EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE MULTIPLE-COMPRESSOR CONTROL SYSTEMS STRUCTURAL DIAGRAMS FOR PRODUCING COMPRESSED AIR

Abstract

Compressed air is a versatile energy source for powering various actuators in automated and robotic industries. However, compressed air systems belong to the most energy-consuming equipment category. Experimental studies of the transients of these systems are needed to create more efficient algorithms of the multiple-compressor systems. In this article are given the results of the study of the multiple-compressors control systems algorithms with different leading signals. The block diagram of the multiple-compressors consists of a master programmable logic controller, which implements and investigates control algorithms, and local controllers of individual compressors. A significant improvement the multiple-compressors control system were achieved by introducing an additional informative signal from the air consumption high-speed flow meter.