3454 results about "Centrifugal pump" patented technology

An apparatus and method for a centrifugal fluid pump for pumping sensitive biological fluids, which includes (i) an integral impeller and rotor which is entirely supported by an integral combination of permanent magnets and electromagnetic bearings and rotated by an integral motor, (ii) a pump housing and arcuate passages for fluid flow and containment, (iii) a brushless driving motor embedded and integral with the pump housing, (iv) a power supply, and (v) specific electronic sensing of impeller position, velocity or acceleration using a self-sensing method and physiological control algorithm for motor speed and pump performance based upon input from the electromagnetic bearing currents and motor back emf-all fitly joined together to provide efficient, durable and low maintenance pump operation. A specially designed impeller and pump housing provide the mechanism for transport and delivery of fluid through the pump to a pump output port with reduced fluid turbulence.

An impeller assembly for centrifugal pumps that enables self-priming in a relatively short time period includes an impeller and at least one winglet (e.g., six winglets with a trapezium cross-sectional shape). The impeller includes an impeller body with an eye opening therein. The eye opening is configured for the passage of a fluid (e.g., water) therethrough when the impeller assembly is in use. The impeller body also includes at least one vane, with a leading end, disposed about the eye opening. The at least one winglet is positioned to protrude into the eye opening of the impeller body and may, for example, be coupled to the leading end of the vane.

A beverage forming apparatus includes a storage tank, and a centrifugal pump having an inlet connected to the storage tank by a supply conduit. The centrifugal pump may include a priming vent located below a full level of the storage tank and permit air to vent as liquid primes the pump. A metering tank may have an inlet connected to the centrifugal pump by a pump conduit, and an outlet connected to a brew chamber that forms a beverage using liquid received from the metering tank. In one embodiment, a flow control valve, such as a check valve, may be provided in the pump conduit to allow flow from the pump to the metering tank, but resist flow in reverse. In another embodiment, a vent valve in the pump conduit may be arranged to vent at least a portion of the pump conduit, e.g., to ambient air pressure.

An apparatus and method for a centrifugal pump for pumping sensitive biological fluids which includes (i) an integral impeller and rotor which is electromagnetically supported and rotated, (ii) a pump housing and arcuate passages for fluid flow and containment, (iii) a brushless driving motor embedded and integral with the pump housing, (iv) a power supply, and (v) specific electronic sensing and control algorithms-all fitly joined together to provide efficient, durable and low maintenance pump operation. A specially designed impeller and pump housing provide the mechanism for transport and delivery of fluid through the pump to a pump output port with reduced fluid turbulence.

A portable pump facility, pump facilities systems, and system to monitor and control a centrifugal pump include a controller configured to receive pressure and speed data from a centrifugal pump and automatically adjust the speed of an engine which drives the pump to control cavitation of the pump and to also optimize load balancing of fluid among pumping facilities. Multiple pumping facilities are provided and communicate for efficient fluid delivery, and include remote control monitoring and operation.

A method and apparatus for determining a fluid level and/or output flow during operation of a centrifugal pump, are provided, which may be used for production of gas and/or oil from a well, and include a vector feedback model to derive values of torque and speed from signals indicative of instantaneous current and voltage drawn by the pump motor, a pump model which derives values of the fluid flow rate and the head pressure for the pump from torque and speed inputs, a pumping system model that derives, from the estimated values of the pump operating parameters, an estimated value of fluid level and other pumping system parameters. Controllers responsive to the estimated values of the pumping system parameters control the pump to maintain fluid level at the pump input, near an optimum level, or within a safe operating range and/or output flow from the pump.

The present invention provides protection for centrifugal pumps while differentiating between dangerous operating conditions (e.g. dry running, minimum flow and runout) and/or conditions where transient conditions (e.g. closed valve operation) may occur and the protection can be revoked once the condition clears. The methodology utilizes a calculated flow value which can be mathematically determined from a calibrated closed valve power vs speed curve and/or various pump and motor parameters such as speed, torque, power and/or differential pressure or from calibrated flow curves stored in the evaluation device. The calculated flow value is then compared to threshold values of flow associated with these adverse operating conditions.

The invention provides a cement truck densimeter automatic cleaning device and method. The cement truck densimeter automatic cleaning device comprises a liquid feeding pipeline, a centrifugal pump, atee joint, a densimeter mounting seat, a signal acquisition system, a control system and a cleaning tank, wherein the liquid feeding pipeline is connected with an inlet of the centrifugal pump, the tee joint is arranged between the centrifugal pump and the densimeter mounting seat, the third end of the tee joint is provided with a discharge pipeline in a connected manner; the densimeter mounting seat is connected with the cleaning tank; and the densimeter mounting seat is in electric signal connection with the signal acquisition system, and the signal acquisition system is electrically connected with the control system. According to the cement truck densimeter automatic cleaning device, the problem that cement adheres to the inner part of a densimeter is solved, the measuring precision ofthe densimeter is improved and the service life of the device is prolonged; cleaning liquid is automatically fed, the cleaning process is automatically circulated, the cleaning progress is automatically detected; and the cement truck densimeter automatic cleaning device is used for densimeter automatic cleaning, the operation is safer and more efficient, and on-site manpower is greatly saved.

The invention discloses cementing equipment with mutually standby hydraulic systems. The cementing equipment comprises a loading system, a hydraulic system connected with the loading system and a power system for driving the hydraulic system. The hydraulic system at least comprises a hydraulic pump, a switching device and an overflow valve, the hydraulic system is connected with a mixing system, and the hydraulic system is connected with a slurry mixing system provided with an AMS automatic slurry mixing system, a centrifugal pump circulating and filling system; the slurry mixing system is controlled and adjusted through a control system, the control system is arranged on a computer control platform, and the control platform is arranged on the loading system; and the loading system is based on one or more of a vehicle-mounted chassis or a trailer chassis or a skid-mounted chassis, wherein a semi-trailer based on the trailer chassis can be fixedly connected with a plurality of engines, a plurality of gear boxes, a plurality of plunger pumps, at least one metering tank, the slurry mixing system, a high-low pressure manifold, the control system, the hydraulic system and an electrical system.

The invention discloses an electric-drive mixing device, and relates to the technical field of mixing equipment. The electric-drive mixing device comprises a motor power unit, a mixing tank, a discharge centrifugal pump, a suction centrifugal pump, a powder tank, a control chamber, a drainage manifold, a water-powder mixing manifold, a chemical adding pump and a suction header. The mixing tank is fixedly mounted on one side of the motor power unit, and the control chamber is fixedly mounted on one side of the mixing tank. The electric-drive mixing device has the advantages that a selected motor is a variable-frequency all-in-one machine, that is to say, a frequency converter is integrated with the motor, and there is no independent frequency conversion cabinet, so that the occupied space is remarkably saved, and the device is suitable for vehicle transportation; the variable-frequency all-in-one machine has much lower heat than the motor, a radiator is integrated to a cabinet casing of the motor and the frequency converter, and no plate-fin radiating holes are provided; a large-channel air duct is arranged at a motor and frequency converter casing position of a fan, and accordingly, blockage is avoided.

The invention relates to a fracturing fluid and sand mixing semitrailer, and belongs to the field of fracturing devices for oil field work. The fracturing fluid and sand mixing semitrailer comprises a semitrailer body, a hydraulic system and an electrical control system. The hydraulic system comprises a hydraulic oil tank, at least one hydraulic pump and a hydraulic multi-way valve. An engine, the hydraulic system, the electrical control system, a lifting control chamber, a spiral conveyor, a clean water suction centrifugal pump, a fracturing fluid suction centrifugal pump, a stirring machine, a discharge centrifugal pump, a liquid adding pump, a dry powder adding device and a concentrated guanidine gum adding pump are integrated on the semitrailer body. The work steps of conducting glue solution mixing after fracturing liquid mixing is conducted and discharging the glue solution to a downward fracturing device can be conducted by operating the electrical control system to drive the hydraulic pump through an operator, and therefore work steps of oil field work are highly integrated, matched devices are reduced, workloads of working staff are reduced, and construction quality is ensured.

The invention provides continuous acid mixing equipment which comprises a continuous acid preparing vehicle and a skid-mounted buffer tank. The continuous acid preparing vehicle comprises a chassis vehicle, a liquid adding pump, an original acid centrifugal pump, a clear water centrifugal pump, a discharging centrifugal pump, an acid mixing tank, an acid-alkali tank, an automatic feeding machine and a dry powder adding device, the liquid adding pump, the original acid centrifugal pump, the clear water centrifugal pump, the discharging centrifugal pump, the acid mixing tank, the acid-alkali tank, the automatic feeding machine and the dry powder adding device are arranged on the chassis vehicle, the clear water centrifugal pump is connected with the acid mixing tank through a clear water manifold, the original acid centrifugal pump is connected with the acid mixing tank through an original acid manifold, a first stirrer and a nozzle are arranged inside the top of the acid mixing tank, and an acid-alkali indicator for displaying acidity and alkalinity in the acid-alkali tank is arranged on the acid-alkali tank; the skid-mounted buffer tank comprises a skid frame, a buffer tank, a skid-mounted engine and a centrifugal pump, the buffer tank, the skid-mounted engine and the centrifugal pump are arranged on the skid frame, the discharging centrifugal pump on the continuous acid preparing vehicle is connected with the buffer tank through a discharging manifold, and a second stirrer is arranged in the buffer tank. Through combined use of the continuous acid preparing vehicle and the skid-mounted buffer tank, continuous mixing of acid is realized; by arranging an acid mist removing device in the acid mixing tank, a lot of acid mist and foam generated during acid mixing are removed effectively, so that the whole continuous acid mixing equipment is safer in operating performance.

The invention relates to an eccentric pump vibration accidence fusion diagnose method and relative vibration signal collector, wherein said invention is characterized in that: it uses the eccentric pump vibration signal collector to collect the normal state, the quantity imbalance, asymmetry rotate and loose base of eccentric pump; uses wavelet decomposition and reconstruction to extract the character of vibration signal; and inputs the character vectors into sub fuzzy neural networks I and II; to be treated and replace the relation factor matched with sensor signal function; the whole fuzzy neural network comprises data fuzzy layer, input layer, hidden layer and output layer; uses D-S theory to obtain the fused signal function distribution, realize the fusion diagnose on normal state, quantity imbalance, asymmetry rotate and loose base. The invention has simple structure and high effect.

The present invention provides drilling systems for drilling wellbores. The drilling system includes an umbilical that passes through a wellhead and carries a drill bit. A drilling fluid system supplies drilling fluid into an annulus (supply line) between the umbilical and the wellbore, which discharges at the drill bit bottom and returns to the wellhead through the umbilical (return line) carrying the drill cuttings. A fluid circulation device, such as a turbine or centrifugal pump, is operated in the return line to provide the primary motive force for circulating drilling fluid through a fluid circuit formed by the supply line and return line. Optionally, a secondary fluid circulation device in fluid communication with the return line can cooperate with the fluid circulation device to circulate drilling fluid and/or a near bit fluid circulation device can be used to provide localized flow control or suction pressure to improve bit cleaning.

The invention relates to a centrifugal pump comprising a pump housing made of injection-molded plastics with a first housing part, which is designed as a single piece with a suction connection and a pressure connection, and comprises a sealing area, by means of which said first housing part is joined in a liquid-tight manner to a second housing part, that receives an electric motor, and a motor housing part. It is the object of the present invention to provide a centrifugal pump, in which very good leak tightness is achieved with minimum number of parts, minimum weight and minimum assembly costs with universal applicability without impairing the visual overall impression of the centrifugal pump. This objective is achieved according to the invention in that the second housing part is made of a material that is permeable to laser light of a wavelength or a wavelength range, and the first housing part is made of a material that absorbs the same laser light, and the first housing part and the second housing part are heat-sealed to one another.

The present invention is directed to a low cost method and apparatus for fracturing a subterranean formation. The invention involves using a centrifugal pump to combine a fracture fluid, a sand suspension and liquid additive and discharge a mixture of these components into a high pressure pump that injects the mixture into the subterranean formation. The apparatus employs a control pinch valve to precisely control the amount of sand suspension being added to the mixture. The apparatus eliminates the need for expensive blenders, other equipment and associated personnel and provides a low cost means of fracturing the subterranean formation.

A system for determining whether a centrifugal pump assembly is degraded as operating outside of acceptable operating limits and includes a processor adapted by software to perform the steps of automatically characterizing the pump characteristics at a predetermined operating level and testing for degradation using the automatically acquired pump characteristics.

A blood pump apparatus comprises a housing, a centrifugal pump section including an impeller and rotating inside the housing to feed a fluid by a centrifugal force, an impeller rotational torque generation section for attracting thereto said impeller and rotating said impeller; and a plurality of grooves for hydrodynamic bearing provided on an inner surface of said housing at a side of said impeller rotational torque generation section, each of the grooves for hydrodynamic bearing having a first side and a second side both extending from a periphery of said portion in which a groove for hydrodynamic bearing is formed toward a central side thereof and opposed to each other, a third side connecting one end of said first side and one end of said second side to each other, and a fourth side connecting said other end of said first side and said other end of said second side to each other; said first side and said second side are formed as a circular arc respectively in such a way that centers of said circular arcs are different from each other.

A centrifugal pump has a stationary diffuser with a bore. A thrust bearing has a tubular portion that inserts into the bore. The thrust bearing has an external shoulder that contacts a support surface in the bore of the diffuser for transmitting downward thrust from an upstream impeller to the diffuser. The thrust bearing has an internal shoulder for transmitting upward thrust from a downstream impeller to the diffuser.

The invention relates to a centrifugal pump, especially for blood, comprising a pump rotor which is arranged in a rotational manner and without a bearing in a liquid-tight and gas-tight closed housing, except for at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening. The rotor is also the rotor of a drive motor. The rotor is symmetrical with respect to the centre plane thereof and comprises an upper and a lower covering. The rotor and/or the pump housing are formed in such a way that the axial distances between the upper and the lower coverings and the upper and lower housing walls are smaller in the radially inner region of the rotor than in the radially outer region. In the radially inner region of the rotor, each lateral rotor chamber comprises a flow-restrictor gap which, when in operation, influences back flows oriented in a radially inward manner in the lateral rotor chambers, such that during an axial deflection of the rotor above and below the rotor, various pressure distributions appear, enabling forces acting upon the predominant surface of the coverings to be produced, the forces bringing about an axial stabilisation of the rotor and acting, in the same manner, against tilting of the rotor inside the housing.

The invention discloses a computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-based centrifugal pump multi-working condition hydraulic power optimization method. The method comprises the following steps of: 1, establishing an initial specimen bank for centrifugal pump multi-working condition hydraulic power optimization on the basis of external characteristic tests; 2, establishing a CFD-based centrifugal pump multi-working condition hydraulic power optimization model; 3, generating a specimen bank for the centrifugal pump multi-working condition hydraulic power optimization and constructing a response surface approximate model by CFD technology on the basis of single point hydraulic design and uniform design methods; 4, globally optimizing the approximate model by a global optimization algorithm; and 5, performing hydraulic power design on a centrifugal pump by a parametric computer aided design (PCAD) according to optimization results so as to obtain a multi-working condition hydraulic power model of the centrifugal pump. The method can perform the multi-working condition hydraulic power optimization on the centrifugal pump according to the performance requirements under multiple working conditions so as to improve the weighted average efficiency and enlarge the high efficiency area range, and can provide references for unstable flowing under the working conditions of actively controlling low flow and cavitation under the working conditions of inhibiting high flow.

A system for injecting a fluid into a formation including a fluid, and at least one injection pump configured to receive the fluid, the at least one pump including a centrifugal pump having at least two stages configured to increase the pressure of the received fluid is disclosed. The system further includes a drive device coupled to the injection pump. A method of injecting a fluid downhole including providing a fluid to an injection pump, the injection pump including a centrifugal pump having at least two stages, pumping the fluid through the at least two stages of the centrifugal pump, thereby increasing the pressure of the fluid, and injecting the fluid from the injection pump into a wellbore is also disclosed.

A preferred embodiment of the inventive fluid delivery system comprises a vertical liquid/vapor separator and riser assembly that comprises a multi-phase separator inlet, a vapor outlet and riser, and a liquid outlet port connected to a hydraulically-driven centrifugal pump. By controlling the operational speed of the pump, the level of the separated liquid within the separator can be controlled without the need for control valves. The vertical separator is capable of low pressure operation and large variations in controlled liquid levels within the separator, allowing the relatively slow reaction time pump to control the liquid level from low pressure wells penetrating low pressure reservoirs.

Embodiments of the invention provide a compact, seal-less, centrifugal liquid pump with a perimeter magnetic drive that is substantially smaller than a conventional centrifugal liquid pump having magnets attached directly to the impeller shaft. Because rotational force is applied at the perimeter of the impeller, rather than at the shaft, embodiments of the invention have lower torque requirements and rotational speed, increasing the life of the pump bearings. Additionally, embodiments of the invention may suspend the pump bearings by using a redirected flow of liquid coolant, further increasing the bearing life.

An upright extractor for delivering cleaning fluid to a cleaning member, removing the cleaning fluid and entrained soil from the cleaning member, and damp wiping dirt and debris off of a surface to be cleaned. A roller assembly for wiping dirt and debris off a cleaning surface is reversible. The roller assembly and a centrifugal pump are driven simultaneously and at independent speeds necessary for preferred operation with a common motor. A vented spray tip assembly delivers cleaning fluid to the cleaning member. An improved accessory tool delivers a variety of metered cleaning chemicals while also extracting the soiled fluid and debris from a surface to be cleaned.

The United States of America consumes nearly 20 million barrels of oil a day, 6.6 billion per year. This depleting chemical composition, in part, ends up in our air, on our trees, on our clothing, in our lungs, in our blood streams. A large portion of this oil is imported causing a dependency on foreign countries and a significant economic burden to this country. Clean, renewable, domestic energy is a necessity, not a luxury. The Z-333 Energy Management System is an answer to this challenge. There have been many Vertical Axis Wind Turbine patents issued since Mr. Elhanan L. Stoners' patent in 1891. However it appears that none has yet manifested itself into a large scale economic reality. The Z-333 Energy Management System is the latest of a series of improved Vertical Axis Wind Turbine designs which will make that reality come to pass. The Z-333 Energy Management System includes several novel changes to previously patented designs, plus incorporates totally new accessories to make man's continuing conquest of wind an actuality. These innovations include; Aerodynamic “balanced” wings. Tightly stretched fabric-only wings strengthening the overall structure, and at the same time, drastically lower the cost of construction. Flexible photovoltaic cells cover the aforementioned fabric-only-wings. A rotating tower that is flexible and safer. A unique high winds shut off switch. A multi-generator braking system maintains the shaft at a constant RPM. Generators and gears mounted to removable panels. Rubber-like covered shaft and large ring transmission. A low cost switch that controls the angle of attack of the wing with less problems and cost. A tower made of prefabricated interchangeable modules that can be used as a home, water tank, storage room, shop, and/or a shed. A base which is also a large battery and/or a control box shell. A programmable intelligent control box, which notifies the owner by cell phone, of battery fast charge/discharge, vandalism, key energy indicators, integrates a multi-circuit station timer, plus provides an electric-fence-like shock protection from animals and vandals. Low cost, multi-pancake generator that is highly efficient. A shaft centered flywheel. A shaft centered centrifugal pump. A sea base with ballast for low cost erection. A sea base with desalinization equipment built inside. A sea base with integrated hydrogen and oxygen producing equipment.

A magnetorheological fluid delivery system includes a mixing and tempering vessel. Fluid is admitted to the vessel via a plurality of tangential ports, creating a mixing of the fluid in the vessel and promoting homogeneity. Fluid may be reconstituted in the vessel by metered addition of carrier fluid. A fixed-speed centrifugal pump disposed in the vessel pressurizes the system. Fluid is pumped through a magnetic-induction flowmeter and a magnetic flow control valve having solenoid windings whereby MR fluid is magnetically stiffened to restrict flow. A closed-loop feedback control system connects the output of the flowmeter to performance of the valve. A nozzle having a slot-shaped bore dispenses MR fluid for re-use in the work zone. A planar-diaphragm flush-mounted pressure transducer at the entrance to the nozzle and flowmeter inferentially measure relaxed viscosity and provide signals to a computer for dispensing metered amounts of carrier fluid into the mixing vessel to assure correct composition of the reconstituted fluid as it is dispensed.

The present invention provides a system and a method for distending a body tissue cavity of a subject by continuous flow irrigation by using a dynamic pump, such as a centrifugal pump, on the inflow side and a positive displacement pump, such as a peristaltic pump, on the outflow side, such that the amplitude of the pressure pulsations created by a the said outflow positive displacement pump inside the said tissue cavity is substantially dampened to almost negligible levels. The present invention also provides a method for accurately determining the rate of fluid loss, into the subject's body system, during any endoscopic procedure without utilizing any deficit weight or fluid volume calculation, the same being accomplished by using two fluid flow rate sensors. The present invention also provides a system of creating and maintaining any desired pressure in a body tissue cavity for any desired cavity outflow rate. The system and the methods of the present invention described above can be used in any endoscopic procedure requiring continuous flow irrigation few examples of such endoscopic procedures being hysteroscopic surgery, arthroscopic surgery, trans uretheral surgery, endoscopic surgery of the brain and endoscopic surgery of the spine.

The invention is related to a centrifugal pump with an existing pump housing made of plastic material that can be processed through injection molding, having a first housing section, featuring a suction nozzle and a pressure nozzle, a second housing section supporting an electronically commutated DC motor and a split case, a motor housing section that closes a dry chamber separated from a wet chamber by the split case in which a stator and an electronic component are arranged, and a permanent magnet rotor that is mounted in the wet chamber in such a way that it can rotate, and drives a pump impeller that reaches into the pump chamber. The electronic components are arranged on an electronic circuit board aligned at right angles to an axle and parallel to a base of the split case. The electronic circuit board is in heat conducting contact with the base. The task of the invention is to cool electronic components sensitive to heat in a simple way and with a high degree of efficiency such that a simple installation of the electronic components is guaranteed and only a small number of parts is required, the construction space being as small as possible. According to the invention, this problem is solved by the fact that one or several conductors of the electronic circuit board are in heat conducting contact with the base.

The invention belongs to the art of electrochemical oxidization. Disclosed is an electrolytic treatment system for shipboard ballast water, by electrolyzing the shipboard ballast water directly in the electrolytic treater, highly-effective oxidant which contains one or more among Cl2, HClO molecule, ClO2, free oxygen and hydroxyl radical, being generated, and by the force of electric field, the creature in shipboard ballast water being killed or deactivated. The online detective element measures the concentration of the generated oxidant and sends an electrical signal to an electrical power controller, which can adjust by said signal the electrolytic voltage or adjust treatment flow capacity by changing the opening of the valve when the ballast pump is a centrifugal pump, to keep the concentration of the oxidant in a right range. The invention can effectively remove microcosmic salt out of seawater, reduce the content of COD and TOD in seawater, and increase the dissolved oxygen in seawater. It improves the quality of seawater.