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Method of regulation that prevents surge in a turbocompressor
Assignee: Everllence SE
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Filing: 1989-03-09
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Granted: 1990-08-07
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Expires: 2009-03-09
Abstract
Abstract A regulating method for preventing surges in turbo-compressors, in which the compressor flow and forwarding pressure are continuously measured. The compressor operating point is defined by the compressor flow and the forwarding pressure. Surges are prevented by regulating the opening of at least one blow-off valve by a regulator with an adjustment parameter when the operating point has arrived at a blow-off curve that parallels a surge limit, but before the operating point arrives at the surge limit. The adjustment parameter is returned to an actual state of the blow-off valve by a readjustment circuit when a difference exceeding a predetermined threshold occurs betwen the actual state of the blow-off valve and the adjustment parameter of the regulator.
Inventors
- 👤 Wilfried Blotenberg
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 21:45
CPC Classifications
F; F04; F04D; F04D27/00; F04D27/02; F04D27/0207
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
111 words
A regulating method for preventing surges in a turbocompressor comprising the steps: measuring continuously compressor flow and forwarding pressure, said compressor flow and forwarding pressure defining an operating point; preventing surge by regulating opening of at least one blow-off valve by a regulator with an adjustment parameter when said operating point has arrived at a blow-off curve that parallels a surge limit but before said operating point arrives at the surge limit; returning said adjustments parameter to an actual state of said blow-off valve by a readjustment circuit when a difference exceeding a predetermined threshold occurs between the actual state of the blow-off valve and said adjustment parameter of said regulator.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
111 words
A regulating method for preventing surges in a turbocompressor comprising the steps: measuring continuously compressor flow and forwarding pressure, said compressor flow and forwarding pressure defining an operating point; preventing surge by regulating opening of at least one blow-off valve by a regulator with an adjustment parameter when said operating point has arrived at a blow-off curve that parallels a surge limit but before said operating point arrives at the surge limit; returning said adjustments parameter to an actual state of said blow-off valve by a readjustment circuit when a difference exceeding a predetermined threshold occurs between the actual state of the blow-off valve and said adjustment parameter of said regulator.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
81 words
A method as defined in claim 1, including the step of adjusting said blow-off valve by a manual control procedure acting on an intake end of said regulator, adjustment of said blow-off valve superceding said regulator; adjusting indirectly said adjustment parameter for said regulator to the actual state of the said blow-off valve by adjusting a reference value for the manual control procedure to the actual state of the blow-off valve by said readjustment circuit during adjustment of said blow-off valve.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
57 words
A method as defined in claim 2, including the step of providing manual controls for said manual control procedure with a readjustment integrator switchable back and forth between integration and readjustment of said readjustment integrators output to a value corresponding to the actual state of said blow-off valve by a control command generated by said readjustment circuit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
109 words
A method as defined in claim 2, including the step of: forming a difference between said adjustment parameter at an output of said regulator and the state of said blow-off valve in said readjustment circuit; comparing said difference with a predetermined threshold and a logical control signal shifting a downstream readjustment integrator in said regulator or in manual controls to a readjustment state, said logical control signal maintaining said readjustment state and being generated at an output of said readjustment circuit from a result of a comparison and from an output signal of safety controls by a logical AND operation as long as said difference exceeds said predetermined threshold.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method as defined in claim 4, including the step of comparing said difference with reference to the mathematical sign of said difference with a separate predetermined threshold.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
A method as defined in claim 4, including the step of generating the absolute value of said difference between said adjustment parameter and the state of said blow-off valve; and using said absolute value in stage of the method subsequent to formation of said difference.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
56 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said safety controls at least partly open said blow-off valve when said operating point has attained a safety curve extending between said surge limit and said blow-off curve; and synchronizing readjustment of said regulator to the actual state of said blow-off valve with activation of said safety controls.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
102 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said regulator is a proportional-integral regulator with a proportional amplifier and a readjustment integrator; adding outputs of said proportional amplifier and said readjustment integrator in a summing stage; generating a control command by said readjustment circuit for switching said readjustment integrator back and forth between integration at a predetermined time constant representing normal state and substantially instantaneous readjustment of said readjustment integrators output, whereby the output of said readjustment integrator is readjusted to a parameter decreased by a product of a regulating difference and an amplification factor of said proportional amplifier of said regulator.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method as defined in claim 1, including the step of shifting said regulator from readjustment to regulation subsequent to a predetermined delay when a corresponding control signal has been reset.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method as defined in claim 1, including the step of simulating behavior of said blow-off valve in a circuit with an input representing a particular adjustment parameter of said regulator, said circuit having an output representing a calculated blow-off valve state.
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