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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Brett Alan Farris, Louisville, KY (US);
Craig Iung-Pei Tsai, Louisville, KY (US);
Eric Jeffrey Klingeman, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H 1/48 (2006.01); G05D 23/13 (2006.01); F24H 1/20 (2006.01); F24H 9/12 (2006.01); F24H 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 23/1366 (2013.01); F24H 1/202 (2013.01); F24H 9/124 (2013.01); F24H 9/2021 (2013.01); Y10T 137/6416 (2015.04);
Abstract
A water heater appliance and a method for operating the same are provided. The method includes receiving a first temperature measurement from a temperature sensor of the water heater appliance, receiving a second temperature measurement from the temperature sensor of the water heater appliance, and establishing if water is flowing through a conduit of the water heater appliance based at least in part on the first and second temperature measurements.