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APPLIED ENERGY
Volume 76, Issue 1-3, Pages 239-246Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-2619(03)00064-3
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energy transmission medium; water hydraulics; oil hydraulics; fluid power
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With the increasing demand for an environmentally-friendly fluid medium in the fluid-power industries, recent advances in water hydraulics technology have sparked renewed interest in the application of water, instead of oil, as the energy-transmission medium. This paper introduces the history of water hydraulics and its present research. The advantages and disadvantages of water as an energy-transmission medium are discussed. A water-hydraulic system in Nanyang Technological University is introduced. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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