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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2017
Ai Alpine Us Bidco Inc, Wilmington, DE (US);
Sebastian Walter Freund, Garching b. Muenchen, DE;
INNIO Jenbacher GmbH & Co OG, Jenbach, AU;
Abstract
According to some embodiments, system and methods are provided, comprising providing a dual-mode model for a reciprocating compressor, wherein the model includes a measurement mode and a tuning mode; receiving one or more inputs to the model from an operating reciprocating compressor; and in response to receipt of the one or more inputs, executing the model in at least one of the measurement mode and the tuning mode, wherein: in a measurement mode, execution of the model further comprises calculating an actual flow rate of gas in the compressor based on the one or more inputs; and in a tuning mode, execution of the model further comprises calculating one of an unloader setting and a speed set point of a physical element of the compressor for a given flow rate of gas. Numerous other aspects are provided.