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Proportional Flow Control Valve with PZT Actuator

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  • Yun, So-Nam (IT Machinery Research Center, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials(KIMM)) ;
  • Kim, Chan-Yong (IT Machinery Research Center, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials(KIMM)) ;
  • Ham, Young-Bog (IT Machinery Research Center, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials(KIMM)) ;
  • Yoon, Seok-Jin (Thinfilm Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology(KIST)) ;
  • Lee, Kyung-Woo (Research Institute, Kyungwon Ferrite Ind. Co. Ltd.)
  • 윤소남 (한국기계연구원 정보장비연구센터) ;
  • 김찬용 (한국기계연구원 정보장비연구센터) ;
  • 함영복 (한국기계연구원 정보장비연구센터) ;
  • 윤석진 (한국과학기술연구원 박막재료연구센터) ;
  • 이경우 (경원훼라이트공업(주) 부설연구소)
  • Published : 2005.11.01
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Abstract

Gas valve for domestic use is used for flow control of LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) or LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) of which pressure is about $200\;mmH_{2}O(\fallingdotseq0.0196\;[bar])$. Currently, two kinds of valves such as rotary type and button type are widely used in many applications. But, these valves have some problems that they are not controllable and reliable. Piezo actuation combined with modem microelectronics provides a reliable, quiet, low energy, infinitely adjustable gas valve. In this paper, gas valve using piezo actuator which are bimorph and a circle type was studied. Also, Prototype for gas valve was manufactured and characteristics of the prototype gas valve were analyzed.

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