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Integrated nozzle - flapper valve with piezoelectric actuator and isothermal chamber: a feedback linearization multi control device

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This paper introduces a new nozzle-flapper valve with isothermal chamber using piezoelectric actuator. It controls the pressure and flow rate simply, effectively and separately. The proposed valve uses isothermal chamber presenting practical isothermal condition due to its large heat transfer interfaces filled by metal wool. The valve uses stacked type piezoelectric actuator with unique advantages. By using this valve, a simple method has been fulfilled to control flow rate or pressure of ideal gases in a pneumatic actuators. Experimental results demonstrated applications of the proposed valve to control either pressure or flow rate in pneumatic circuits. This valve can be also used in the pilot stage valve to actuate the main stage of a much bigger pneumatic valve. Designated structure contains only one pressure sensor installed on the isothermal control chamber, capable of controlling both pressure and flow rate. The desired output mass flow rate of the valve is controlled by the pressure changes during positioning of piezoelectric actuator at proper position. The proposed valve can control steady and unsteady oscillatory flow rate and pressure effectively, using nonlinear control method such as feedback linearization approach. Its effectiveness is demonstrated and validated through simulation and experiments.

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Mohammadreza Kamali received his M.Sc. from K.N.Toosi University of Technology (Iran) in 2002. Now he is graduate student in Mechanical Engineering of the K.N.Toosi University of Technology for doctoral degree in Iran. His primary research fields are fluid power control system design, nonlinear control and pneumatic components design.

Seyed Ali Jazayeri received his M.Sc. from Bath University (England) in 1978 and Ph.D. from the Victoria University (Canada) in 1992. Now he is associate professor at the faculty of the mechanical engineering of the K.N.Toosi University of Technology in Iran. His primary research fields are fluid power system design and Combustion and exhaust emission characteristics of dual- fueled diesel engine.

Farid Najafi received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in 1993 and 1997 on mechatronics and robotics, respectively, from Moscow State Technical University, Russia. He is currently working as associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Guilan (Rasht, Iran). His research interests are mechatronics, dynamic systems, automatic control and robotics.

Kenji Kawashima received his M.S. and Ph.D. of engineering from the department of Control Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1994 and 1997, respectively. He is a professor at the Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University. He is interested in medical robotics, fluid measurement and control.

Toshiharu Kagawa received the Ph.D. in Control and System Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) in 1986. He is a professor at the Precision and Intelligence laboratory of TIT. His main research interests lie in process control, compressible fluid measurement & control, and extended to energysaving research, pneumatic non-contact handling device recently.

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Kamali, M., Jazayeri, S.A., Najafi, F. et al. Integrated nozzle - flapper valve with piezoelectric actuator and isothermal chamber: a feedback linearization multi control device. J Mech Sci Technol 30, 2293–2301 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-016-0438-5

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