The disclosure provides a power supply controller which includes: a driver having a circuit board and controlling an operation of an electric oil pump; a control unit controlling power supply to the driver; a board temperature sensor detecting a temperature of the circuit board; and an oil temperature sensor detecting a temperature of a working oil of a transmission as an oil temperature. The control unit executes energization prohibition control for prohibiting power supply to the driver when the temperature of the circuit board detected by the board temperature sensor exceeds a predetermined first threshold temperature, and executes cancellation determination for determining whether to cancel the energization prohibition control based on the oil temperature detected by the oil temperature sensor during execution of the energization prohibition control.

A pump seal leakage detection system (8) includes a leakage piping (13) including a collector pipe (21) and an air stream pipe (23), a sensor (15) positioned at the air stream pipe (23), and an air displacement device (17) for driving an air stream through the air stream pipe (23). The collector pipe (21) includes an inlet port (25) that is connectable to a leakage centrifuge (5), and an outlet port (27) into the air stream pipe (23). The sensor (15) is configured to detect a leakage drop at the outlet port (27) of the collector pipe (21) or in the air stream pipe (23). The air displacement device (17) is configured to blow a leakage drop off the outlet port (27) of the collector pipe (21) by an air stream towards an outlet port (35) of the air stream pipe (23).

Apparatus, including a pump system, features a controller having a signal processor or processing module configured to: receive signaling containing information about a relationship between frequencies of pump vibration resonances detected around critical pump speeds and a 3-dimensional pump vibration power spectrum in the frequency domain with respect to pump speed and pump temperature change differences; and determine corresponding signaling containing information to adjust the pump speed to avoid the pump vibration resonances around the critical pump speeds, based upon the signaling received. The signal processor or processing module is also configured to provide the corresponding signaling as control signaling to adjust the pump speed.

The disclosed technology relates to a solar water heating system including a tank configured to store heat transfer fluid, a solar collector in fluid communication with the tank, and a pump system in fluid communication with the tank and the solar collector. The pump system can include a first pump, a second pump, and a valve assembly. The valve assembly can direct the heat transfer fluid from an outlet of the first pump to the solar collector when the first pump is operating and can direct the heat transfer fluid from an outlet of the second pump to the solar collector when the second pump is operating. The first pump and the second pump can transfer the heat transfer fluid from the solar collector back to the tank when the first pump and the second pump are not operating.

A pump cooling system may include a cooling body configured to be fitted to a pump housing to receive heat from the pump housing via a heat conducting path between the cooling body and pump housing. The cooling body may have a passage through which, in use, a cooling fluid is passed to conduct heat away from the cooling body. The pump cooling system includes a cooling control mechanism configured to provide a gap in the heat conducting path at pump operating temperatures below a predefined temperature so heat conduction from the pump housing to the cooling body is interrupted.

The invention relates to the field of mining, specifically to oil extraction using electric centrifugal pump units having a frequency-controlled electric motor, and serves to fully automate oil well operations using an electric centrifugal pump. A method of operating an oil well using an electric centrifugal pump unit, wherein temperature is regulated by means of changing the rotational speed of a pump shaft, which is a novel use of operating temperature as feedback for monitoring the state of the centrifugal pump. Using the invention allows for fully automating the process of launching, putting into an operational mode, and monitoring the operation of the oil well using the electric centrifugal pump unit, which, in turn, increases the overall reliability of the equipment (electric centrifugal pump unit).

A water pump includes: a body portion including a housing where an inlet port and a discharge port, an impeller accommodated inside the housing and introducing or discharging the cooling water, a rotation shaft coupled to the impeller and rotating the impeller, and a cooling water flow rate control unit arranged above the impeller and operating to selectively open or close the discharge port; a cylinder portion provided above the cooling water flow rate control unit and formed therein a hydraulic space accommodating cooling water that applies pressure to the cooling water flow rate control unit; a piston located inside the hydraulic space and pressurizing the cooling water present inside the hydraulic space; a driving unit coupled to a side surface of the cylinder portion; and a lock preventing member located at an inner surface of the cylinder portion.

A pump system or device is provided for removing water from a pool cover or sump, featuring a controller configured to respond to a signal containing information about the ambient temperature in relation to a pump and to provide a controller signal containing information to control the operation of the pump based at least partly on the ambient temperature. The pumping system or device me be configured to include some combination of the following: temperature sensing, including a Thermistor, to change control logic at temperatures below a specific level (e.g. below 35 degrees F.); the initiation of impeller cycling at low operating temperatures to avoid ice formation in the impeller cavity and/or hose, but not for level sensing; the use of temperature feedback to turn off pump at low temperatures that may result in damage to the system; the addition of control logic to ignore torque increases due to contamination or flow-back Inclusion of soft-start of motor to reduce stress on impeller/motor; the option to connect Garden-style hose with an integral heating element to avoid freezing; a heating element to receive power from the pump via, e.g., a plug connector, where power to the heating element is supplied only when the temperature device is activated at some specified setting; the addition of a temperature sensor to render the pump inoperative if the temperature should fall below a set point (freezing); and/or the use of a field effect level sensor, such that the temperature sensing is substantially independent of the level sensing device.

Apparatus, including a pump system, features a controller having a signal processor or processing module configured to: receive signaling containing information about a relationship between frequencies of pump vibration resonances detected around critical pump speeds and a 3-dimensional pump vibration power spectrum in the frequency domain with respect to pump speed and pump temperature change differences; and determine corresponding signaling containing information to adjust the pump speed to avoid the pump vibration resonances around the critical pump speeds, based upon the signaling received.

The signal processor or processing module is also configured to provide the corresponding signaling as control signaling to adjust the pump speed.

A circulation pump assembly (2) includes an electric drive motor (6) and a control device (10) integrated into the circulation pump assembly (2). At least one internal temperature sensor (16) is arranged in the circulation pump assembly (2) and detects the temperature of the medium delivered by the circulation pump assembly (6) and issues a corresponding temperature signal (42) to the control device (10). The control device (10) is configured, on the basis of the temperature signal (42) of the internal temperature sensor (16), to approximately determine the temperature of the liquid in a liquid storage means (26) which is connected to the circulation pump assembly (2) via a heating circuit (28).