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Pressure Control Valves: Evaluation & Solutions

The document contains sample questions and solutions for a lecture on pressure control valves. It includes problems about calculating: - The pressure setting required for a counter balance valve supporting a given load. - Pressure settings for counter balance and over-center valves in a hydraulic press system. - Power loss from an unloading valve and pressure relief valves discharging to tank. - Power loss across a pressure reducing valve lowering pressure from 210 bar to 150 bar. - The cracking pressure of a relief valve given the poppet piston area and spring force.

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Pressure Control Valves: Evaluation & Solutions

The document contains sample questions and solutions for a lecture on pressure control valves. It includes problems about calculating: - The pressure setting required for a counter balance valve supporting a given load. - Pressure settings for counter balance and over-center valves in a hydraulic press system. - Power loss from an unloading valve and pressure relief valves discharging to tank. - Power loss across a pressure reducing valve lowering pressure from 210 bar to 150 bar. - The cracking pressure of a relief valve given the poppet piston area and spring force.

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LECTURE 18 AND 19 – PRESSURE CONTROL VAVLES

SELF EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1. A piston of 50 mm diameter is to support a load of 20 kN. Find the pressure setting


required if the counter balance valve is used

2. A hydraulic press has a capacity of 200 kN and has tools weighing 10 kN. Piston
diameter is 80 mm and rod diameter is 60mm. Determine the i) pressure setting of Counter
balance valve ii) Oil supply pressure to provide rated capacity iii) if over centre valve is
used with pilot input ration of 2:1 set at 46.43 bar to balance the tool weight instead of
counter balance valve , what is the supply pressure of oil required to give the rated
capacity.

From Pump 80 cm From Pump 80 cm

To tank 60 cm To tank 60 cm

200000 N
With counter With Over center
balance valve valve

3. If in the problem 2, pump is unloaded using the unloaded valve. If the discharge pressure
from pump during unloading is 2 bar, calculate the power loss.

4. A pressure relief valve has a pressure setting of 125 bar. Compute the power loss across
this valve if it returns all the flow back to tank from 15 LPM pump
5. Repeat the problem 3 with pressure setting of 140 bar and 1.62 LPS and comment

6. Repeat the problem 3 with 80 bar and 50 LPM and comment

7. A primary port of certain hydraulic cylinder is operating at 210 bar. A secondary circuit
supplied from a primary circuit through a pressure reducing valve requires a constant flow
of 40 LPM at 150 bar. Calculate the loss of power over the pressure reducing valve. ( Ans 4
kW)
8. What is the cracking pressure of the relief valve of Figure shown below? If the area of
the poppet piston is 1 cm2 and the spring is adjusted to a force of 50 kg
Q1 Solution

Load pressure p is given by

PRV setting is given by 1.3 x 101.9 = 132.47 bar

Q2 Solution

Full bore area = 0.082×π/4=0.005 m2

Annulus area = (0.0082-0.0062)×π/4 = 0.0028m2

Case 1: Using counter balance valve

Pressure at annulus side to balance tools = 10-5 = 35.71 bar

Suggested counterbalance valve setting 35.71×1.3 = 46.5 bar

Pressure at full bore side of cylinder to overcome counterbalance = 46.43×0.0028/0.005

=26 bar

Pressure to achieve 100kN pressing force= +26= 426 bar

Case 2: Using over -center valve (brake valve)

Let us use an over-center valve with a 2:1 pilot input ratio, set at 46.43 bar to balance the tools ,
instead of the counterbalance valve

Pressure on the pilot required to open the valve=46.43/2=23.23 bar; pressure at full bore side to
drive down the tooling=11.5 bar

Pressure required to achieve 100kNpressing force is =


( )
=380 bar
This is greater than 46 bar pressure needed to pilot the over-center valve open. Therefore there
will be no back-pressure set up on the annulus side of the piston during the pressing operation

Q3 Solution

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Q4 Solution

Therefore there is a reduction of loss of power due to unloaded valve

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Q5 Solution

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Q6 Solution

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Q7 Solution

The power loss over the pressure-reducing valve will be:

( )
=4 kW

This may well be more than can be dissipated by natural cooling. In practice , the cost of fitting a
heat exchanger and operating costs should be weighed against alternative circuitry such as two-
pump system.
Q8 Solution

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