Patent ID: 11971195
Assignee: RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 16:
17. The liquid storage tank of claim 13, further comprising a controller in electrical communication with the actuator and the plurality of temperature sensors, wherein the controller is configured to:
receive, from the plurality of temperature sensors, temperature data indicative of the local liquid temperature corresponding to a location of each temperature sensor of the plurality of temperature sensors;
compare each local liquid temperature to a threshold temperature;
determine, based on a plurality of respective heights corresponding to the plurality of temperature sensors, a target partition height that is equal to a lowest height of the plurality of heights that corresponds to a local liquid temperature that is less than the threshold temperature;
responsive to determining that a current height of the partition does not equal the target partition height, output instructions for moving the thermal partition to a location corresponding to the target partition height.