Improvement of energy efficiency of servo pneumatic cylinders by optimising velocity profiles

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-307

  Ke, Jia ^a   Wang, Jihong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Non linear systems; Optimal control; Pneumatic actuators

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPRESSED AIR; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; STATE FEEDBACK;

INPUT/OUTPUT STATE FEEDBACK; PNEUMATIC ACTUATORS;

PNEUMATIC SERVOMECHANISMS;

EID: 34248635427     PISSN: 17466172     EISSN: 17466180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMIC.2006.012618     Document Type: Article

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