Legionella threat assessment and mitigation system and method
AssigneeIntellihot, Inc.
InventorsSridhar Deivasigamani, Sivaprasad Akasam
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Abstract
A method for providing a warning of the risk of Legionella in a fluid conductor, the method including determining the percentage of a duration a fluid is disposed in the fluid conductor at a temperature in which Legionella can thrive during a period, wherein if the percentage of the duration is greater than about 50% of the period, a first indication of a risk of Legionella is raised.
Claims10
A method for providing a warning of the risk of Legionella in a fluid conductor, said method comprising determining the percentage of a duration a fluid is disposed in the fluid conductor at a temperature in which Legionella can thrive during a period, wherein if the percentage of said duration is greater than about 50% of said period, a first indication of a risk of Legionella is raised.
A method for mitigating the risk of Legionella in a fluid conductor, said method comprising:
- replacing the volume of the fluid in the fluid conductor at least once during a period.
A method for mitigating the risk of Legionella in a fluid conductor, said method comprising:
- (a) ensuring a volume of fluid contained in the fluid conductor is disposed at a temperature of at least about 70 degrees C.;
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- (b) circulating the volume of fluid for at least about 2 minutes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.