Network controllable pressure governor
AssigneeAkron Brass Company
InventorsBradley L. Busch, William M. Branch
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Abstract
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a fire apparatus pump pressure governor. The system may comprise a controller that is configured to receive from, and provide instruction or data to, other control devices to facilitate in controlling of the pressure of a fire apparatus pump and fluid supply, both to and from the pump. A method may be devised to facilitate in controlling the pump operations, and to report a status of the pump to other controllers within a network locally, communicatively coupled with the governor, along with other networks or devices that are remotely communicatively coupled with the fire apparatus.
Claims20
A system for controlling fluid pressure in a fire suppression system, comprising:
- a network communication component configured to communicatively couple with a fire suppression communication network, the network configured to communicate fire suppression operation data to the system from at least a first fire suppression sub-system communicatively coupled with the network, the network communication component configured to receive fire suppression operation data;
- a pressure governor controller, operably coupled with the network communication component, configured to modify an operation of a pressure governor component based at least upon the fire suppression operation data;
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- the pressure governor component, operably coupled with the pressure governor controller, and configured to control a fluid flow output of a fluid pump coupled with the fire suppression system by controlling a power output of an engine coupled with the fluid pump.
A device for controlling fluid pressure in a fire suppression system, comprising:
- a network communication component configured to communicatively couple with a fire suppression communication network to transmit pressure governor state data to the network, and receive fire system state data and data indicative of an operational request from the network, the communication network configured to communicatively couple with a plurality of fire suppression sub-systems in the fire suppression system;
- a pressure governor controller, operably coupled with the network communication component, and configured to utilize one or more of the received fire system state data and the received operational request to modify fluid flow characteristic of a fluid pump coupled with the fire suppression system by effecting modification of a power output of an engine coupled with the fluid pump.
A method for utilizing a system for controlling fluid pressure in a fire suppression system, comprising:
- activating a fire suppression communication network configured to communicate fire suppression operation data to the system from at least a first fire suppression sub-system communicatively coupled with the network and a pressure governor controller communicatively coupled with the network;
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- operably coupling a network communication component with the fire suppression communication network, the network communication component configured to transmit and receive fire suppression operation data, the network communication component operably coupled with a pressure governor controller configured to modify an operation of a pressure governor component based at least upon the fire suppression operation data, the pressure governor component configured to control a fluid flow output of a fluid pump coupled with the fire suppression system by controlling a power output of an engine coupled with the fluid pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.