US 12,117,858 B2
Managing waterpipe systems for smart buildings
Venkata Vara Prasad Karri, Visakhapatnam (IN); and Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/109,496.
Prior Publication US 2022/0171414 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 7/06 (2006.01); E03B 7/08 (2006.01); E03C 1/00 (2006.01); E03C 1/10 (2006.01); F16L 55/00 (2006.01); G05B 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 7/0688 (2013.01) [E03B 7/08 (2013.01); E03C 1/00 (2013.01); E03C 1/10 (2013.01); F16L 55/00 (2013.01); G05B 13/048 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method for managing a waterpipe system comprising:
receiving, by a processor, an input dataset, wherein the input dataset includes a plurality of waterpipe components and one or more performance factors of a waterpipe system;
generating a digital twin of the waterpipe system using the input dataset;
simulating, using the digital twin, one or more features of the waterpipe system, wherein the simulating includes a forecast having one or more predicted conditions associated with the waterpipe system;
analyzing water within the waterpipe system for one or more contaminants;
identifying technological add-ons associated with the one or more contaminants, wherein the technological add-ons are configured to remove at least a portion of the one or more contaminants from the water
identifying a portion of the water is contaminated water;
determining, responsive to simulating the one or more features, the contaminated water will damage the waterpipe system;
redirecting, via a redirection plan, the contaminated water to a waste reservoir, wherein the waste reservoir prevents pollution associated with the contaminated water; and
notifying a user to remove the contaminated water from the waste reservoir.