EP3467356B1 - Systeme und verfahren zur leckerkennung und zum ferngesteuerten, nichtintrusiven automatischen abschalten in heimreglern - Google Patents

Systeme und verfahren zur leckerkennung und zum ferngesteuerten, nichtintrusiven automatischen abschalten in heimreglern Download PDF

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EP3467356B1
EP3467356B1 EP18194570.0A EP18194570A EP3467356B1 EP 3467356 B1 EP3467356 B1 EP 3467356B1 EP 18194570 A EP18194570 A EP 18194570A EP 3467356 B1 EP3467356 B1 EP 3467356B1
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Ramkrishna U. Pal
Sridhar Ravilla
Dilip Singh
Debasis Dash
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
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  • the present invention relates generally to regulators and leak detection. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for leak detection and remote, non-intrusive, automatic shutoff in residential regulators.
  • LPG liquid petroleum gas
  • Some systems and methods for detecting such a leak and known in the art include a user output device, such as an annunciator (buzzer) or a light (LED), notifying an occupant of an ambient region about the leak.
  • a user output device such as an annunciator (buzzer) or a light (LED)
  • buzzer annunciator
  • LED light
  • Such systems and methods do not have connectivity outside of the ambient region. Accordingly, the occupant will not be notified about the leak if he is outside of the ambient region.
  • such systems and methods prompt the occupant to manually turn off a regulator to control or rectify the leak, which is high risk, unsafe, and a fire hazard.
  • Prior art documents related to the invention are patent documents US 4 629 157 A , US 2012/132838 A1 and US 2014/264111 A1 .
  • US 4 629 157 A is concerned with a shut-off device for valves of gas containers.
  • US 2012/132838 A1 discloses a shut-off device for pipeline valves comprising a wireless transceiver for remote control.
  • US 2014/264111 A1 discloses the concept of an automatic actuator apparatus for a manual valve wherein the control assembly is configured to ascertain the state (or position) of the valve (hard stop at closed, hard stop at full open).
  • Embodiments disclosed herein can include systems and methods for fuel leak detection and remote, non-intrusive, automatic shutoff in residential fuel regulators, such as LPG regulators.
  • a shutoff device can be coupled to or mounted on a regulator at an end of a cylinder or a supply container of LPG or other fuel, can detect a leak, and responsive thereto, can automatically shut off a valve of the regulator to stop the leak.
  • the shutoff device disclosed herein can sense, detect, or determine a current position of a knob of the regulator that controls the valve. For example, the shutoff device can determine that the current position of the knob is indicative of the valve being on or open. Responsive thereto, responsive to detecting the leak, or responsive to receiving a control signal instructing the shutoff device to shut off the valve, the shutoff device can cause the knob to turn until the shutoff device senses, detects, or determines that the current position of the knob is indicative of the valve being off or closed.
  • the shutoff device disclosed herein includes a transceiver device for communicating with a remote device.
  • the communication may take place via a mobile software application running on the remote device via the Internet or a local area network.
  • another device for example, a sensor device, can detect the leak and transmit a detection signal to the remote device or the mobile software application. Responsive to the detection signal, the remote device or the mobile software application can transmit the control signal to the shutoff device, and responsive to the control signal, the shutoff device can shut off the valve to stop the leak.
  • the shutoff device can transmit a status report or an incident report to the remote device or the mobile software application identifying a status of the shutoff device or the regulator or identifying incidents of the leak being detected or the valve being shut off to stop the leak.
  • the shutoff device disclosed herein can be programmed to shut off the valve to prevent the fuel from being dispensed at a predetermined time.
  • the shutoff device can be programmed to shut off the valve at a first predetermined time, for example, at night, and turn the valve back on at a second predetermined time, for example, in the morning, so that the fuel is not dispensed overnight.
  • the shutoff device can be programmed to shut off the valve when an occupant of an ambient region is scheduled to or is leaving the ambient region.
  • the shutoff device can be programmed via the mobile software application in communication with the shutoff device.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the shutoff device 20 in accordance with disclosed embodiments
  • FIG. 5 is a top view of the shutoff device 20 in accordance with disclosed embodiments
  • FIG. 6 is a side view of the shutoff device 20 in accordance with disclosed embodiments.
  • the shutoff device 20 can include an actuator 22, a mounting bracket 24, and a linking device 26.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the shutoff device 20 coupled to or mounted on a fuel storage container 28 in accordance with disclosed embodiments
  • FIG. 3 is a front view of the shutoff device 20 coupled to or mounted on the fuel storage container 28 in accordance with disclosed embodiments
  • FIG. 4 is a top view of the shutoff device 20 coupled to or mounted on the fuel storage container 28 in accordance with disclosed embodiments.
  • the fuel storage container 28 can include a cylinder 30 at one end thereof, a regulator 32, a valve 34 of the regulator 32, and a knob 33 of the valve 34.
  • the shutoff device 20 can be mounted to the cylinder 30 via the mounting bracket 24 to physically support the shutoff device 20 proximate the regulator 32, and the shutoff device 20 can be coupled to the valve 34 via the linking device 26 and the knob 33.
  • the actuator 22 can cause the linking device 26 to rotate, which rotate the knob 33 until the shutoff device 20 senses, detects, or determines that a current position of the knob 33 has moved from a first (open) position indicative of the valve 34 being on to a second (closed) position indicative of the valve 34 being off.
  • FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a control module 36 of a gateway module 46 in accordance with disclosed embodiments.
  • the control module 36 can be part of the shutoff device 20, and in some embodiments, the control module 36 can be part of the actuator 22.
  • the control module 36 can include a wireless communications module 38, a motor block 40, a position sensor 42, and control circuits 44.
  • the wireless communications module 38 can include a Bluetooth low energy device, and the control circuits 44 can be integrated therewith.
  • the wireless communications module 38 can receive a control signal, and responsive thereto, the control circuits 44 can activate components of the motor block 37, for example, a motor driver and a stepper motor, to rotate the linking device 26 to rotate the knob 33 to move the valve 34 from the first (open) position to the second (off) position.
  • the position sensor 42 can determine that a current position of the valve 33 is indicative of the first (open) position and, responsive thereto, can transmit the control signal to the control circuits 44.
  • the gateway module 46 can be separate and/or remote from the control module 36 and can include a sensor block 48, a wireless communications module 50 that communicates via a first wireless communications medium, control circuits 51, and a wireless communications module 52 that communicates via a second wireless communications medium that is different from the first wireless communications medium.
  • the wireless communications module 50 can include a Bluetooth low energy device that communicates via Bluetooth
  • the wireless communications module 52 can include a Wi-Fi device that communicates via Wi-Fi.
  • the sensor block 48 can include sensor components known in the art for detecting a fuel leak.
  • the control circuits 51 can transmit the control signal to the control module 36 via the wireless communications module 50 and the wireless communications module 38. Additionally or alternatively, responsive to the sensor block 48 detecting the fuel leak, the control circuits 51 can transmit a detection signal to a remote device via the wireless communications module 52 and a first wireless communications module of the remote device. In some embodiments, the remote device can transmit the control signal to the control module 36 via the wireless communications module 38 and a second wireless communications module of the remote device that uses a wireless communications medium compatible with the wireless communications module 38.
  • the remote device can transmit the control signal to the gateway module 46 via the wireless communications module 52 and the first wireless communications module of the remote device and the control circuits 51 can forward the control signal to the control module 36 via the wireless communications module 50 and the wireless communications module 38.

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  1. Absperrvorrichtung (20), umfassend:
    eine Montagehalterung (24), die an einem Brennstoff-Vorratsbehälter (28) angebracht ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie Folgendes umfasst;
    eine Verbindungsvorrichtung (26), die an einen Knopf (33) eines Ventils (34) an einem Regler (32) des Brennstoff-Vorratsbehälters (28) gekoppelt ist;
    ein erstes drahtloses Kommunikationsmodul (50), das über ein erstes drahtloses Kommunikationsmedium zum Empfang des Steuersignals kommuniziert, und ein zweites drahtloses Kommunikationsmodul (52), das über ein zweites drahtloses Kommunikationsmedium kommuniziert, das sich vom ersten Kommunikationsmedium unterscheidet; und
    einen Aktuator (22), der auf ein Steuersignal anspricht und automatisch die Verbindungsvorrichtung (26) dreht, welche den Knopf (33) dreht, der das Ventil (34) von einer Einschalt- in eine Ausschaltposition dreht;
    wobei das erste drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (50) konfiguriert ist, um das Steuersignal von einer entfernten Vorrichtung zu empfangen und das Steuersignal an den Aktuator (22) zu senden; und wobei
    das zweite drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (52) konfiguriert ist, um einen Statusbericht an die entfernte Vorrichtung zu senden.
  2. Absperrvorrichtung (20) nach Anspruch 1, ferner umfassend:
    einen Positionssensor (42), der bestimmt, ob eine aktuelle Position des Ventils (34) die Einschaltposition anzeigt, und ansprechend darauf das Steuersignal an den Aktuator (22) sendet.
  3. Absperrvorrichtung (20) nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, ferner umfassend:
    das erste drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (50) zum Empfang des Steuersignals von einem Gateway-Modul (46) und zum Senden des Steuersignals an den Aktuator (22).
  4. Absperrvorrichtung (20) nach Anspruch 3, wobei das Gateway-Modul (46) Folgendes beinhaltet: einen Lecksensor zum Erfassen des Vorhandenseins eines Brennstofflecks, beispielsweise eines Lecks von Brennstoff, der im Brennstoff-Vorratsbehälter (28) enthalten ist, und; das zweite drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (52), das als Reaktion darauf das Steuersignal an das erste drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (50) sendet.
  5. Absperrvorrichtung (20) nach Anspruch 4, wobei das erste drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (50) eine erste Bluetooth-Niedrigenergie-Vorrichtung beinhaltet und das zweite drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (52) eine zweite Bluetooth-Niedrigenergie-Vorrichtung beinhaltet.
  6. Absperrvorrichtung (20) nach Anspruch 1, wobei die entfernte Vorrichtung das zweite drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (52) und ein drittes drahtloses Kommunikationsmodul (38) beinhaltet, ein Erfassungssignal über das zweite drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (52) empfängt, das auf einen Lecksensor anspricht, welcher ein Vorhandensein eines Brennstofflecks erfasst, und das auf das Erfassungssignal anspricht und das Steuersignal über das dritte drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (38) an das erste drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (50) sendet.
  7. Absperrvorrichtung (20) nach Anspruch 6, wobei das erste drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (50) eine erste Bluetooth-Niedrigenergie-Vorrichtung beinhaltet, das zweite drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (50), eine WLAN-Vorrichtung beinhaltet und das dritte drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (38) eine zweite Bluetooth-Niedrigenergie-Vorrichtung beinhaltet.
  8. Absperrvorrichtung (20) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, ferner umfassend:
    einen Prozessor zum Senden des Steuersignals an den Aktuator (22) zu einem vorbestimmten Zeitpunkt.
  9. Verfahren, Folgendes umfassend:
    Anbringen einer Montagehalterung (24) einer Absperrvorrichtung (20) an einem Brennstoff-Vorratsbehälter (28), gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass sie Folgendes umfasst;
    Koppeln einer Verbindungsvorrichtung (26) der Absperrvorrichtung (20) an einen Knopf (33) eines Ventils (34) an einem Regler (32) des Brennstoff-Vorratsbehälters (28);
    Mitteilen eines Steuersignals über ein erstes drahtloses Kommunikationsmodul (50) in der Absperrvorrichtung, das über ein erstes drahtloses Kommunikationsmedium kommuniziert, wobei sich das erste drahtlose Kommunikationsmedium von einem zweiten drahtlosen Kommunikationsmedium in der Absperrvorrichtung unterscheidet, das über ein zweites drahtloses Kommunikationsmodul kommuniziert (52); und
    ansprechend auf ein Steuersignal, dreht ein Aktuator (22) der Abschaltung automatisch die Verbindungsvorrichtung (26), die den Knopf (33) dreht, welcher das Ventil (34) von einer Einschalt- in eine Ausschaltposition dreht.
  10. Verfahren nach Anspruch 9, ferner umfassend:
    einen Positionssensor (42) der Absperrvorrichtung (20), der bestimmt, ob eine aktuelle Position des Ventils (34) die Einschaltposition anzeigt, und ansprechend darauf das Steuersignal an den Aktuator (22) sendet.
  11. Verfahren nach Anspruch 9 oder 10, das ferner Folgendes umfasst:
    das erste drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (50) der Absperrvorrichtung, welches das Steuersignal von einem Gateway-Modul (46) empfängt und das Steuersignal an den Aktuator (22) sendet.
  12. Verfahren nach Anspruch 11, ferner umfassend:
    einen Lecksensor des Gateway-Moduls, der das Vorhandensein von Brennstofflecks erfasst, beispielsweise Lecks von Brennstoff im Brennstoff-Vorratsbehälter (28); und
    das zweite drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (52) des Gateway-Moduls (46), das ansprechend auf den Lecksensor, der ein Vorhandensein eines Brennstofflecks erkennt, das Steuersignal an das erste drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (50) sendet.
  13. Verfahren nach Anspruch 12, wobei das erste drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (50) eine erste Bluetooth-Niedrigenergie-Vorrichtung beinhaltet und das zweite drahtlose Kommunikationsmodul (52) eine zweite Bluetooth-Niedrigenergie-Vorrichtung beinhaltet.
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