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Efficient Hydraulic Fluids Compressibility Is Still One of the Most Critically Important Factors WORLDWIDE R. David Whitby Efficient hydraulic fluids Compressibility is still one of the most critically important factors. ydraulic fluids transmit power as a hydraulic system con- while phosphate and vegetable-oil esters have compressibilities H verts mechanical energy into fluid energy and subsequently similar to that of water. Polyalphaolefins are more compressible to mechanical work. To achieve this conversion efficiently, hydrau- than mineral oils. Water-glycol fluids are intermediate between lic fluids need to be relatively incompressible. Hydraulic fluids mineral oils and water. must also minimize wear, reduce friction, provide cooling and pre- Mineral oils are relatively incompressible, but volume reduc- vent rust and corrosion, be compatible with system components tions can be approximately 0.5% for pressures ranging from 6,900 and help keep the system free of deposits. kPa (1,000 psi) up to 27,600 kPa (4,000 psi). Compressibility in- Compressibility measures the rela- creases with pressure and temperature tive change in volume of a fluid or solid and has significant effects on high-pres- as a response to a change in pressure and sure fluid systems. Hydraulic oils typi- is the reciprocal of the volume-elastic cally contain 6% to 10% of dissolved air, modulus or bulk modulus of elasticity. which has no measurable effect on bulk Bulk modulus defines the pressure in- modulus provided it stays in solution. crease needed to cause a given relative Bulk modulus is an inherent property decrease in volume. of the hydraulic fluid and, therefore, is The bulk modulus of a fluid is nonlin- an inherent inefficiency of the hydraulic ear. When the change in volume against system. Because compression of the fluid pressure is plotted on a graph, the result requires energy at the input, which can- is a curve rather than a straight line. Tan- The size and weight of a hydraulic system not be converted to useful work at the gent bulk modulus relates to the slope of is critical when the importance of a low output, it is lost energy. The larger the the curve at any specific point and is, bulk modulus becomes greater. system actuator and the faster the re- therefore, the true rate of change in vol- quired response time, the higher the en- ume at that specific pressure. ergy inefficiency due to bulk modulus. Bulk modulus is further defined as isothermal, where the heat There are hydraulic system problems caused by low compress- associated with compression is dissipated (constant temperature) ibility, including: or isentropic. When the heat associated with compression is not dissipated, both pressure and thermal expansion are considered. • Servo-valves fail to maintain static rigidity and experience ad- Isentropic can be viewed as dynamic bulk modulus and isothermal verse effects in system amplification. as static bulk modulus. The former is typically appropriate to mod- ern, high-response hydraulic systems. • Loss in efficiency because volume reduction due to compress- Hydraulic fluids need to have a very low compressibility. A low ibility cannot be recovered. compressibility translates into a fast response time, resulting in a • Cavitation, which may cause metal fracture, corrosive fatigue high-transmission velocity of pressure and low power loss. Hy- and stress corrosion. draulic fluids with a high compressibility or low bulk modulus act as dampening fluids. As a result, hydraulic fluids that contain en- It is normally desirable that compressibility should be as low trained air, due either to poor air release or excessive foaming, are as possible, although an extremely high resistance to compress- much less effective in transmitting power. ibility in a hydraulic fluid could actually be disadvantageous in The size and weight of a hydraulic system is critical when the readily transmitting shock forces. However, the inherent elasticity importance of a low bulk modulus becomes greater. Poor com- of the mechanical components comprising hydraulic systems has pressibility requires increased line sizes and actuator cross-sec- the effect of increasing the absolute compressibility of the fluid to tional areas to compensate for the lower stiffness of the fluid. a rather higher apparent value. These increases also mean a larger volume of hydraulic fluid and greater hydraulic system weight. Different hydraulic fluids have different compressibilities. For David Whitby is chief executive of Pathmaster example, naphthenic oils have a higher bulk modulus than paraf- Marketing Ltd. in Surrey, England. You can finic oils. Water is slightly less compressible than mineral oil, contact him at [email protected]. 72 • JANUARY 2011 TRIBOLOGY & LUBRICATION TECHNOLOGY WWW.STLE.ORG.
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