The current study aims to improve the performance of the electrohydraulic servo system(EHSS)by increasing the volumetric efficiency of the pump and reducing electrical power consumption to a minimum value.An experimen...The current study aims to improve the performance of the electrohydraulic servo system(EHSS)by increasing the volumetric efficiency of the pump and reducing electrical power consumption to a minimum value.An experimental setup has been designed and built to control the cylinder position using a programmable logic controller to provide the appropriate motor speed from the AC drive to control the velocity of the hydraulic actuator;the induction motor is driven by an AC drive using a tune proportional-integral-variable frequency drive(TPI-VFD)space vector modulation(SVM)hybrid technology.Theoretically,it was analyzed and simulated by MATLAB,which showed that the starting current was reduced by 81%compared to the traditional system.Also,the settling time of the system decreased to 0.35 s to reach a steady state with a minimum error of 0.03 and an overshoot of 0.3%.On the other hand,the experimental results of the EHSS show that the three-phase induction motor with a closed-loop speed control AC drive with a programmable logic controller PLC based system is the best case for determining the appropriate operating speed.The optimum speed,frequency,and voltage were 1325.3 rpm,46.6 Hz,and 354.16 V.In addition,enhancement is achieved in closed-loop VFD-PLC,where at 6.5 bar pressure and 3.4 LPM flow,the volumetric efficiency after the pump improves to 98.6%while it reaches 96.3%before the cylinder at a flow rate of 3.32 LPM.Finally,in the closed-loop VFD-PLC in the expansion stroke,the rated electrical power consumption of the three-phase IM decreased to 532 W at the speed of 1325.3 rpm,resulting in energy savings of 20.6%.展开更多
Achieving broadband solar thermal absorption via dilute nanofluids is still a daunting challenge since the absorption peaks of common metal particles are usually located in the visible part of the radiation spectrum.T...Achieving broadband solar thermal absorption via dilute nanofluids is still a daunting challenge since the absorption peaks of common metal particles are usually located in the visible part of the radiation spectrum.This paper aims to present the results of experimental investigations on the thermal performance of heat pipe-type evacuated solar collectors.The experimented system consists of 15 tubes,providing the hot nanofluid to 100-L storage in a closed flow loop.The solar collector with a gross area of 2.1 m^(2)is part of the solar hot water test system located in Baghdad-Iraq.Al2O3 nanofluid at 0.5%volume concentration in water as working fluid was used in three flow rates of 3.3,6.6,and 10 L/min over two months,March and April.The experimental results indicated that maximum solar irradiation was 1070 and 1270 W/m^(2)in March and April,respectively.The maximum daily average of rate heat gain 11,270 and 12,040 W was recorded in March and April,respectively.In terms of the best operational flow rate,the system performs better at 3.3 L/min nanofluid flow rate.For the considered study period,the average monthly maximum energy efficiencies of the solar collector in March and April were 86%and 80%,respectively.展开更多
文摘The current study aims to improve the performance of the electrohydraulic servo system(EHSS)by increasing the volumetric efficiency of the pump and reducing electrical power consumption to a minimum value.An experimental setup has been designed and built to control the cylinder position using a programmable logic controller to provide the appropriate motor speed from the AC drive to control the velocity of the hydraulic actuator;the induction motor is driven by an AC drive using a tune proportional-integral-variable frequency drive(TPI-VFD)space vector modulation(SVM)hybrid technology.Theoretically,it was analyzed and simulated by MATLAB,which showed that the starting current was reduced by 81%compared to the traditional system.Also,the settling time of the system decreased to 0.35 s to reach a steady state with a minimum error of 0.03 and an overshoot of 0.3%.On the other hand,the experimental results of the EHSS show that the three-phase induction motor with a closed-loop speed control AC drive with a programmable logic controller PLC based system is the best case for determining the appropriate operating speed.The optimum speed,frequency,and voltage were 1325.3 rpm,46.6 Hz,and 354.16 V.In addition,enhancement is achieved in closed-loop VFD-PLC,where at 6.5 bar pressure and 3.4 LPM flow,the volumetric efficiency after the pump improves to 98.6%while it reaches 96.3%before the cylinder at a flow rate of 3.32 LPM.Finally,in the closed-loop VFD-PLC in the expansion stroke,the rated electrical power consumption of the three-phase IM decreased to 532 W at the speed of 1325.3 rpm,resulting in energy savings of 20.6%.
基金The University of Technology,specifically the Department of Electromechanical Engineering,provided invaluable assistance during the experimental work,for which the authors are quite grateful.
文摘Achieving broadband solar thermal absorption via dilute nanofluids is still a daunting challenge since the absorption peaks of common metal particles are usually located in the visible part of the radiation spectrum.This paper aims to present the results of experimental investigations on the thermal performance of heat pipe-type evacuated solar collectors.The experimented system consists of 15 tubes,providing the hot nanofluid to 100-L storage in a closed flow loop.The solar collector with a gross area of 2.1 m^(2)is part of the solar hot water test system located in Baghdad-Iraq.Al2O3 nanofluid at 0.5%volume concentration in water as working fluid was used in three flow rates of 3.3,6.6,and 10 L/min over two months,March and April.The experimental results indicated that maximum solar irradiation was 1070 and 1270 W/m^(2)in March and April,respectively.The maximum daily average of rate heat gain 11,270 and 12,040 W was recorded in March and April,respectively.In terms of the best operational flow rate,the system performs better at 3.3 L/min nanofluid flow rate.For the considered study period,the average monthly maximum energy efficiencies of the solar collector in March and April were 86%and 80%,respectively.
