Original Article

Analysis of Power Matching on Energy Savings of a Pneumatic Rotary Actuator Servo-Control System

  • Yeming Zhang ,
  • Hongwei Yue ,
  • Ke Li ,
  • Maolin Cai
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  • 1. School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China;
    2. School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China;
    3. School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

收稿日期: 2019-07-06

  修回日期: 2020-02-22

  网络出版日期: 2020-06-17

基金资助

Supported by Henan Province Science and Technology Key Project of China (Grant Nos. 202102210081, 202102210082), Fundamental Research Funds for Henan Province Colleges and Universities of China (Grant No. NSFRF140120), and Doctor Foundation of Henan Polytechnic University (Grant No. B2012-101)

Analysis of Power Matching on Energy Savings of a Pneumatic Rotary Actuator Servo-Control System

  • Yeming Zhang ,
  • Hongwei Yue ,
  • Ke Li ,
  • Maolin Cai
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  • 1. School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China;
    2. School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China;
    3. School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

Received date: 2019-07-06

  Revised date: 2020-02-22

  Online published: 2020-06-17

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Supported by Henan Province Science and Technology Key Project of China (Grant Nos. 202102210081, 202102210082), Fundamental Research Funds for Henan Province Colleges and Universities of China (Grant No. NSFRF140120), and Doctor Foundation of Henan Polytechnic University (Grant No. B2012-101)

摘要

When saving energy in a pneumatic system, the problem of energy losses is usually solved by reducing the air supply pressure. The power-matching method is applied to optimize the air-supply pressure of the pneumatic system, and the energy-saving effect is verified by experiments. First, the experimental platform of a pneumatic rotary actuator servo-control system is built, and the mechanism of the valve-controlled cylinder system is analyzed. Then, the output power characteristics and load characteristics of the system are derived, and their characteristic curves are drawn. The employed air compressor is considered as a constant-pressure source of a quantitative pump, and the power characteristic of the system is matched. The power source characteristic curve should envelope the output characteristic curve and load characteristic curve. The minimum gas supply pressure obtained by power matching represents the optimal gas supply pressure. The comparative experiments under two different gas supply pressure conditions show that the system under the optimal gas supply pressure can greatly reduce energy losses.

本文引用格式

Yeming Zhang , Hongwei Yue , Ke Li , Maolin Cai . Analysis of Power Matching on Energy Savings of a Pneumatic Rotary Actuator Servo-Control System[J]. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2020 , 33(2) : 30 -30 . DOI: 10.1186/s10033-020-00445-3

Abstract

When saving energy in a pneumatic system, the problem of energy losses is usually solved by reducing the air supply pressure. The power-matching method is applied to optimize the air-supply pressure of the pneumatic system, and the energy-saving effect is verified by experiments. First, the experimental platform of a pneumatic rotary actuator servo-control system is built, and the mechanism of the valve-controlled cylinder system is analyzed. Then, the output power characteristics and load characteristics of the system are derived, and their characteristic curves are drawn. The employed air compressor is considered as a constant-pressure source of a quantitative pump, and the power characteristic of the system is matched. The power source characteristic curve should envelope the output characteristic curve and load characteristic curve. The minimum gas supply pressure obtained by power matching represents the optimal gas supply pressure. The comparative experiments under two different gas supply pressure conditions show that the system under the optimal gas supply pressure can greatly reduce energy losses.

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