METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A PUMP BASED ON FILTER INFORMATION IN A FILTER INFORMATION TAG
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1. A pump system comprising:
- a pump comprising;
one or more motors to draw fluid into an inlet of the pump and dispense fluid from an outlet of the pump;
a connection for a removable filter so that the removable filter can be placed in a fluid flow path between the pump inlet and the pump outlet;
an electronic tag reader positioned and configured to read filter information for the removable filter from an electronic tag on the removable filter when the removable filter is connected to the pump; and
a pump controller comprising a pump controller processor and a computer readable medium storing a set of control instructions executable by the processor to control operation of the pump to perform pump controller steps comprising;
receiving filter information for the removable filter from the electronic tag reader; and
communicating the filter information to the pump management system; and
a pump management system coupled to the pump controller via a communications link, the pump management system comprising a management system processor and a pump management system computer readable medium storing a set of pump management system instructions executable by the pump management system processor to cause the pump management system to perform pump management system steps comprising;
receiving the filter information from the pump controller;
applying one or more rules to the filter information to determine if the removable filter connected to the pump is an appropriate filter and, if the removable filter is an appropriate filter, determine further operation of the pump including how to prime the removable filter connected to the pump in preparation for dispense cycles; and
providing operation instructions to the pump controller;
wherein the pump controller steps further comprise operating the pump according to the operating instructions.
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Abstract
The disclosure describes systems and methods relating generally to filtration. Even more particularly, this disclosure relates to controlling the operation of a pump using filter information. A removable filter can include an electronically readable tag storing filter information. The filter information can be read by a tag reader and rules applied to the filter information to determine whether or how to operate a pump.
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1. A pump system comprising:
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a pump comprising; one or more motors to draw fluid into an inlet of the pump and dispense fluid from an outlet of the pump; a connection for a removable filter so that the removable filter can be placed in a fluid flow path between the pump inlet and the pump outlet; an electronic tag reader positioned and configured to read filter information for the removable filter from an electronic tag on the removable filter when the removable filter is connected to the pump; and a pump controller comprising a pump controller processor and a computer readable medium storing a set of control instructions executable by the processor to control operation of the pump to perform pump controller steps comprising; receiving filter information for the removable filter from the electronic tag reader; and communicating the filter information to the pump management system; and a pump management system coupled to the pump controller via a communications link, the pump management system comprising a management system processor and a pump management system computer readable medium storing a set of pump management system instructions executable by the pump management system processor to cause the pump management system to perform pump management system steps comprising; receiving the filter information from the pump controller; applying one or more rules to the filter information to determine if the removable filter connected to the pump is an appropriate filter and, if the removable filter is an appropriate filter, determine further operation of the pump including how to prime the removable filter connected to the pump in preparation for dispense cycles; and providing operation instructions to the pump controller; wherein the pump controller steps further comprise operating the pump according to the operating instructions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A pump comprising:
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one or more motors to draw fluid into a pump inlet and dispense fluid from pump outlet; a connection for a removable filter so that the removable filter can be placed in a fluid flow path between the pump inlet and the pump outlet; an electronic tag reader positioned and configured to read the filter information from the electronic tag; a pump controller comprising a pump controller processor and a computer readable medium storing a set of control instructions executable by the processor to control operation of the pump to perform pump controller steps comprising; receiving filter information for the removable filter from the electronic tag reader; and applying one or more rules to the filter information to determine if the removable filter connected to the pump is an appropriate filter and determine further operation of the pump including how to prime the removable filter connected to the pump in preparation for dispense cycles; controlling operation of the pump to prime the removable filter. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21)
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17. A method of controlling operation of a pump comprising:
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connecting a removable filter having an electronic tag storing filter information for the filter to a pump; reading the filter information for the filter from the electronic tag with an electronic tag reader; communicating the filter information for the filter from the electronic tag reader to a pump controller coupled to the electronic tag reader; applying one or more rules to the filter information to determine if the removable filter connected to the pump is an appropriate filter and, if the removable filter is appropriate, to determine further operation of the pump; operating the pump according to the determined further operation; and updating the one or more rules based on a set of dispense results to reclassify a set of filters having a previously acceptable part number as unacceptable. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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