Title :
Sensorless estimation of the pumping process characteristics by a frequency converter
Author :
Ahonen, Tapani ; Tamminen, Jussi ; Ahola, J. ; Niinimaki, Lauri ; Tolvanen, Jukka
Author_Institution :
LAPPEENRANTA Univ. of Technol., Lappeenranta, Finland
Abstract :
Energy consumption in pumping systems is affected by the surrounding process. As frequency converters allow sensorless estimation of the pump operating state, they can also be used for the process characteristics identification. In this paper, two frequency-converter-based methods to identify process characteristics are proposed, and the start-up test method is more closely studied by laboratory tests.
Keywords :
energy consumption; frequency convertors; pumps; energy consumption; frequency converter; laboratory tests; process characteristics identification; pump operating state; pumping process characteristics; pumping systems; sensorless estimation; start-up test method; surrounding process; Estimation; Frequency conversion; Power demand; Pumps; Shafts; Torque; Velocity control; Diagnostics; Estimation technique; Industrial application; Intelligent drive; Variable speed drive;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Applications (EPE), 2013 15th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lille
DOI :
10.1109/EPE.2013.6631817
