Oil‐ and water‐based continuous control valve

Purpose – Environmental protection regulations are becoming increasingly strict. Using water instead of a hydraulic mineral or biodegradable oil in power‐control hydraulic systems is a very positive step towards complying with these regulations. Since water hydraulics has many specifics, primarily related to lower viscosity and lubricity of water compared to oil, which greatly affects the leakage, and even more the friction and wear in these systems, a dedicated test rig is required for performing research with the real‐scale components. The purpose of this paper is to present some preliminary representative results on dynamic responses of the two hydraulic circuits with and without a mass load.Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents the newly developed dedicated test rig and its dynamic characteristics when used with water and oil as hydraulic fluid. Hydraulic pressures and motions of spool and piston in the two different fluids were of special interest.Findings – The results clearly show their ...

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