Study of a new strategy for pneumatic actuator system energy efficiency improvement via the scroll expander technology

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1508-1518

  Luo, Xing ^a   Wang, Jihong ^a   Sun, Hao ^b   Derby, James W ^c   Mangan, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Energetix Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; exhaust recycling; mathematical modeling; pneumatic actuators; process control

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION AREA; COORDINATE CONTROL; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; OPERATION STATUS; PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR SYSTEMS; PNEUMATIC SYSTEM; SYSTEM STRUCTURES;

COMPRESSED AIR; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PNEUMATIC ACTUATORS; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; PRESSURE VESSELS; PROCESS CONTROL;

SCROLL COMPRESSORS;

EID: 84880572169     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2012.2203920     Document Type: Article

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