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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018

Filed:

May. 28, 2014
Applicant:

Ent. Services Development Corporation Lp, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Kevin Dooley, Leixlip, IE;

Richard Coull, Leixlip, IE;

Pat J. Reilly, Leixlip, IE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03B 7/12 (2006.01); F25B 41/00 (2006.01); F25B 49/00 (2006.01); E03B 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03B 7/12 (2013.01); E03B 7/14 (2013.01); F25B 41/00 (2013.01); F25B 49/00 (2013.01); H05K 999/99 (2013.01); Y10T 137/1963 (2015.04);
Abstract

According to an example, a system for managing a fluid condition in a pipe includes a controller to receive temperatures of the pipe detected by the temperature sensor over a period of time. The controller may determine, based upon the temperatures of the pipe over the period of time, a temperature profile of the pipe and may determine that the temperature profile of the pipe indicates that a freezing onset event has occurred. The freezing onset event may include a transition from a drop in temperature to an increase in temperature, in which the temperature during the transition is below a freezing point temperature of a fluid contained in the pipe. The controller may further trigger at least one of an alarm and an activation of a first freezing prevention device in response to the determination that the freezing onset event has occurred.


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