Abstract
Off-road mobile machines, such as excavators and wheel-loaders, are typically actuated by hydraulics using internal combustion engines as their power sources. There is a trend towards fully electrifying these machines and improving their efficiencies due to environmental regulations and concerns. In this paper, a control co-design methodology is used to design a Fully Electrified Hybrid Hydraulic-Electric Architecture (FE-HHEA) for an excavator that drastically reduces energy consumption and minimizes the sizes of costly electric components. By optimizing both control operation and the physical design, the co-design methodology takes into account the interaction between these two aspects. The design methodology also illustrates how the system architecture evolves from the previously developed IC engine powered HHEA with the engine replaced by an electric motor to a seemingly very different architecture with fewer components. The optimized system reduces energy consumption by 71% over the baseline system and uses electrical components that are 1/3 the size of an alternate fully electric architecture.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | 2021 American Control Conference, ACC 2021 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 352-357 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781665441971 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 25 2021 |
Event | 2021 American Control Conference, ACC 2021 - Virtual, New Orleans, United States Duration: May 25 2021 → May 28 2021 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of the American Control Conference |
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Volume | 2021-May |
ISSN (Print) | 0743-1619 |
Conference
Conference | 2021 American Control Conference, ACC 2021 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Virtual, New Orleans |
Period | 5/25/21 → 5/28/21 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021 American Automatic Control Council.