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Article: Wisconsin Inventors Develop Oil Pump Efficiency Improvement System
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 15, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 15 -- Robb G. Anderson and and Harry W. Schulz, both of Racine, Wis., and Mark E. Garlow of Kenosha, Wis., have developed an oil pump cavity controlling system.
According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling operation of a progressing cavity pump to maintain the motor operating under power disturbance conditions. For a blackout condition, a backspin controller uses regenerative power to provide controlled deceleration of the pump, counteracting backspin and preventing backspinning freely. For a brownout condition, a power dip controller weakens the motor field to maximize pump production consistent with reduced ...