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Development of a piezoelectric high speed on/off valve and its application to pneumatic closed-loop position control system

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The use of smart materials-based high speed on/off valve has exhibited the potential to replace traditional servo and proportional valves in fluid power systems. In this paper, a novel pneumatic high speed on/off valve driven by a piezoelectric stack actuator is developed and its dynamics are studied. For an upstream gauge pressure of 0.5 MPa, the valve exhibited a large flow rate of up to 86 L/min. Furthermore, to study the ability of this novel high speed on/off valve to be applied in closed-loop control systems, a real-time position control system is realized using a PID controller. In order to prove its feasibility and effectiveness, a number of closed-loop trajectory tracking experiments are conducted on a pneumatic cylinder. The system is proved feasible and the results demonstrate good tracking performance.

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This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 51575258), Qing Lan Project, and the Foundation of Graduates Innovation Center in NUAA (grant number kfjj20180503).

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    Niyomwungeri Bruno, Yuchuan Zhu, Cheng Liu, Qiang Gao & Yuyang Li

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Niyomwungeri Bruno received the Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda, in 2015 and he is currently pursuing Master’s degree in mechatronic engineering at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China. His research interests include smart materials-based actuators and digital fluid power systems.

Yuchuan Zhu is currently a Professor at National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Helicopter Transmission, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China. He received the Master’s degree from Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, China, in 2003 and the Ph.D. degree from Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, in 2007. His research interests include smart material and structure technology, and fluid power transmission and control. Yuchuan Zhu is a senior member of Chinese mechanical engineering society, a member of Chinese aviation institute and Chinese aerospace institute.

Cheng Liu received the Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Jiangsu, China, in 2017 and he is currently pursuing Master’s degree in Mechatronic Engineering at the same university. His research interests include piezoelectric actuators, micro-pumps and Electro-hydrostatic actuator.

Qiang Gao received the Bachelor’s degree in 2014 from the college of Mechanical Engineering at Nanjing Institute of Technology and received the Master’s degree in 2017 from the college of Mechanical Engineering at Yanshan University. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the college of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. His research interests are digital hydraulics and smart materials.

Yuyang Li received the Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from China University of Mining and Technology, Jiangsu, China, in 2016 and he is currently pursuing Master’s degree in Mechanical engineering at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China. His research interests include Piezoelectric Actuators, Electro-Hydrostatic Actuators and morphing wings.

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Bruno, N., Zhu, Y., Liu, C. et al. Development of a piezoelectric high speed on/off valve and its application to pneumatic closed-loop position control system. J Mech Sci Technol 33, 2747–2759 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-019-0521-9

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