Improvements in or relating to the sustainability of pressurised fluid systems

Abstract

A controller for controlling a pressurised fluid system comprising a plurality of pressurised fluid elements, possibly in the form of pneumatic solenoids, 201a-6 and a common pressurised fluid source 202, the common pressurised fluid source 202 configured to supply pressurised fluid to the plurality of pressurised fluid elements 201a-e, wherein the controller is configured to, responsive to an abnormal operating state of at least one pressurised fluid element of the plurality of pressurised fluid elements, adjust a pressurised fluid operation of at least one other pressurised fluid element of the plurality of pressurised fluid elements. Also claimed is a controller for controlling a pressurised fluid system having a pressurised fluid elements and a common fluid source, where the controller determines a plurality of possible configurations for the fluid elements and an intelligent optimisation algorithm, such as a swarm algorithm selects a configuration from the plurality of possible configurations and configures the fluid elements in accordance with the selected configuration.

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