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US 11,209,173 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for winterizing system components
OwnerLyle Eric Beutzinventor
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Abstract
An onboard system for winterizing vessels includes an antifreeze storage system. The onboard system includes a control system capable of determining one or more of the one or more system components to be winterized, an antifreeze storage system, and one or more pumps capable of pumping antifreeze from the antifreeze storage system. The antifreeze flows through the determined one or more system components to be winterized.
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An apparatus for winterizing systems, the apparatus comprising:
- two or more system components;
- an antifreeze storage system;
- and
- one or more pumps capable of pumping antifreeze from the antifreeze storage system;
- and
- a control system configured to determine one or more of the two or more system components to be winterized and one or more of the two or more system components to not be winterized and to control a flow of the antifreeze through the determined one or more system components to be winterized, wherein the one or more system components to be winterized comprise a ballast, and wherein antifreeze is held within the ballast after the flow of the antifreeze is controlled through the determined one or more system components to be winterized.
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A method for winterizing system components, comprising:
- determining, by a control system, one or more of two or more system components to be winterized and one or more of the two or more system components to not be winterized;
- and
- controlling, using one or more pumps capable of pumping antifreeze from an antifreeze storage system, a flow of the antifreeze from the antifreeze storage system through the determined one or more system components to be winterized, wherein the determined one or more system components to be winterized comprise a ballast, and wherein antifreeze is held within the ballast after the flow of the antifreeze is controlled through the determined one or more system components to be winterized.
A computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code configured when executed by a processor to:
- determine, by a control system, one or more of two or more system components to be winterized and one or more of the two or more system components to not be winterized;
- and
- controlling, using one or more pumps capable of pumping antifreeze from an antifreeze storage system, a flow of the antifreeze through the determined one or more system components to be winterized, wherein the determined one or more system components to be winterized comprise a ballast, and wherein antifreeze is held within the ballast after the flow of the antifreeze is controlled through the determined one or more system components to be winterized.
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