US 2025/0029467 A1 · GAS PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE

Abstract

An apparatus and method that monitors gas pressures at a gas pressure regulator valve is disclosed. The gas pressure regulator valve includes an inlet pressure detector for sensing an inlet gas pressure applied to the gas pressure regulator and an outlet pressure detector configured to sense an outlet gas pressure supplied by the gas regulator valve. A memory records the inlet gas pressure and the outlet gas pressure and a computing unit operably coupled to the memory analyzes the recorded inlet gas pressure and the outlet gas pressure to detect a change in the inlet and/or the outlet gas pressure and to generate a notification to indicate the operational status of the gas pressure regulator valve. A communication unit communicatively coupled to the computing unit transmits the notification and the inlet gas pressure and the outlet gas pressure to a gas utility operating the gas supply system.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for monitoring gas pressures of a gas pressure regulator valve, the apparatus comprising:

an inlet pressure detector configured to sense an inlet gas pressure applied to the inlet port from a gas supply system;
an outlet pressure detector configured to sense an outlet gas pressure supplied by the gas regulator valve:
a memory for recording the inlet gas pressure and the outlet gas pressure:
a computing unit operably coupled to the memory configured to analyze the recorded inlet gas pressure and the outlet gas pressure to detect a change in the inlet and/or the outlet gas pressure and to generate a notification to indicate the operational status of the gas pressure regulator valve;
and
a communication unit communicatively coupled to the computing unit for transmitting the notification and the inlet gas pressure and the outlet gas pressure to a gas utility operating the gas supply system.

3 more elements

A method for monitoring gas pressures at a gas regulator valve that receives gas from a gas supply system operated by a gas utility and that delivers gas to a gas consumer, the method comprising:

sensing a supply gas pressure delivered by the gas supply system to the gas regulator valve:
sensing a demand gas pressure supplied by the gas regulator valve to a gas consumer:
recording the supply gas pressure and the demand gas pressure:
analyzing the recorded supply gas pressure and the demand gas pressures to detect a change in the supply gas pressure and/or the demand gas pressure and generate a notification to indicate the operational status of the gas pressure regulator valve;
and
transmitting using a communication unit the notification to a gas utility operating the gas supply system.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Gas pressure regulator valve

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Gas pressure regulator valve

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Abstract

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