Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for determining cavitation in pumps
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Application No.: US15250078Application Date: 2016-08-29
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Publication No.: US10202975B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Nathaniel Steven Doy
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Deerfield
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Deerfield
- Agent Bart A. Fisher
- Main IPC: F04B51/00
- IPC: F04B51/00

Abstract:
A method for determining cavitation in a pump is disclosed. The method includes detecting, by a sensor, a pressure of a fluid pumped by the pump and determining, by a controller, whether the pressure exceeds a pressure range. Cavitation is determined when the pressure exceeds the pressure range. The method includes selectively incrementing or decrementing, by the controller, a counter value of a counter based on determining whether the pressure exceeds the pressure range. The counter value is incremented when the pressure exceeds the pressure range, and decremented when the pressure does not exceed the pressure range. The method includes determining, by the controller, whether the counter value exceeds a threshold value, and generating, by the controller, an alert when the counter value exceeds the threshold value and causing, by the controller, the alert to be displayed via a display.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180058443A1 METHOD FOR DETERMINING CAVITATION IN PUMPS Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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