System for the controlling of hot water cylinders

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system that allows the temperature of water inlet and outlet tubes in a water cylinder to be measured, making it possible to estimate the energy stored in the device and to estimate the times when the hot water is being used, in addition to allowing user behaviour to be predicted, anomalies in the hot water to be detected, and the power consumption of the device to be optimised. The device comprises: a water cylinder controller ( 100 ) disposed on the case; two thermocouple cables ( 300 ) for measuring the water inlet and outlet temperature in the cylinder; and an antenna ( 200 ) coupled to an antenna connector ( 12 ) in order to connect the controller ( 100 ) to another server or to the cloud, where the information is processed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for the controlling of hot water cylinders, characterised in that it comprises: a water cylinder controller ( 100 ) arranged on a housing with a front panel on which elements allowing the system to be controlled are arranged, wherein the front panel incorporates a mode button ( 1 ) allowing the operating mode to be changed; an operating indicator ( 2 ) showing the current operating mode and the status of the load switch; a boost button ( 3 ) enabling the reinforcing load; a reset button ( 4 ) restoring the controller; a communication indicator ( 5 ) showing connectivity status; a configuration button ( 6 ) allowing communications to be configured using the connection passwords; a light sensor ( 7 ) measuring the intensity of ambient light; a temperature sensor ( 8 ) measuring ambient temperature; a fuse for base load ( 9 ) protecting the circuit against overloads; a fuse for reinforcing load ( 10 ) protecting the reinforcing circuit against overloads; a main switch ( 11 ) insulating loads in off position and allowing the controller ( 100 ) to control loads in on position; and a communication antenna connector ( 12 ); two thermocouple cables ( 300 ), wherein the end of a first thermocouple cable ( 300 ) is arranged at the cold water inlet of the hot water cylinder and the end of the second thermocouple cable ( 300 ) is arranged at the hot water outlet ( 300 ) and wherein the free ends of both thermocouple cables ( 300 ) are routed and connected to the controller ( 100 ); and an antenna ( 200 ) coupled to the communication antenna connector ( 12 ) for the connection of the controller ( 100 ) with another server or with the cloud, where the information is processed. 
     
     
         2 . The system for the controlling of hot water cylinders according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the mode button ( 1 ) works according to the following modalities of hot water controller: off mode, manual mode and automatic mode. 
     
     
         3 . The system for the controlling of hot water cylinders according to  claim 2 , characterised in that the system does not heat the content of the hot water cylinder in off mode. 
     
     
         4 . The system for the controlling of hot water cylinders according to  claim 2 , characterised in that the system heats the content of the cylinder in manual mode during the time periods selected by the user and collects data on use and temperatures, which are sent to the server or the cloud for the modelling of the user's and the hot water cylinder's behaviour. 
     
     
         5 . The system for the controlling of hot water cylinders according to  claim 2 , characterised in that, in automatic mode, the system collects data and models the user's and the hot water cylinder's behaviour and communicates with a server or the cloud for the planning of the heating periods and optimising several target behaviours while considering the user's convenience.