic module coupled to the valve, the magnetic module configured to attract the intelligent valve indicator to the valve.

6. The smart valve indicator according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the light strip display module comprises a switch state display module, the switch state display module is connected with the distance sensor, and the switch state display module is used for receiving the switch state transmitted by the distance sensor and displaying the switch state.

7. The intelligent valve indicator according to any one of claims 1-5, wherein the light strip display module further comprises an alarm module, the alarm module is connected with the temperature sensor, and the alarm module is configured to receive the internal leakage alarm information transmitted by the temperature sensor and display the internal leakage alarm information.

8. The smart valve indicator of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the temperature sensor comprises a thermocouple for monitoring the temperature of the valve in real time.

9. An intelligent valve indicator system, comprising a central monitoring module, a valve, and the intelligent valve indicator of any of claims 1-8, wherein the central monitoring module is coupled to the wireless transmission module, and wherein the valve is coupled to the intelligent valve indicator.

10. An intelligent valve indication method applied to the intelligent valve indication system of claim 9, the method comprising:

receiving valve indication data transmitted by the transmission module, wherein the valve indication data comprises at least one of distance data, temperature data and positioning data;

and displaying the valve indication data.

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