Booster box standalone feed system
AssigneeNeutrasafe LLC
InventorMichael Bernasconi
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Abstract
A booster box for a standalone feed system. The booster box includes a pump having a pump inlet and a pump outlet. The pump inlet receives a source fluid from a source container when the pump is activated. The booster box includes a manifold block with a manifold inlet in fluid communication with the pump outlet. The booster box includes a digital controller configured to automatically activate the pump when a pressure within the manifold block sensed by a pressure sensor is below a minimum pressure, and automatically deactivate the pump when the pressure within the manifold block sensed reaches a target pressure. The digital controller is configured to deactivate the pump assembly when a predetermined maximum pumping time period elapses before the target pressure is reached.
Claims20
A booster box for a standalone booster box feed system, the booster box comprising:
- a pump assembly having a pump inlet and a pump outlet, the pump inlet being configured to receive a source fluid from a source container when the pump assembly is activated;
- a manifold block including a manifold inlet and a manifold outlet, the manifold inlet being in fluid communication with the pump outlet;
- a digital controller configured to selectively activate or deactivate the pump assembly, the digital controller in communication with a pressure sensor within the manifold block;
- wherein the digital controller is configured to:
- automatically activate the pump assembly when a pressure within the manifold block sensed by the pressure sensor is below a minimum pressure, and
- automatically deactivate the pump assembly when the pressure within the manifold block sensed by the pressure sensor reaches a target pressure,
- and wherein the digital controller is configured to deactivate the pump assembly when a predetermined maximum pumping time period elapses before the target pressure is reached.
A standalone feed system for a hydronic system, the feed system comprising:
- a source container including a volume of a source fluid;
- a booster box in fluid communication with the source container, the booster box including:
- a pump having a pump inlet and a pump outlet, the pump inlet being configured to receive the source fluid from the source container when the pump is activated,
- a manifold block including a manifold inlet and a manifold outlet, the manifold inlet being in fluid communication with the pump outlet, and
- a digital controller configured to selectively activate or deactivate the pump;
- and
- a booster box outlet line providing fluid communication between the manifold outlet and the hydronic system;
- wherein the digital controller is configured to:
- automatically activate the pump when a pressure within the hydronic system is below a minimum pressure, and
- automatically deactivate the pump when the pressure within the hydronic system is at least a target pressure,
- and wherein the digital controller is configured to deactivate the pump when a predetermined maximum pumping time period has elapsed before the target pressure is reached.
A method of regulating a closed-loop hydronic system, the method comprising:
- sensing, via pressure sensor, a system pressure within the closed-loop hydronic system;
- determining, by a digital controller in communication with the pressure sensor, that the system pressure is below a minimum pressure;
- in response to determining that the system pressure is below the minimum pressure, activating a pump assembly to draw a source fluid from a source container and pump the source fluid into the closed-loop hydronic system thereby increasing the system pressure;
- monitoring, by the digital controller, the system pressure while the pump assembly is activated;
- determining, by the digital controller, whether the system pressure has reached or exceeded a target pressure;
- determining, by the digital controller, whether a maximum pumping time period has elapsed since the pump assembly was activated;
- and
- deactivating, by the digital controller, the pump assembly when the digital controller determines that at least one of:
- the system pressure has reached or exceeded the target pressure, or
- the maximum pumping time period has elapsed.
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