ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,946, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ZION ING S.A.S. (Pereira, Colombia).
"System and method for monitoring and control of steam lost from steam traps" was invented by David Gustavo Lagarejo Lloreda (Pereira, Colombia) and Javier Eduardo Hincapie Lenis (Pereira, Colombia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for real-time monitoring of steam lost from steam traps that integrates a series of sensors to measure pressure and temperature, configured to monitor leaks from any type of steam traps integrated to a wireless communication module that has a microcontroller and an algorithm specially developed for the control of such leaks by...