EP3129756A2 - Best-fit affinity sensorless conversion means or technique for pump differential pressure and flow monitoring - Google Patents
Best-fit affinity sensorless conversion means or technique for pump differential pressure and flow monitoringInfo
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- the present invention builds on the family of technologies disclosed in the aforementioned related applications.
- the present invention relates to a technique for controlling the operation of a pump; and more particularly, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling and/or monitoring a pump, e.g., including for domestic and commercial heating or cooling water systems.
- Hydronic pumping system sensorless control and monitoring techniques are known in the art, e.g., including a 3D discrete and a mixed theoretical and 3D discrete sensorless conversion methods, consistent with that disclosed in the aforementioned related patent application identified as reference nos. 3-5.
- the system pressure and flow rate may be resolved directly from a pair of motor readout values with a conversion error around 5-15% by the 3D discrete sensorless converter, e.g., based upon pump calibration data in the aforementioned reference no. 4.
- the mixed theoretical and discrete sensorless converter disclosed in the aforementioned reference no. 3 yields a conversion error around 10-20% without a need of instrumentation calibration, even though a power distribution data with respect to system coefficient and motor speed is still needed to convert the system coefficient on a varying hydronic system.
- the equivalent hydronic system characteristics coefficient is an unknown variable in general dependent on the valves open position and system dynamic friction loss as well.
- the pump efficiency under such a varying hydronic system is a changing variable due to motor speed slip under the varying hydronic load as well as some pump mechanical friction induced thermal consumption effects, especially at low speed with system nearly shut off. Therefore, the inventors of this application also recognize and appreciate that it is a quite challenge job to formulate any theoretic expressions for the reconstruction of a pump sensorless converter which yields the system pressure and flow directly from motor readout values, such as power, current, torque, speed, and so on so forth.
- the present invention provides a new and unique best-fit affinity sensorless conversion means or technique for deriving pump or system pressure and flow rate at a given pair of motor readout values of power and speed, e.g., based upon using pump and system characteristics equations together with an empirical power equation.
- the pump characteristics equation and the empirical power equation may be reconstructed by a polynomial best-fit function together with the pump affinity laws or its modified version, e.g., based upon the pump curve published by pump manufacturers.
- System pressures and flow rate may be, therefore, resolved at the stead state equilibrium point of pump and system
- the present invention may include, or take the form of, apparatus featuring a signal processor or processing module configured at least to:
- the signal processor or processing module may be configured to resolve pump differential pressures and flow rate at an equilibrium point of the pump or system pressure at a motor steady state condition.
- the signal processor or processing module 1 0a may also be configured to provide corresponding signaling containing information about the pump or system pressure and the flow rate, including for pump differential pressure and flow monitoring.
- the corresponding signaling may be used to control a hydronic pumping system.
- the apparatus includes, or takes the form of, the hydronic pumping system, e.g., having such a signal processor or processing module.
- the signaling received may be sensed and received from suitable sensors configured to measure motor readout values of power and speed.
- the signaling received may be stored and received from suitable memory modules, e.g., configured with pump and system characteristics equations together with empirical power equations that are constructed by a polynomial best-fit function together with pump affinity laws based upon a pump curve published by a pump manufacturer.
- the signal processor or processing module may include, or take the form of, at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, and the at least one memory and computer program code are configured to, with at least one processor, to cause the signal processor or processing module at least to receive the signaling (or, for example, associated signaling) and determine the adaptive pressure set point.
- the signal processor or processing module may be configured to suitable computer program code in order to implement suitable signal processing algorithms and/or functionality, consistent with that set forth herein.
- the apparatus may include, or take the form of, a pump control or controller, including a PID control, having the signal processor or signal processor module, e.g., including for monitoring pump differential pressure and flow.
- the present invention may take the form of a method including steps for: receiving in a signal processor or processing module signaling containing information about motor readout values of power and speed, and also about pump and system characteristics equations together with empirical power equations that are constructed by a polynomial best-fit function together with pump affinity laws based upon a pump curve published by a pump manufacturer; and determining in the signal processor or processing module corresponding signaling containing information about a pump or system pressure and a flow rate at the motor readout values of power and speed, based upon the signaling received.
- the method may also include one or more of the features set forth herein, including providing from the signal processor or processing module corresponding signaling containing information about the pump or system pressure and the flow rate, e.g., which may be used to control a hydronic pumping system.
- the present invention may also, e. g., take the form of a computer program product having a computer readable medium with a computer executable code embedded therein for implementing the method, e.g., when run on a signaling processing device that forms part of such a pump controller.
- the computer program product may, e. g., take the form of a CD, a floppy disk, a memory stick, a memory card, as well as other types or kind of memory devices that may store such a computer executable code on such a computer readable medium either now known or later developed in the future.
- the embodiments disclosed herein provides best-fit affinity sensorless conversion means or techniques for deriving pump or system pressure and flow rate at a given pair of motor readout values of power and speed, e.g., based upon using pump and system characteristics equations together with empirical power equations.
- the pump characteristics equation and the empirical power equation may be constructed by the polynomial best-fit function together with the pump affinity laws based upon the pump curve published by pump
- Pump differential pressures and flow rate may be resolved at the equilibrium point of pump and system pressures at the motor steady state accordingly.
- the pump sensorless conversion means or technique disclosed herein may be much easier to be applied for most practical hydronic pumping control and monitoring applications with satisfactory accuracy.
- Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a hydronic sensorless pumping control system that is known in the art, e.g., in which the present invention may be implemented, according to some embodiment.
- Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of sensorless conversion for pump pressure and flow rate from sensed power and speed.
- Figure 3 is a graph of pressure (Ft) in relation to flow (GPM) showing pump, system and power characteristics curves and a pressure equilibrium point at a steady state, according to implementation of some embodiments of the present invention.
- Figure 4 is a graph of power (hp) in relation to system characteristics
- Figure 5 is a graph of pressure (Ft) with respect to flow (GPM) showing pump differential pressure versus system flow rate from the sensorless converter (see solid lines) and the measured or sensed data from sensors (see symbols (e.g., diamonds, triangles, stars, plus signs, minus signs, boxes, and "x"s) at various speeds, including 24Hz, 30Hz, 36Hz, 42Hz, 48Hz, 54Hz and 60Hz.
- Ft pressure
- GPM flow
- Figure 6 is a block diagram of apparatus, e.g., having a signal processor or processing module configured for implementing the signal processing functionality, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
- Figure 1 shows a hydronic sensorless pumping control system having a combination of a centrifugal pump connected to piping with a flow and a controller, e.g., in which the present invention may be implemented.
- the system flow rate and pressure at a motor speed and a system position may be resolved at the steady state equilibrium point of pump and system pressures which is the intersection of the pump and system curves functions shown schematically in Figure. 3.
- the system flow rate may be derived using Equation (1 ) as: where C v is the system coefficient, and a, b and c are the coefficients of a second order best-fit pump curve function at motor full speed of n ⁇ .
- the corresponding dynamic system characteristic coefficient should typically be known first.
- an empirical power and system characteristics relation based on the power curve at motor full speed n ⁇ as well as the affinity law may be used, which is schematically shown in Figure 4.
- the motor power function at maximum speed with respect to the system coefficient may be reconstructed first by using a fitting or interpolating technique.
- Equation (3) the system coefficient C v may be expressed explicitly in form of Equation (3) as:
- Equation (4) ⁇ f A , (3)
- w motor power at a speed of n
- A, B and C are the coefficients of the second order best-fit motor power function at motor maximum speed with respect to the normalized system coefficient of C£ or? " .
- ⁇ 0 (A ! (nfn max + B ! (n/n max ⁇ 2 + C' in/n, ⁇ ) 1 + D' (6)
- A', B' C and D' are the coefficients of the third order best-fit power function of the power values normalized at maximum speed with respect to the normalized motor speed of njn max .
- the modified affinity law is the third order polynomial approximation for representing power and speed relation, which is obtained through fitting or interpolating with an array of power values measured at a set of given speeds at a system position.
- the system position can be anywhere from shut off to fully open, since the normalized power distribution of / * (n) is nearly identical at any system position.
- Equations nos. 3- 6 may be presented in some other expressions as well if other kinds of curve fitting or interpolating approaches are used alternatively.
- Equations 1 and 2 The system flow rate and pressure at the equilibrium point of pump and system pressure at a steady state motor speed associated with its corresponding power consumption can, therefore, be obtained by Equations 1 and 2, as far as the system coefficient of C v is obtained by use of Equations 3 and 4 or 5 accordingly, which may be called the so-called best-fit affinity sensorless converter in this disclosure.
- the pressure and flow rate values may be collected from a pumping system and compared with the data measured from sensors.
- the results shown in Figure 5 demonstrates quite satisfactory accuracy mostly around 5-10% error at whole speed regions from 30 up to 60 Hz in pump normal working hydronic region and around 10-20% error at low speed region and when system is nearly shut off in general.
- the best-fit affinity sensorless converter disclosed herein may be used for most practical hydronic pumping control and monitoring applications, since it is formulated from pump, power characteristics equations as well as affinity law and reconstructed by polynomial best-fit based on the pump data published by pump manufacturers.
- the converter is much easier to be set up while maintaining satisfactory accuracy. Most importantly above all, there may be no need for tedious and time consuming instrumentation calibration process, as long as manufacturers published data or curves are available.
- Figure 6 shows apparatus 10 according to some embodiments of the present invention, e.g., featuring a signal processor or processing module 10a configured at least to:
- the signal processor or processing module may be configured to resolve pump differential pressures and flow rate at an equilibrium point of the pump or system pressure at a motor steady state condition.
- the signal processor or processing module 1 0a may also be configured to provide corresponding signaling containing information about the pump or system pressure and the flow rate, including for pump differential pressure and flow monitoring.
- the corresponding signaling may be used to control a hydronic pumping system.
- the present invention may be implemented using pump and system characteristics equations and empirical power equations, e.g., consistent with that set forth herein, as well as by using other types or kinds of pump and system characteristics equations and empirical power equations that are either now known or later developed in the future.
- the functionality of the apparatus 10 may be implemented using hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof.
- the apparatus 10 would include one or more microprocessor-based architectures having, e. g., at least one signal processor or microprocessor like element 10a.
- a person skilled in the art would be able to program such a
- the signal processor or processing module 10a may be configured, e.g., by a person skilled in the art without undue experimentation, to receive the signaling containing information about the motor readout values of power and speed, and also about the pump and system characteristics equations together with the empirical power equations that are constructed by the polynomial best-fit function together with the pump affinity laws based upon the pump curve published by the pump manufacturer, consistent with that disclosed herein.
- the information about the motor readout values of power and speed may be included in sensed signaling received, processed and/or stored, e.g., in a suitable memory module that forms part of such a microprocessor-based architecture.
- the information about the pump and system characteristics equations together with the empirical power equations that are constructed by the polynomial best-fit function together with the pump affinity laws based upon the pump curve published by the pump manufacturer may be received, processed and/or stored, in a suitable memory module that forms part of such a microprocessor-based architectures.
- the signal processor or processing module 10a may be configured, e.g., by a person skilled in the art without undue experimentation, to determine the corresponding signaling containing information about a pump or system pressure and a flow rate at the motor readout values of power and speed, based upon the signaling received, consistent with that disclosed herein.
- the scope of the invention is not intended to be limited to any particular implementation using technology either now known or later developed in the future.
- the scope of the invention is intended to include implementing the functionality of the processors 10a as stand-alone processor or processor module, as separate processor or processor modules, as well as some combination thereof.
- the apparatus 10 may also include, e.g., other signal processor circuits or components 10b, including random access memory or memory module(RAM) and/or read only memory (ROM), input/output devices and control, and data and address buses connecting the same, and/or at least one input processor and at least one output processor .
- other signal processor circuits or components 10b including random access memory or memory module(RAM) and/or read only memory (ROM), input/output devices and control, and data and address buses connecting the same, and/or at least one input processor and at least one output processor .
- the present invention may include, or take the form of, one or more of the following various embodiments:
- the present invention may be implemented using one preferred version of the best-fit affinity sensorless conversion means or technique for pump differential pressure and flow mentioned above, e.g., may include a solution of pump differential pressure, or system pressure, and flow rate at the steady state equilibrium point of the pump differential pressure and system pressure, which is the intersection of the pump and system curves schematically shown.
- the present invention may be implemented using the pump curves equations in the best-fit affinity sensorless conversion means or technique mentioned above, e.g., that may include pump curve models which are developed based upon the pump characteristics equations at a motor speed and system flow rate.
- the present invention may be implemented using the steady state pressure equilibrium point in the best-fit affinity sensorless conversion means or technique mentioned above, that may include the intersection point of the pump and system curves functions, as shown in Fig. 3.
- the system pressure or pump differential pressure and flow rate may be solved at the pressures equilibrium point for a pair of motor readout values given, for instance, speed and power, as the sensorless output values converted.
- the aforementioned Eqs. 1 and 2 presented as and
- the equations for converting the system pressure and flow rate may be written in some other forms as well by following the stead state pressure equilibrium point approach, however, in case that the higher order fitting or interpolating functions or some other forms of functions are used, if desirable.
- the present invention may be implemented using the empirical power function to resolve the equivalent system characteristics coefficient with respect to motor power and speed in the best-fit affinity sensorless conversion means or technique mentioned above, e.g., that may include the empirical power function of w(C V! ii) with respect to motor speed and system flow rate.
- the power curve models mentioned here may be expressed approximately by function of w(C v , n) based upon the power curve at full speed, exactly corresponded to the pump curve, and affinity law.
- the best-fit affinity approach may be used to formulate the power curve function of f w(C v ,n). For instance, a second order best-fit affinity polynomial function of Eq.
- the present invention may be implemented using one preferred version of the empirical power function in the best-fit affinity sensorless conversion means for pump differential pressure and flow mentioned above, e.g., that may include a best-fit affinity polynomial function of the Equation
- the modified power affinity law of f*(n) is obtained by fitting an array of power values normalized at its corresponding maximum value at full speed with a set of given speeds at a given system position ,which may be used to compensate the power variation at low speed region with system shut down.
- the present invention may be implemented using the system characteristics coefficient conversion in the best-fit affinity sensorless conversion means or technique, e.g., that may include all forms of expressions either a close form solution or a solution using some discrete numerical methods.
- the present invention may be implemented using the hydronic pumping system in the best-fit affinity sensorless conversion means or technique, e.g., that may include all close loop or open loop hydronic pumping systems, such as primary pumping systems, secondary pumping systems, water circulating systems, and pressure booster systems.
- the systems mentioned here may consist of a single zone or multiple zones as well.
- the present invention may be implemented using the pump and power curves data at motor maximum speed in the best-fit affinity sensorless conversion means or technique, e.g., that may include the pump and power curves data published by pump manufacturers or a few points of pump data acquired at motor full speed in field.
- the motor power curve data may also be replaced by any potential motor electrical or mechanical readout signals, such as motor current or torque, and so forth.
- the present invention may be implemented using the hydronic signals for in the best-fit affinity sensorless conversion means or technique, e.g., that may include pump differential pressure, system pressure or zone pressure, system or zone flow rate, and so forth.
- control signals transmitting and wiring technologies e.g., that may include all conventional sensing and transmitting means that are used currently.
- wireless sensor signal transmission technologies would be optimal and favorable.
- the present invention may be implemented using the pumps mentioned above for the hydronic pumping systems, e.g., that may include a single pump, a circulator, a group of parallel ganged pumps or circulators, a group of serial ganged pumps or circulators, or their combinations.
- the present invention may be implemented using systems flow regulation, e.g., that may include manual or automatic control valves, manual or automatic control circulators, or their combinations.
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