Hi!
I'm not too familiar with the hydraulics field. I mean i understand how it works, but I have never done some calculations until now, and since the lack of literature i need some help with it (and/or recomendations on some realy good literature i could learn how to do it from).
I'm working on some paper about running a centrifugal pump using a hydraulic motor.
The hydraulic motor is adjustable, while the pump that runs the system runs with constant rpm.
It's realy a simple system with little count of elements.
The first problem i encountered is the filter. Both the pump and the motor require filtration of the oil with max particles size 5 micrometers)
The pump is normally located next to the oil tank. Since suction filters aren't recomendet and if they are used filtration below 100 micrometers isn't recomendet, having trouble deciding where to put the filter? If i put it in the pressure line it's possible the pump sucks something bigger than 5 micrometers isn't it?
The second question is the tank? I've been searching how to determine the needed size of the tank, and found some formula that sais that the volume is 1,5 * Vc, where the Vc is the volume of all cylinders in the system. Since I don't have any cylinders in the system i thought the Vc would indicate the displacement volume of the hydromotor should be put in instead, but that's not right since i get the needed volume needs to be less than 1 liter.
That's the trouble i have in the moment, there will surely be more, hope I can find answeres here when i stumble on some problem, although I'd like to get a great book recomendet where i can learn how to do the calculations (summed up what i need to calculate is: the filter, the oil tank volume, the cooler, losses and how much it'll get heated, so thanks in advance for the recomendet books and all the help you'll be able to give me)
I'm not too familiar with the hydraulics field. I mean i understand how it works, but I have never done some calculations until now, and since the lack of literature i need some help with it (and/or recomendations on some realy good literature i could learn how to do it from).
I'm working on some paper about running a centrifugal pump using a hydraulic motor.
The hydraulic motor is adjustable, while the pump that runs the system runs with constant rpm.
It's realy a simple system with little count of elements.
The first problem i encountered is the filter. Both the pump and the motor require filtration of the oil with max particles size 5 micrometers)
The pump is normally located next to the oil tank. Since suction filters aren't recomendet and if they are used filtration below 100 micrometers isn't recomendet, having trouble deciding where to put the filter? If i put it in the pressure line it's possible the pump sucks something bigger than 5 micrometers isn't it?
The second question is the tank? I've been searching how to determine the needed size of the tank, and found some formula that sais that the volume is 1,5 * Vc, where the Vc is the volume of all cylinders in the system. Since I don't have any cylinders in the system i thought the Vc would indicate the displacement volume of the hydromotor should be put in instead, but that's not right since i get the needed volume needs to be less than 1 liter.
That's the trouble i have in the moment, there will surely be more, hope I can find answeres here when i stumble on some problem, although I'd like to get a great book recomendet where i can learn how to do the calculations (summed up what i need to calculate is: the filter, the oil tank volume, the cooler, losses and how much it'll get heated, so thanks in advance for the recomendet books and all the help you'll be able to give me)
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