MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641125332 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology on October 21, 2026, for System And Method For Localising A Leak In A Water Distribution Network.
Inventors include Poornima N; Alwin Saji P; Adith Krishna V K; and John Poly.
The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.
Abstract: Thepresent invention discloses asystem and method forlocalising aleak in awater distribution network (10) by active valve excitation that leaves service pressures substantially unchanged. A controller (20) applies a small calibration movement to each motorised valve (12), measures the pressure change at protected service l...