Fluid control apparatus, diagnostic method and program record medium for recording programs of fluid control apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11609146B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US16815909

    申请日:2020-03-11

    IPC分类号: G01M3/28 F16K37/00

    摘要: In order to accurately judge whether or not there is a seat leakage in the first valve and the second valve in a short period of time, a fluid control apparatus comprises a fluid resistor arranged in a flow channel, a first valve arranged upstream of the fluid resistor, a first pressure sensor that measures a pressure in a first volume between the first valve and the fluid resistor in the flow channel, a second valve arranged downstream of the fluid resistor, a second pressure sensor that measures a pressure in a second volume between the fluid resistor and the second valve, a valve controller that controls the first or second valve, and a seat leakage judging part that judges whether or not there is a seat leakage in the valve valves based on the pressure sensors in a state where the valves are fully closed.

    Flow rate control apparatus, flow rate control method, and program for a flow rate control apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10754361B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-25

    申请号:US16297004

    申请日:2019-03-08

    IPC分类号: G05D7/06 H01L21/67

    摘要: In order to provide a flow rate control apparatus that estimates a flow rate actually flowing at a control point without a large amount of noise, there are provided a fluid resistor that is provided on a flow path, a downstream-side valve that is provided on a downstream side of the fluid resistor, a resistance flow rate measurement mechanism that measures a resistance flow rate that flows through the fluid resistor, and flows into a volumetric space located on the flow path between this fluid resistor and the downstream-side valve, a subject flow rate estimation part that estimates a valve flow rate based on the flow rate characteristics stored in the flow rate characteristics storage part, and a flow rate control unit that controls the downstream-side valve based on a set flow rate, and on the valve flow rate estimated by the subject flow rate estimation part.

    Fluid control unit and program storage media for fluid control unit

    公开(公告)号:US10705544B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-07

    申请号:US15910869

    申请日:2018-03-02

    IPC分类号: G05D7/06 G05B6/02

    摘要: In order to restrain generation of a peak in the measured flow rate, a fluid control unit measures a flow rate of a fluid in a channel and outputs a signal indicating a valve operation amount of a fluid control valve obtained based on a deviation between a preset flow rate and a measured flow rate and a control coefficient, and the control coefficient for a stable state and the control coefficient for a transitional state are so set to moderate fluctuation of the valve operation amount to the deviation more in the transitional state than in the stable state. At or shortly after a timing when the stable state is switched to the transitional state, a signal is output that indicates an operation amount for a switching time calculated based on each of the operation amounts output at a plurality of timings in the stable state.

    FLOW RATE CONTROL APPARATUS, FLOW RATE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20200033896A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-30

    申请号:US16520710

    申请日:2019-07-24

    IPC分类号: G05D7/06

    摘要: In order to provide a flow rate control apparatus capable of reducing noise while reducing delay, the flow rate control apparatus includes: a fluid resistor provided in a flow path; a downstream valve provided downstream of the fluid resistor; and a downstream pressure sensor provided between the fluid resistor and the downstream valve. The apparatus calculates a resistor flow rate through the fluid resistor; the time change amount of the downstream pressure; on the basis of the resistor flow rate, the difference between the resistor flow rate and the time change amount of the downstream side pressure, and a weighting factor, calculates a weighted average to estimate a valve flow rate through the downstream valve; and, on the basis of the deviation between a set flow rate and the valve flow rate, controls the downstream side valve, in which the weighting factor is configured to be changeable.

    FLUID CONTROL APPARATUS, DIAGNOSTIC METHOD AND PROGRAM RECORD MEDIUM FOR RECORDING PROGRAMS OF FLUID CONTROL APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20200292407A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-17

    申请号:US16815909

    申请日:2020-03-11

    IPC分类号: G01M3/28 F16K37/00

    摘要: In order to accurately judge whether or not there is a seat leakage in the first valve and the second valve in a short period of time, a fluid control apparatus comprises a fluid resistor arranged in a flow channel, a first valve arranged upstream of the fluid resistor, a first pressure sensor that measures a pressure in a first volume between the first valve and the fluid resistor in the flow channel, a second valve arranged downstream of the fluid resistor, a second pressure sensor that measures a pressure in a second volume between the fluid resistor and the second valve, a valve controller that controls the first or second valve, and a seat leakage judging part that judges whether or not there is a seat leakage in the valve valves based on the pressure sensors in a state where the valves are fully closed.

    Flow rate control apparatus, flow rate control method, and program recording medium

    公开(公告)号:US10705546B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-07

    申请号:US16520710

    申请日:2019-07-24

    IPC分类号: G05D7/06

    摘要: In order to provide a flow rate control apparatus capable of reducing noise while reducing delay, the flow rate control apparatus includes: a fluid resistor provided in a flow path; a downstream valve provided downstream of the fluid resistor; and a downstream pressure sensor provided between the fluid resistor and the downstream valve. The apparatus calculates a resistor flow rate through the fluid resistor; the time change amount of the downstream pressure; on the basis of the resistor flow rate, the difference between the resistor flow rate and the time change amount of the downstream side pressure, and a weighting factor, calculates a weighted average to estimate a valve flow rate through the downstream valve; and, on the basis of the deviation between a set flow rate and the valve flow rate, controls the downstream side valve, in which the weighting factor is configured to be changeable.

    FLUID CONTROL UNIT AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIA FOR FLUID CONTROL UNIT

    公开(公告)号:US20180253112A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-06

    申请号:US15910869

    申请日:2018-03-02

    IPC分类号: G05D7/06 G05B6/02

    CPC分类号: G05D7/0635 G05B6/02

    摘要: In order to restrain generation of a peak in the measured flow rate, a fluid control unit measures a flow rate of a fluid in a channel and outputs a signal indicating a valve operation amount of a fluid control valve obtained based on a deviation between a preset flow rate and a measured flow rate and a control coefficient, and the control coefficient for a stable state and the control coefficient for a transitional state are so set to moderate fluctuation of the valve operation amount to the deviation more in the transitional state than in the stable state. At or shortly after a timing when the stable state is switched to the transitional state, a signal is output that indicates an operation amount for a switching time calculated based on each of the operation amounts output at a plurality of timings in the stable state.

    Fluid device and program for fluid device

    公开(公告)号:US11262222B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US16215947

    申请日:2018-12-11

    摘要: In order to provide a fluid device that makes it possible for operation command signals other than existing operation command signals to be received without a software modification having to be implemented in an already constructed system, in a fluid device that measures or controls physical quantities of a fluid, there are provided a command signal receiving unit that receives a predetermined plurality of types of operation command signals, and also command signal modes, which are values thereof or time series variations of the values thereof, and a command signal recognition unit that, when the command signal mode of a predetermined operation command signal received by the command signal receiving unit falls outside predetermined conditions that have been set in advance, recognizes the predetermined operation command signal that contains the command signal mode as being a different type of operation command signal.