Data collection systems and methods for water/fluids

• Main Authors: RAJU Narayan D, LEE Yee Chun, CHANG Huei Meng
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Hebrew
• Published: 01.01.2024
• Subjects: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A system and method for controlling a fluid or specifically water treatment system having a plurality of multiple module treatment sites utilizing both low latency local control and higher latency global operational control is provided. Said multiple module treatment site comprises one or more multitude Pulse Effect Distillation™ (PED) modules, one or more pretreatment units, and one or more sludge concentration and storage units. Said control system and method examines sensor signals corresponding to selected PED parameters of the same PED module and takes actions based on measured and estimated PED parameters. The actions taken might comprise one or more of the following; opening or closing the flow control valves for input water, produced water, and brine, activating compressor RPM and torque control, turning on/off the starting/stabilizing heaters, processing and selectively forwarding processed signals and actions, and receiving control signals from the site control panel to readjust reference/set point parameters of said embedded PED controller or to perform such actions as PED backwash, and PED shutdown, restarting, and cartridge replacement.