US 12,216,482 B2
Methods and smart gas Internet of Things systems for automatic control of industrial gas flows
Zehua Shao, Chengdu (CN); Yaqiang Quan, Chengdu (CN); Xiaojun Wei, Chengdu (CN); and Feng Wang, Chengdu (CN)
Assigned to CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Chengdu (CN)
Filed by CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Sichuan (CN)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/587,956.
Claims priority of application No. 202410095957.2 (CN), filed on Jan. 24, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2024/0201710 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. G05D 7/06 (2006.01); G16Y 10/35 (2020.01)
CPC G05D 7/0623 (2013.01) [G16Y 10/35 (2020.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automatic control of an industrial gas flow, wherein the method is executed by a smart gas device management platform of a smart gas Internet of Things (IoT) system, the smart gas IoT system further includes a smart gas user platform, a smart gas service platform, a smart gas sensing network platform, and a smart gas object platform; wherein
the smart gas user platform is a platform for interacting with a user, and the smart gas user platform is configured as a terminal device;
the smart gas service platform is a platform for communicating user demand and control information;
the smart gas service platform is configured to obtain information from the smart gas device management platform and send the information to the smart gas user platform;
the smart gas device management platform is a platform that coordinates and harmonizes connections and collaborations among various platforms, aggregates all information of the smart gas IoT system, and provides perception management and control management functions for operation of the smart gas IoT system, the smart gas device management platform includes a smart gas indoor device parameter management sub-platform, a smart gas pipeline network device parameter management sub-platform, and a smart gas data center;
the smart gas sensing network platform is a platform that manages sensing communication; and
the smart gas object platform is a platform for sensing information generation and controlling information execution;
the method comprising:
obtaining, by the smart gas indoor device parameter management sub-platform, a water valve adjustment history record of an industrial user who uses a hot water supply device stored in the smart gas data center;
determining, by the smart gas indoor device parameter management sub-platform, a target temperature data table for the industrial user based on the water valve adjustment history record, and sending, by the smart gas indoor device parameter management sub-platform, the target temperature data table to the smart gas object platform corresponding to the industrial user;
wherein the target temperature data table includes at least one water valve scale and at least one target temperature range corresponding to the at least one water valve scale;
obtaining, by the smart gas indoor device parameter management sub-platform, based on the water valve adjustment history record, a historical water valve adjustment characteristic of the industrial user through a predetermined time sequence, wherein the predetermined time sequence is a time sequence that includes time points corresponding to a current season, and the predetermined time sequence is determined based on seasonal information and gas consumption information of the industrial user;
determining, by the smart gas indoor device parameter management sub-platform, based on the historical water valve adjustment characteristic, the at least one water valve scale and the at least one target temperature range corresponding to the at least one water valve scale;
determining, by the smart gas indoor device parameter management sub-platform, the target temperature data table based on the at least one water valve scale and the at least one target temperature range corresponding to the at least one water valve scale;
obtaining, by the smart gas indoor device parameter management sub-platform, current water valve data of the hot water supply device through a rotary encoder of the smart gas object platform in response to determining that the industrial user uses the hot water supply device; and storing the current water valve data in the smart gas data center;
determining, by the smart gas pipeline network device parameter management sub-platform, a corresponding target temperature range in the target temperature data table based on the current water valve data stored in the smart gas data center, and determining a gas flow parameter by querying a preset table, wherein the gas flow parameter includes an adjustment sequence of the industrial gas flow; and
sending, by the smart gas pipeline network device parameter management sub-platform, the gas flow parameter to the smart gas object platform via the smart gas sensing network platform, and adjusting, by the smart gas object platform, the industrial gas flow based on the gas flow parameter.