103 Comparison of mathematical models for effective bulk modulus of oil with entrained air bubbles

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (0) ◽  
pp. 7-8
Author(s):  
Shuhei WATANABE ◽  
Sayako SAKAMA ◽  
Hiroyuki GOTO ◽  
Yutaka TANAKA
Author(s):  
Hossein Gholizadeh ◽  
Doug Bitner ◽  
Richard Burton ◽  
Greg Schoenau

It is well known that the presence of entrained air bubbles in hydraulic oil can significantly reduce the effective bulk modulus of hydraulic oil. The effective bulk modulus of a mixture of oil and air as pressure changes is considerably different than when the oil and air are not mixed. Theoretical models have been proposed in the literature to simulate the pressure sensitivity of the effective bulk modulus of this mixture. However, limited amounts of experimental data are available to prove the validity of the models under various operating conditions. The major factors that affect pressure sensitivity of the effective bulk modulus of the mixture are the amount of air bubbles, their size and the distribution, and rate of compression of the mixture. An experimental apparatus was designed to investigate the effect of these variables on the effective bulk modulus of the mixture. The experimental results were compared with existing theoretical models, and it was found that the theoretical models only matched the experimental data under specific conditions. The purpose of this paper is to specify the conditions in which the current theoretical models can be used to represent the real behavior of the pressure sensitivity of the effective bulk modulus of the mixture. Additionally, a new theoretical model is proposed for situations where the current models fail to truly represent the experimental data.


Author(s):  
Hossein Gholizadeh ◽  
Doug Bitner ◽  
Richard Burton ◽  
Greg Schoenau

It is well known that the presence of entrained air bubbles in hydraulic oil can significantly reduce the effective bulk modulus of hydraulic oil. The effective bulk modulus of a mixture of oil and air as pressure changes is considerably different than when the oil and air is not mixed. Theoretical models have been proposed in the literature to simulate the pressure sensitivity of the effective bulk modulus of this mixture. However, limited amounts of experimental data are available to prove the validity of the models under various operating conditions. The major factors that affect pressure sensitivity of the effective bulk modulus of the mixture are the amount of air bubbles, their size and the distribution and rate of compression of the mixture. An experimental apparatus was designed to investigate the effect of these variables on the effective bulk modulus of the mixture. The experimental results were compared with existing theoretical models and it was found that the theoretical models only matched the experimental data under specific conditions. The purpose of this paper is to specify the conditions in which the current theoretical models can be used to represent the real behavior of the pressure sensitivity of the effective bulk modulus of the mixture. Additionally, a new theoretical model is proposed for situations where the current models fail to truly represent the experimental data.


2012 ◽  
Vol 134 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunghun Kim ◽  
Hubertus Murrenhoff

Oil properties are very important input parameters for the simulation of hydraulic components. Precise values of effective bulk modulus at low pressures are especially required to improve the simulation accuracy of the pumps suction side or of cavitation in pumps or valves. So far, theoretical equations to compute the effective bulk modulus of hydraulic oil have not been experimentally verified, and only poor measured data are available to calculate the effective bulk modulus at low pressure. Therefore in this paper, the theoretical equation was verified for effective bulk moduli based on measurements of pressure change as a function of volume change at low pressures, varying temperature, entrained air content, and type of state change. Furthermore, the comparison of effective bulk moduli calculated with three different methods (mass-change, volume-change, and sound-speed method) shows that the effective bulk modulus can be calculated well from the measurement results of all three methods. The calculated effective bulk moduli values show little variation among the methods. Additionally, the release pressure of dissolved air in oil and the change of the polytropic gas constant depending on the speed of volume change rate were identified in this study.


1989 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 824-837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Avellaneda ◽  
Graeme W. Milton

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuvin A. Chinniah ◽  
Richard Burton ◽  
Saeid Habibi

Abstract In this paper, the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) estimation technique is applied to a novel hydrostatic actuation system referred to as the Electrohydraulic Actuator (EHA). A state space model of the EHA is developed and the effective bulk modulus is estimated in simulation. The EHA is a high performance actuation system capable of moving large loads with very high accuracy and precision. In a practical situation, this parameter is very difficult to measure directly as it depends on entrained air which cannot be known at a particular point of time. The bulk modulus is critical for system response and a low bulk modulus as a result of air in the system can seriously hinder the performance of EHA and cause safety problems.


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