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Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2018
Applicant:

Novinium, Inc., Kent, WA (US);

Inventor:

Glen John Bertini, Fox Island, WA (US);

Assignee:

NOVINTUM, INC., Kent, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D 29/12 (2006.01); G01K 11/06 (2006.01); E02D 29/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D 29/12 (2013.01); E02D 29/045 (2013.01); G01K 11/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method configured to be executed by a system controller. The method includes obtaining a first metric from a first sensor installed in a first underground vault of a system of interconnected underground vaults, and obtaining a second metric from a second sensor installed in a second underground vault of the system. The first and second underground vaults are in fluid communication with one another via one or more connections. The method also includes locating a gas source based at least in part on one or both of the first and second metrics, and performing an action. The action includes identifying the gas source to one or more users and/or altering a rate of atmospheric turnover in at least a portion of the system.


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