Intelligent Hydraulic Power Generating Group

Abstract

The domain of hydraulics is expensive, but this is changing due to the new manufacturing technologies. The hydraulic energy generators without an intelligent controller have low efficiency and they will be replaced by intelligent ones. The use of an inverter can significantly reduce the energy consumption by modifying the speed of the motor in order to obtain the flow/pressure required by the application. If a variable flow pump is used in the system, the energy saving is important, due to the pump working with the optimum speed, pressure and flow needed for a maximum efficiency. The use of systems connected to the Internet (and cloud services) increases the reliability due to the predictive maintenance and the reduced working costs. The paper is the starting point in developing an intelligent control system using optimized algorithms for decreasing the consumption, increasing the reliability, reducing the noise and increasing the operating safety.