Remote monitoring of water distribution system
AssigneeAMI Investments, LLC
InventorsBrian Morrow, Mike Vore, Charles Kitowski, Daniel Copeland, Leon G. McCullough
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Abstract
A liquid monitoring system includes a remote measurement device located at a location of the fire hydrant that is in contact with water provided by a water main. The remote measurement device has sensors that measure characteristics of the water and a communication interface that transmits measured information to a communication network device that may be located elsewhere on the fire hydrant. The communication network device communicates with a communication network.
Claims26
A system to measure one or more characteristics of a liquid at a valve of a fire hydrant, comprising:
- a valve plate having a sealing surface and an exposed surface;
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- a remote measurement device located at the exposed surface of the valve plate,
- wherein the remote measurement device comprises:
- at least one sensor having a liquid sampling device configured to acquire a sample of the liquid and to determine the one or more characteristics based on the sample, the one or more characteristics including one or more of chemical content, total dissolved solids, biological content, turbidity, and clarity;
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- a communication interface configured to transmit information representative of the one or more characteristics.
A system to measure one or more characteristics of a liquid at a valve of a fire hydrant, comprising:
- a valve plate having a sealing surface and an exposed surface;
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- a remote measurement device located at the exposed surface of the valve plate,
- wherein the remote measurement device comprises:
- at least one sensor capable of measuring the one or more characteristics of the liquid;
- a first wireless communication interface configured to transmit information representative of the one or more characteristics;
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- a communication network device including:
- a second wireless communication interface configured to communicate with the first wireless communication interface using a first wireless communication protocol and to receive the information representative of the one or more characteristics;
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- a third wireless communication interface configured to communicate with a wireless communication network using a second wireless communication protocol,
- the communication network device configured to provide the information representative of the one or more characteristics to the wireless communication network,
- the first wireless communication interface configured to transmit a warning to the communication network device based on a comparison of the one or more characteristics of the liquid to one or more thresholds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.