System and method to clean a range exhaust
A method for cleaning a cooking range exhaust system includes, in response to receipt of a start signal at a control box of a cooking range exhaust cleaning system to initiate a cleaning operation, causing a cleaning solution comprising a mixture of detergent and water having a ratio based on a target mixing ratio to be provided to a supply line, and causing an electronically-controlled valve to open to facilitate provision of the cleaning solution to a nozzle coupled to the electronically-controlled valve via a conduit for a predetermined period of time, wherein the nozzle is arranged to spray a zone of the cooking range exhaust system.
1. A method, comprising:
in response to receipt of a start signal at a control box of a cooking range exhaust cleaning system to initiate a cleaning operation:
causing a reservoir to fill with a mixture of detergent and water having a ratio based on a target mixing ratio, wherein causing the reservoir to fill with the mixture of detergent and water includes monitoring a float switch mechanism at least partially in the reservoir to determine when the reservoir has filled to a minimum threshold with the water prior to causing the detergent to be added to the reservoir;
causing a cleaning solution comprising the mixture of detergent and water having the ratio based on a target mixing ratio to be provided to a supply line from the reservoir; and
causing an electronically-controlled valve to open to facilitate provision of the cleaning solution to a nozzle coupled to the electronically-controlled valve via a conduit for a predetermined period of time, wherein the nozzle is arranged to spray a zone of a cooking range exhaust system.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising causing a second electronically-controlled valve to couple the supply line to a second conduit configured to spray a second zone of the cooking range exhaust system based on a second start signal to initiate a second scheduled cleaning operation.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving the start signal from a scheduler.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving the start signal from a remote device via a wired or wireless interface.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing data corresponding to the cleaning operation to a remote device via a wired or wireless interface.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
monitoring data from sensors to determine whether film on the zone of the cooking range exhaust system exceeds a threshold; and
providing the start signal in response to a determination that the film exceeds the threshold.
7. At least one machine-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to:
in response to receipt of a start signal to initiate a cleaning operation:
cause a reservoir to fill with a mixture of detergent and water having a ratio based on a target mixing ratio, wherein causing the reservoir to fill with the mixture of detergent and water includes monitoring a float switch mechanism at least partially in the reservoir to determine when the reservoir has filled to a minimum threshold with the water prior to causing the detergent to be added to the reservoir;
cause a cleaning solution comprising the mixture of detergent and water having the ratio based on a target mixing ratio to be provided to a supply line from the reservoir; and
cause a valve to open to facilitate provision of the cleaning solution to a nozzle coupled to the valve via a conduit for a predetermined period of time, wherein the nozzle is arranged to spray a zone of a cooking range exhaust system.
8. The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further cause the processing circuitry to cause detergent to be pumped into the reservoir after the reservoir is sufficiently filled.
9. The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further cause the processing circuitry to cause a second electronically-controlled valve to couple the supply line to a second conduit configured to spray a second zone of the cooking range exhaust system based on a second start signal to initiate a second scheduled cleaning operation.
10. The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further cause the processing circuitry to receive the start signal from a scheduler.
11. The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further cause the processing circuitry to:
receive the start signal from a remote device via a wired or wireless interface; and
provide data corresponding to the cleaning operation to the remote device via the wired or wireless interface.
12. The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further cause the processing circuitry to:
monitor data from sensors to determine whether film on the zone of the cooking range exhaust system exceeds a threshold; and
provide the start signal in response to a determination that the film exceeds the threshold.