A Comparative Study of Two Common Pump-Controlled Hydraulic Circuits for Single-Rod Actuators
Pump-controlled hydraulic circuits are proven to be more efficient than conventional valve-controlled circuits. Pump-controlled hydraulic circuits for double rod cylinders are well developed and are in use in many practical applications. Existing pump-controlled circuits for single-rod actuators exp...
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| description | Pump-controlled hydraulic circuits are proven to be more efficient than conventional valve-controlled circuits. Pump-controlled hydraulic circuits for double rod cylinders are well developed and are in use in many practical applications. Existing pump-controlled circuits for single-rod actuators experience oscillation issues under specific operating conditions; that is identified as a critical operating zone on the load-velocity plane. The challenge in these circuits is to find out the proper way to compensate for the differential flow at both sides of the cylinder in all operating conditions. The two main types of valves commonly used by researchers, to compensate for differential flow in single-rod cylinder circuits, are: pilot-operated check valves, and shuttle valves. In this research, a performance comparison between circuits equipped with either valves, in terms of the size of the critical zone and the oscillations’ characteristics, was accomplished. Simulation studies showed that the circuits that utilize pilot-operated check valves possesses smaller oscillatory zones and less severe oscillations, when compared to circuits with shuttle valves. Experimental work verified the simulation results and proved the accuracy of the mathematical models. Hence, pump-controlled circuits with pilot-operated check valves are recommended to be the basic platform for further efforts to solve the oscillation problem in pump-controlled circuits. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-67bb7af22c8243b3a40eb3504e88c1292023-11-17T23:58:51ZengMDPI AGActuators2076-08252023-05-0112519310.3390/act12050193A Comparative Study of Two Common Pump-Controlled Hydraulic Circuits for Single-Rod ActuatorsAhmed Imam0Mohamed Tolba1Nariman Sepehri2Egyptian Government, Cairo 43200, EgyptDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Cairo University, Giza 12613, EgyptDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, CanadaPump-controlled hydraulic circuits are proven to be more efficient than conventional valve-controlled circuits. Pump-controlled hydraulic circuits for double rod cylinders are well developed and are in use in many practical applications. Existing pump-controlled circuits for single-rod actuators experience oscillation issues under specific operating conditions; that is identified as a critical operating zone on the load-velocity plane. The challenge in these circuits is to find out the proper way to compensate for the differential flow at both sides of the cylinder in all operating conditions. The two main types of valves commonly used by researchers, to compensate for differential flow in single-rod cylinder circuits, are: pilot-operated check valves, and shuttle valves. In this research, a performance comparison between circuits equipped with either valves, in terms of the size of the critical zone and the oscillations’ characteristics, was accomplished. Simulation studies showed that the circuits that utilize pilot-operated check valves possesses smaller oscillatory zones and less severe oscillations, when compared to circuits with shuttle valves. Experimental work verified the simulation results and proved the accuracy of the mathematical models. Hence, pump-controlled circuits with pilot-operated check valves are recommended to be the basic platform for further efforts to solve the oscillation problem in pump-controlled circuits.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/12/5/193pump-controlled actuationsingle rod actuatorefficiency |
| spellingShingle | Ahmed Imam Mohamed Tolba Nariman Sepehri A Comparative Study of Two Common Pump-Controlled Hydraulic Circuits for Single-Rod Actuators Actuators pump-controlled actuation single rod actuator efficiency |
| title | A Comparative Study of Two Common Pump-Controlled Hydraulic Circuits for Single-Rod Actuators |
| title_full | A Comparative Study of Two Common Pump-Controlled Hydraulic Circuits for Single-Rod Actuators |
| title_fullStr | A Comparative Study of Two Common Pump-Controlled Hydraulic Circuits for Single-Rod Actuators |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Comparative Study of Two Common Pump-Controlled Hydraulic Circuits for Single-Rod Actuators |
| title_short | A Comparative Study of Two Common Pump-Controlled Hydraulic Circuits for Single-Rod Actuators |
| title_sort | comparative study of two common pump controlled hydraulic circuits for single rod actuators |
| topic | pump-controlled actuation single rod actuator efficiency |
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