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Posted by: OC ® 07/02/2004, 11:08:18 Author Profile Mail author Edit |
I am trying to find out how or what formula to use that will let me calculate the air storage vessel size that is needed to provide adequate capacity to various different automated machines. What is happening is , When multiple air cylinders are actuated at the apprx. same my supplied air pressure spikes low due to the sudden increase in load demand. By adding a storage tank to the supply line before the solenoid manifold I can stabilize this dip. On a small application just guessing the size has worked, but on a large machine with many things moving continuously there has to be a way to calculate the size of this tank in relationship to the supply, demand, and pressure dip that is occuring. Thanks
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Posted by: Cragyon ®  07/02/2004, 13:50:16 Author Profile Mail author Edit |
You should also consider a "Accumulator" installed within your system. An accumulator is designed to help with those high demand/flow moments. Also look at your line size...
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Posted by: OC ® 07/02/2004, 14:56:03 Author Profile Mail author Edit |
Thanks for the quick reply, but what I'm trying to calculate is the size of the accumulator based on the load and low pressure spike. There has to be a way to determine this size based on these values.
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Posted by: acroduster1 ®  07/06/2004, 11:01:12 Author Profile Mail author Edit |
As you know, you will ALWAYS have a low spike when air is used from the system. The question is, how low can it be and still be within operating tolerance of your machinery? Use this value as a starting point. This is your final pressure in your calculation. The initial pressure is the nominal pressure that you keep in the system. Use the ideal gas law to get a rough estimate on what the volume needs to be to withstand that pressure loss. Another idea is to use a slow-bleed accumulator on some of your machinery. Say you have two parts that fire at the same time. On one of them, put an accumulator that fills slowly during the time the unit is not firing. This won't have an effect on the other part and is easy on your system. If you have many firing from the same tank, you need to critically look at each one to see where slow bleed acculumators would work best and alleviate the sudden demand on the tank. The idea is to spread out the demand on your pressurizing system. Acro |
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