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Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2012
Applicants:

Sridhar Deivasigamani, Peoria, IL (US);

Sivaprasad Akasam, Peoria, IL (US);

Inventors:

Sridhar Deivasigamani, Peoria, IL (US);

Sivaprasad Akasam, Peoria, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 13/00 (2006.01); G05B 11/00 (2006.01); F24D 17/00 (2006.01); F24D 19/10 (2006.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24D 17/0026 (2013.01); F24D 19/1051 (2013.01); G05D 23/1927 (2013.01); F24D 2200/043 (2013.01); F24D 2200/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a masterless control system for controlling a plurality of fluidly and operably connected water heaters to meet a hot water demand such that overall efficiency is maximized and usage disparity between water heaters is minimized. There is further disclosed a method for detecting a small system demand in said network by adjusting the setting of each flow limiting valve of each water heater. There is still further disclosed a method for enabling seamless addition or removal of a heater in service and heating load distribution to water heaters.


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