This thesis investigates the performance of single-rod hydraulic actuation of mobile machines. The performance is evaluated by studying the energy consumption and the dynamic performance of such actuation systems. Presently, valve-controlled systems control actuators of mobile machines. However, they are inefficient in terms of energy consumption. Therefore, low-energy consumption pump-controlled systems have been proposed. This thesis studies the energy consumption of pump-controlled systems developed by Wendell and Rahmfeld-Ivantysynova and valve-controlled systems. This thesis also compares the dynamic performance of the above pump-controlled systems with the load sensing valve-controlled system. A set of evaluation tests is conducted on single-rod hydraulic actuations that are simulated using the Automation Studio® software. Based on a cycle test, the energy consumption of Wendell’s pump-controlled system is 60% lower than that of the load sensing system. However, the above pump-controlled system leads to the poor dynamic behavior of a single-rod cylinder.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:MWU.1993/23134 |
Date | 08 January 2014 |
Creators | Mazloumpour, Mohammad E |
Contributors | Sepehri, Nariman (Mechanical Engineering), Mojabi, Puyan (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Peng, Qingjin (Mechanical Engineering) |
Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
Detected Language | English |
Page generated in 0.0015 seconds