Abstract
The chapter presents the main principle on which the proposals of this book
are based. In this principle, the energetic efficiency of pneumatic actuators is strongly
increased by adding an amount of expansion work to the classical work produced by
constant pressure displacement. Such a principle has already been applied in steam
machines at the beginning of the 20th century or in existing pneumatic converters used
as motors for automotive vehicles.
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Alfred Rufer ;Increasing the Energetic Efficiency of Pneumatic Devices, Semi-rotary and Linear Actuators for Compressed Air Energy Storage and Energy Efficient Pneumatic Applications (2023) 1: 24. https://doi.org/10.2174/9789815179095123010004
DOI https://doi.org/10.2174/9789815179095123010004 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |