vendredi 2 août 2013

Advantages Of Using Biodegradable Hydraulic Fluid

By Cathy Mercer


Biodegradable hydraulic fluid is used to transmit power in hydraulic machines. These devices use the principle that a small force exerted is transmitted through an incompressible fluid thus resulting in a much larger force. This principle is very important as it results in creation of large mechanical advantage in a wide range of machines.

It is important to note that most high power tools and machinery in many spheres of technology highly depend on this principle to run and carry out complex tasks. Some of these machines include excavators, power steering, braking systems and air flight controls systems. Over the years different kinds of fluids have been used to transmit this power.

Compressibility of any fluid significantly reduces the amount of power conveyed from the master cylinder to the slave cylinder of a such a system. Another important quality of such fluids is that they should have good thermal capacity and conductivity. Like all other compression processes, a large amount of heat is usually generated during the transmission of pressure.

During this process, the molecules of the fluid being use are forced together thus causing a lot of intermolecular friction. This in turns generates a lot of heat that cause a system to heat up. Fluids with a high level of volatility tend to vaporize at elevated temperatures. If this occurs during transmission of larger amounts of pressure, failure may occur resulting in an accident or extensive damage of the machine.

Another important quality of good pressure transmission fluids is that they should have good thermal capacity. This quality enables the fluids to tolerate high levels of heat that could be generated during the process of transmission of pressure. Also, good thermal conductivity helps the fluids to dissipate heat from the pressure system so as to prevent overheating and unnecessary expansion of machine parts.

Non biodegradable substances always pollute the environment when they find their way into the various Eco systems. Cases of oil spills have great negative effects on the environment thus there is a great need to find other alternatives. This recommended fluid is made from natural oils thus have reduced negative effects when it in contact with the sensitive environments.

Introduction of natural oil as the pressure transmitting fluid has led to the development of biodegradable fluids that are used in environment sensitive applications. Some of these areas include marine areas where the probability of an oil spill is high. It is important to note that these environmental friendly fluids help large offshore corporations reduce their fines in the event of oil spills in hydraulic lines.

Biodegradable hydraulic fluid has become a very common feature of high power machines that operate in underwater mining operations. Some of these operations include oil and gas mining where the use of high power hydraulic systems is inevitable. In the cases where non biodegradable fluids have been used, accidents that results in oil spill have caused environmental damage and even death of certain animal and plant species.




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