Water meter capable of being remotely controlled, related monitoring system and control method

• Main Authors: KOLODZIEJ MICHAL, HAEFNER HOLGER, COSENTINO CARMEN, VARRIALE ALBERTO, SARTORI MASSIMO, LOISON SYLVAIN, LOUVET PIERRE-EMMANUEL, E. DUPONT, PAPALEO GIOVANNI, PREGO NICOLA
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 05.05.2023
• Subjects: MEASURING; MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME; PHYSICS; TESTING

A water meter configured to supply water at a customer site, comprising:-a water flow regulating valve configured to assume at least three predetermined positions, comprising a fully open position configured to allow the supply of a maximum water flow at the customer site, a closed position configured to prevent the supply of water flow at the customer site, and at least one intermediate position configured to allow the supply of at least one respective intermediate water flow lower than the maximum water flow at the customer site; -an actuator operatively coupled to the flow regulating valve and configured to automatically set a current position of the flow regulating valve selected from the at least three predetermined positions; a pressure sensor configured to detect a water pressure upstream of the water flow regulating valve; -a processing and communication unit operatively connected to the actuator, the processing and communication unit configured to communicate with a remote water supply center to rece