Patent ID: 11878196
Assignee: TYCO FIRE PRODUCTS LP
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A method of mitigating false trips of a valve supplying water to a fire suppression system, the method comprising: detecting, by a temperature sensor, a temperature of a dry piping system of the fire suppression system, the temperature sensor in a low point of the piping system; detecting, by an ambient temperature sensor, an ambient temperature surrounding the piping system; detecting, by a water detection sensor, a presence of water in the low point of the piping system; determining whether water in the piping system is expected to freeze based on the temperature being less than a predetermined value and the ambient temperature being less than the temperature detected by the temperature sensor; predicting whether a valve tripping event is expected to occur responsive to detecting the presence of water in the low point of the piping system and based on determining that water in the piping system is expected to freeze; and in response to a prediction engine predicting that the valve tripping event is expected occur, providing a prediction that the valve tripping event is expected to occur for remedial action.