System for remote refrigeration monitoring and diagnostics
First Claim
1. A management center configured for communication with a refrigeration system controller through a communication network, the management center comprising a processor and a database storing a plurality of refrigeration system maintenance procedures, and configured to receive operational data regarding refrigeration system performance, to store historical sets of operational data as stored operational data in said database, to evaluate said received operational data in comparison to said stored operational data with algorithms executed by said processor, to determine projected operational data based on said received operational data and said stored operational data, and to select a refrigeration system maintenance procedure for at least one refrigeration system component from said plurality of refrigeration system maintenance procedures based on said evaluation, wherein said database stores said projected data.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring and managing a refrigeration system of a remote location includes a management center in communication with a refrigeration system through a communication network. The management center receives performance information of the refrigeration system. The management center employs software modules to analyze the performance information; diagnose system conditions; provide alarms for food safety issues, food quality issues and refrigeration system component failure; indicate maintenance conditions; and configure the refrigeration system.
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- 1. A management center configured for communication with a refrigeration system controller through a communication network, the management center comprising a processor and a database storing a plurality of refrigeration system maintenance procedures, and configured to receive operational data regarding refrigeration system performance, to store historical sets of operational data as stored operational data in said database, to evaluate said received operational data in comparison to said stored operational data with algorithms executed by said processor, to determine projected operational data based on said received operational data and said stored operational data, and to select a refrigeration system maintenance procedure for at least one refrigeration system component from said plurality of refrigeration system maintenance procedures based on said evaluation, wherein said database stores said projected data.
- 22. A system comprising a management center including a maintenance module, a work order module and a data warehouse, said management center configured to receive operational data regarding refrigeration system performance and to monitor a refrigeration system at a remote location, said data warehouse configured to store historical data sets of said operational data and a plurality of refrigeration system maintenance procedures, said maintenance module configured to compare said received operational data to said stored historical data sets, to determine projected operational data based on said received operational data and said stored historical data sets, and to select a refrigeration system maintenance procedure for at least one refrigeration system component from said plurality of refrigeration system maintenance procedures based on said comparison and said work order module configured to generate a work order corresponding to said selected refrigeration system maintenance procedure, wherein said data warehouse stores said projected operational data.
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