RENEWABLE ENERGY.

HOW DOES HYDRAULIC ENERGY WORKS AND WHICH ROLE DOES

MECHANICAL ENGINEER PLAYS ON IT?

ÁLVAREZ SILVA DANIEL

DICEMBRE MAURIZIO

DURÁN GÓMEZ RAÚL

GUERRA PERTUZ ABRAHAM

PADILLA LINCE JORGE

PRESENTED TO: Engr. Lesme Corredor Martínez

INTROD. A LA INGENIERÍA MECÁNICA- IME 0010
Semester 2019-I
Dept. Mechanical Engineer
Barranquilla
May 14 of 2019

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 Table of Contents

​1- Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………..3

2- Developing ………………………………………………………………………………....4

3- Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………………....6

4- Bibliographic references ………..………………………………………………………….7

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 1- Introduction

As discussed in class, about renewable energies, the following report will focus on

researching the hydraulic energy that water provides on its operation, its manufacturers

worldwide, machines that allow this resource to work and what is the role played by the

Mechanical Engineering in its process.

First of all, some terms will be defined before continuing, as it will be necessary to

understand the text as it progresses:

-HYDRAULIC PUMPS: is a mechanical source of power that converts mechanical power

into hydraulic energy. It generates flow with enough power to overcome pressure induced by

the load at the pump outlet.

-NARROW: of small width in relation to length.

- PIPE: a tube used to convey a fluid substance.

-PLUNGER: a part of a device or mechanism that works with a plunging or thrusting

movement.

-ROTORS: ​the rotating assembly in a turbine​.

-VALVES: a device for controlling the passage of fluid or air through a pipe, duct, etc.,

especially an automatic device allowing movement in one direction only.

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 2- Developing

Let's begin with its operation. ​We have already seen that hydraulic rams can give us more

force or speed, but they can not do both at the same time, and that is because of energy. For

example, a water pistol .A basic law of physics called the ​law of conservation of energy​ says

we can not make energy out of thin air. The amount of energy you use to move the plunger is

equal to the force you use times the distance you move it. If our water pistol produces twice

as much force at the wide end as we supply at the narrow end, it can only move half as far.

That is because the energy we supply by pushing down is carried right around the pipe to the

other end. If the same amount of energy now has to move twice the force, it can only move it

half the distance in the same time. That is why the wider end moves more slowly than the

narrow end. In the following link you can watch a video for a better understand:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8HmRLCgDAI

Some companies have taken advantage of hydraulic energy and now they are in the top.

Those companies are:

1- ​Bosch Rexroth​, founded in 1795, located in Germany, Bosch’s products are widely used

in various fields such as ocean energy, civil engineering, wind energy, mobile applications,

marine, automotive, aluminum, and food and packaging. They are also used in applications

such as plastic and die cast machinery, semiconductors, agriculture, forest machinery,

machine cutting tools and printing industries.

2-​ Daikin Industries​, founded in 1924, located in Japan. The company provides advanced,

high-quality air conditioning solutions for commercial and industrial applications. The

company provides hydraulic equipment through its oil-hydraulics division. It is divided into

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three subdivisions: industrial hydraulic equipment, mobile hydraulic equipment, and

centralized lubrication equipment systems. It provides products such as energy-saving

hydraulic units, motor pump, piston pumps, rotor pumps, vane pumps, gear pumps, pressure

control valves, flow control valves, oil coolers, hydraulic units and accessories, and sub

plates.

3-​ Eaton,​ founded in 1911, located in Ohio, U.S. The company is involved in the design,

manufacture and sale of high-efficiency hydraulic systems and its components that are used

in mobile and industrial sectors. The hydraulics division includes Eaton’s filtration and the

Airflex industrial clutch, golf strip and brake business.

4-​ Kawasaki Heavy Industries​, founded in 1896, located in Japan. The company

manufactures transportation equipment and industrial goods. It offers products under the

Kawasaki brand. Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ product portfolio includes aircraft,

motorcycles, helicopters, jet engines, general-purpose robot, merchant ships, hydraulic pumps

and motors, and aerodynamic machinery. The company offers various hydraulic components

and systems, which include hydraulic pumps, motors and valves.

5- ​Parker Hannifin​, founded in 1918, located in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. The company

manufactures motion control products, including electromechanical controls, fluid power

systems, and related components. It also produces fluid purification, process instrumentation,

refrigeration, fluid flow, air conditioning, and electromagnetic shielding and thermal

management products. Parker Hannifin operates its business through three reportable

segments: industrial, aerospace, and climate and industrial controls. The company offers

various products under this market which includes hydraulic filters, fluids, accumulators,

flowmeters, cylinders and manifolds.

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 3- Conclusion

But the crux in question is where Mechanical Engineering appears in all those machines.

They require movement and energy transformations. As a conclusion, in each step by step,

for example, when water hits a generator in a linear way, there occurs a transformation from

hydraulic energy into mechanical energy, and then into electric, at the same time, the linear

movement turns into a circular movement. We can generate renewable energy just only

applying these basics principles of Mechanic. In fact, a lot of Mechanical Engineering is

required to design those prototypes, and take advantage from the natural environment.

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 4- Bibliographic references

​Difrangia, M. (2016) ​“Technavio announces top 5 global hydraulic equipment vendors”

Recovered from:

https://www.hoseassemblytips.com/technavio-announces-top-5-global-hydraulic-equipment-

vendors/

​ ecovered from:
Student Energy. (2015) ​“Hydropower 101” R

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8HmRLCgDAI

​ ecovered from:
Woodford, C. (2018) ​“Hydraulics” R

https://www.explainthatstuff.com/hydraulics.html