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Adaptive heating control system for a water heater

  • US 9,063,551 B2
  • Filed: 02/14/2013
  • Issued: 06/23/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A water heating control system for automatically reducing delay in delivering a volume of water at a flowrate, the volume of water is heated from a first temperature to a target temperature during a time interval of a day, said water heating control system comprising:

  • (a) a device for aiding in heating the volume of water at said flowrate from said first temperature to said target temperature;

    (b) a historical flow demand corresponding to the time interval of a day;

    (c) a current flow demand corresponding to the time interval of a day; and

    (d) a controller configured for calculating a new flow demand based on said historical flow demand and said current flow demand,wherein if said new flow demand exceeds a threshold, said device is configured to be activated during the time interval of a day and said new flow demand is configured to be set as said historical flow demand for the time interval of a day.

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