Patent ID: 11906174
Assignee: RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F  G

Claim 12:
13. A method of a controller of a water heater disposed in a hot water delivery system that includes a load identification sensor, a mixing valve coupled to an output of the water heater, a temperature sensor disposed at an output of the mixing valve, and a first load that is coupled to the output of the mixing valve, the method comprising:
receiving monitoring data from the load identification sensor that is configured to detect an event associated with the first load, the event being associated with a demand for hot water;
determining an occurrence of the event associated with the first load based on identifying a fingerprint associated with the event in the monitoring data, wherein the fingerprint uniquely identifies the event associated with the first load;
determining a first load set point temperature associated with the first load, wherein the first load set point temperature is representative of a maximum temperature of the hot water to be delivered to the first load, wherein the first load set point temperature is set by an end user; and
controlling, based on first feedback from the temperature sensor, the mixing valve to adjust a maximum temperature of the hot water that is delivered from the water heater to the first load from a water heater set point temperature at which the hot water is maintained in the water heater to the first load set point temperature;
determining that a second load is switched on while hot water is being directed to the first load, wherein the hot water is directed to the second load at a second load set point temperature;
determining that the first load set point is different than the second load set point; and
controlling, based on second feedback from the temperature sensor, the determination that the second load is switched on, and the determination that the first load set point is different than the second load set point, the mixing valve to modify the maximum temperature of the hot water that is delivered from the water heater to a value between the first load set point temperature and the second load set point temperature.