Chemical delivery data acquisition system

• Main Authors: Molitor Christopher, Kensinger David, Brown Gary A, Fritze Karl J, Harris Jaime L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.08.2016
• Subjects: APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; ATOMISING APPARATUS; CLEANING; CLEANING IN GENERAL; COFFEE MILLS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MEASURING; MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME; MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING; NOZZLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL; SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, ORMANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SPICE MILLS; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEIGHING

A system for controlling and monitoring the chemical usage in a car wash systems that form an aqueous cleaning solution by diluting a cleaning chemical concentrate in a process water stream to form. Level sensors are mounted to the bulk containers containing the chemical concentrate to measure and track the usage of the chemical concentrates. The usage data is collected and used to adjust flow rate controllers controlling the dilution of the concentrate into the process water stream. The system can be integrated into continuous processes where the aqueous cleaning solution is dispensed immediately after production and batch processes where the cleaning solution is stored temporarily before being dispensed onto a vehicle.