Individual metering fluid power systems: Challenges and opportunities

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 196-211

  Eriksson, B ^a   Palmberg, J O ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

energy savings; fluid power; hardware layouts; independent metering

Indexed keywords

CONTROL STRATEGIES; ENERGY SAVING; FLUID POWER; INDEPENDENT METERING; METERING FLUIDS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

FLUIDS; HARDWARE;

EID: 79953197224     PISSN: 09596518     EISSN: 20413041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09596518JSCE1111     Document Type: Review

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