EP3334934A4 - System for the control of a compression system - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP3334934A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: control; compression; compression system
Prior art date: 2015-08-14
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP16836699.5A

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German (de)

French (fr)

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EP3334934A1 (en

EP3334934B1 (en

Inventor

Sami Nyman

Simo HEIMONEN

Heikki Laurila

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Sarlin Oy AB

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Sarlin Oy AB

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2015-08-14

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2016-06-30

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2019-02-20

2016-06-30 Application filed by Sarlin Oy AB filed Critical Sarlin Oy AB

2016-06-30 Priority to PL16836699T priority Critical patent/PL3334934T3/en

2018-06-20 Publication of EP3334934A1 publication Critical patent/EP3334934A1/en

2019-02-20 Publication of EP3334934A4 publication Critical patent/EP3334934A4/en

2021-08-04 Application granted granted Critical

2021-08-04 Publication of EP3334934B1 publication Critical patent/EP3334934B1/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2036-06-30 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
- F04B41/00—Pumping installations or systems specially adapted for elastic fluids
- F04B41/06—Combinations of two or more pumps
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
- F04B49/00—Control, e.g. of pump delivery, or pump pressure of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B47/00
- F04B49/06—Control using electricity
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
- F04B49/00—Control, e.g. of pump delivery, or pump pressure of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B47/00
- F04B49/06—Control using electricity
- F04B49/065—Control using electricity and making use of computers
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
- F04B49/00—Control, e.g. of pump delivery, or pump pressure of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B47/00
- F04B49/08—Regulating by delivery pressure
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D25/00—Pumping installations or systems
- F04D25/16—Combinations of two or more pumps ; Producing two or more separate gas flows
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D27/00—Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or pumping systems specially adapted for elastic fluids
- F04D27/02—Surge control

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
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Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
Control Of Positive-Displacement Pumps (AREA)
Control Of Positive-Displacement Air Blowers (AREA)

EP16836699.5A 2015-08-14 2016-06-30 System for the control of a compression system Active EP3334934B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
PL16836699T PL3334934T3 (en)	2015-08-14	2016-06-30	System for the control of a compression system

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
FI20155586		2015-08-14
PCT/FI2016/050484 WO2017029427A1 (en)	2015-08-14	2016-06-30	System for the control of a compression system

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EP3334934A1 EP3334934A1 (en)	2018-06-20
EP3334934A4 true EP3334934A4 (en)	2019-02-20
EP3334934B1 EP3334934B1 (en)	2021-08-04

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EP (1)	EP3334934B1 (en)
CN (1)	CN108138760B (en)
ES (1)	ES2900024T3 (en)
PL (1)	PL3334934T3 (en)
WO (1)	WO2017029427A1 (en)

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- 2016-06-30 PL PL16836699T patent/PL3334934T3/en unknown
- 2016-06-30 CN CN201680051524.0A patent/CN108138760B/en active Active
- 2016-06-30 ES ES16836699T patent/ES2900024T3/en active Active
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EP3334934B1 (en)	2021-08-04
CN108138760B (en)	2020-09-25
CN108138760A (en)	2018-06-08
WO2017029427A1 (en)	2017-02-23
PL3334934T3 (en)	2022-05-09
ES2900024T3 (en)	2022-03-15

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