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US 12,060,876 B2Granted
P and I diagram input
AssigneeKaeser Kompressoren SE
InventorsFlorian Wagner, Andreas Birkenfeld, Anika Hartwich
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Abstract
A method for controlling and/or monitoring a compressor system is provided. The compressor system includes one or more compressors and one or more peripheral devices. The compressors and the peripheral devices are arranged or connected in a predetermined configuration. The compressor system is controlled and/or monitored by a control/monitoring unit. After creation of the compressor system, the concretely existing configuration is input in the form of a P&I diagram by an editor and forms the basis for subsequent control, monitoring, diagnosis or evaluation routines.
Claims20
A method for controlling and/or monitoring a compressor system, the method comprising:
- inputting a predetermined configuration of one or more compressors and one or more peripheral devices into a control/monitoring unit in communication with at least one of the compressors;
- inputting operational relationships among the one or more compressors, the one or more peripheral devices, or the one or more compressors and the one or more peripheral devices in the predetermined configuration;
- storing the predetermined configuration and the operational relationships in a memory operatively connected to the control/monitoring unit;
- producing a derived model comprising a plurality of operating configurations of the arrangement of one or more compressors and one or more peripheral devices in the predetermined configuration, each operating configuration comprising a given unique arrangement of operating states of the compressors and peripheral devices in the predetermined configuration;
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- using the control/monitoring unit to control, monitor, diagnose or evaluate the compressor system according to the predetermined configuration, the operational relationships, and one operating configuration of the plurality of operating configurations of the derived model.
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A compressor system comprising:
- one or more compressors;
- one or more peripheral devices, the compressors and peripheral devices being arranged in a predetermined configuration;
- a control/monitoring unit in communication with at least one of the compressors to control and/or monitor the compressor system;
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- a memory in communication with the control/monitoring unit, the memory comprising the predetermined configuration, one or more derived models of the compressor system, each derived model comprising a plurality of operating configurations of one or more compressors, one or more peripheral devices, or one or more compressors and one or more peripheral devices in the predetermined configuration, each operating configuration comprising a given unique arrangement of operating states of compressors and peripheral devices in the predetermined configuration, and operational relationships among one or more compressors, one or more peripheral devices, or one or more compressors and one or more peripheral devices in the predetermined configuration for automatic establishment of a monitoring logic stored in the memory for use as a basis for subsequent control, monitoring, diagnostic or evaluation routines.
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A control/monitoring unit for controlling and/or monitoring a compressor system, the control/monitoring unit comprising:
- a memory comprising a predetermined configuration of one or more compressors and one or more peripheral devices and operational relationships among the one or more compressors, the one or more peripheral devices, or the one or more compressors and the one or more peripheral devices in the predetermined configuration, and a derived model of the compressor system, the derived model comprising a plurality of operating configurations of the compressors and the peripheral devices in the predetermined configuration, each operating configuration comprising a given unique arrangement of operating states of the compressors and the peripheral devices in the predetermined configuration;
- wherein the control/monitoring unit is operatively connected to at least one of the compressors for automatic establishment of a monitoring logic and for controlling, monitoring, diagnosing or evaluating the compressor system according to the predetermined configuration and the operational relationships, and one operating configuration of the plurality of operating conditions in the derived model.
A method for controlling and/or monitoring a compressor system,
- the method comprising:
- inputting a predetermined configuration among one or more compressors and one or more peripheral devices into a control/monitoring unit in communication with at least one of the compressors;
- inputting operational relationships among the one or more compressors, the one or more peripheral devices, or the one or more compressors and the one or more peripheral devices in the predetermined configuration;
- storing the predetermined configuration and the operational relationships in a memory operatively connected to the control/monitoring unit;
- using the control/monitoring unit to control, monitor, diagnose, or evaluate the compressor system according to the predetermined configuration and the operational relationships;
- producing one or more derived models on the basis of output models of the compressor system which take into account the inputted operational relationships;
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- producing a prediction for a next maintenance deadline of the compressor system, individual compressors, or individual peripheral devices taking into account standardized operational data of the compressor system using the derived models.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.