Energy consumption assessment and energy loss analysis in pneumatic system

  • Maolin Cai*
  • , Toshiharu Kagawa
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Compared with the traditional energy consumption assessment method based on air flow rate, a new method using air power is presented. The air power is defined as the flux of the available energy of flowing compressed air. The available energy is the work-producing potential of compressed air under a surrounding of the atmospheric pressure and temperature. Air power is a relative potential in the atmospheric environment, because pneumatic systems work in the same environment. With air power, mechanism and factors making energy loss are discussed and some data of energy losses in pneumatic system are shown, which will make objective of energy savings clear.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)69-74
Number of pages6
JournalJixie Gongcheng Xuebao/Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Volume43
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2007

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • Air power
  • Available energy
  • Compressed air
  • Energy loss
  • Energy saving
  • Pneumatic system

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