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US 2010/0072293 A1Published application
Steam control system
OwnerBernard Flynn, James P. Flynninventors
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Abstract
A steam control system. An illustrative embodiment of the steam control system includes a boiler, a steam outlet conduit communicating with the boiler, a steam control valve provided in the steam outlet conduit, a controller connected to the steam control valve and an outdoor temperature sensor connected to the controller.
Claims12
A steam control system, comprising:
- a boiler;
- a steam outlet conduit communicating with said boiler;
- a steam control valve provided in said steam outlet conduit;
- a controller connected to said steam control valve;
- and
- an outdoor temperature sensor connected to said controller.
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A steam control system, comprising:
- a boiler;
- a steam outlet conduit communicating with said boiler;
- a steam control valve provided in said steam outlet conduit;
- a controller connected to said steam control valve;
- an outdoor temperature sensor connected to said controller;
- at least one room temperature sensor connected to said controller;
- a steam temperature sensor communicating with said steam outlet conduit and connected to said controller;
- and
- a vacuum sensor communicating with said steam outlet conduit and connected to said controller.
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A steam control system configured to selectably control a steam system, comprising:
- a) a control module configured to selectably control a temperature of a building;
- b) a boiler module in communication with the control module and configured to provide steam heat to a building;
- c) an outdoor temperature sensor module in communication with the control module and configured to provide outdoor temperature measurements of a building;
- d) a steam temperature sensor module, in communication with the control module and the boiler module, configured to sense a temperature of the steam heat from the boiler module;
- e) a vacuum sensor module in communication with the control module and the boiler module and configured to control a vacuum pump of the boiler module;
- f) a vacuum pressure sensor module in communication with the control module, the vacuum pressure sensor module and the boiler module, configured to control vacuum pressure of the boiler module;
- g) a plurality of indoor temperature sensor modules in communication with the control module and configured to sense a temperature of a room of a building;
- h) an interface module in communication with the control module and configured to provide interface controls to a room of a building;
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- i) an alarm module in communication with the interface module and configured to provide an audible alarm when the temperature exceeds a predetermined threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.