In the nuclear power sector, electricity is generated from the steam generated by large turbines which are highly reliant on efficient electro-hydraulic turbine speed control systems (EHC). These systems offer a wide range of control options and operate at pressures of over 1000 psi to ensure rapid hydraulic response. At these pressures the potential for leaks of hydraulic fluid is greater as i...

The fluid flow and the properties of the hydraulic fluid inside a torque converter are the main topics of interest in this research. The primary goal is to investigate the applicability of various viscous fluids inside the torque converter. The Taguchi optimization method is adopted to analyse the fluid flow in a torque converter from a design perspective. Calculations are conducted in maximizi...

Over recent years ionic liquids have gained in importance, causing a growing number of scientists and engineers to investigate possible applications for these liquids because of their unique physical and chemical properties. Their outstanding advantages such as nonflammable liquid within a broad liquid range, high thermal, mechanical, and chemical stabilities, low solubility for gases, attracti...

Most of the Iranian oil and gas wells in the Persian Gulf region are producing through their natural productivity and, in the near future, the use of stimulation methods will be undoubtedly necessary. Hydraulic fracturing as a popular technique can be a stimulation candidate. Due to the absence of adequate research in this field, numerical simulation can be an appropriate method to investigate ...

The rapid darkening of hydraulic oils and fluids in use has occasionally been reported. This paper summarizes the past investigations into this phenomenon, which have largely focused on the compression of air bubbles in mineral hydraulic oil. The process leads to a form of high temperature degradation known as dieseling and the probable formation of sub-micron carbonaceous particles. The import...

The pressure changes in the liquid-filled fluid circuits of Hydraulically Interconnected Suspensions (HIS) often lead to vibration of the whole pipeline and associated structures and hence become a source of structural noise, which degrades ride comfort. This paper presents the numerical and experimental investigation into the vibration of this kind of hydraulic circuit. The one-dimensional wav...

Oscillatory seismic signals arising from resonant vibrations of hydraulic fractures are observed in many geologic systems, including volcanoes, glaciers and ice sheets, and hydrocarbon and geothermal reservoirs. To better quantify the physical dimensions of fluid-filled cracks and properties of the fluids within them, we study wave motion along a thin hydraulic fracture waveguide. We present a ...

The response of deformable fractures to changes in fluid pressure controls phenomena ranging from the flow of fluids near wells to the propagation of hydraulic fractures. We developed an analysis designed to simulate fluid flows in the vicinity of asperity-supported fractures at rest, or fully open fractures that might be propagating. Transitions between at-rest and propagating fractures can al...

The energy density of conventional hydraulic accumulators is significantly lower than competing energy domains. In this paper, a novel solution to improve the energy density of hydraulic energy storage, the flywheel-accumulator, is presented. The flywheelaccumulator integrates rotating kinetic and pneumatic energy storage, where the hydraulic fluid is used to change the mass moment of inertia o...

One of the important parameters for determining the discharge through the subsurface system in groundwater engineering is hydraulic conductivity coefficient. This parameters the factor of oil skeleton and fluid properties. The horizontal and vertical components of saturated hydraulic conductivity coefficient can be obtained from the laboratory and field testing methods. Those are usually consta...