Direct Driven Hydraulic System for Skidders
This paper investigates potential uses of a novel direct driven electro-hydraulic systems for articulated forestry tractors (skidders), due to these systems having notably higher energy efficiencies compared to classical electro-hydraulic systems that are currently being used in skidders for steerin...
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| author | Juraj Benić Juraj Karlušić Željko Šitum Mihael Cipek Danijel Pavković |
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| description | This paper investigates potential uses of a novel direct driven electro-hydraulic systems for articulated forestry tractors (skidders), due to these systems having notably higher energy efficiencies compared to classical electro-hydraulic systems that are currently being used in skidders for steering, lifting the front and the rear plate, as well as for operating the double-drum winch. A detailed analysis of the skidder rear plate mechanism is carried out, and static force profiles of hydraulic cylinders are obtained for the rear plate based on mechanism dynamics and measurement data from the literature. Thus, obtained results have been used to emulate the real-life force profiles in laboratory experiments featuring both the classical and the proposed direct driven hydraulic systems for the purpose of comparative analysis of their energy and fuel efficiency. These results are subsequently used to estimate the skidder fuel consumption and possible fuel savings over the entire vehicle life span for the realistic vehicle utilisation scenario. The main result is that fuel consumption can be reduced up to five times in the case of direct driven hydraulic system, thus effectively resulting in return of investment period of about four years in the case of skidder being retrofitted with direct driven hydraulic system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-64949df07e8847bdb301929b0f39f0cb2023-11-30T23:08:36ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-03-01157232110.3390/en15072321Direct Driven Hydraulic System for SkiddersJuraj Benić0Juraj Karlušić1Željko Šitum2Mihael Cipek3Danijel Pavković4Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaFaculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaFaculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaFaculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaFaculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaThis paper investigates potential uses of a novel direct driven electro-hydraulic systems for articulated forestry tractors (skidders), due to these systems having notably higher energy efficiencies compared to classical electro-hydraulic systems that are currently being used in skidders for steering, lifting the front and the rear plate, as well as for operating the double-drum winch. A detailed analysis of the skidder rear plate mechanism is carried out, and static force profiles of hydraulic cylinders are obtained for the rear plate based on mechanism dynamics and measurement data from the literature. Thus, obtained results have been used to emulate the real-life force profiles in laboratory experiments featuring both the classical and the proposed direct driven hydraulic systems for the purpose of comparative analysis of their energy and fuel efficiency. These results are subsequently used to estimate the skidder fuel consumption and possible fuel savings over the entire vehicle life span for the realistic vehicle utilisation scenario. The main result is that fuel consumption can be reduced up to five times in the case of direct driven hydraulic system, thus effectively resulting in return of investment period of about four years in the case of skidder being retrofitted with direct driven hydraulic system.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/7/2321direct driven hydraulicsforestry tractorskidderefficiencyfuel savings |
| spellingShingle | Juraj Benić Juraj Karlušić Željko Šitum Mihael Cipek Danijel Pavković Direct Driven Hydraulic System for Skidders Energies direct driven hydraulics forestry tractor skidder efficiency fuel savings |
| title | Direct Driven Hydraulic System for Skidders |
| title_full | Direct Driven Hydraulic System for Skidders |
| title_fullStr | Direct Driven Hydraulic System for Skidders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Direct Driven Hydraulic System for Skidders |
| title_short | Direct Driven Hydraulic System for Skidders |
| title_sort | direct driven hydraulic system for skidders |
| topic | direct driven hydraulics forestry tractor skidder efficiency fuel savings |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/7/2321 |
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