Gas valve with electronic health monitoring

A valve assembly comprising:

• a valve body having an inlet port and an outlet port, with a fluid path extending between the inlet port and the outlet port;
• a valve situated in the fluid path between the inlet port and the outlet port;
• a valve actuator, secured relative to the valve body, for selectively moving the valve between a closed position, which closes the fluid path between the inlet port and the outlet port, and an open position;
• one or more local sensors for sensing one or more parameters of the valve, the valve actuator, and/or within the valve body;
• one or more remote sensor inputs for receiving one or more sensed parameters from one or more remotely located sensors located outside of the valve body, the valve and the valve actuator;
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• a controller secured relative to the valve body and in communication with the plurality of local sensors and the one or more remote sensor inputs, the controller configured to determine one or more valve conditions by comparing one or more values related to_one or more of the sensed parameters of the plurality of local sensors and the sensed parameters from one or more remotely located sensors to one or more threshold values.

A method of operating a valve assembly comprising:

• receiving input related to a selection of one or more safety standards, wherein each safety standard designates one or more thresholds;
• sensing one or more sensed parameters of the valve assembly;
• transferring values of the one or more sensed parameters to a controller of the valve assembly;
• using the controller of the valve assembly to determine one or more valve conditions based on the one or more sensed parameters and the one or more thresholds designated by the selected safety standard;
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• displaying an indication of the one or more valve conditions on a user interface.

A valve assembly comprising:

• a valve body having an inlet port and an outlet port, with a fluid path extending between the inlet port and the outlet port;
• a valve situated in the fluid path between the inlet port and the outlet port;
• a valve actuator, secured relative to the valve body, for selectively moving the valve between a closed position, which closes the fluid path between the inlet port and the outlet port, and an open position;
• one or more sensors in communication with the fluid path for sensing one or more parameters within the fluid path of the valve body;
• a memory secured relative to the valve, the memory storing one or more fixed thresholds and one or more adjustable thresholds, the one or more fixed thresholds not adjustable by a user in the field;
• a controller secured relative to the valve body and operatively coupled to the one or more sensors and the memory, the controller determining one or more valve conditions based on the one or more sensed parameters, the controller further:
• shutting down the valve assembly if one or more values related to the sensed parameters exceed one or more of the fixed thresholds;
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• allowing the valve assembly to continue to operate but issuing an alert if one or more values related to the sensed parameters exceed one or more of the adjustable thresholds.