- Patent Title: Method and system for fluid flow control in a fluid network system
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Application No.: US14653176Application Date: 2013-12-11
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Publication No.: US09995306B2Publication Date: 2018-06-12
- Inventor: Michael Lundh , Jan Nyqvist
- Applicant: ABB Research Ltd.
- Applicant Address: CH Zurich
- Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
- Current Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Zurich
- Agency: Whitmyer IP Group LLC
- Priority: EP12198780 20121220
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/076162 WO 20131211
- International Announcement: WO2014/095504 WO 20140626
- Main IPC: F04D27/00
- IPC: F04D27/00 ; G05B15/02 ; G05D7/06 ; E21F1/02

Abstract:
A method of controlling fluid flow in a fluid network system by fluid machines includes obtaining a respective current flow rate associated with each fluid machine, obtaining a current fluid machine speed of each fluid machine, obtaining desired flow rates in the system, and determining a new fluid machine speed for each fluid machine based on the current fluid machine speed and a change in the fluid machine speed required to obtain the desired flow rates. The change in fluid machine speed is determined by minimizing a total fluid machine power which is a function dependent of the change in the fluid machine speed, the minimization being performed with constraints for flow rate, fluid machine pressure and fluid machine speed. The method include controlling the speed of the fluid machines according to the new fluid machine speeds such that the minimum total fluid machine power in the system is attained.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150337849A1 Method And System For Fluid Flow Control In A Fluid Network System Public/Granted day:2015-11-26
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