PRESSURE PULSE INTERACTION MANAGEMENT IN A MULTIPLE PUMP SYSTEM
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1. A method comprising:
- operating a plurality of pumps fluidly coupled to a common fluid line;
modulating a pumping speed of at least one of the pumps to reduce an amplitude of a pressure fluctuation in the common fluid line, wherein the modulating comprises maintaining an average aggregate pumping rate of the plurality of pumps.
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Abstract
Methods which include operating a plurality of pumps fluidly coupled to a common fluid line, and modulating a pumping speed of at least one of the pumps to reduce an amplitude of a pressure fluctuation in the common fluid line, where the modulating comprises maintaining an average aggregate pumping rate of the plurality of pumps.
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1. A method comprising:
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operating a plurality of pumps fluidly coupled to a common fluid line; modulating a pumping speed of at least one of the pumps to reduce an amplitude of a pressure fluctuation in the common fluid line, wherein the modulating comprises maintaining an average aggregate pumping rate of the plurality of pumps. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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determining a first modulation definition comprising a plurality of modulation instructions, each modulation instruction corresponding to one of a plurality of pumps fluidly coupled to a common fluid line; operating the pumps in response to the first modulation definition; determining a pressure fluctuation profile and a first fitness function for the first modulation definition in response to the pressure fluctuation profile; adjusting the first modulation definition to generate a second modulation definition; operating the pumps in response to the second modulation definition; determining the pressure fluctuation profile and a second fitness function for the second modulation definition in response to the pressure fluctuation profile; and comparing the first fitness function and the second fitness function, and selecting one of the first modulation definition and the second modulation definition in response to the comparing. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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operating a plurality of pumps fluidly coupled to a common fluid line; interpreting a pumping rate of each of the plurality of pumps; and adjusting the pumping rate of the plurality of pumps such that; a total pumping rate is maintained; and no two adjacent pumps are pumping at the same rate. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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