Monitoring circuit for electrical motor space heaters
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorLakshmi Srinivas Imandi
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems and/or methods for monitoring one or more motor space heaters. For example, various embodiments described herein can relate to a method for monitoring one or more motor space heaters that includes detecting that an electric motor is inactive based on operation data generated by a sensor circuit coupled to the electric motor. Additionally, the method can include determining, in response to the detecting, whether a motor space heater in proximity to the electric motor is active based on the operation data. Also, the sensory circuit can be further coupled to the motor space heater.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- detecting that an electric motor is inactive based on operation data generated by a sensor circuit coupled to the electric motor;
- determining, in response to the detecting, whether a motor space heater in proximity to the electric motor is active based on the operation data, wherein the sensor circuit is further coupled to the motor space heater;
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- activating the motor space heater if the electric motor is detected to be inactive.
A system, comprising:
- a sensor circuit coupled to an electric motor and a motor space heater, wherein the sensor circuit generates operation data characterizing the operating status of the electric motor;
- a data evaluator configured to monitor the operation data to determine whether the motor space heater is active in response to the operation data indicating that the electric motor is inactive;
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- a controller to activate the motor space heater if the electric motor is detected to be inactive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.