Pentair Thermal Management Llc patents

Automated re-melt control systems

A system may automatically control a pipeline heating system to maintain a desired temperature and/or to provide flow assurance of process fluid along a pipeline. The system may identify the occurrence and location of the solidification of a given process fluid or the melting of the given process fluid by... Pentair Thermal Management Llc

High visibility termination system and method

A lighted cable termination assembly for use with one or more pipes is provided. The lighted cable termination assembly includes a stand, a lens, and a plurality of light emitting components. The stand is configured to be supported, with the stand extending upwardly, by the one or more pipes. The... Pentair Thermal Management Llc

Shielded wire for high voltage skin effect trace heating

A skin effect heating system for long pipelines includes a heater cable disposed in a ferromagnetic or other conductive heat tube, the heater cable and heat tube cooperating to produce heat that is applied to the carrier pipe. The heater cable includes a conductor surrounded by an insulating layer, and... Pentair Thermal Management Llc

Voltage-leveling monolithic self-regulating heater cable

A self-regulating electric heater cable includes a monolithic heater core of PTC material encapsulating a pair of bus wires, and a conductive layer disposed on an outer surface of the heater core such that the conductive layer levels the voltage generated at the outer surface of the heater core when... Pentair Thermal Management Llc

Flexible small-diameter self-regulating heater cable

A heater cable, which may particularly be a self-regulating heater cable, has a heating element including two bus wires spaced a distance apart by a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) material, giving the heating element a major axis and a minor axis. Bending the heater cable transverse to the major axis... Pentair Thermal Management Llc

Anti-icing walkway with integrated control and switching

A deicing cassette comprises a panel with a top and a plurality of sides, and the top and sides define an interior of the cassette. The top has an interior surface and an exterior surface serving as a walking surface. Additionally, a heating element is secured in thermal contact with... Pentair Thermal Management Llc

Floor underlayment for retaining heater cable

A membrane for decoupling heated flooring from a subfloor includes a flexible base and a plurality of projections formed into the base and extending outward from the base. Each projection of the plurality of projections has a perimeter wall defining a height of the projection and a top surface integral... Pentair Thermal Management Llc