Method and apparatus for pump control using varying equivalent system characteristic curve, AKA an adaptive control curve
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
at least one memory including computer program code;
the at least one non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium or memory and computer program code configured, with at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to;
respond to signaling containing information about an instant pressure and a flow rate of fluid being pumped in a pumping system,obtain an adaptive control curve based at least partly on the instant pressure and flow rate using an adaptive moving average filter,set up a control set point for a system process variable from the adaptive control curve to obtain a desired pump speed through a pump control or controller, including a PID control, anddetermine a pump motor drive speed signal based at least partly on the control set point for the system process variable from the adaptive control curve.
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Abstract
The present invention provides, e.g., apparatus comprising at least one processor; at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and computer program code being configured, with at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to: respond to signaling containing information about an instant pressure and a flow rate of fluid being pumped in a pumping system, and obtain an adaptive control curve based at least partly on the instant pressure and flow rate using an adaptive moving average filter. The adaptive moving average filter may be based at least partly on a system flow equation:
SAMAt=AMAF(Qt/√{square root over (ΔPt)}),
where the function AMAF is an adaptive moving average filter (AMAF), and the parameters Q and ΔP are a system flow rate and differential pressure respectively. The at least one memory and computer program code may be configured to, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to obtain an optimal control pressure set point from the adaptive control curve with respect to an instant flow rate or a moving average flow rate as
SPt=MA(Qt)/SAMAt,
where the function MA is a moving average filter (MA), to obtain a desired pump speed through a PID control.
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22 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium or memory and computer program code configured, with at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to; respond to signaling containing information about an instant pressure and a flow rate of fluid being pumped in a pumping system, obtain an adaptive control curve based at least partly on the instant pressure and flow rate using an adaptive moving average filter, set up a control set point for a system process variable from the adaptive control curve to obtain a desired pump speed through a pump control or controller, including a PID control, and determine a pump motor drive speed signal based at least partly on the control set point for the system process variable from the adaptive control curve. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20)
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10. A method comprising:
implementing steps with apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium or memory including computer program code, as follows; responding to signaling containing information about an instant pressure and a flow rate of fluid being pumped in a pumping system; obtaining an adaptive control curve based at least partly on the instant pressure and flow rate using an adaptive moving average filter; setting up a control set point for a system process variable from the adaptive control curve to obtain a desired pump speed through a pump control or controller, including a PID control; and determining a pump motor drive speed signal based at least partly on the control set point for the system process variable from the adaptive control curve. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21)
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19. Apparatus, including a system having a pump controller, the pump controller comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium or memory and computer program code configured, with at least one processor, to cause the pump controller at least to; respond to signaling containing information about an instant pressure and a flow rate of fluid being pumped by a pump in a pumping system, obtain an adaptive control curve based at least partly on the instant pressure and flow rate using an adaptive moving average filter, set up a control set point for a system process variable from the adaptive control curve to obtain a desired pump speed through the pump control or controller, including a PID control, and determine a pump motor drive speed signal based at least partly on the control set point for the system process variable from the adaptive control curve. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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