F04B11/0016

Electronically Controlled Pump System
20230046159 · 2023-02-16 · ·

An electronically controlled pump system and methods of use of the same are disclosed herein. An electronically controlled pump system can include a first fluid pumping module and a second fluid pumping module. The first fluid pumping module can include a first pump module that can output a first fluid component at a first flow rate, and a first surge suppressor that can receive the output first fluid component. The second fluid pumping module includes a second pump module that can output a second fluid component at a second flow rate. The pump system includes a mixing manifold downstream of the first surge suppressor and the second fluid pumping module, which mixing manifold can mix the first fluid component and the second fluid component. The pump system can include a controller that can independently control the first pump module and the second pump module.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING NOISE IN COMPACT HIGH SPEED AND HIGH FORCE HYDRAULIC ACTUATORS

Presented herein are systems and methods for attenuating certain pulsations in a hydraulic system comprising a pump and a hydraulic actuator. In certain aspects, an accumulator comprising an internal volume that is divided into a working chamber and a contained chamber may be utilized to at least partially attenuate propagation of certain pulsations in the system. The working chamber may be fluidically coupled to the pump via a first flow path and fluidically coupled to a chamber of the actuator via a second flow path. The system may be designed such that a first inertance of the first flow path is greater than a second inertance of the second flow path. Additionally or alternatively, the system may be designed such that a resonance associated with the first inertance and a compliance of the accumulator may occur at a resonance frequency of less than 90 Hz.

SELF-REGULATING FRAC PUMP SUCTION STABILIZER/DAMPENER

A hydraulic fracturing pump system includes an electric powered hydraulic fracturing pump positioned on a support structure. The system also includes a suction stabilizer/dampener coupled to a suction end of the pump. The system further includes a compressed gas supply, fluidly coupled to the suction stabilizer/dampener, and positioned on the support structure. The system also includes a flow path between the suction stabilizer/dampener and the compressed gas supply, the flow path including at least one valve and at least one regulator configured to control flow from the compressed gas supply to the suction stabilizer/dampener.

Method and system for damping flow pulsation

A method of attenuating pressure pulsations, comprises: pumping liquid into a vessel in fluid communication with a flow line by a conduit sealingly passing through a top surface of the vessel, so as to discharge the liquid into the flow line while creating an air-liquid interface in the vessel, by trapping in an upper part of the vessel air that attenuates pressure pulsations caused by the pumping. The method also comprises generating condition for the liquid to drain out of the vessel to allow air to fill at least the upper portion of the vessel.

Pneumatic surge suppressor
11499543 · 2022-11-15 · ·

A surge suppressor includes a boost mechanism configured to balance pressures between a working fluid and a process fluid. The boost mechanism includes a boost member that is acted on by a charge pressure of the working fluid. A shaft extends from the boost member to a pressure control member bounding the process fluid and acting on the process fluid. The boost member can have a larger effective area than the pressure control member to provide a pressure multiplication between the charge pressure and the process fluid pressure. In addition, pressure control valves are mounted to an air housing and actuated open by the boost mechanism. Actuating one of the pressure control valves open increases the charge pressure. Actuating the other pressure control valve open decreases the charge pressure.

Self-regulating FRAC pump suction stabilizer/dampener

A hydraulic fracturing pump system includes an electric powered hydraulic fracturing pump positioned on a support structure. The system also includes a suction stabilizer/dampener coupled to a suction end of the pump. The system further includes a compressed gas supply, fluidly coupled to the suction stabilizer/dampener, and positioned on the support structure. The system also includes a flow path between the suction stabilizer/dampener and the compressed gas supply, the flow path including at least one valve and at least one regulator configured to control flow from the compressed gas supply to the suction stabilizer/dampener.

AUTOMOTIVE FUEL PUMP
20230036908 · 2023-02-02 · ·

Provided is an automotive fuel pump. An upper body includes a valve driving body configured to reciprocate up and down and including a solenoid and a reciprocating rod. A lower body includes a reservoir housing provided below the upper body in a sealing manner. The reservoir housing has a fuel intake space, a fuel discharge space, and a fuel outlet. A reservoir cup is provided on a bottom of the reservoir housing and has a fuel inlet. A diaphragm includes a thin sheet separating the reservoir housing and the upper body and is actuated by the reciprocating rod of the upper body so as to perform a pumping action. An air pocket is provided in the discharge space, and has a predetermined expansible/contractible space. Discharge performance for supplying fuel is improved, thereby improving the fuel consumption efficiency of a vehicle.

AUTOMATIC FLUID PUMP INLET STABILIZERS AND VACUUM REGULATORS
20220341406 · 2022-10-27 ·

A fluid pump inlet stabilizer dampener includes a deformable diaphragm separating an enclosure into a gas chamber and a liquid chamber; and a piston coupled to the deformable diaphragm and being movable with respect to a valve housing, wherein the piston is configured to be positioned in at least first, second, and third positions, wherein in the first position a first fluid flow path from a pressurized gas inlet port to the gas chamber is open, in the second position the first fluid flow path is closed, and in the third position the first fluid flow path is closed and a second fluid flow path that activates a venturi vacuum generator is open.

Systems and methods for managing noise in compact high speed and high force hydraulic actuators

Presented herein are systems and methods for attenuating certain pulsations in a hydraulic system comprising a pump and a hydraulic actuator. In certain aspects, an accumulator comprising an internal volume that is divided into a working chamber and a contained chamber may be utilized to at least partially attenuate propagation of certain pulsations in the system. The working chamber may be fluidically coupled to the pump via a first flow path and fluidically coupled to a chamber of the actuator via a second flow path. The system may be designed such that a first inertance of the first flow path is greater than a second inertance of the second flow path. Additionally or alternatively, the system may be designed such that a resonance associated with the first inertance and a compliance of the accumulator may occur at a resonance frequency of less than 90 Hz.

High-Pressure Fuel Pump
20220333568 · 2022-10-20 ·

A high-pressure fuel pump includes a pump housing, a receiving space in the pump housing, a pressure pulsation damper in the form of a diaphragm cell having two diaphragms, which pressure pulsation damper is arranged in the receiving space, and a holding device for holding the diaphragm cell in the receiving space. The holding device includes a connection portion, which is connected to the pump housing rigidly both in an axial direction and in a radial direction. The connection portion is fastened to the pump housing, both in the axial direction and in the radial direction, to an inner lateral surface of the pump housing that delimits the receiving space.