Impact of capturing used air on the dynamics of actuator drive

Abstract

This paper discusses the process of capturing the used air from the pneumatic actuator in a separate reservoir for its later use in order to get a higher energy efficiency of the pneumatic system. A mathematical model is developed and MATLAB simulations is performed. Certain conditions for collecting of air pressure under which the capturing can be used, without the loss of actuators dynamic characteristics, were determined by modeling and experimentally. A good correlation of results of modeling and the results obtained experimentally are shown.