EP1520105B1 - VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG DES LADEZUSTANDES EINER ELEKTROMAGNETISCHEN LINEARPUMPEFüR HAUSHALTGERATE - Google Patents

VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG DES LADEZUSTANDES EINER ELEKTROMAGNETISCHEN LINEARPUMPEFüR HAUSHALTGERATE Download PDF

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EP1520105B1
EP1520105B1 EP04742421A EP04742421A EP1520105B1 EP 1520105 B1 EP1520105 B1 EP 1520105B1 EP 04742421 A EP04742421 A EP 04742421A EP 04742421 A EP04742421 A EP 04742421A EP 1520105 B1 EP1520105 B1 EP 1520105B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B49/00—Control, e.g. of pump delivery, or pump pressure of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B47/00
    • F04B49/06—Control using electricity
    • F04B49/065—Control using electricity and making use of computers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B17/00—Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors
    • F04B17/03—Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors driven by electric motors
    • F04B17/04—Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors driven by electric motors using solenoids
    • F04B17/046—Pumps characterised by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors driven by electric motors using solenoids the fluid flowing through the moving part of the motor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B2203/00—Motor parameters
    • F04B2203/04—Motor parameters of linear electric motors
    • F04B2203/0401—Current
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B2203/00—Motor parameters
    • F04B2203/04—Motor parameters of linear electric motors
    • F04B2203/0402—Voltage

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  • the present invention relates to a method and a device for detecting the state of charge, and in particular the idling operation, of a vibrating core electromagnetic pump for equipping an electrical household appliance.
  • the invention also relates to an electrical household appliance comprising such a detection device.
  • an object of the present invention is to remedy these disadvantages by proposing a method and a device for detecting the state of charge of a vibrating core electromagnetic pump which is simple and economical to produce.
  • the subject of the invention is a method for detecting the state of charge of an electromagnetic pump with a vibrating core equipping an electrical household appliance, the pump being powered by a rectified mono-alternating voltage U P , characterized in that, on each power supply period of the pump, the state of charge of the pump is detected by measuring the time ⁇ T between the instant t 0 where the pump current I P reaches its maximum of a reference time t ref power cycle of the pump.
  • the invention also relates to a device for detecting the state of charge of a vibrating core electromagnetic pump powered by a rectified single-phase voltage using the method described above, characterized in that it comprises means for detecting the instant t 0 where the pump current I P reaches its maximum.
  • the invention also relates to an electrical appliance provided with a electromagnetic pump with a vibrating core fed by a reservoir and comprising such a device for detecting the state of charge.
  • said state of charge detection device is used to determine the empty operation of the pump and alert the user to the need to fill the water tank with water. the pump.
  • FIG. 1 schematically represents an example of an electromagnetic pump 1 with a vibrating core conventionally used on an electrical appliance of the steam iron type.
  • the pump is supplied with water by a reservoir not shown in the figure.
  • the pump 1 comprises a coil 2 surrounding a metal hollow core 4 slidably mounted in the axial direction inside a tubular element 3.
  • the core 4 comprises a piston end 4a which is guided by a second tubular element 5 provided with two non-return valves 6 and 7.
  • the magnetic field created by the coil 2 causes the displacement of the core 4 against a return spring 9a, the movement of the core 4 under the effect of the spring 9a being damped at the end of the stroke by a second spring 9b and by a resilient abutment 8.
  • the pump is supplied with water by the end 3a of the tubular element 3 and the water is expelled under pressure through the orifice 5a of the tubular element 5.
  • the electromagnetic pump 1 is powered by a voltage U P rectified mono alternating so that the core 4 moves back and forth during the periodic supply of the coil 2.
  • the voltage Up feed illustrated in Figure 3 , is advantageously obtained by simple rectification, by means of a diode, of the AC voltage U S available on the mains.
  • FIG. 2 schematically illustrates the power supply of the pump 1 provided with a state of charge detection device according to the invention.
  • the pump 1 is connected to the supply voltage U P by being connected in series with a resistor.
  • a microcontroller C having an analog digital converter input e 1 for measuring the pump current I P and an input 2 for synchronizing the mains voltage is connected to the supply circuit of the pump.
  • the microcontroller C measures at each instant the pump current I P and determines, during a second step 102, the instant t 0 of the supply period of the pump for which the current I P is maximum.
  • the microcontroller C measures the time ⁇ T elapsed between the time t 0 previously detected and a reference time t ref of the pump supply cycle.
  • This reference instant t ref is, for example, the instant t ref1 of the curve U P , represented in solid line in FIG. 4, where the Supply voltage Up of the pump becomes zero.
  • the reference instant t ref may also correspond to the instant t ref2 where the pump current I P vanishes, the time separating the instant t ref1 from the instant t ref2 being substantially constant over each period of supply and independent of the load of the pump 1.
  • the time ⁇ T is compared with a reference time ⁇ T mem stored in a memory.
  • This reference time ⁇ T mem is obtained by experiment and corresponds to the time ⁇ T measured when the pump runs empty.
  • next step 105 of the method when ⁇ T approaches the reference value ⁇ T mem corresponding to the no- load operation of the pump, the power supply to the pump is stopped and an alarm is optionally triggered to signal the need to fill the water tank.
  • the method according to the invention may, in alternative embodiments, also be used to detect more precisely different states.
  • pump load such as low load, medium load or heavy load.
  • the time ⁇ T measured during step 104 will be compared with a table of stored reference values ⁇ T mem obtained experimentally for different states of charge of the pump, so as to identify the value ⁇ T mem closest to time ⁇ T measured and deduce the corresponding state of charge of the pump.
  • the state of charge detection device may comprise a capacitor / resistor type diverter for shaping the derivative of the pump current I P and analyzing the zero crossing of the signal d1 P / dt to determine the instant t 0 where the current is maximum.

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  1. Verfahren zur Erfassung des Lastzustands einer elektromagnetischen Pumpe (1) mit vibrierendem Kern, mit der ein Elektrohaushaltsgerät ausgestattet ist, wobei die Pumpe (1) von einer Einweggleichrichtungsspannung UP versorgt wird, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass in jeder Periode der elektrischen Versorgung der Pumpe (1) der Lastzustand der Pumpe erfasst wird, indem die Zeit ΔT zwischen dem Zeitpunkt t0, zu dem der Pumpenstrom Ip sein Maximum erreicht, und einem Bezugszeitpunkt tref des Zyklus der elektrischen Versorgung der Pumpe gemessen wird.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es folgende Schritte umfasst:
    - zu jedem Zeitpunkt t wird der Wert des Pumpenstroms IP gemessen,
    - der Zeitpunkt t0, zu dem der Pumpenstrom sein Maximum erreicht, wird erfasst,
    - die Zeit ΔT zwischen dem Zeitpunkt t0 und dem Bezugszeitpunkt tref wird gemessen,
    - der Lastzustand der Pumpe, der dem gemessenen Wert △T entspricht, wird bestimmt.
  3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Zeitpunkt tref der Zeitpunkt tref1 der Versorgungsperiode ist, zu dem die Versorgungsspannung UP den Wert Null annimmt.
  4. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Zeitpunkt tref der Zeitpunkt tref2 ist, zu dem der Pumpenstrom IP den Wert Null annimmt.
  5. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es zur Erfassung des Leerbetriebs der Pumpe (1) verwendet wird.
  6. Vorrichtung zur Erfassung des Lastzustands einer elektromagnetischen Pumpe (1) mit vibrierendem Kern, welche von einer Einweggleichrichtungsspannung versorgt wird, wobei die Vorrichtung das Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5 anwendet, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie Mittel zur Erfassung des Zeitpunkts t0 aufweist, zu dem der Pumpenstrom IP sein Maximum erreicht.
  7. Elektrohaushaltsgerät mit einer elektromagnetischen Pumpe (1) mit vibrierendem Kern, die von einem Behälter versorgt wird, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es eine Vorrichtung zur Erfassung des Lastzustands der Pumpe (1) nach Anspruch 6 aufweist.
  8. Elektrohaushaltsgerät nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Vorrichtung zur Erfassung des Lastzustands dazu verwendet wird, den Leerbetrieb der Pumpe zu bestimmen und den Benutzer darüber zu informieren, dass der Wasserbehälter, der die Pumpe (1) versorgt, gefüllt werden muss.
EP04742421A 2003-05-22 2004-04-01 VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG DES LADEZUSTANDES EINER ELEKTROMAGNETISCHEN LINEARPUMPEFüR HAUSHALTGERATE Expired - Lifetime EP1520105B1 (de)

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FR0306143A FR2855223B1 (fr) 2003-05-22 2003-05-22 Procede pour detecter l'etat de charge d'une pompe electromagnetique a noyau vibrant d'un appareil electrodomestique.
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PCT/FR2004/000823 WO2004106736A1 (fr) 2003-05-22 2004-04-01 Procede pour detecter l'etat de charge d'une pompe electromagnetique a noyau vibrant d'un appareil electrodomestique

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