Patent ID: 8276890

Claim:
A self-monitoring aeration system comprised of: at least one grid comprised of a plurality of diffusers through which a non-gaseous substance is passed enclosed within at least one aeration tank, wherein said aeration tank holds a quantity of water forming a water surface; at least one panel housing located above the water surface of said at least one aeration tank; at least one viewable digital interface containing no gauges corresponding to said at least one grid, said at least one digital interface mounted to said at least one surface of said panel housing; at least one processor capable of receiving a user-input value which represents water depth, said at least processor being further configured to calculate the pressure value necessary to overcome a submergence pressure value which is proportional to the depth of the water; a maximum of two pressure lines functionally coupled with said at least one diffuser, including a first pressure line used solely to measure header pressure at which air is entering at least one diffuser, and a second pressure line which includes a diffuser pressure sensor used solely to measure pressure across a diffuser to arrive at a diffuser pressure value and which further transmits said diffuser pressure value to said at least one processor; said at least one processor further configured with software to calculate the difference between said submergence pressure value and said diffuser pressure value to arrive at a dynamic wet pressure, and to display said dynamic wet pressure on a user interface without the use of gauges.