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Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 20, 2021
Applicant:

Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;

Inventors:

Sneha Abhyankar, Pune, IN;

Gurmeet Singh, Pune, IN;

Santosh Kr Sharma, Pune, IN;

Swetha Prakash, Pune, IN;

Amresh Kumar, Bihar, IN;

Ragini Jain, Pune, IN;

Steven Andrew Dimino, Wauwatosa, WI (US);

David Glenn Loucks, Coraopolis, PA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 15/00 (2006.01); F04D 13/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 15/0066 (2013.01); F04D 13/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control system includes: a controller configured to: access an estimated torque and estimated speed of a motor mechanically coupled to an impeller of a centrifugal machine; access at least one set of pre-determined performance data values associated with a known speed of the impeller, where each set of pre-determined performance data values includes: a plurality of flowrate values and a plurality of performance metric values; determine an operating point of the centrifugal machine based on the estimated torque, the estimated speed, and the at least one set of pre-determined performance data values; compare the determined operating point to a best efficiency point (BEP) associated with the centrifugal machine; and determine whether to change the speed of the motor based on the comparison.


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