Water vapor distillation apparatus, method and system
AssigneeDEKA Products Limited Partnership
InventorsRyan Keith LaRocque, Russell H. Beavis, Christopher C. Langenfeld, Andrew A. Schnellinger
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Abstract
A system for product water output. The system includes a controller, a first conductivity sensor in communication with the controller, a first product valve downstream from the first conductivity sensor and in communication with the controller, a second product valve downstream from the first product valve and in communication with the controller, a second conductivity sensor downstream from the second product valve and in communication with the controller, and a divert valve downstream from the first conductivity sensor and upstream from the first product valve and in communication with the controller.
Claims22
A system to provide clean water comprising:
- a water vapor distillation apparatus comprising:
- a water quality sensor;
- a local controller, the local controller writing data to a persistent file, the data comprising at least an output of the water quality sensor;
- a communications mechanism connected to a backend residing on the internet, the communication mechanism comprising at least one of cell modem, internet, Ethernet, and telephone line;
- the backend comprising a database and a server that communicates with the local controller in the vapor distillation apparatus and regularly receives updated copies of the persistent file;
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- one or more external managers that connect with the backend server;
- wherein at a first pre-programmed interval or time, the local controller connects to the backend server and uploads a copy of the persistent file, the remote server stores this copy of the persistent file in a live state and moves a previous version of the persistent file to a history;
- wherein the external manager configured to review the persistent file in the live state at a second pre-programed interval and determine if changes need to be made in the operation of the vapor compression distillation apparatus.
A system to provide clean water comprising:
- a water vapor distillation apparatus comprising:
- a water quality sensor,
- a local controller, the local controller creating a log using output of the water quality sensor;
- a communications mechanism configured to connect to a backend residing on the internet comprising at least one of cell modem, internet, Ethernet, and telephone line;
- the backend comprising a database and a server that communicates with the local controller in the vapor distillation apparatus and regularly receives updated copies of the log;
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- one or more external managers that connect with the backend server;
- wherein the water vapor distillation apparatus is not connected to the internet and that the backend is configured to wake the local controller by issuing a shoulder tap message indicating that the backend has one or more messages for the water vapor distillation apparatus.
A system to provide clean water comprising:
- a water vapor distillation apparatus comprising:
- a water quality sensor,
- an actuator configured vary an operating parameter of the water vapor distillation apparatus;
- a local controller, the local controller is configured to operate the water vapor distillation apparatus and receive messages;
- a communications mechanism comprising at least one of cell modem, internet, Ethernet, and telephone line and connecting to a backend on the internet with a web-based API;
- the backend comprising a database and a server that communicates with the local controller in the vapor distillation apparatus;
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- one or more external managers that connect with the backend server using at least one of server pages, web-based API and SQL;
- wherein the external manager configured to control the water vapor distillation apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.