SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING PROPERTIES OF WATER IN A WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

• US 20180372707A1
• Filed: 08/31/2018
• Published: 12/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mueller International LLC (Mueller Water Products Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Mueller International LLC (Mueller Water Products Incorporated)
• Inventors: Clark, Kenneth A., Sitnikov, Timofey, Gifford, Paul
• Application Number:
  US16/118,907
• Publication Number:
  US 20180372707A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E03B 7/071 Arrangement of safety devices in domestic pipe systems, e.g. devices for automatic shut-off
• CPC Class Codes: E03F 3/04 Pipes or fittings specially adapted to sewers manufacture of concrete tubes B28; pipes or pipe fittings in general F16L
• CPC Class Codes: F17D 5/00 Protection or supervision of installations arrangements for protecting foundations E02D31/00; protecting pipes from damage or internal or external wear F16L57/00, against corrosion and scale F16L58/00; investigation of the fluid-tightness of structures G01M3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 15/063 using electrical means
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 3/00 Investigating fluid-tightness of structures
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 3/243 for pipes
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/18 Water
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/18 Status alarms G08B21/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7025 Pipe line transport

Abstract

Systems and methods of measuring properties of water in a water distribution system are provided. An analysis system, according to one embodiment, comprises a plurality of water sensors connected at various points to the water distribution system, each of the plurality of water sensors configured to measure a property of water. The analysis system also includes a computer server configured to communicate with the plurality of water sensors via a network and receive water measurement data from the plurality of water sensors. The computer server comprises a processor, a database configured to store the water measurement data, and a system health monitoring module configured to evaluate the health of the water distribution system to obtain health data. The analysis system further includes at least one client device configured to communicate with the computer server via the network and receive the health data from the computer server.

Claims

1. A non-transitory web application stored on a computer-readable medium, the web application comprising:

web site logic configured to maintain a web site having at least one web page;

browser interface logic configured to enable a remote device to access the at least one web page;

an application programming interface configured to interface with the remote device to enable the remote device to access the web application; and

a database configured to store water data related to a plurality of water measurements;

wherein the web site logic is further configured to receive a data request from the remote device, search the database in response to the data request to obtain at least one water measurement, and send the at least one water measurement to the remote device.

2. The non-transitory web application of claim 1, wherein the web site logic is further configured to check that the remote device successfully receives the at least one water measurement.

3. The non-transitory web application of claim 2, wherein the web site logic checks that the remote device successfully receives the at least one water measurement by sending a request for an acknowledgement signal to the remote device and receiving the requested acknowledgement signal.

4. The non-transitory web application of claim 3, wherein, when the acknowledgement signal is received, the web site logic is configured to erase the at least one water measurement from the database.

5. The non-transitory web application of claim 1, wherein the web site logic is configured to receive data requests from a plurality of remote devices corresponding to at least one water distribution client.

6. The non-transitory web application of claim 5, wherein the plurality of remote devices are Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system devices.

7. The non-transitory web application of claim 1, wherein the data request includes a request for water measurements with respect to date, time, and location of a sensor.

8. The non-transitory web application of claim 1, further comprising a user interface, the user interface configured to allow a user to interact with the webpage.

9. The non-transitory web application of claim 8, wherein the user interface includes an entry window for a service contract number.

10. The non-transitory web application of claim 8, wherein the user interface includes a map of the remote device.

11. The non-transitory web application of claim 8, wherein the user interface indicates an abnormal condition of the remote device.

12. The non-transitory web application of claim 11, wherein the abnormal condition is a pressure level higher than about 110 psi.

13. The non-transitory web application of claim 11, wherein the abnormal condition is a pressure level higher than about 150 psi.

14. The non-transitory web application of claim 11, wherein the abnormal condition is a pressure level lower than about 40 psi.

15. The non-transitory web application of claim 14, wherein the user interface further indicates a critically abnormal condition of the remote device, the critically abnormal condition a pressure level lower than about 30 psi.

16. The non-transitory web application of claim 11, wherein the abnormal condition is a pressure level lower than about 30 psi.

17. The non-transitory web application of claim 11, wherein the user interface is configured to allow the user to annotate the abnormal condition.

18. The non-transitory web application of claim 8, wherein the user interface is configured to show the user only the user'"'"'s own remote device and not a remote device of a different user.