US20140119953A1 - Method for controlling at least a part of a pump station - Google Patents

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US20140119953A1
US20140119953A1 US14/126,625 US201214126625A US2014119953A1 US 20140119953 A1 US20140119953 A1 US 20140119953A1 US 201214126625 A US201214126625 A US 201214126625A US 2014119953 A1 US2014119953 A1 US 2014119953A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
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    • E03F5/22—Adaptations of pumping plants for lifting sewage
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
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    • F04D15/00—Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or systems
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
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    • G05B13/0205—Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric not using a model or a simulator of the controlled system
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
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  • the present invention relates generally to a method for controlling at least a part of a pump station.
  • the present invention relates to a method for controlling at least a part of a pump station comprising a number of speed controlled pumps, the method being arranged to minimize the specific energy consumption E spec of said at least a part of a pump station.
  • the present invention aims at obviating the above-mentioned disadvantages and failings of previously known methods for controlling at least a part of a pump station and at providing an improved method.
  • a primary object of the invention is to provide an improved method for controlling at least a part of a pump station of the initially defined type, which does not require that the pumped liquid volume needs to be measured.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for controlling at least a part of a pump station, which is self-regulating concurrently with the parts of the pump being worn and replaced, as well as is self-regulating based on the design of the pump station and the surrounding pipes.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a method that in a preferred embodiment indirectly takes the size of the pumped volume into consideration without measuring the same.
  • the primary object is achieved by the initially defined method, which is characterized in that the same comprises a sub method comprising the steps of
  • a 3 is set equal to A 2 ⁇ B 3 if the conditions A 2 ⁇ A 1 and E spec 2 ⁇ E spec 1 are satisfied, A 3 is set equal to A 2 +B 4 if the conditions A 2 >A 1 and E spec 2 ⁇ E spec 1 are satisfied, A 3 is set equal to A 2 +B 5 if the conditions A 2 ⁇ A 1 and E spec 2 >E spec 1 are satisfied, and A 3 is set equal to A 2 ⁇ B 6 if the conditions A 2 >A 1 and E spec 2 >E spec 1 are satisfied.
  • the present invention is based on the understanding that the sum of the pumped liquid volume during a certain period of time, for instance 24 h or a multiple of 24 h, is more or less constant as seen over a longer period of time.
  • the set of parameters comprises said first value A 1 of said quantity and the associated first specific energy consumption E spec 1 , as well as said second value A 2 of said quantity and the associated second specific energy consumption E spec 2 .
  • the first value A 1 of said quantity consists of the pump speed V 1 or a first current feed frequency F 1
  • the second value A 2 of said quantity consists of the pump speed V 2 or a second current feed frequency F 2
  • the third value A 3 of said quantity consists of the pump speed V 3 or a third current feed frequency F 3 .
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a pump station
  • FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an alternative embodiment of the method according to the invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the sub method “Find V 3 ”.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram that shows schematically the relationship between specific energy consumption E spec and pump speed V pump .
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram that shows schematically how the pump station liquid level h is changed over time T.
  • E spec specific energy consumption
  • E real energy consumption during a certain elapsed period of time
  • k is a time parameter that is a measure of said elapsed period of time
  • preferred embodiments of the determination of the time parameter k is described later in the context of different embodiment. In the simplest embodiment, k is equal to 1.
  • a pump station comprising a number of speed controlled pumps 2 , i.e., one or more and usually two, arranged to pump liquid from a sump 3 included in the pump station 1 to an outlet pipe 4 and further away from the pump station 1 .
  • the pump station 1 comprises at least one level instrument 5 arranged to determine the pump station liquid level h; it should be pointed out that the level instrument 5 may be an individual device that is operatively connected to an external control unit 6 , be operatively connected to one of said number of speed controlled pumps 2 , be built-in in one of said number of speed controlled pumps 2 , etc.
  • Said number of speed controlled pumps 2 are preferably operatively connected to the external control unit 6 with the purpose of allowing regulation of the pump speed, alternatively at least one of said number of speed controlled pumps 2 may comprise a built-in control unit (not shown).
  • the method according to the invention is aimed at controlling at least a part of such a pump station 1 that comprises a number of speed controlled pumps 2 , with the purpose of minimizing the specific energy consumption E spec of said at least a part of a pump station 1 .
  • Pump station 1 should in this connection be seen as a defined installation to which incoming liquid arrives and from which outgoing liquid is pumped.
  • the pump station should, as regards the present invention, be regarded irrespective of the type of liquid and irrespective from where the liquid comes and where the liquid should be pumped.
  • an integral number of pumps 2 is intended where the speed of the individual pump can be controlled, preferably by the fact that the current feed frequency F to each pump can be controlled with the purpose of changing the speed of the specific pump, the speed being proportionate to the current feed frequency.
  • a pump station 1 may comprise one or more pumps, at least one pump 2 of which is speed controlled.
  • suitable alternation between them may be done, which is not handled herein.
  • the pumped liquid volume is not measured or employed in connection with the determination of specific energy consumption E spec .
  • the invention is instead based on the sum of the pumped liquid volume during a certain period of time, usually 24 h, being more or less constant as seen over a longer time.
  • said period of time is henceforth denominated operating period and has preferably the time length n*24 h, wherein n is a positive integer. It should be realized that the operating period also may have another time length without the general idea of the present invention being deviated from, and/or that the time length of the operating period varies over the year.
  • an operating period may be equal to one pump cycle, which comprises a period wherein the pump is active, i.e., pumps out liquid from a start level to a stop level, and a period in which the pump is inactive, i.e., when the liquid level rises from the stop level to the start level.
  • the mutual order of the period in which the pump is active and the period in which the pump is inactive, respectively, is arbitrary.
  • the method according to the invention can be implemented for one or more complete pump stations, which directly or indirectly communicate with each other, for one pump or for several pumps, which directly or indirectly communicate with each other.
  • the method may, for instance, be implemented in a built-in control unit in a pump 2 or in the external control unit 6 of a control cabinet, the external control unit 6 being operatively connected to the pump 2 .
  • the invention will be described implemented in a pump 2 of a pump station 1 if nothing else is stated, but the corresponding applies when the invention is implemented in an external control unit 6 .
  • the pump station 1 has a pump station liquid level, which is designated h and which in the present patent application is the distance between the liquid level in the sump 3 and the inlet of the pump 2 (see FIG. 1 ), the pump station liquid level h is directly coupled to the real lifting height of the pump 2 , which increases with falling pump station liquid level h.
  • the pump station liquid level h rises, and when the pump 2 is active and pumps out liquid, the pump station liquid level h falls. It should be pointed out that the sump 3 can be refilled with liquid at the same time as the pump 2 is active and pumps out liquid.
  • the operating period in progress is also denominated the third operating period t 3 , which has been preceded by a fictitious or elapsed first operating period t 1 and a fictitious or elapsed second operating period t 2 .
  • Fictitious operating periods are used when elapsed/actual operating periods have not yet occurred, for instance upon start-up or restart of the pump, the pump station, the register of the pump station, etc.
  • the first operating period t 1 , the second operating period t 2 and the third operating period t 3 do not necessarily need to be in immediate succession, but may be separated by one or more operating periods for which parameters have not been registered.
  • the third operating period t 3 when the third operating period t 3 has been completed and parameters have been registered, the same will accordingly be regarded as a second operating period t 2 and a new operating period is running, possibly a new third operating period t 3 , the previous second operating period will constitute the first operating period t 1 , and the previous first operating period will fall out of the register and/or possibly be filed in order to allow analysis of the progress of the pump station 1 .
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 preferred embodiments of a method are shown, generally designated 7 , for controlling at least a part of a pump station 1 comprising a number of frequency controlled pumps 2 .
  • the method 7 according to the invention may be expanded with one or more sub methods, and/or be run in parallel/sequentially with other control methods.
  • FIG. 5 should be taken into consideration, but it should be appreciated that the curve drawn into FIG. 5 not necessarily is registered and is not needed for the method according to the invention.
  • the method 7 starts and then a check is made if the pump station 1 is in the middle of a third operating period t 3 in progress or if the third operating period t 3 precisely has been completed, i.e., whether the condition T ⁇ t 3 is satisfied, wherein T is an elapsed time of the operating period in progress.
  • T is an elapsed time of the operating period in progress.
  • T also may be actual or absolute time and in that case, instead the relationship between actual time and a multiple of the third operating period is checked, i.e., for instance, every time the actual time strikes 00:00, a new operating period starts.
  • the method 7 proceeds to a sub method, called “Find V 3 ”, which aims at finding optimum pump speed V 3 of the third operating period t 3 that just has been started or that will be started later, with the purpose of minimizing the specific energy consumption E spec of said at least a part of a pump station 1 .
  • the sub method “Find V 3 ” will be described more in detail below after the overall method 7 has been described.
  • the method 7 continues to the next method step “Retrieve pump station liquid level, h”.
  • the pump station liquid level h is determined by means of some form of customary level instrument arrangement, which may comprise one or more co-operating level instruments 5 , for instance continuous and/or discrete level instruments.
  • a check is made if the pump station liquid level h in the sump 3 is lower than the liquid level that corresponds to a pump stop liquid level h stop , i.e., whether the condition h ⁇ h stop is satisfied. If the condition h ⁇ h stop is satisfied, the pump speed V pump is set equal to zero and the possibly activated pump 2 is switched off, and the method 7 is terminated and returns to start.
  • a check is made if the pump station liquid level h in the sump 3 falls/decreases if the condition h> start is not satisfied or after the pump 2 has been activated at the pump speed V 3 . If the pump station liquid level h falls, it shows that the pump 2 is active and pumps out liquid and that the liquid level in the sump 3 falls but that the pump stop liquid level h stop has not yet been reached. The method 7 is terminated and returns to start. It should be pointed out that the steps of checking the conditions h ⁇ h stop and h>h start , together with the respective associated subsequent method step, can interchange place without the method in other respects being affected.
  • the speed V pump of the pump is different from zero, normally it shows that the pump 2 is active and pumps out liquid but that the instantaneous liquid inflow to the pump station 1 is equal to or greater than the liquid outflow, alternatively it is an indication of the pump 2 not at all being active, for instance as a consequence of the same being broken, alternatively it is an indication of the pump speed being less than a smallest possible pump speed V min the pump 2 can have and still manage to pump liquid.
  • the pump speed V pump is increased by a parameter B 1 , preferably corresponding to a current feed frequency increase of 1-5 Hz, and in addition the present pump speed V 3 of the third operating period t 3 in progress is increased by a parameter B 2 , preferably corresponding to a current feed frequency increase of 0.1-0.5 Hz.
  • the method 7 is terminated and returns to start.
  • the pump 2 may be active several times. It should furthermore be pointed out that the pump station 1 may have a maximally allowed pump station liquid level h max , and if this is reached, preferably the pump speed of the pump 2 is increased to a higher pump speed or to a maximally allowed pump speed V max to prevent the sump 3 from being flooded, and if this does not help, one or more further pumps are started, preferably at said maximally allowable pump speed V max , at the present pump speed V 3 of the third operating period t 3 in progress, or at another suitable pump speed. If the pump station 1 comprises several pumps, the alternating ones may be active during one and the same operating period.
  • the present pump speed V 3 of the third operating period t 3 and the present specific energy consumption E spec 3 of the third operating period t 3 are registered.
  • the corresponding third value A 3 of an equivalent quantity may be used in registration.
  • the equivalent quantity may be current feed frequency, supply voltage, mechanical brake power of the drive shaft of the pump, or another corresponding equivalent quantity.
  • the sub method “Find V 3 ” is shown in FIG. 4 and begins with the step of obtaining/retrieving input data in the form of a set of parameters, this set of parameters may be set parameters corresponding to two fictitious operating periods, registered parameters corresponding to two elapsed operating periods, or a combination of set parameters corresponding to a fictitious operating period and registered parameters corresponding to an elapsed operating period. Parameters set by operator/pump manufacturers/programmers are, for instance, used in the initial actual operating periods of the pump station 1 , until registered parameters are available.
  • the mutual relative relationship is then determined between a first value A 1 of said quantity that corresponds to a first pump speed V 1 and that is derived based on said set of parameters, which first value A 1 relates to a fictitious or elapsed first operating period t 1 , and a second value A 2 of said quantity that corresponds to a second pump speed V 2 and that is derived from said set of parameters, which second value A 2 relates to a fictitious or elapsed second operating period t 2 , and between a first specific energy consumption E spec 1 that is derived based on said set of parameters and that relates to said first operating period t 1 , and a second specific energy consumption E spec 2 that is derived from said set of parameters and that relates to said second operating period t 2 .
  • output data is then determined in the form of a third value A 3 of said quantity corresponding to a third pump speed V 3 of a third operating period t 3 , which may be the operating period directly following the second operating period t 2 or may be a coming operating period.
  • the third value A 3 of the quantity is set equal to A 2 ⁇ B 3 if the conditions A 2 ⁇ A 1 and E spec 2 ⁇ E spec 1 are satisfied, equal to A 2 +B 4 if the conditions A 2 >A 1 and E spec 2 ⁇ E spec 1 are satisfied, equal to A 2 +B 5 if the conditions A 2 ⁇ A 1 and E spec 2 >E spec 1 are satisfied, and equal to A 2 ⁇ B 6 if the conditions A 2 >A 1 and E spec 2 >E spec 1 are satisfied, wherein B 3 , B 4 , B 5 , and B 6 are parameters of said quantity.
  • the sub method “Find V 3 ” returns to the method 7 .
  • the parameters B 3 , B 4 , B 5 , and B 6 are preferably predetermined values, alternatively variables that, for instance, depend on the value of A 2 , the relationship between A 1 and A 2 , and/or the relationship between E spec 1 and E spec 2 , etc.
  • the parameters B 3 , B 4 , B 5 , and B 6 have preferably the same value, but it is feasible that the parameters B 3 , B 4 , B 5 , and B 6 have different values with the purpose of preventing the sub method “Find V 3 ” from jumping to and fro between two values around an optimum pump speed.
  • the parameter B 3 is equal to B 5 , which is different from B 4 , which in turn is equal to B 6 .
  • Each of the parameters B 3 , B 4 , B 5 , and B 6 corresponds preferably to a current feed frequency change that is greater than 0.5 Hz, and smaller than 5 Hz, preferably smaller than 2 Hz, and most preferably 1 Hz.
  • a current feed frequency change of 1 Hz corresponds to approximately a change of the pump speed of 2-5 percentage units, where the maximally allowable pump speed V max is used as the reference point 100%.
  • the parameters B 3 , B 4 , B 5 , and B 6 are reduced, for instance halved or divided into three, if it turns out that the sub method “Find V 3 ” jumps to and fro around an optimum pump speed.
  • the above-mentioned parameter B 2 when it is shown in the same quantity as the parameters B 3 , B 4 , B 5 , and B 6 , should be small in relation to B 3 , B 4 , B 5 , and B 6 , for instance in the order of less than 15% of B 3 , B 4 , B 5 , and/or B 6 .
  • the first value A 1 of said quantity consists of the pump speed V 1 , a first current feed frequency F 1 , or a first supply voltage S 1
  • the second value A 2 of said quantity consists of the pump speed V 2 , a second current feed frequency F 2 , or a second supply voltage S 2
  • the third value A 3 of said quantity consists of the pump speed V 3 , a third current feed frequency F 3 , or a third supply voltage S 3 .
  • the above-mentioned set of parameters comprises said first value A 1 of said quantity and the associated first specific energy consumption E spec 1 , as well as said second value A 2 of said quantity and the associated second specific energy consumption E spec 2 .
  • the set of parameters comprises, for instance, said second value A 2 as well as the function of the curve segment that extends between the second value A 2 and the first value A 1 , after which the above-mentioned mutual relative relationships can be determined.
  • the set of parameters comprises the second value A 2 and the first value A 1 , as well as the slope of the curve segment that extends between the two values of the quantity, after which the above-mentioned mutual relative relationships can be determined.
  • E spec is essentially equal to consumed energy divided by pumped volume during a certain elapsed time, or equal to instantaneous power consumption divided by instantaneous flow.
  • a time parameter k is used instead of instantaneous flow or pumped volume, and this time parameter may be equal to 1 or make allowance for the time length of the operating period, the vertical height between the pump start liquid level h start and the pump stop liquid level h stop , the number of starts during an operating period, the time the pump has been active during an operating period, the time the pump has been inactive during an operating period, the speed of the liquid level, etc.
  • this time parameter may be equal to 1 or make allowance for the time length of the operating period, the vertical height between the pump start liquid level h start and the pump stop liquid level h stop , the number of starts during an operating period, the time the pump has been active during an operating period, the time the pump has been inactive during an operating period, the speed of the liquid level, etc.
  • This variant is used when the inflow is predictable and almost constant for an operating period as seen over a longer period of time.
  • This variant is used when the inflow is less predictable and more irregular for an operating period as seen over a longer period of time.
  • ⁇ t on is the cumulative time for which the pump has been active in the elapsed operating period.
  • the length s seconds of the operating period is in the range of 60-120 s.
  • ⁇ h on is the pump station liquid level change during an elapsed operating period, which elapsed operating period takes place in connection with the end of an active period during which one of said number of speed controlled pumps 2 is active and which directly is followed by an inactive period during which said pump is inactive
  • ⁇ h off is the pump station liquid level change during a following operating period, which following operating period takes place in connection with the beginning of the directly following inactive period.
  • ⁇ t on and ⁇ t off should be positioned as near as possible the instant of time when the pump station liquid level h reaches the pump stop liquid level h stop , however ⁇ t on should be sufficiently far from the instant of time when the pump station liquid level h reaches the pump stop liquid level h stop in order not to be influenced by so-called snooring effects of the pump 2 , i.e., that the pump 2 sucks air, and ⁇ t off should be sufficiently far from the instant of time when the pump station liquid level h reaches the pump stop liquid level h stop in order not to be influenced by so-called siphon effects of the outlet pipe 4 , i.e., that liquid is pulled along in the outlet pipe 4 because of the inertia of the pumped liquid in spite of the pump 2 having been shut off, or reflux effect from the outlet pipe 4 when the pump 2 has been shut off.
  • an operating period comprises a period when the pump is active, i.e., t on , and a period in which the pump is inactive, i.e., t off ; note, the mutual order is unimportant.
  • h on is the pump station liquid level change during the period when the pump is active and h off is the pump station liquid level change during the period when the pump is inactive.
  • t on and t off do not need to be equally large.
  • the length of an operating period according to this variant is equal to one pump cycle, and L is the vertical height between the pump start liquid level h start and the pump stop liquid level h stop .
  • each of h on and h off is equal to L, which implies that t off is the time it takes for the pump station liquid level h to rise from the pump stop liquid level h stop to the pump start liquid level h start , t on is the time it takes for the pump station liquid level h to fall from the pump start liquid level h start to the pump stop liquid level h stop .
  • a fifth variant which is a special variant of the above fourth variant, the length of an operating period is equal to one pump cycle and consumed energy is determined for the entire period in which the pump is active, i.e., t meas is equal to t on .
  • a pump cycle comprises a period when the pump is active, i.e., t on , and a period in which the pump is inactive, i.e., t off , in other words, the length of the operating period is equal to (t on +t off ).
  • the length of a pump cycle is preferably in the range of 1-10 min, but may also amount to one or several hours. It should be pointed out that t on and t off do not need to be equally large.
  • consumed energy E during the operating period/pump cycle can be measured, or an instantaneous power can be measured some time during the period of the pump cycle in which the pump is active, i.e., during t on , and then the measured instantaneous power is multiplied by the time t on the pump has been active.
  • instantaneous power is measured at the end of the period of the pump cycle in which the pump is active.
  • the method 7 according to the invention may be implemented for controlling a pump, as described above. Furthermore, the method 7 may be implemented in a pump station comprising several variable-speed controlled pumps 2 , where registration and control preferably takes place in the external control unit 6 .
  • the control may either be effected for the entire pump station 1 independently of which pump that has been active, or for each pump separately. When control is effected for the entire pump station 1 , consideration is given to each registered operating period independently of which pump that has been active, which gives a faster movement toward the optimum speed for the individual pump than when the control is effected for each pump separately, as well as that the external control unit 6 does not need to know how many variable-speed controlled pumps 2 that are connected.
  • control being effected for each pump separately is that the characteristic of the individual pump entity does not affect other pump entities, i.e., different types of pumps and differently old pumps can be used side by side.
  • registration and control are effected in a built-in control unit in each individual pump 2 , preferably two such pumps may be operatively interconnected to interchange information about the latest known third pump speed V 3 .

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