Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pump assembly and controlling method
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Application No.: US15938302Application Date: 2018-03-28
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Publication No.: US10361649B2Publication Date: 2019-07-23
- Inventor: Klaus Vestergaard Kragelund , Jan Plougmann , Jan Carøe Aarestrup
- Applicant: GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Bjerringbro
- Assignee: GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/S
- Current Assignee: GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Bjerringbro
- Agency: McGlew and Tuttle, P.C.
- Priority: EP17164400 20170331
- Main IPC: F04B17/03
- IPC: F04B17/03 ; H02P27/04 ; F04D15/00 ; F04D13/06 ; H02P27/08 ; H02P27/06

Abstract:
A pump assembly (1) includes a pump unit (2), an electrical drive motor (203) for driving the pump unit (2), and a control unit (201) for controlling the drive motor (203). The control unit (201) includes a frequency converter (209), a voltage converter (207) and a controller (211). The voltage converter (207) is configured to provide an input voltage (Uin) to the frequency converter (209). The input voltage (Uin) is adjustable within a voltage range between a minimum input voltage (Umin) and a maximum input voltage (Umax). The controller (211) is configured to determine an actual power consumption of at least one of the drive motor (203), the frequency converter (209) and the voltage converter (207) during operation of the pump unit (2). The controller (211) is further configured to tune the input voltage (Uin) depending on the determined actual power consumption during operation of the pump unit (2).
Public/Granted literature
- US20180287542A1 PUMP ASSEMBLY AND CONTROLLING METHOD Public/Granted day:2018-10-04
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