Abstract:
Fluid pounding in a pumpjack is minimized by dictating the length of the run cycles of the pumpjack. The pumpjack is first allowed to pump down until a fluid pounding state is reached, at which time it is shut down. The time it takes to reach this state is monitored. Using the length of time it took to reach the fluid pounding state, the pumpjack is set to run a predetermined number of dictated cycles for a length of time which is 70-99% of the time it took to reach the fluid pounding state. During these predetermined number of cycles if the pumpjack again reaches a fluid pounding state the time is reset based on this new information, and the number of predetermined number of dictated cycles left is finished. After the predetermined number of cycles has finished, the process is repeated by allowing the pumpjack to run to a fluid pounding state.
Abstract:
There is disclosed herein a pump check valve test system embodied in a pump control system which control pump speed based upon actual pressure and upon actual pump speed and desired flow rate. The check valve test system disables the portion of the control system which controls pump speed based upon desired flow rate during the test. The test is comprised of timing the time it takes the pump to rotate through the portion of each cycle wherein the check valve is supposed to close and comparing this time to a known value.
Abstract:
A fluid delivery system for delivering a metered dose of fluid from a supply tank (28) to a downstream chamber or vessel (10), comprises a pump apparatus (20) comprising a pump plunger (32) which is operable to perform a pumping stroke under the control of an electromagnetic actuator (36), including a solenoid (36a), to effect delivery of the fluid and a control unit (24) for supplying an input signal (58) to the solenoid (36a) to initiate a current flow to the solenoid (36a) and thereby initiate movement of the pump plunger (32). An electronic device (54) provides an output signal to indicate that movement of the pump plunger has stopped at the end of the pumping stroke, and a timer determines a time difference between the input signal (58) being supplied to the solenoid (36a) and the output signal being output by the electronic device (54). A processor (26) compares the time difference with a predetermined time difference and determines, as a result of the comparison, whether or not the pump plunger (32) has performed a valid pumping stroke in which an intended volume of fluid is displaced and which may therefore be used in a totalized flow calculation.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a concrete pump, of the type comprising a pair of pumping cylinders alternatively operating under the control of a backflow hydraulic pump - to draw concrete from a hopper and feed it, by way of a rocking valve (S-valve), into the transport and delivery duct - wherein said cylinders are provided with stops to control the advance of the starting movements of the S-valve and wherein the motion of the pistons in the cylinders is reversed in respect of the moment in which said pistons reach the top dead center. According to the invention, said stops are located in the position for the most efficient working with the highest number of pumping cycles per minute, and electronic means are provided to set said advance time, by delaying the starting movement of the S-valve and the reversal of the backflow hydraulic pump according to the actual number of pumping cycles per minute.
Abstract:
A vibrating compressor of the present invention, which comprises a piston driving section for driving a piston by supplying a piston driving force, a displacement detecting section connected in an axial direction of the piston, an upper dead point position detecting section for detecting an upper dead point position based on a piston position signal from the displacement detecting section, and a driving force control section for changing the driving force supplied to the piston by the piston driving section according to a difference between the upper dead point position and a preset upper dead point position reference value immediately after the upper dead point position detecting section detects the upper dead point position, prevents its compression efficiency from decreasing due to stabilization and prevents a device from being damaged. In the vibrating compressor, it is also possible to calculate a stroke based on a detected piston position or to control the driving force based on a detected frequency.
Abstract:
The invention relates in particular to measuring the delivery rate of a positive displacement pump comprising at least one piston (3) driven with reciprocating movement in a chamber (2), which chamber is connected to an inlet circuit (4) via an inlet valve (5) and to an outlet circuit (6) via a delivery valve (7). The number of cycles performed by the pump in unit time are counted, and simultaneously its volumetric efficiency is measured, thereby enabling its real delivery rate to be deduced. Its volumetric efficiency may be measured by means of position sensors (17, 18) detecting the closure and opening instants of the delivery valve, with another sensor determining the instants at which the piston (3) passes through its end positions.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a single-plunger injection pump for high-speed internal combustion engines which, due to its compact design and to its good volumetric efficiency in conjunction with a high oscillation frequency of the piston, has a flow rate comparable to that of a multi-plunger injection pump without the torque peaks becoming impermissibly high during actuation of the single-plunger injection pump.
Abstract:
A reciprocal type of pump or motor structure wherein a piston (21) has a linear function actuated by a pair of coils (30, 31) energized alternately and in the pump structure a check valve (39) in an outlet of the structure which stretches to open said outlet under the impact of expelled fluids and of its own volition retracts to the closed position immediately upon the cessation of fluids being expelled.