Smart Gas IoT Diagnosis and Valve Shutdown for Abnormalities
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in accurately and quickly determining the cause of gas abnormalities, which can lead to incorrect solutions and potential safety hazards.
Innovation Solution
A smart gas Internet of Things (IoT) system comprising a smart gas user platform, service platform, safety management platform, indoor device sensing network platform, and indoor device object platform, which includes safety valve control devices, to analyze gas abnormalities using user data, gas data, and a preset algorithm to determine the cause and automatically generate control signals for safety valve closure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If users manually diagnose gas abnormalities, then they can identify problems, but they may take too long and make incorrect judgments leading to safety hazards
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic self-diagnosis of gas abnormalities through the safety management platform that collects data from multiple sensors (gas concentration, flow rate, pressure, temperature) and autonomously identifies abnormality causes without requiring user expertise or manual intervention, thus achieving both high accuracy and rapid response
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual user diagnosis with an automated intelligent system that uses algorithms to analyze sensor data and determine abnormality causes, substituting human judgment with machine-based automated analysis to improve both speed and accuracy of diagnosis
2Measurement precision
If a simple alarm system is used, then response is fast, but it cannot accurately determine the cause of gas abnormalities
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the gas safety management into multiple independent functional modules: gas concentration detection, flow rate monitoring, pressure sensing, temperature measurement, and centralized analysis platform. Each module performs a specific function and data is aggregated at the platform level for comprehensive cause identification, allowing complex analysis capabilities while maintaining modular simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The safety management platform serves multiple functions simultaneously: it collects data from various sensor types, performs real-time monitoring, analyzes abnormality causes using algorithms, sends alarms, and provides historical data storage. This multi-functional design achieves accurate cause identification without requiring separate dedicated systems for each function
3Reliability
If automatic valve closure is implemented, then gas safety is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-configures automatic emergency shutdown logic and safety thresholds in the control algorithm. When abnormal conditions are detected, the pre-programmed response automatically closes the gas valve without requiring complex real-time decision-making or additional control layers, thus improving safety while maintaining system simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes a closed-loop feedback mechanism where sensor data continuously monitors gas pipeline conditions, compares them against safety thresholds, and automatically triggers valve closure when limits are exceeded. This feedback-driven automatic control ensures gas safety through a straightforward monitor-compare-act cycle without complex control architecture
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AI summary
Provided is a smart gas Internet of Things (IoT) system for gas safety management. The system includes a smart gas user platform, a smart gas service platform, a smart gas safety management platform, a smart gas indoor device sensing network platform, and a smart gas indoor device object platform. The smart gas user platform is configured as a terminal device; the smart gas indoor device sensing network platform is configured as a plurality of groups of gateway servers or a plurality of groups of intelligent routers; the smart gas indoor device object platform includes a safety valve control device object sub-platform, the safety valve control device object sub-platform is configured as indoor gas devices and gas safety detection devices; and the smart gas safety management platform includes a smart gas indoor safety management sub-platform and a smart gas data center.