Abstract
This article studies a digital hydraulic servo drive driven by a variable speed electric servomotor. Digital displacement control is implemented by using a two-port digital hydraulic power management system having six pistons and 18 on/off control valves. The first port of the digital hydraulic power management system controls the cylinder speed, while the second port is connected to a hydraulic accumulator. The peak power is taken from the accumulator, and the electric servomotor supplies only the average power into the system. An experimentally validated simulation model is used, and the results show a combination of adequate controllability and excellent energy efficiency. The estimated reduction in the size of the electric motor is 57%.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 287-298 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering |
| Volume | 234 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
| Publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- DHPMS
- Digital hydraulics
- variable speed drives
Publication forum classification
- Publication forum level 1
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
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- variable speed digital hydraulic transformer-based servo drive
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