ACCURATE VOLUME DISPENSING USING PUMP AND FLOW SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:EP4036410A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-03

    申请号:EP22153769.9

    申请日:2022-01-27

    申请人: Masterflex, LLC

    发明人: PHAM, Phuong Le

    摘要: Aspects are provided for positive displacement pumps and methods and systems for controlling such positive displacement pumps for accurate volume dispensing. The pump may run a calibration procedure to determine a mapping between a pump speed and a flow rate for a current configuration of the positive displacement pump, a tubing size, and a fluid characteristic. A pump controller may determine a pump motion profile based on the mapping. The pump motion profile includes an acceleration phase, a constant speed phase, and a deceleration phase such that a total volume pumped according to the pump motion profile and the mapping is equal to a target volume. The pump controller may determine an adjustment to the pump motion profile based on a constant flow rate measured during operation. The pump controller may decelerate the positive displacement pump according to the adjusted pump motion profile until the target volume is dispensed.

    FLOW RATE CONTROL FOR PUMP WITH FLOW SENSOR
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4036409A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-03

    申请号:EP22153760.8

    申请日:2022-01-27

    申请人: Masterflex, LLC

    发明人: PHAM, Phuong Le

    摘要: Aspects are provided for positive displacement pumps and methods and systems for controlling such pumps for dispensing at a flow rate based on a downstream flow sensor. A pump controller determines a targeted motor speed for a flow rate set point based on a flow rate function. The pump controller determines a predicted movement time for a motor of the pump to change from a current motor speed to the targeted motor speed, a predicted wait time to reach a flow rate corresponding to the targeted motor speed, and a measurement time after the wait time. The pump controller controls the positive displacement pump according to consecutive control cycles, each control cycle includes a pump movement sub-cycle, a wait sub-cycle, and a measurement sub-cycle. The pump controller determines a measured flow rate during the measurement sub-cycle. A subsequent control cycle is based on the measured flow rate.