Compressor control device, compressor system and compressor control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9845807-B2
Application number	US-201314408233-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2013
Priority date	Dec 4, 2012
Publication date	Dec 19, 2017
Grant date	Dec 19, 2017

Abstract

Provided is a compressor control device configured to control a flow rate of a compressor having a plurality of impellers connected to an outlet port-side flow path in parallel and a flow rate regulation unit configured to regulate a flow rate of each of the impellers, the compressor control device including a pressure detection unit configured to detect a pressure of the outlet port-side flow path, a flow rate detection unit configured to detect the flow rate of each of the impellers, and a control unit configured to output a flow rate regulation command of each of the impellers to the flow rate regulation unit and control the flow rate regulation unit based on the detection result of the pressure detection unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A compressor control device configured to control a flow rate of a compressor having a plurality of impellers connected to an outlet port-side flow path in parallel and a flow rate regulation unit configured to regulate a flow rate of each of the impellers, the compressor control device comprising:
a pressure detection unit configured to detect a pressure of the outlet port-side flow path;
a flow rate detection unit configured to detect the flow rate of each of the impellers; and
a control unit configured to output a flow rate regulation command of each of the impellers to the flow rate regulation unit and control the flow rate regulation unit based on the detection result of the pressure detection unit,
wherein the control unit compares a set point set as a lower limit target value of a flow rate with the flow rate of each of the impellers, and corrects the flow rate regulation command of another impeller of the plurality of impellers based on a comparison result of a certain impeller of the plurality of impellers, and
wherein when a flow rate of the certain impeller is smaller than the set point, the control unit controls the flow rate regulation unit to reduce the flow rate of the another impeller and fix the flow rate of the certain impeller to a set value by fixing the flow rate regulation command of the certain impeller and regulating the flow rate regulation command of the another impeller.

2. The compressor control device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit releases a fixing status of the flow rate of the certain impeller when the set point and a flow rate command value corresponding to the flow rate regulation command are spaced a predetermined extent or more from each other.

3. The compressor control device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit releases a fixing status of the flow rate of the certain impeller when the flow rates of both of the impellers are smaller than the set point.

4. The compressor control device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure detection unit detects a pressure of an inlet port-side flow path, and
the control unit outputs the flow rate regulation command based on the pressure of the inlet port-side flow path.

5. A compressor system comprising the compressor control device according to claim 1 .

6. A compressor control method of a compressor control device configured to control a flow rate of a compressor having a plurality of impellers connected to an outlet port-side flow path in parallel, the compressor control method comprising:
a pressure detection step of detecting a pressure of the outlet port-side flow path;
a flow rate detection step of detecting a flow rate of each of the impellers;
a flow rate regulation step of regulating the flow rate of each of the impellers; and
a control step of outputting a flow rate regulation command of each of the impellers in the flow rate regulation step to control the flow rate regulation step based on the detection result in the pressure detection step,
wherein, in the control step, a set point set as a lower limit target value of a flow rate and the flow rate of each of the impellers are compared, and the flow rate regulation command of another impeller of the plurality of impellers is corrected based on a comparison result of a certain impeller of the plurality of impellers, and
wherein when a flow rate of the certain impeller is smaller than the set point, the control step controls the flow rate regulation step to reduce the flow rate of the another impeller and fix the flow rate of the certain impeller to a set value by fixing the flow rate regulation command of the certain impeller and regulating the flow rate regulation command of the another impeller.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Compressor Corp
• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Takeda Kazuhiro
• Nakagawa Yosuke

Classifications

• F04D27/004

  by varying driving speed · CPC title

• F04D27/0246

  by varying geometry within the pumps, e.g. by adjusting vanes · CPC title

• F04D27/0253

  by throttling (F04D27/0246 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F04D27/0269 Primary

  by changing flow path between different stages or between a plurality of compressors; load distribution between compressors · CPC title

• F04D27/001

  Testing thereof; Determination or simulation of flow characteristics; Stall or surge detection, e.g. condition monitoring · CPC title