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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2017
Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Jason O. Hallstrom, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Jiannan Zhai, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Chancey Kelley, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Michael Brown, San Antonio, TX (US);
Andrew Van Zwieten, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Don Salamon, Piney Point, MD (US);
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for operating a fluid supply system. The methods comprise: using a micro-turbine and an Energy Harvesting Circuit ('EHC') to harvest energy from a fluid flowing through a pipeline; operating a switch to disconnect the EHC from the micro-turbine when an amount of energy harvested reaches a threshold value; detecting by a sensor device an amount of natural fluid flow through the pipeline while the EHC is disconnected from the micro-turbine; and operating the switch to reconnect the EHC to the micro-turbine after the amount of natural fluid flow has been detected.