TY - JOUR AU - Korobko, Bogdan PY - 2016/08/24 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Investigation of energy consumption in the course of plastering machine’s work JF - Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies JA - EEJET VL - 4 IS - 8(82) SE - Energy-saving technologies and equipment DO - 10.15587/1729-4061.2016.73336 UR - https://journals.uran.ua/eejet/article/view/73336 SP - 4-11 AB - <p class="a">The study focuses on the operating principle of the hydraulic technological equipment set for finishing works. The main objective of the study is to determine the amount of energy consumed in the process of the set operation. This energy is spent on mixing the finishing mortar and on the work output of the mortar pump piston when it is acting on the mortar to create the required feed pressure in the pressure main. We consider a scheme of energy consumption of the operating equipment set and propose a method of calculating the specific energy consumption of the selected set components. The method consists in calculating the energy consumption of each component and the total energy input, which allows determining the required capacity of the power unit.</p><p class="a">The research findings allow calculating the energy input in the process of operation and, thereby, estimating the energy balance of such unit. They can be used by design engineers to further improve the performance of the designed machines in terms of their rational energy consumption.</p>The proposed method allows analyzing the share of energy consumption of each element of the hydraulic equipment set and outlining steps to further improve the parameters of the hydraulic circuit. ER -