DEVICE FOR THE CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF ONE OR MORE ELECTRIC PUMPS

Abstract

A device for the control and management of at least one electric pump, comprising: an element for the actuation of the device, a user interface, connected to the actuation element.

The device comprises PLC data link means.

Claims

1. A device for the control and management of at least one electric pump, comprising: an element for the actuation of said device, a user interface, connected to said actuation element, said device being characterized in that it comprises PLC data link means.

2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a first connection and electric power supply cable which can be connected to an electrical mains.

3. The device according to claim 1, further comprising wireless data link means.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein said user interface is constituted by a smartphone/tablet and by a dedicated application contained therein.

5. An electric pump, comprising an actuation and power supply unit, and further comprising complementary PLC data link means connected to said actuation and power supply unit of said electric pump, said complementary PLC data link means being connectable to a device according to claim 1.

6. The electric pump according to claim 5, further comprising a second connection and electric power supply cable which can be connected to said electrical mains, said electrical mains being the power supply mains both of said electric pump and of said device.

7. The electric pump according to claim 5, wherein it is an immersion electric pump.

Description

[0029] Further characteristics and advantages of the invention will become better apparent from the description of a preferred but not exclusive embodiment of the device for the control and management of an electric pump and of the electric pump with such a device, according to the invention, illustrated by way of non-limiting example in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

[0030] FIG. 1 is a view of a first embodiment of a device for the control and management of an electric pump, according to the invention;

[0031] FIG. 2 is a view of a second embodiment of application of a device for the control and management of an electric pump, according to the invention;

[0032] FIG. 3 is a schematic internal view of a device for the control and management of an electric pump, according to the invention.

[0033] With reference to the figures, a device for the control and management of an electric pump according to the invention is designated generally by the reference numeral 10.

[0034] The device 10 is applied to an electric pump 11, of a per se known type.

[0035] One of the particularities of the invention resides in that the device 10 and the electric pump 11 are connected by means of a power line data link, also known as PLC (Power Line Communication).

[0036] The device 10 comprises PLC data link means 12 connected to complementary PLC data link means 13 of the electric pump 11.

[0037] The PLC data link allows to utilize the electrical mains that is present, provided that the electric pump 11 and the device 10 are connected to the same single-phase mains L.

[0038] The mains L is the electrical mains for the power supply of the electric pump 11 and of the device 10.

[0039] The device 10 is connected to the mains L by means of a first connection and electric power supply cable 14.

[0040] The electric pump 11 is connected to the mains L by means of a second connection and electric power supply cable 15.

[0041] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the device 10 is not required to be connected to the same branch R of the mains L as the electric pump 11, but it is sufficient for it to be connected to any branch R of the mains L.

[0042] With reference to FIG. 2, the device 10 can be connected to the mains L even upstream of the meters C.

[0043] It should be noted that the characteristic of the PLC link allows remote control without the need to use a dedicated physical connecting cable but by utilizing the existing electrical mains.

[0044] The electric pump 11, shown in the figures, is an immersion electric pump.

[0045] However, the electric pump 11 can also be a surface electric pump. The complementary PLC data link means 13 are connected electrically in turn to the control and power supply unit of the electric pump 11, not shown in the figures.

[0046] The PLC data link means 12 are connected electrically to an actuation element 16 of the device 10.

[0047] The actuation element 16 is connected to a local user interface 20 and/or to wireless data link means 17.

[0048] The actuation element 16 is for example a microprocessor.

[0049] The wireless data link means are for example Wi-Fi link means and are adapted for communication with smartphones and/or tablets, not shown in the figures, for the management of the electric pump 11 by means of a dedicated application.

[0050] In this case, the user interface is constituted by the smartphone/tablet and by the dedicated application contained therein.

[0051] In this manner it is possible to remotely manage, by means of the application for smartphones/tablets, even electric pumps such as immersion ones that are normally not reached by wireless links.

[0052] It should be noted that by means of the device 10 it is possible to control and manage even multiple electric pumps 11, all connected to the same single-phase electrical mains L.

[0053] By means of the PLC link between the device 10 and one or more electric pumps 11 it is possible to control and interact with them, even remotely, by utilizing substantially the electrical power supply mains L of the former and of the latter.

[0054] In practice it has been found that the invention achieves the intended aim and objects, providing a device for the control and management of an electric pump that allows remote interaction with the electric pump without requiring a dedicated cable for connection to the electric pump.

[0055] The invention provides a device for the control and management of an electric pump that allows remote control, by means of a dedicated smartphone and/or tablet application, also for immersion electric pumps.

[0056] Finally, the invention provides an electric pump to which a device is applied which is capable of achieving the aim and objects listed above and of overcoming the described drawbacks.

[0057] The invention thus conceived is susceptible of numerous modifications and variations, all of which are within the scope of the appended claims; all the details may furthermore be replaced with other technically equivalent elements.

[0058] In practice, the materials used, so long as they are compatible with the specific use, as well as the contingent shapes and dimensions, may be any according to the requirements and the state of the art.

[0059] The disclosures in Italian Patent Application No. 102019000012846 from which this application claims priority are incorporated herein by reference.