Print Email Facebook Twitter Ultralight Pressure Regulator for Application in Pneumatic Prostheses Title Ultralight Pressure Regulator for Application in Pneumatic Prostheses Author Rob, J. Contributor Van der Helm, F.C.T. (mentor) Plettenburg, D.H. (mentor) Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering Department BioMechanical Engineering Programme BMD Date 2012-02-27 Abstract Available pressure regulators are considered too heavy for application in pneumatic prostheses. Goal of this paper is developing a lighter pressure regulator adapted for this speci?c application. We present an ultralight mechanical pressure regulator with several possible con?gurations as well as an optimization strategy for easy adaptation of the designs to slightly differing requirements. Our system functions using a con- ventional piston-valve con?guration and can be used with either mechanical or gas spring. Dependent upon the con?guration the pressure regulator can either use disposable CO2 -cartridges or an integrated gas-storage container for gas storage. The pressure regulator performance of both the spring and pressure controlled con?gurations are evaluated for air?ow stability and suf?cient pressure recovery. The results have shown stable outlet pressure for both the pressure and spring controlled con?gurations. Subject hand upper extremityprosthesisprosthethics To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:51de7a9f-7db9-450a-8de4-29f3146b75cc Embargo date 2012-11-11 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2012 Rob, J. Files PDF Thesis_Johan_Rob_-_repository.pdf 20.97 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:51de7a9f-7db9-450a-8de4-29f3146b75cc/datastream/OBJ/view