Abstract:
An apparatus and method for monitoring a reciprocating member of a reciprocating piston compressor is presented. The apparatus and method provide a means for measuring parameters of the reciprocating member, such as road load or cross-head temperature and the like, and wirelessly transmitting the data to a receiver. A mobile assembly is attached to a reciprocating member of the compressor, the mobile assembly having a sensor assembly, a wireless transmitter and a power generation assembly. The sensor assembly measures a parameter of the reciprocating member and generates a representative sensor signal. The wireless transmitter wirelessly transmits a corresponding data signal to a stationary assembly mounted nearby. The power assembly powers the transmitter and sensor assembly. The measured data is used, in conjunction with other measurements, such as a crankshaft encoder, to calculate the work performed by the compressor, the power used by the compressor and other information. The compressor utilization is then optimized based on the gathered information.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Steuerung eines Kompressors 2 in einer geschlossenen Niveauregelanlage, bei dem zumindest während des Kompressorlaufes ständig die aktuelle Kompressortemperatur bestimmt wird und der Kompressor 2 spätestens bei Erreichen einer Grenztemperatur abgeschaltet wird, sobald zur Bestimmung der aktuellen Kompressortemperatur der Vordruck und der Gegendruck des Kompressors 2 berücksichtigt wird. Vorzugsweise wird während des Kompressorlaufes nach jeder vergangenen Zeiteinheit dt die aktuelle Kompressortemperatur t um einen Wert dT angepasst, der von der Differenz p gegen - p vor zwischen dem Gegendruck und dem Vordruck abhängig ist.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for diagnosing components in high-pressure pumps to indicate when a component of the pump head is malfunctioning and to identify the malfunctioning component. In one embodiment, a high-pressure pump head incorporating a diagnostic system in accordance with the invention has a pressurization chamber and a pressurizing member at least partially received in the pressurization chamber. The pressurizing member moves within the pressurization chamber along an intake action to draw fluid into the pressurization chamber and along a pressurizing action to compress fluid in the pressurization chamber. An inlet fluid control assembly is coupled to the pressurization chamber to allow fluid to enter the pressurization chamber during the intake action, and a pressurized fluid control assembly is coupled between the pressurization chamber and an outlet chamber to selectively allow pressurized fluid into the outlet chamber during the pressurizing action. The pump head may also include a diagnostic system to indicate the operational status of each of the inlet fluid control assembly, the pressurized fluid control assembly and other components of the pump head upstream from the inlet fluid control assembly with respect to a fluid flow through the pump head during the pressurizing action.
Abstract:
Provided is a compressor capable of calculating the correct time remaining before maintenance. The compressor is provided with: a compressor body that compresses fluid; a motor that drives the compressor body; a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the compressor; a pressure sensor that detects the pressure of the compressed fluid outputted from the compressor body; and a calculation unit that calculates the time remaining before maintenance for the compressor body, using the temperature of the compressor and the pressure of the compressed fluid assigned with respective predetermined weights. The calculation unit changes the weighting of the temperature according to the pressure of the compressed fluid or the operation rate of the compressor body.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for controlling a compressor of a refrigeration system, said compressor having a motor, wherein the temperature of the cooling point is controlled by means of switch-on and switch-off operation of the motor if the temperature in the compressor exceeds an upper temperature threshold and the temperature of the cooling point is controlled by means of continuously switched-on operation of the motor as soon as the motor has cooled down to a lower temperature threshold, wherein the control system converts a manipulated variable corresponding to the cooling demand of the cooling point into a switching signal for a valve, which switching signal causes clocked opening and closing of the valve, or a frequency converter controls the refrigerant flow through the compressor by controlling the voltage and the frequency of the motor, in that the frequency converter converts a manipulated variable corresponding to the cooling demand of a cooling point into a voltage and a frequency for the motor.
Abstract:
Provided is a configuration which prevents an engine from being unable to start in the state in which dew condensation occurred in a fuel injection pump and froze. The present invention relates to a fuel injection pump which is provided with a pump body and a hydraulic head and driven by an engine, and is characterized in that while the engine is in operation, the temperature of the hydraulic head is increased to a dew-point temperature or higher. Consequently, it is possible to increase the temperature of the hydraulic head and remove water in the fuel injection pump while the engine is in operation. Accordingly, the engine can be prevented from being unable to start in the state that dew condensation occurred in the fuel injection pump and froze.
Abstract:
A method for warming up a vacuum pump arrangement having a booster pump and a backing pump downstream of the booster pump for evacuating a process chamber includes setting the booster pump at a first speed higher than an idle speed of the booster pump when the same is in an idle mode; and controlling a backing pressure at an outlet of the booster pump within a range from 0.1 mbar to 10 mbar at least for a period of time from when the vacuum pump arrangement is activated from the idle mode to when the booster pump reaches a temperature equal to or exceeding a first predetermined threshold value. Such method is implemented in system where a controlled is configured to carry out the above-motioned actions.