Patent ID: 11971291
Assignee: ITRON, INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G  H | IPC F  G  H

Claim 15:
16. A gas regulator pressure relief monitor of a gas distribution system, comprising:
an application programming interface (API), wherein the API is available to asset-tracking software or workforce-management software to schedule maintenance;
a sensor in each of a plurality of gas regulators of a respective plurality of gas meters to detect at least one of lock-up failure events or venting events within each of the plurality of gas regulators of the respective plurality of gas meters within the gas distribution system;
a communications network of the gas distribution system; and
a processor configured to perform actions, comprising:
obtaining data indicating at least one of lock-up failure events or venting events via the communications network, wherein the obtained data were based on information obtained by sensors of gas regulators from among the plurality of gas regulators, and wherein the obtained data identify gas regulators at which at least one of lock-up failure events or venting events occurred;
determining, based at least in part on the identified gas regulators, a number of gas regulators having at least one of lock-up failure events or venting events that are connected to a same gas supply line;
determining if the number of gas regulators having at least one of lock-up failure events or venting events on the same gas supply line exceeds a threshold number; and
indicating, to asset-tracking software or workforce-management software via operation of the API, the same gas supply line of the gas distribution system as a region to repair to improve gas quality and to lessen at least one of lock-up failure events or venting events.