Constant pressure hydraulic energy storage through a variable area piston hydraulic accumulator

Applied Energy

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 262-270

  Van de Ven, James D ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Constant pressure; Energy storage; Hydraulic accumulator; Rolling diaphragm

Indexed keywords

DIAPHRAGMS; ENERGY STORAGE; HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATORS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PISTON DISPLACEMENT;

CIRCUIT COMPONENTS; CONSTANT PRESSURES; CONTACT LOCATION; ENERGY DENSITY; ENERGY DOMAIN; ENERGY STORAGE DENSITY; FIXED CYLINDERS; GAS PRESSURES; GAS VOLUME; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; HYDRAULIC CIRCUITS; HYDRAULIC ENERGY STORAGE; HYDRAULIC SYSTEM; POWER REQUIREMENT; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; SYSTEM CONTROL; TRANSFORMATION METHODS; VARIABLE AREA; VOLUME RATIO;

HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT;

PRESSURE GRADIENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOLUME;

EID: 84873307293     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.12.059     Document Type: Article

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