A Digital Hydraulic Load-Sensing System Based on Hydraulic Free Piston Engine

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Abstract

The hydraulic load-sensing system is a more efficient system solution than constant pressure system in mobile machine. However, the overall system efficiency for multiple actuators is still low since this centralized hydraulic control system only adapts to the highest load pressure. Therefore in this paper, a distributed hydraulic control system where each function is powered by a hydraulic free piston engine is proposed. Compared with centralized solution, it is more efficient since the power of hydraulic free piston engine is tailored to each function. By integrating small inertia linear engine and pump piston in one unit, the hydraulic free piston engine is an efficient and fast response hydraulic power source. Since the hydraulic free piston engine is essentially a digital hydraulic power source, a digital load-sensing control is proposed in this study. The system architecture, modeling, controller design and performance of the digital hydraulic load-sensing control system are presented. A test bench is developed to verify the system feasibility and performance.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of BATH/ASME 2022 Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, FPMC 2022
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)9780791886335
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
EventBATH/ASME 2022 Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, FPMC 2022 - Bath, United Kingdom
Duration: Sep 14 2022Sep 16 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of BATH/ASME 2022 Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, FPMC 2022

Conference

ConferenceBATH/ASME 2022 Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, FPMC 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityBath
Period9/14/229/16/22

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research is conducted in the State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems at Zhejiang University. This study is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number: 51875509 and 91748210).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by ASME.

Keywords

  • Hydraulic free piston engine
  • centralized hydraulic control
  • digital hydraulic load-sensing control system
  • distributed hydraulic system
  • mobile machine

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