MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617073301 A) filed by Alfa Laval Corporate Ab on June 12, 2026, for Centrifugal Separator Control System.
Inventors include Rabaey, Lies; Malmegard, Philip; Eketorp, Erik; and Rungrd, Conny.
The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of a control system (50) of controlling operation of a centrifugal separator (10), a control system (50) performing the method and a centrifugal separator (10) comprising the control system (50). In an aspect, a method of a control system (50) of controlling operation of a centrifugal separator (10) is provided. The method comprises supplying (S101) control signals to a variable frequency drive (30, VFD), configured to control at least one of torque and speed of a motor (13) causing a rotational member (11, 12) of the separator (10) to rotate for separating a fluid mixture into at least a first component and a second component, the VFD (30) controlling (S102) the at least one of the torque and speed of the motor (13) based on monitored (S103) operational mode of the separator (10), receiving (S104) data indicating that the operational mode of the separator (10) should be adjusted, and supplying (S105), in response to the received data indicating that the operational mode of the separator (10) should be adjusted, updated control signals to the VFD (30) for adjusting the operational mode of the separator (10).
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