Grundfos Holding A/s

Anders Overgaard

Carsten Skovmose Kallesøe

Brian Kongsgaard Nielsen

Carsten Skovmose KALLESØE

A method for controlling operation of a fluid transport system by applying a self-learning control process. The method includes: receiving obtained values of input signals during operation of the system during a first period of time, which is controlled by a predetermined control process, automatically selecting a subset of the input signals based on the received obtained values of the input signals, receiving obtained values of at least the selected subset of input signals during a second period of time, which is controlled by applying the self-learning control process, which is configured to control operation based only on the selected subset of input signals, and wherein applying the self-learning control process includes updating the self-learning control process based on the received obtained values of the selected subset of the input signals and based on at least an approximation of a performance indicator function.

Method and system for controlling a fluid transport system

A control system controls a fluid distribution system that includes consumer branches arranged in parallel. Each consumer branch includes a consumer element () consuming fluid and/or thermal energy, a regulating device () receiving a control value regulating a flow of fluid and/or thermal energy through the consumer branch, and a sensor () providing a measured value of the consumer branch. The control system includes a saturation calculation module () providing a saturation value, for each operational consumer branch, indicative of the saturation degree of the associated consumer branch, and a saturation compensation module () receiving the saturation values and altering a reference value. The altered reference value is based on an initial reference value and the saturation values from all consumer branches. The consumer branch regulating device, of each operational consumer branch, is controllable based on the altered reference value and the measured value of the associated consumer branch.

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