Imbedded intelligent water and device monitoring system
AssigneeSloan Valve Company
InventorsPeter J. Jahrling, John R. Wilson
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Abstract
A method and system for harvesting potential energy from a commercial restroom system as well as monitoring and controlling the system. The method and system includes parallel combinations of energy generators converting passively, in the case of photovoltaic cells and heat to power conversion devices, and converting energy actively, in the case of water turbines, vibration generating devices, and fractional energy sources connected to powered devices. The method and system are employed to give longer life to on board powered devices, and to give momentary power to manual devices which can then communicate using the power generated by the mechanical activation or fractional power source output of the device.
Claims11
A system for monitoring and control of a washroom, comprising,
- a plurality of washroom electronic devices;
- a plurality of different types of fractional energy sources, at least one of the washroom electronic devices receiving energy from multiple fractional energy sources;
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- a control system for receiving information from each of the plurality of washroom electronic devices, thereby monitoring and controlling the plurality of washroom electronic devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.