Carbon monoxide leak alerting device and method
AssigneeNanokem Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoung-Hwan Choi, Sung-An Ha, Jung-Jae Jang
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Abstract
Provided is a carbon monoxide (CO) leak alerting device and method, and more specifically, a CO leak alerting device and method, whereby, by operating on the basis of the Internet of Things (IoT), a CO leak caused by damage to a boiler flue is detected, an alert is issued through two or more among the CO leak alerting device, a boiler controller and a wall pad, boiler ventilation and indoor air ventilation are automatically carried out when the leak is determined to have occurred, and authorities relevant to the CO leak, and a user are directly notified of the CO leak.
Claims14
A carbon monoxide (CO) leak alerting device comprising:
- a CO measuring unit comprising a CO measurement sensor installed at a location corresponding to a boiler flue, the CO measuring unit being configured to measure and output a CO amount leaking from a boiler through the CO measurement sensor;
- a collision detecting unit attached to the boiler flue and configured to detect a collision and an impact applied to the boiler flue and output a value of impact strength accordingly;
- an alert alarm unit configured to issue an alarm;
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- an alert controller configured to determine whether a CO leak is caused by separation of the boiler flue based on an impact on the boiler flue of the boiler through the collision detecting unit and a CO amount input to the CO measuring unit, and issue an alarm by controlling the alert alarm unit based on whether the CO leak is caused by the separation of the boiler flue.
A carbon monoxide (CO) leak alerting method comprising:
- a collision monitoring process in which an alert controller monitors whether a collision is detected through a collision detection unit and acquires a value of impact strength of the collision in response to detecting the collision;
- a CO monitoring process in which the alert controller monitors whether CO is detected through a CO measuring unit, and obtains and outputs a CO amount in response to detection of CO;
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- an alert process in which the alert controller determines whether a CO leak is caused by separation of or damage to a boiler flue based on the value of impact strength and the CO amount, and the alert controller issues an alarm through an alert alarm unit in response to a determination that the CO leak is caused by the separation of or damage to the boiler flue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.