Vehicle-to-trailer transfer of harvested and purified water
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAed M Dudar, Kenneth James Miller, Douglas Raymond Martin
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AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAed M Dudar, Kenneth James Miller, Douglas Raymond Martin
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A system for transferring harvested drinking water from a vehicle to a trailer towed behind the vehicle includes a vehicle reservoir for collecting water from a vehicle heat-exchanger. The reservoir includes a heating element for heating water within the vehicle reservoir. A vehicle controller is coupled with the vehicle reservoir and is programmed to boil the water in the vehicle reservoir. The controller is further programmed to measure a fill level of the vehicle reservoir. A trailer reservoir receives water from the vehicle reservoir. A trailer controller is coupled with the trailer reservoir and is programmed to measure a fill level of the trailer reservoir. The trailer controller is further programmed to transmit a wireless communication to the vehicle controller. The wireless communication is indicative of the fill level of the trailer reservoir. A fluid conduit fluidly connects the vehicle reservoir to the trailer reservoir.
A system for transferring harvested drinking water from a vehicle to a trailer towed behind the vehicle, comprising:
A method for transferring harvested drinking water from a vehicle reservoir to a trailer reservoir, the method comprising:
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