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2020 L.B. White Smart Sense® Heating System

Smart Sense® - Automatic Variable Rate Heat - U.S. Patent No. 9,328,937

Smart Sense® is an auto control, technologically-advanced swine facility heating solution.

This innovative heating technology eliminates the inefficiency of conventional on/off heaters that require manual adjustments and always run at 100% Btu ouput. In comparison, Smart Sense® heaters are automatically managed through the facility control and operate at firing rates as low as 25% of maximum Btu output.

Smart Sense® generates only the amount of heat required to reach, maintain, and hold a desired temperature by automatically modulating Btu output—a proprietary technology engineered for L.B. White forced air heaters and radiant-heat brooders.

Features may include:

• Automates building temperature management

• Saves up to 35% in fuel costs

• Maintains consistent room temperature

Environmental control integration

Smart Sense® automatic variable rate heat for hog confinement buildings now works with these leading environmental controls:

• Maximus-Systems

• Dicam USA

• Edge™ Controls

• Fusion

• Genius

• AP

• VAL-CO

• PMSI

Smart Sense® manages pig building room temperature automatically

Smart Sense® automatically provides heat at only the rate required to reach a set point, and then maintains that temperature. This technology has been field tested across the upper Midwest with results that reflect significant increases in fuel-cost savings.

L.B. White Guardian Forced Air Heaters with Smart Sense®

Guardian® heaters with Smart Sense® provide an automatic variable-rate control, compared to manual control in today’s standard Guardian® heaters. The Smart Sense® upgrade allows the heater to run longer at lower firing rates and become part of the circulation system. This results in a much more consistent room temperature.

Available Smart Sense® configurations:

• 15,000 to 60,000 Btu/h

• 25,000 to 100,000 Btu/h

• 65,000 to 250,000 Btu/h

Ignition types:

• Spark Ignition

• Hot Surface Ignition

Ignition Control Enclosure

• All corners and seams are sealed with silicone

• Liquid tight / air tight "pass throughs" are used for wiring entrances and exits

• All terminations have 'flags'

Certifications:

• CSA

Only L.B. White Guardian® heaters are capable of operating at firing rates as low as 25% of max Btu/h while maintaining acceptable carbon monoxide levels and ignition characteristics.