US 12,110,706 B2
Butterfly fan inlet and chamber exhaust valve controllers for wave making systems
Clement Ginestet, Paris (FR); and Alex Terradillos, Munich (DE)
Assigned to WHITEWATER WEST INDUSTRIES LTD., Richmond (CA)
Filed by WHITEWATER WEST INDUSTRIES LTD., Richmond (CA)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/604,290.
Application 18/604,290 is a continuation of application No. 18/490,604, filed on Oct. 19, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/380,230, filed on Oct. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0240477 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. E04H 4/00 (2006.01); F16K 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 4/0006 (2013.01) [F16K 1/223 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for generating waves in a wave pool, comprising:
operating a chamber comprising a set of valves wherein the set of valves comprises one or more of an actuator-controlled gas intake valve and one or more of an actuator-controlled gas exhaust valve, and further wherein the chamber is in fluid communication with a pool containing water;
operating one or more fans in communication with a plenum correspondingly associated with the chamber wherein each of the one or more fans is operable to blow air into the plenum;
measuring, via a power consumption sensor, an actual power consumption for at least one fan of the one or more fans, wherein the power consumption sensor is in communication with the fan of the one or more fans;
sending to a control system the actual power consumption obtained from the power consumption sensor for the at least one fan, wherein the control system is in communication with the power consumption sensor, and the at least one fan and the set of valves;
calculating, using the control system:
a target power consumption for the at least one fan of the one or more fans;
a differential between the actual power consumption and the target power consumption for the at least one fan;
a target airflow to be evacuated from the chamber to reach the target power consumption for each of the one or more fans; and
an exhaust valve angle for the gas exhaust valve operable to allow the target airflow to escape from the chamber;
and
selectively adjusting the actuator-controlled gas exhaust valve to the calculated exhaust valve angle to achieve the calculated target power consumption.