US 12,276,418 B1
System and method for remote monitoring and control of landfill and recycling operations
Dennis Craig Siegel, Pleasant, PA (US)
Assigned to WM Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by WM Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/369,094.
Application 17/671,245 is a division of application No. 17/572,617, filed on Jan. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,486,573, issued on Nov. 1, 2022.
Application 18/369,094 is a continuation of application No. 17/671,245, filed on Feb. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,761,627.
Application 17/572,617 is a continuation of application No. 17/330,255, filed on May 25, 2021, granted, now 11,221,138, issued on Jan. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/030,170, filed on May 26, 2020.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F23G 7/08 (2006.01); F23G 5/50 (2006.01); G05B 1/00 (2006.01); G05B 11/06 (2006.01); G05B 19/048 (2006.01); G05D 7/06 (2006.01); G06Q 10/30 (2023.01)
CPC F23G 7/08 (2013.01) [F23G 5/50 (2013.01); G05B 1/00 (2013.01); G05B 11/06 (2013.01); G05B 19/048 (2013.01); G05D 7/0623 (2013.01); G06Q 10/30 (2013.01); F23G 2207/101 (2013.01); F23G 2207/102 (2013.01); F23G 2207/112 (2013.01); F23G 2207/20 (2013.01); F23G 2209/14 (2013.01); G05B 2219/41108 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
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1. A method for remotely monitoring and controlling flare activity in a landfill facility for disposal of waste materials, comprising:
causing flare gas from the landfill facility to engage a flare control valve or blower speed that is automatically operable and supplies flare gas to the flare,
obtaining, by at least one reader device located within the landfill facility, specific real-time data relating to landfill activity comprising at least one of, gas pressure data,
comparing the obtained landfill activity real-time data with pre-stored information from a database,
analyzing, by a processor, the difference between the obtained landfill activity real-time data and the pre-stored information to identify whether the landfill activity has surpassed a pre-set threshold value, wherein the pre-set threshold value is based on one or more of gas pressure/vacuum, and
automatically operating the flare control valve, by sending a control signal to the flare control valve to increase or decrease the amount of flare gas supplied to the flare, based on the results of the analysis of the landfill activity data.