Reduction of water/energy waste in a water provision system
AssigneeOctopus Energy Heating Limited
InventorPeter KONOWALCZYK
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Abstract
A heater arrangement system for a water provision system for controlling a water supply provided to a water outlet, the water outlet being arranged to provide heated water to a user, the heater arrangement system comprising: a water heating device disposed remotely from the water outlet; and a control unit communicatively coupled to the water heating device, the control unit being configured to a) set a timer to begin counting from an initial time value, upon detection that the water outlet has been opened, and b) initiate a warning if an elapsed time of the timer has passed a first threshold time value.
Claims13
A heater arrangement system for a water provision system for controlling a water supply provided to a water outlet, the water outlet being arranged to provide heated water to a user, the heater arrangement system comprising:
- a water heating device disposed remotely from the water outlet;
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- a control unit communicatively coupled to the water heating device, the control unit being configured to:
- a) set a timer to begin counting from an initial time value, upon detection that the water outlet has been opened;
- b) initiate a warning if an elapsed time of the timer has passed a first threshold time value;
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- c) stop the flow of water being supplied to the water outlet if the elapsed time of the timer has passed a second threshold time value, which is higher than the first threshold time value;
- wherein the first and second threshold time values are set by an artificial intelligence algorithm executed by the control unit;
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- wherein the artificial intelligence algorithm predicts the values of the first and second threshold time values, based on past usage of the water provision system.
A method of controlling a water supply provided to a water outlet in a water provision system, the water outlet being arranged to provide heated water to a user from a water heating device, the method comprising steps of:
- a) setting a timer to begin counting from an initial time value, upon detection that the water outlet has been opened;
- b) initiating a warning if an elapsed time of the timer has passed a first threshold time value, which is higher than the first threshold time value;
- and
- c) stop the flow of water being supplied to the water outlet if the elapsed time of the timer has passed a second threshold time value, which is higher than the first threshold time value;
- wherein the first and second threshold time values are set by an artificial intelligence algorithm executed by the control unit;
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- wherein the artificial intelligence algorithm predicts the values of the first and second threshold time values, based on past usage of the water provision system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.