ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,988, issued on Dec. 2.
"Method for the predictive maintenance of primary circuit components of a boiler" was invented by Flavio Chiavetti (Fabriano, Italy), Lorenzo Centurelli (Osimo, Italy) and Giacomo Silvestri (Otricoli, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed a control method for monitoring the efficiency status of the components of the primary circuit of a gas boiler, the components including the pump, the primary exchanger, and the secondary exchanger on the primary side. The method includes a first part "method M.dhw" suitable to signal that one of the components of the primary circuit is degraded, due to a drop in the f...