METHOD AND PUMP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN A RUNNING FLUID TRANSPORTING PIPE SYSTEM WITH PUMPS
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Abstract
A method and a pump management system for optimizing the energy consumption by operation of a fluid transporting pipe system having a number of pumps to move the fluid therethrough. During fluid transport from a starting point to an end point, one or more parameters can be measured, which alone or in combination represents at least an energy consumption for the operation of each pump or combinations of operation of pumps and the flow through the fluid transporting pipe system. On the basis of the established actual pump characteristics that are measured, system characteristic(s) and operation frequency/frequencies are chosen at which one or more of the pumps alone, alternating or at the same time, must pump in a period of time to achieve a given desired pumping speed through the pipe system or a given desired pump volume with the least possible total energy consumption.
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33 Claims
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16. A self-regulating method of optimizing the energy consumption per quantum pumped fluid by operation of a fluid transporting pipe system comprising a number (n) of pumps to move the fluid through the pipe system, which method comprises the steps of:
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measuring one or more parameters for fluid transport through the pipe system from a starting point, from where the fluid is pumped, to an end point whereto the fluid is pumped, wherein the parameter(s) alone or in combination represent(s) at least an energy consumption per quantum pumped fluid for the operation of each pump or for combinations of operation of multiple pumps and the flow through the fluid transporting pipe system; determining, on the basis of the measured parameters, actual system characteristics for each pump'"'"'s or combinations of pumps'"'"' operation when said pump(s) provide(s) for flow through the pipe system from starting point (A) to end point (B); selecting, on the basis of the established actual pump characteristics, that or those system characteristic(s) or operation frequency/frequencies at which one or more of the pumps alone, alternating or at the same time, must pump in a period of time to achieve a given desired pumping speed through the pipe system or to achieve a given desired pump volume with the least possible total energy consumption per quantum pumped fluid, and repeating one or more of the measuring, determining or selecting steps in order to re-regulate the combination of the operation of the pump(s); wherein the operation frequency of the pump(s) is regulated by at least one frequency converter. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 32)
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28. A pump management system for optimization of the energy consumption per quantum pumped fluid by operation of a fluid transporting pipe system comprising a number (n) of pumps to move the fluid through the pipe system, comprising:
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means for measuring one or more parameters for a fluid transport through the pipe system from a starting point (A), from where the fluid is pumped, to an end point (B) whereto the fluid is pumped, which parameters alone or in combination represents at least one energy consumption per quantum pumped fluid and flow for the operation of each pump and the flow through the fluid transporting pipe system; means for monitoring the parameters; means for calculating, on the basis of the monitored parameters, actual system characteristics for the operation of each pump or combinations of pumps for the flow through the pipe system from the starting point A to the end point B, and for, on the basis of the established actual pump characteristics selecting the system characteristic and operation frequency at which one or more of the pump(s) alone, in turns or together must be activate in a period of time in order to achieve a given desired pumping speed through the pipe system or a given desired pumping volume with the least possible total energy consumption per quantum pumped fluid. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 33)
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