Grundfos Holding A/s

Grundfos Management A/s

Bent Døssing

Olav Jensen

Ole Hansen

Thomas Blad

Peter Mønster

Martin Byskov Skafsgaard

Robert Greve

Rolf-Werner Senczek

Søren Søgaard Jensen

The invention relates to a centrifugal pump assembly having an electric drive motor (), at least one impeller () driven by said electric drive motor () and a valve element (') rotatable between two 5 valve positions driven by a fluid flow produced by said impeller (), wherein the valve element (′) has a cover plate (′) extending transverse to the rotational axis (X) of the impeller () and facing the impeller (), wherein the valve element (′) having protrusions (′) arranged on an outer surface side facing away 10 from the impeller () such that a flow can act on them for driving the valve element (′).

Centrifugal pump assembly

A hydraulic valve device includes a first inlet port () and a second inlet port () and a valve element () for selectively closing one of the first and the second inlet port. The valve element (') is rotatable between two valve positions such that a surface of the valve element is moved in a direction parallel to openings of the inlet ports. The valve element includes two separate sealing portions (), a first sealing portion () for closing the first inlet port and a second sealing portion () for closing the second inlet port. The two sealing portions are arranged such that in a first valve position a first sealing portion closes the first inlet port and in a second valve position a second sealing portion closes the second inlet port. A centrifugal pump device includes such hydraulic valve device.

Hydraulic valve device and centrifugal pump assembly including such hydraulic valve device

A method controls a circulation pump () in an installation with at least two circulation circuits (), with which the circulation pump () is integrated by way of a switch-over valve () into the one or the other circulation circuit (or) depending on the switched position. The pump () is activated differently depending on the switched position of the switch-over valve (). The switch-over procedure is detected by way of determining the pressure course and/or the flow rate course in the pump () or an electrical variable which is dependent thereon, of the motor driving the pump, and the pump () is operated in another manner accordingly.

Method for controlling a circulation pump in an installation comprising at least two circulation circuits

A pump assembly includes pump casing (), an impeller () rotatably arranged in the pump casing, a two rotation directions (A, B) electrical drive motor connected to drive the impeller and a valve arrangement () arranged in the pump casing to switch a flow path downstream of the impeller between two exits () of the pump casing, depending on a rotation direction of the impeller. The valve arrangement includes a first movable valve element () at a first exit () and a second movable valve element () at a second exit (). The first valve element partly closes the first exit in a closed position and is movable into an opened position by flow in the first rotation direction and the second valve element partly closes the second exit in a closed position and is movable into an opened position by flow in the second rotation direction (B).

Pump assembly

A service water heating unit (), provided for use in a heating installation, includes at least one heat exchanger (), defining a first flow path () for a heating medium and a second flow path () for service water to be heated. The two flow paths () are guided relative to one another in a first portion (A) in a countercurrent arrangement with directions of flow oriented in opposite directions, and in a second portion (B) connecting downstream, viewed in the direction of flow of the service water, in a co-current arrangement with directions of flow oriented in the same direction.

Service water heating unit

The centrifugal pump assembly comprises a device for separating gas from the fluid to be delivered, which is arranged on the suction side. The gas separation device is provided with an impact body () which at least partly is arranged in the suction-side flow path () of the fluid to be delivered, and on the housing side is arranged at a distance to the suction port of the pump.

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Silkeborg, Denmark

Bent Døssing