Discrete point remote calibration of a fluid flow device

Abstract

A method/structure for remotely calibrating a product fluid flow device having one or more apertures with aggregate area Ao, where fluid flows along a fluid flow path therethrough in response to pressure differentials ΔP across the apertures. Calibration can occur on a calibration device to determine a fluid flow profile for a product device. In response to a determination that the product device is installed according to a different arrangement than used during calibration, the flow profile can be updated according to the different arrangement and provided to the product device in situ.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A remote calibration device, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:   interfacing with a calibration fluid flow device (CFFD) configured to determine a fluid flow profile for a product fluid flow device (PFFD) according to a first installation arrangement of the PFFD;   in response to receiving arrangement data that indicates the PFFD was installed according to a second installation arrangement that differs from the first installation arrangement, instructing the CFFD to determine an updated flow profile for the PFFD according to the different installation arrangement; and   remotely recalibrating the PFFD with the updated flow profile.   
     
     
         2 . The remote calibration device of  claim 1 , wherein the CFFD comprises a test stand device. 
     
     
         3 . The remote calibration device of  claim 1 , wherein the CFFD comprises a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation device. 
     
     
         4 . The remote calibration device of  claim 1 , wherein the fluid flow profile describes a flow of a fluid, within the PFFD, through one or more apertures having an area, A o , that is adjustable by operation of the PFFD. 
     
     
         5 . The remote calibration device of  claim 1 , wherein in response to an indication by the CFFD that the updated flow profile cannot be determined according to the different installation arrangement, determining a suggested modification to the different installation arrangement. 
     
     
         6 . The remote calibration device of  claim 5 , instructing the CFFD to determine the updated flow profile according to the different installation arrangement and the suggested modification. 
     
     
         7 . The remote calibration device of  claim 1 , wherein the fluid flow profile comprises a surface equation that describes fluid flow through the PFFD as a function of two variables. 
     
     
         8 . The remote calibration device of  claim 7 , wherein the two variables comprise a first variable representative of an orientation of a damper of the PFFD and a second variable representative of a differential pressure across the PFFD. 
     
     
         9 . The remote calibration device of  claim 7 , wherein the orientation of the damper of the PFFD is determined by position feedback device associated with the PFFD. 
     
     
         10 . The remote calibration device of  claim 7 , wherein the differential pressure across the PFFD is determined by a transducer device associated with the PFFD. 
     
     
         11 . The remote calibration device of  claim 7 , wherein the surface equation is a joint polynomial in the two variables. 
     
     
         12 . The remote calibration device of  claim 7 , wherein the surface equation defines a surface realized as multiple joint polynomials representing multiple different ranges of the two variables. 
     
     
         13 . The remote calibration device of  claim 7 , wherein the surface equation defines a surface realized as a combination of multiple tiles indicative of different portions of the surface. 
     
     
         14 . The remote calibration device of  claim 13 , wherein each of the multiple tiles represents a respective joint polynomial determined over respective ranges of at least one of the two variables. 
     
     
         15 . The remote calibration device of  claim 14 , wherein the respective ranges comprise at least one overlapping value. 
     
     
         16 . The remote calibration device of  claim 1 , further comprising receiving operation data indicative of the operation of a system in which the PFFD was installed. 
     
     
         17 . The remote calibration device of  claim 16 , further comprising, based on the operation data, updating the flow profile in a manner that is determined to increase an efficiency metric of the system in which the PFFD was installed. 
     
     
         18 . A method, comprising:
 interfacing, by a device comprising a processor, with a calibration fluid flow device (CFFD) configured to determine a fluid flow profile for a product fluid flow device (PFFD) according to a first installation arrangement of the PFFD;   receiving, by the device, arrangement data that indicates the PFFD was installed at a customer site according to a second installation arrangement that differs from the first installation arrangement;   instructing, by the device, the CFFD to determine an updated flow profile for the PFFD according to the different installation arrangement; and   transmitting, by the device, the updated flow profile to the PFFD at the customer site.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising determining, by the device, a suggested modification to the different installation arrangement. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising instructing, by the device, the CFFD to determine the updated flow profile for the PFFD according to the different installation arrangement and the suggested modification. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the fluid flow profile comprises a surface equation that describes fluid flow through the PFFD as a function of two input variables comprising a first variable indicative of an orientation of a damper of the PFFD and a second variable indicative of a differential pressure measurement across the damper. 
     
     
         22 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a device, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 interfacing with a calibration fluid flow device (CFFD) configured to determine a fluid flow profile for a product fluid flow device (PFFD) according to a first installation arrangement of the PFFD;   receiving arrangement data that indicates the PFFD was installed at a customer site according to a second installation arrangement that differs from the first installation arrangement;   instructing the CFFD to determine an updated flow profile for the PFFD according to the different installation arrangement; and   transmitting the updated flow profile to the PFFD at the customer site.   
     
     
         23 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 20 , wherein the surface equation is a joint polynomial in the two variables comprising a first variable indicative of an orientation of a damper of the PFFD and a second variable indicative of a differential pressure measurement across the damper. 
     
     
         24 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein the surface equation defines a surface indicative of multiple joint polynomials representing multiple different ranges of the two variables. 
     
     
         25 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein at least one of the multiple different ranges comprise at least one value that overlaps with another range of the multiple different ranges.