Calibrating compressor bearing systems
AssigneeTrane International Inc.
InventorsMatthew David Omernik, Joseph M. Heger
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Abstract
Re-calibrating a bearing system of a compressor includes analyzing environmental data pertaining to a compressor to detect occurrence of a calibration threshold event, and re-calibrating the bearing system based on the detected calibration threshold event by controlling placement of a shaft relative to the bearing system of the compressor.
Claims20
A controller comprising:
- a receiver to receive environmental data of an environment pertaining to a compressor;
- a threshold event detector to:
- detect occurrence of a calibration threshold event based on the received environmental data,
- wherein the calibration threshold event includes the receiver receiving a temperature data of the environment pertaining to the compressor exceeding a threshold temperature,
- wherein the temperature data include an ambient temperature;
- and
- a calibrator to re-calibrate a bearing system based on the detected calibration threshold event by controlling placement of a shaft relative to the bearing system of the compressor.
A method of calibrating a bearing system of a compressor, the method comprising:
- receiving environmental data of an environment pertaining to the compressor;
- detecting occurrence of a calibration threshold event based on the received environmental data,
- wherein the calibration threshold event includes receiving temperature data of the environment pertaining to the compressor exceeding a threshold temperature,
- wherein the temperature data include an ambient temperature;
- and
- re-calibrating a bearing system based on the detected calibration threshold event by controlling placement of a shaft relative to the bearing system of the compressor.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium for a controller that stores computer-executable instructions that, upon execution, cause one or more processors to execute functions for calibrating a bearing system of a compressor, the instructions comprising:
- receiving environmental data of an environment pertaining to the compressor;
- detecting occurrence of a calibration threshold event based on the received environmental data,
- wherein the calibration threshold event includes receiving temperature data of the environment pertaining to the compressor exceeding a threshold temperature,
- wherein the temperature data include an ambient temperature;
- and
- re-calibrating a bearing system based on the detected calibration threshold event by controlling placement of a shaft relative to the bearing system of the compressor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.