IP Library Granted Patent US 12669130
Granted Patent B2
US 12669130 · App. 18/013,092 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Control device that detects surging

Inventors: Takaharu Hiroe (Tokyo, JP); Minoru Matsuo (Tokyo, JP); Tatsuo Ishiguro (Tokyo, JP); Akihiro Nakaniwa (Tokyo, JP); Yasunori Tokimasa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F04D27/0292F04D25/06F04D27/001F04D27/0223F04D27/0261F04D27/0246
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Patent No.
US 12669130
App. No.
18/013,092
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device includes: a variation command unit that changes a command value, which is a command value sent to a system including a compressor, affecting an operating state of the compressor; a proportional coefficient calculation unit that calculates a proportional coefficient of a variation in a parameter, which indicates a state of the compressor or an electric motor that drives the compressor when the system is operated based on the command value, with respect to the command value; and a control unit that performs control for avoiding or suppressing surging in the compressor, based on a value of the proportional coefficient.

Claims (26)

1 . A control device comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU) that:

changes a command value that is sent to a system including a compressor and affects an operating state of the compressor,

calculates a proportional coefficient of a variation in a parameter that indicates a state of the compressor or an electric motor that drives the compressor when the system is operated based on the command value, with respect to the command value, and

performs control for avoiding or suppressing surging in the compressor, based on a value of the proportional coefficient, wherein

the command value is a rotation speed command value of the compressor, and

the CPU further:

changes the rotation speed command value on a time basis during each cycle of the compressor,

calculates the proportional coefficient when the rotation speed command value is changed, and

performs control for increasing a flow rate of fluid sucked and discharged by the compressor, according to a magnitude of the proportional coefficient.

2 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the parameter is one of multiple different parameters, and

the CPU further:

calculates the proportional coefficient for each of a plurality of the parameters, and

performs control for avoiding or suppressing surging in the compressor, based on values of a plurality of the proportional coefficients.

3 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the parameter is at least one of a rotation speed of the compressor, vibration of the compressor, a current flowing through the compressor, the flow rate of fluid sucked and discharged by the compressor, pressure of the fluid, a pressure ratio of the fluid before and after the compressor, a rotation speed of the electric motor, vibration of the electric motor, a current flowing through the electric motor, power consumed by the electric motor, and periphery noise.

4 . A control device comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU) that:

changes a command value that is sent to a system including a compressor and affects an operating state of the compressor,

calculates a proportional coefficient of a variation in a parameter that indicates a state of the compressor or an electric motor that drives the compressor when the system is operated based on the command value, with respect to the command value, and

detects surging in the compressor based on a value of the proportional coefficient, wherein

the command value is a rotation speed command value of the compressor, and

the CPU further:

periodically changes the rotation speed command value on a time basis during each cycle of the compressor,

calculates the proportional coefficient when the rotation speed command value is changed, and

detects the surging in the compressor according to a magnitude of the proportional coefficient.