Feed Forward Plus Feedback Control of an Indexing Valve Plate Pump

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Zhang ◽  
S. S. Nair ◽  
N. D. Manring
Keyword(s):  
Feedback Control ◽  
Control Problem ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Valve Plate ◽  
Pump Design ◽  
Feed Forward ◽  
Displacement Pump ◽  
Variable Displacement ◽  
On Line

Abstract A feed forward plus feedback pressure control strategy is proposed for an indexing variable displacement pump design. Insights into the dynamics are developed to determine performance characteristics and limitations, prior to control development, and a methodology is proposed to estimate some of the parameters on-line. Theoretical as well as implementation insights for the control problem are also developed.

Dynamic Modeling of an Indexing Valve Plate Pump

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Cho ◽  
X. Zhang ◽  
S. S. Nair ◽  
N. D. Manring
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Modeling ◽  
Open Loop ◽  
Valve Plate ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
Pump Design ◽  
Pressure Port ◽  
Swash Plate ◽  
Plate Design ◽  
Displacement Pump ◽  
Variable Displacement

Abstract The swash-plate in a variable displacement pump experiences very large forces and moments that try to dislocate its position and therefore a large device is required for adequate control. In this paper, the dynamics of an alternative pump design using an indexing valve plate to position the swash-plate are reported. The indexing valve plate design is aimed at controlling the pressure transition for a piston, which is moving from a high-pressure port to a low-pressure port and back. In this paper, the governing equations for the pump are derived and the detailed open-loop, which is necessary for understanding the overall dynamic characteristics of the pump, is reported. Also, linear and nonlinear modeling approaches for the system are compared.

Robust Nonlinear Control of a Novel Indexing Valve Plate Pump: Simulation Studies

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (4) ◽  
pp. 613-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Zhang ◽  
S. S. Nair ◽  
N. D. Manring
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Control ◽  
Plate Motion ◽  
Nonlinear Simulation ◽  
Response Characteristics ◽  
Model Free ◽  
Swash Plate ◽  
Displacement Pump ◽  
Variable Displacement ◽  
Robust Adaptive ◽  
Improved Performance

A robust adaptive pressure control strategy is proposed for a novel indexing variable-displacement pump. In the proposed approach, parametric uncertainties and unmodeled dynamics are identified to the extent possible using a model free learning network and used to decouple the dynamics using physical insights derived from careful reduced order modeling. The swash plate motion control is then carefully designed to provide the desired pressure response characteristics showing improved performance with learning. The proposed control framework and designs are validated using a detailed nonlinear simulation model.

Adaptation for Air-Intake System Throttle Control in a Gasoline Engine With Low-Pressure Exhaust-Gas Recirculation

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Santillo ◽  
Suzanne Wait ◽  
Julia Buckland
Keyword(s):  
Feedback Control ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Gasoline Engine ◽  
Exhaust Gas Recirculation ◽  
Lookup Table ◽  
Exhaust Gas ◽  
Feed Forward ◽  
Intake System ◽  
Air Intake ◽  
Gas Recirculation

We investigate control strategies for traditional throttle-in-bore as well as low-cost cartridge-style throttle bodies for the air-intake system (AIS) throttle used in low-pressure exhaust-gas recirculation (LPEGR) on a turbocharged gasoline engine. Pressure sensors placed upstream and downstream of the AIS throttle are available as signals from the vehicle’s engine control unit, however, we do not use high-bandwidth feedback control of the AIS throttle in order to maintain frequency separation from the higher-rate EGR loop, which uses the downstream pressure sensor for feedback control. A design-of-experiments conducted using a feed-forward lookup table-based AIS throttle control strategy exposes controller sensitivity to part-to-part variations. For accurate tracking in the presence of these variations, we explore the use of adaptive feedback control. In particular, we use an algebraic model representing the throttle plate effective opening area to develop a recursive least-squares (RLS)-based estimation routine. A low-pass filtered version of the estimated model parameters is subsequently used in the forward-path AIS throttle controller. Results are presented comparing the RLS-based feedback algorithm with the feed-forward lookup table-based control strategy. RLS is able to adapt for part-to-part and change-over-time variabilities and exhibits an improved steady-state tracking response compared to the feed-forward control strategy.

Robust Nonlinear Control of a Novel Indexing Valve Plate Pump

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Zhang ◽  
S. S. Nair ◽  
N. D. Manring
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Control ◽  
Plate Motion ◽  
Nonlinear Simulation ◽  
Response Characteristics ◽  
Model Free ◽  
Swash Plate ◽  
Displacement Pump ◽  
Variable Displacement ◽  
Robust Adaptive ◽  
Improved Performance

Abstract A robust adaptive pressure control strategy is proposed for a novel indexing variable-displacement pump. In the proposed approach, parametric uncertainties and unmodeled dynamics are identified to the extent possible using a model free learning network and used to de-couple the dynamics using physical insights derived from careful reduced order modeling. The swash plate motion control is then carefully designed to provide the desired pressure response characteristics showing improved performance with learning. The proposed control framework and designs are validated using a detailed nonlinear simulation model.

Software Enabled Variable Displacement Pumps

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Perry Y. Li ◽  
Cassie Y. Li ◽  
Thomas R. Chase
Keyword(s):  
Feedback Control ◽  
Response Time ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Hydraulic Systems ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Throttle Valve ◽  
System Pressure ◽  
Displacement Pump ◽  
Variable Displacement ◽  
Variable Displacement Pumps

Direct pump control of hydraulic systems is more energy efficient than throttle valve based methods to control hydraulic systems. This requires variable displacement pumps that are responsive and capable of electronic control. Such Electronic Displacement Controlled (EDC) pumps tend to be significantly larger, heavier and more expensive than fixed displacement counterparts. In addition, achievable control bandwidths are typically lower than throttle valve based control approaches. We have recently begun a project to achieve the functionality of a variable displacement pump by combining a fixed displacement pump, a pulse width modulated (PWM) on/off valve under closed loop feedback control, and an accumulator. The proposed topology is the hydro-mechanical analog of the DC-DC boost converter in power electronics. Since on/off valves have little loss in either the on or the off state, this approach is potentially more efficient than throttle valve based control approaches. It has the small size/weight and low cost advantages of a fixed displacement pump. Faster response can be expected by eliminating the intervening inertias of the swash plate control system. The pump’s functionalities can also be easily programmed by controlling the PWM on/off valve in different manners. This paper presents some preliminary results from this ongoing research program. While the PWM valve based approach provides desirable features, it also introduces undesirable ripples to the system pressure and flow rate. It is shown that increasing the accumulator pre-charge pressure and the accumulator volume can decrease ripple size at the expense of response time. This apparent trade-off can be alleviated by feedback control to achieve fast response time while keeping ripple small. Feedback control using PWM control must be implemented with care since the conventional “state-space” model may not be valid when the PWM frequency is low. On the other hand, increasing PWM frequency reduces ripple size and enables the system to achieve high control bandwidths.

scholarly journals Combined Pitch and Trailing Edge Flap Control for Load Mitigation of Wind Turbines

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keshan He ◽  
Liangwen Qi ◽  
Liming Zheng ◽  
Yan Chen
Keyword(s):  
Feedback Control ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Azimuth Angle ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Feed Forward ◽  
Pitch Control ◽  
Out Of Plane ◽  
Trailing Edge Flap ◽  
Feedback Control Strategy

Using active control methods for load mitigation in wind turbines could greatly reduce the cost of per kilowatt hour of wind power. In this work, the combined pitch and trailing edge flap control (CPFC) for load mitigation of wind turbines is investigated. The CPFC includes an individual pitch control (IPC) loop and a trailing edge flap control (TEFC) loop, which are combined by a load frequency division control algorithm. The IPC loop is mainly used to mitigate the low frequency loads, and the TEFC loop is mainly used to mitigate the high frequency loads. The CPFC adopts both an azimuth angle feed-forward and a loads feedback control strategy. The azimuth angle feed-forward control strategy should mitigate the asymmetrical loads caused by observable disturbances. and the loads feedback control strategy should decrease asymmetrical loads by closed loop control. A simulation is carried out on the joint platform of FAST and MATLAB. The simulation results show that the damage equivalent load (DEL) of blade root out-of-plane bending moment is reduced by 53.7% while using CPFC, compared to collective pitch control (CPC); and the standard deviation of blade tip out-of-plane deflection is reduced by 50.2% while using CPFC, compared to CPC. The results demonstrate that the CPFC can mitigate the fatigue loads of wind turbines as anticipated.

Leakage Based Condition Monitoring and Pressure Control of the Swashplate Axial Piston Pump

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeraj Kumar ◽  
Bikash Kumar Sarkar ◽  
Subhendu Maity
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic System ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Piston Pump ◽  
Chamber Pressure ◽  
Leakage Flow ◽  
Axial Piston Pump ◽  
Highly Nonlinear ◽  
Displacement Pump ◽  
Variable Displacement ◽  
Axial Piston

Abstract This research mainly focused on the axial piston variable displacement pump, which is the most important part of the fluid power system. The variable displacement axial piston has been found as versatile and flexible for electro-hydraulic applications. Heavy industries such as automobile, aircraft, and mining use an axial piston pump due to its high power to weight ratio, continuous variable power transmission, low inertia, self-lubricating properties, and good controllability. The main challenges with the hydraulic system are highly nonlinear, leakages, unknown external disturbance, etc. The mathematical model of the variable displacement pump along with swashplate control has been developed. The model is used to identify the pump health condition with pressure and flow measurement, i.e., ripple pattern. The pressure and flow ripple will vary from the regular pattern due to wear and tear, i.e., increased leakage flow. The main source of the increase in leakage flow is due to wear in piston and cylinder bore. The piston chamber pressure, kinematical flow, and discharge area model of the pump has been validated with the existing results. The pump pressure control is very much essential for the enhancement of the performance of the electro-hydraulic system. In the present study, a conventional PID controller has been used as a backup to maintain system performance within the permissible faults. The electro-hydraulic system has been employed for swash-plate control of the pump to obtain desire pressure flow at the exit of the pump. MATLAB Simulink has been used for the simulation study of the pump.

Dynamic Analysis of a Variable Displacement Pump

1990 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Schoenau ◽  
R. T. Burton ◽  
G. P. Kavanagh
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Performance ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Control Signal ◽  
Hydraulic Control ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Swash Plate ◽  
Displacement Pump ◽  
Variable Displacement ◽  
Time Trace

The ability of a variable displacement pump to respond to a control signal is a critical factor in assessing the dynamic performance of the circuit in which the pump is located. The need for a comprehensive dynamic response model of the pump is necessary if new techniques for control are to be realized. This paper presents a mathematical model, based on fluid mechanics considerations, of a variable displacement pump modulated by a hydraulic control signal. Many of the coefficients in the model depend on the pump model. In this study, a Vickers No. PVB5 pump is used. The describing equations are complex, nonlinear, and comprehensive in the initial model. Some nonlinear terms are simplified using linear approximations without significantly affecting accuracy. The model is subjected to a simulated pressure control signal and the output of the swash plate rotary displacement compared to an experimentally generated displacement time trace. The model and the experimental results show a good correlation.

scholarly journals A Single Stage Spool Valve for the Pressure Compensator of a Variable Displacement Pump – Design, Dynamic Simulation and Comparative Study With A Real Pump

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nitesh Mondal ◽  
Rana Saha ◽  
Dipankar Sanyal
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Design Sensitivity ◽  
Single Stage ◽  
Piston Pump ◽  
Axial Piston Pump ◽  
Pump Design ◽  
Displacement Pump ◽  
Variable Displacement ◽  
Spool Valve ◽  
Axial Piston

Abstract The study is focused on the design of a simplified spool valve to be incorporated in the pressure compensator of a variable displacement axial piston pump in order to perform a comparative study with a commercial pump having a two stage spool valve in its compensator. The design involves evaluation of the spool size and selection of spring from static equilibrium condition to satisfy cut-in and cut-off pressure. Following the development of dynamic model of the system, a design sensitivity analysis of the spool valve has been carried out through simulation to identify the critical sizes of the parameters, which affect the pump performance. By systematic design, it is possible to have a single stage spool valve controlled pressure compensator that can produce performance of the variable displacement axial piston pump at par with the similar commercially available pump.

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