US 11,891,990 B2
Dynamic compressor controls
Adrian Cowan, Holland Park (AU)
Assigned to Detechtion USA Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Detechtion USA Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on May 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/869,772.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/850,763, filed on May 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0017978 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. F04B 49/02 (2006.01); F04B 49/06 (2006.01); F04B 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC F04B 49/02 (2013.01) [F04B 49/022 (2013.01); F04B 49/065 (2013.01); F04B 25/00 (2013.01); F04B 2201/0208 (2013.01); F04B 2201/1201 (2013.01); F04B 2205/02 (2013.01); F04B 2205/05 (2013.01); F04B 2205/10 (2013.01); F04B 2205/11 (2013.01); F04B 2207/01 (2013.01); F04B 2207/0421 (2013.01); F04B 2207/0422 (2013.01); F04B 2207/70 (2013.01); F04B 2207/703 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dynamic compressor control for a reciprocating compressor comprising,
a reciprocating compressor;
a hub operatively connected to the reciprocating compressor to receive sensor inputs regarding a plurality of real-time operating parameters of the reciprocating compressor,
a compressor analytic software package resident in the hub, the compressor analytic software package uses the sensor inputs received by the hub to dynamically calculate signal generator data that are key performance indicators for the reciprocating compressor and dynamically calculate operating ranges based on the sensor inputs and the signal generator data, wherein the dynamically calculated operating ranges include at least a first threshold associated with each of the sensor inputs and a first threshold associated with each the signal generator data,
a dynamic compressor control processor operatively coupled to the hub and the compressor analytic software package to receive the sensor inputs regarding the plurality of real-time operating parameters of the reciprocating compressor and the signal generator data that are key performance indicators for the reciprocating compressor, wherein the dynamic compressor control processor generates a control signal associated with each of the sensor inputs and a control signal associated with each of the signal generator data that controls the operation of the reciprocating compressor based on comparing whether each of the sensor inputs violates the associated first threshold or each of the signal generator data violates the associated first threshold, wherein the reciprocating compressor is operated within the dynamically calculated operating ranges based on the sensor inputs regarding the real-time operating parameters.