Abstract: Specified is a method for regulating the pressure of a fluid, moved through a pipe system with at least one consumer by a pressure generator, driven with an electric motor. In order to ensure a sufficient supply for all consumers on a continuous basis, the motor speed for adjusting the pressure in the pipe system is regulated by way of a controller. At least one control curve reflecting the fluid pressure in the pipe system in dependence on the amount of the fluid flowing through or the flow speed of the fluid is impressed into the controller. The control curve extends with a uniform curvature between a predetermined pressure minimum and a predetermined pressure maximum, such that in the direction of increasing pressure, it is located above a straight line connecting the points of minimum pressure and maximum pressure and is at the greatest distance from this straight line in the center region between the two points.

Abstract: Method of setting the output of a circulating pump installed in a hot water heating system and drivable by a variable rpm electromotor, including driving water by the pump from a water heater through a piping system to consumer devices situated in various locations served by the heating system, returning the water to the water heater by way of a return pipe, sensing the flow velocity of the water by a measuring device installed in the piping system, obtaining from the measuring device an electric voltage proportionate to the flow velocity, applying the voltage to a regulator which regulates the electromotor of the pump, generating output voltage values by the regulator, at least in lower voltage ranges, which are, up to 60% of a maximum voltage, higher than those voltage values which correspond to a characteristic curve of the circulating pump, and steplessly varying the rpm of the electromotor as a function of the output voltage of the regulator.