The performance and efficiency of hydraulic excavators heavily depend on the design and optimization of their working devices.The working device,which consists of the boom,arm,and bucket,plays a crucial role in determ...The performance and efficiency of hydraulic excavators heavily depend on the design and optimization of their working devices.The working device,which consists of the boom,arm,and bucket,plays a crucial role in determining the machine's digging capacity,stability,and overall operational efficiency.This paper presents a comprehensive study on the dynamics simulation and optimization of hydraulic excavator working devices.The paper outlines the fundamental principles of dynamic modeling,incorporating multi-body dynamics and hydraulic system analysis.It further explores various simulation techniques to evaluate the performance of the working device under varying operational conditions,including load and hydraulic system effects.The study also addresses performance optimization,focusing on multi-objective optimization methods that balance multiple factors such as energy efficiency,speed,and load capacity.Additionally,the paper discusses key factors influencing performance,such as mechanical design,material properties,and operational conditions.The results of the dynamic simulations and optimization analyses demonstrate potential improvements in operational efficiency and system stability,providing a valuable framework for the design and enhancement of hydraulic excavator working devices.展开更多
Using electric motors instead of diesel engines as the driving system for mining excavators can reduce the energy consumption and operating costs.However,pure electric-driven mining excavators are prone to unexpected ...Using electric motors instead of diesel engines as the driving system for mining excavators can reduce the energy consumption and operating costs.However,pure electric-driven mining excavators are prone to unexpected power outages in mines because of drastic changes in load power,leading to significant fluctuations in the power demand of the grid,which in turn affects production.To solve the above problem,a pure electric-driven mining hydraulic excavator based on electric-motor-driven swing platform and hydraulic pumps was used as the research object.Moreover,supercapacitors and DC/DC converter,as the energy storage system(ESS)adjust the output power of the grid and recover the braking kinetic energy of the swing platform.Subsequently,a novel integrated energy management strategy for a DC bus voltage predictive controller based on the power feedforward of fuzzy rules is proposed to run mining excavators efficiently and reliably.Specifically,the working modes of the ESS are determined by the DC bus voltage and state of charge(SOC)of the supercapacitor.Next,the output power of the supercapacitor and the DC bus voltage were controlled by adjusting the charging and discharging currents of the DC/DC converter using a predictive controller and fuzzy rules.In addition,a digital prototype of the excavator was verified using an original machine test.The performance of the different strategies and driven systems were analyzed using digital prototypes.The results showed that,compared with traditional excavators with diesel engines,the operational cost of the developed excavators was reduced by 54.02%.Compared to pure electric-driven excavators without an ESS,the peak power of the grid for the developed excavators was reduced by 10%.This study designed an integrated energy management strategy for a pure electric mining excavator that can regulate the power output of the grid and maintain the stability of the bus voltage and SOC of the ESS.展开更多
The automatic and rapid generation of excavation trajectories is the foundation for achieving an intelligent excavator.To obtain high-performance trajectories that enhance operational capacity while avoiding the numer...The automatic and rapid generation of excavation trajectories is the foundation for achieving an intelligent excavator.To obtain high-performance trajectories that enhance operational capacity while avoiding the numerous issues present in existing methods for generating effective excavation paths,this paper proposes a trajectory generation method for excavators based on imitation learning,using the mole as a bionic prototype.Given the high excavation efficiency of moles,this paper first analyzes the structural characteristics of the mole’s forelimbs,its digging principles,morphology,and trajectory patterns.Subsequently,a higher-order polynomial is employed to fit and optimize the mole’s excavation trajectory.Next,imitation learning is conducted on sample trajectories based on Dynamic Movement Primitives,followed by the introduction of an obstacle avoidance algorithm.Simulation experiments and comparisons demonstrate that the mole-inspired trajectory method used in this paper performs well and possesses the ability to generate obstacle avoidance trajectories,as well as the convenience of transferring across different machine models.展开更多
Currently,research in multi-body dynamics predominantly focuses on symmetric parallel mechanisms with multiple branches.However,for the working mechanism(WM)of a face-shovel hydraulic excavator,an asymmetric mechanism...Currently,research in multi-body dynamics predominantly focuses on symmetric parallel mechanisms with multiple branches.However,for the working mechanism(WM)of a face-shovel hydraulic excavator,an asymmetric mechanism with multiple closed loops,there is a significant lack of research on dynamic models that account for the mass and inertia of all its moving components.The main focus of this study is to research a dynamic model of multi-closed-loop multi-body planar mechanism considering all moving components.This paper introduces a novel WM for a face-shovel excavator,featuring 4 loops and 12 links.By loop decomposition,the kinematic equations of the 11 primary moving components of the WM,including position,velocity,angular velocity,acceleration,and angular acceleration,are accurately formulated.For comparative analysis,a simplified dynamic model of WM was established,considering only the boom,stick,and bucket.The complete dynamic models based on the virtual work principle were also established.The correctness of both the simplified and complete dynamic models was verified through numerical simulations in Adams software.A comparison of simplified and complete dynamic simulation results shows that the new complete dynamic model has the advantage of accuracy.This research proposes a kinematic and dynamic modeling method with reference significance for the kinematic and dynamic analysis of planar complex multi-loop mechanisms,laying a foundation for performance analysis and the design of excavator WMs.展开更多
Though the traditional energy regeneration system（ERS） which used a hydraulic motor and a generator in hybrid excavators can regenerate part of the energy, the power of the motor and the generator should be larger a...Though the traditional energy regeneration system（ERS） which used a hydraulic motor and a generator in hybrid excavators can regenerate part of the energy, the power of the motor and the generator should be larger and the time for regenerating energy is so short. At first, the structure of new ERS that combines the advantages of an electric and hydraulic accumulator is analyzed. The energy can be converted into both the electric energy and the hydraulic energy at the lowering of the boom and the generator can still works when the boom stops going down. Then, a method how to set the working pressure of the hydraulic accumulator is proposed. To avoid the excess loss, extra noise and shock pressure, a two-level pressure threshold method that the generator starts to work at the rising edge of the high pressure threshold and stops working at the falling edge of the low pressure threshold is presented to characterize the working mode of the generator. The control strategies on how to control the boom velocity at the lowering of the boom and how to improve the recovery efficiency when the boom stops going down are presented. The test bench of hybrid excavator with ERS is constructed, with which the studies on the influences of ERS on energy conversion efficiency and control performance are carried out. Experimental results show that the proposed ERS features better speed control performance of the boom than traditional ERS. It is also observed that an estimated 45% of the total potential energy could be regenerated at the lowering of the boom in the proposed ERS, and the power level of the generator and the hydraulic motor could be reduced by 60%. Hence, the proposed ERS has obvious advantages over the traditional ERS on the improvement of energy regeneration time, energy efficiency, control performance and economy.展开更多
The primary focus of this study is to investigate the control strategies of a hybrid system used in hydraulic excavators. First, the structure and evaluation target of hybrid hydraulic excavators are analyzed. Then th...The primary focus of this study is to investigate the control strategies of a hybrid system used in hydraulic excavators. First, the structure and evaluation target of hybrid hydraulic excavators are analyzed. Then the dynamic system model including batteries, motor and engine is built as the simulation environment to obtain control results. A so-called multi-work-point dynamic control strategy, which has both closed-loop speed PI (proportion integral) control and direct torque control, is proposed and studied in the simulation model. Simulation results indicate that the hybrid system with this strategy can meet the power demand and achieve better system stability and higher fuel efficiency.展开更多
The hydraulic excavator energy-saving research mainly embodies the following three measures:to improve the performance of diesel engine and hydraulic component,to improve the hydraulic system,and to improve the power ...The hydraulic excavator energy-saving research mainly embodies the following three measures:to improve the performance of diesel engine and hydraulic component,to improve the hydraulic system,and to improve the power matching of diesel-hydraulic system-actuator.Although the above measures have certain energy-saving effect,but because the hydraulic excavator load changes frequently and fluctuates dramatically,so the diesel engine often works in high-speed and light load condition,and the fuel consumption is higher.Therefore,in order to improve the economy of diesel engine in light load,and reduce the fuel consumption of hydraulic excavator,energy management concept is proposed based on diesel engine cylinder deactivation technology.By comparing the universal characteristic under diesel normal and deactivated cylinder condition,the mechanism that fuel consumption can be reduced significantly by adopting cylinder deactivation technology under part of loads condition can be clarified.The simulation models for hydraulic system and diesel engine are established by using AMESim software,and fuel combustion consumption by using cylinder-deactivation-technology is studied through digital simulation approach.In this way,the zone of cylinder deactivation is specified.The testing system for the excavator with this technology is set up based on simulated results,and the results show that the diesel engine can still work at high efficiency with part of loads after adopting this technology;fuel consumption is dropped down to 11%and 13%under economic and heavy-load mode respectively under the condition of driving requirements.The research provides references to the energy-saving study of the hydraulic excavators.展开更多
Mobile machinery energy efficiency and emission pollution are the national and worldwide issues. This paper contributes in solving these problems by applying a speed variable power source. Unfortunately, almost all of...Mobile machinery energy efficiency and emission pollution are the national and worldwide issues. This paper contributes in solving these problems by applying a speed variable power source. Unfortunately, almost all of the speed variable systems have the dynamic response problem when the motor starts with full load or heavy load. To address this problem, a hydraulic accumulator is used to balance the load of the power source for assisting starting of the motor and a matching method combined with speed and displacement control of the pump is proposed to improve the energy efficiency and dynamic performance simultaneously under different working conditions. Also, the power source/valve combined control strategy of an independent metering system is designed to realize flow matching of the whole system. Firstly, a test system is established to study the dynamic performance and energy efficiency of the speed variable power source with an auxiliary accumulator. Working performance and energy consumption of the power source under different rotating speeds and different loads are studied. And then, the hydraulic excavator test rig with the proposed system is constructed. Furthermore, the working performance of the excavator with the speed-fixed and speed-variable strategy are studied comparatively. Results show that, compared with fixed-speed strategy, the electric power consumption during the idle period and partial load condition can be reduced about 2.05 kW and 1.37 kW. The energy efficiency of speed variable power source is about 40%-71%, which is higher than that of the fixed-speed power source by 3%–10%.展开更多
A retrofitted electro-hydraulic proportional system for hydraulic excavator was introduced firstly. According to the principle and characteristic of load independent flow distribution(LUDV) system,taking boom hydrauli...A retrofitted electro-hydraulic proportional system for hydraulic excavator was introduced firstly. According to the principle and characteristic of load independent flow distribution(LUDV) system,taking boom hydraulic system as an example and ignoring the leakage of hydraulic cylinder and the mass of oil in it,a force equilibrium equation and a continuous equation of hydraulic cylinder were set up. Based on the flow equation of electro-hydraulic proportional valve,the pressure passing through the valve and the difference of pressure were tested and analyzed. The results show that the difference of pressure does not change with load,and it approximates to 2.0 MPa. And then,assume the flow across the valve is directly proportional to spool displacement and is not influenced by load,a simplified model of electro-hydraulic system was put forward. At the same time,by analyzing the structure and load-bearing of boom instrument,and combining moment equivalent equation of manipulator with rotating law,the estimation methods and equations for such parameters as equivalent mass and bearing force of hydraulic cylinder were set up. Finally,the step response of flow of boom cylinder was tested when the electro-hydraulic proportional valve was controlled by the step current. Based on the experiment curve,the flow gain coefficient of valve is identified as 2.825×10-4 m3/(s·A) and the model is verified.展开更多
This work deals with analysis of dynamic behaviour of hydraulic excavator on the basis of developed dynamic-mathematical model.The mathematical model with maximum five degrees of freedom is extended by new generalized...This work deals with analysis of dynamic behaviour of hydraulic excavator on the basis of developed dynamic-mathematical model.The mathematical model with maximum five degrees of freedom is extended by new generalized coordinate which represents rotation around transversal main central axis of inertia of undercarriage.The excavator is described by a system of six nonlinear,nonhomogenous differential equations of the second kind.Numerical analysis of the differential equations has been done for BTH-600 hydraulic excavator with moving mechanism with pneumatic wheels.展开更多
Consider the design and implementation of an electro-hydraulic control system for a robotic excavator, namely the Lancaster University computerized and intelligent excavator (LUCIE). The excavator was developed to aut...Consider the design and implementation of an electro-hydraulic control system for a robotic excavator, namely the Lancaster University computerized and intelligent excavator (LUCIE). The excavator was developed to autonomously dig trenches without human intervention. One stumbling block is the achievement of adequate, accurate, quick and smooth movement under automatic control, which is difficult for traditional control algorithm, e.g. PI/PID. A gain scheduling design, based on the true digital proportional-integral-plus (PIP) control methodology, was utilized to regulate the nonlinear joint dynamics. Simulation and initial field tests both demonstrated the feasibility and robustness of proposed technique to the uncertainties of parameters, time delay and load disturbances, with the excavator arm directed along specified trajectories in a smooth, fast and accurate manner. The tracking error magnitudes for oblique straight line and horizontal straight line are less than 20 mm and 50 mm, respectively, while the velocity reaches 9 m/min.展开更多
Instead of establishing mathematical hydraulic system models from physical laws usually done with the problems of complex modelling processes, low reliability and practicality caused by large uncertainties, a novel mo...Instead of establishing mathematical hydraulic system models from physical laws usually done with the problems of complex modelling processes, low reliability and practicality caused by large uncertainties, a novel modelling method for a highly nonlinear system of a hydraulic excavator is presented. Based on the data collected in the excavator＇s arms driving experiments, a data-based excavator dynamic model using Simplified Refined Instrumental Variable （SRIV） identification and estimation algorithms is established. The validity of the proposed data-based model is indirectly demonstrated by the performance of computer simulation and the.real machine motion control exoeriments.展开更多
In order to find a feasible way to control excavator’s arm and realize autonomous excavation, the dynamic model for the boom of excavator’s arm which was regarded as a planar manipulator with three degrees of freedo...In order to find a feasible way to control excavator’s arm and realize autonomous excavation, the dynamic model for the boom of excavator’s arm which was regarded as a planar manipulator with three degrees of freedom was constructed with Lagrange equation. The excavator was retrofitted with electrohydraulic proportional valves, associated sensors (three inclinometers) and a computer control system (the motion controller of EPEC). The full nonlinear mathematic model of electrohydraulic proportional system was achieved. A discontinuous projection based on an adaptive robust controller to approximate the nonlinear gain coefficient of the valve was presented to deal with the nonlinearity of the whole system, the error was dealt with by robust feedback and an adaptive robust controller was designed. The experiment results of the boom motion control show that, using the controller, good performance for tracking can be achieved, and the peak tracking error of boom angles is less than 4°.展开更多
An electro-hydraulic control system is designed and implemented for a robotic excavator known as the Lancaster University Computerised and Intelligent Excavator （LUCIE）. The excavator is being developed to autonomou...An electro-hydraulic control system is designed and implemented for a robotic excavator known as the Lancaster University Computerised and Intelligent Excavator （LUCIE）. The excavator is being developed to autonomously dig trenches without human intervention. Since the behavior of the excavator arm is dominated by the nonlinear dynamics of the hydraulic actuators and by the large and unpredictable external disturbances when digging, it is difficult to provide adequate accurate, quick and smooth movement under traditional control methodology, e.g., PI/PID, which is comparable with that of an average human operator. The data-based dynamic models are developed utilizing the simplified refined instrumental variable （SRIV） identification algorithm to precisely describe the nonlinear dynamical behaviour of the electro-hydraulic actuation system. Based on data-based model and proportional-integral-plus （PIP） methodology, which is a non-minimal state space method of control system design based on the true digital control （TDC） system design philosophy, a novel control system is introduced to drive the excavator arm accurately, quickly and smoothly along the desired path. The performance of simulation and field tests which drive the bucket along straight lines both demonstrate the feasibility and validity of the proposed control scheme.展开更多
Limitations of various accumulators in hybrid hydraulic excavator are analyzed.A program using capacitor as the accumulator based on constant work-point control is put forward.A simulating experimental system of hybri...Limitations of various accumulators in hybrid hydraulic excavator are analyzed.A program using capacitor as the accumulator based on constant work-point control is put forward.A simulating experimental system of hybrid construction machinery is established,and experimental study on constant work-point control for parallel hybrid system with capacitor accumulator is carried out using the pressure and flow rate derived from boom cylinder of hydraulic excavator in actual work as the simulating loads.A program of double work-point control is proposed and proved by further experiments.展开更多
This paper presents the results of an on-going project and investigates modelling and remote control issues of an industry excavator. The details of modelling, communication, and control of a remotely controllable exc...This paper presents the results of an on-going project and investigates modelling and remote control issues of an industry excavator. The details of modelling, communication, and control of a remotely controllable excavator are studied. The paper mainly focuses on trajectory tracking control of the excavator base and robust control of the excavator arm. These will provide the fundamental base for our next research step. In addition, extensive simulation results for trajectory tracking of the excavator base and robust control of the excavator arm are given. Finally, conclusions and further work have been identified.展开更多
Hydraulic excavator is one type of the most widely applied construction equipment for various applications mainly because of its versatility and mobility.Among the tasks performed by a hydraulic excavator,repeatable l...Hydraulic excavator is one type of the most widely applied construction equipment for various applications mainly because of its versatility and mobility.Among the tasks performed by a hydraulic excavator,repeatable level digging or flat surface finishing may take a large percentage.Using automated functions to perform such repeatable and tedious jobs will not only greatly increase the overall productivity but more importantly also improve the operation safety.For the purpose of investigating the technology without loss of generality,this research is conducted to create a coordinate control method for the boom,arm and bucket cylinders on a hydraulic excavator to perform accurate and effective works.On the basis of the kinematic analysis of the excavator linkage system,the tip trajectory of the end-effector can be determined in terms of three hydraulic cylinders coordinated motion with a visualized method.The coordination of those hydraulic cylinders is realized by controlling three electro-hydraulic proportional valves coordinately.Therefore,the complex control algorithm of a hydraulic excavator can be simplified into coordinated motion control of three individual systems.This coordinate control algorithm was validated on a wheeled hydraulic excavator,and the validation results indicated that this developed control method could satisfactorily accomplish the auto-digging function for level digging or flat surface finishing.展开更多
Various control systems for a robotic excavator named LUCIE (Lancaster University Computerized and Intelligent Excavator),were investigated. The excavator is being developed to dig trenches autonomously. One stumbling...Various control systems for a robotic excavator named LUCIE (Lancaster University Computerized and Intelligent Excavator),were investigated. The excavator is being developed to dig trenches autonomously. One stumbling block is the achievement of adequate,accurate,quick and smooth movement under automatic control. Here,both classical and modern approaches are considered,including proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control tuned by conventional Zigler-Nichols rules,linear proportional-integral-plus (PIP) control,and a novel nonlinear PIP controller based on a state-dependent parameter (SDP) model structure,in which the parameters are functionally dependent on other variables in the system. Implementation results for the excavator joint arms control demonstrate that SDP-PIP controller provides the improved performance with fast,smooth and accurate response in comparison with both PID and linearized PIP control.展开更多
In order to improve reliability of the excavator's hydraulic system, a fault detection approach based on dynamic principal component analysis(PCA) was proposed. Dynamic PCA is an extension of PCA, which can effect...In order to improve reliability of the excavator's hydraulic system, a fault detection approach based on dynamic principal component analysis(PCA) was proposed. Dynamic PCA is an extension of PCA, which can effectively extract the dynamic relations among process variables. With this approach, normal samples were used as training data to develop a dynamic PCA model in the first step. Secondly, the dynamic PCA model decomposed the testing data into projections to the principal component subspace(PCS) and residual subspace(RS). Thirdly, T2 statistic and Q statistic performed as indexes of fault detection in PCS and RS, respectively. Several simulated faults were introduced to validate the approach. The results show that the dynamic PCA model developed is able to detect overall faults by using T2 statistic and Q statistic. By simulation analysis, the proposed approach achieves an accuracy of 95% for 20 test sample sets, which shows that the fault detection approach can be effectively applied to the excavator's hydraulic system.展开更多
In this paper,quantitative measures for the assessment of the hydraulic excavator digging efficiency are proposed and developed.The following factors are considered:(a) boundary digging forces allowed for by the stabi...In this paper,quantitative measures for the assessment of the hydraulic excavator digging efficiency are proposed and developed.The following factors are considered:(a) boundary digging forces allowed for by the stability of an excavator,(b) boundary digging forces enabled by the driving mechanisms of the excavator,(c) factors taking into consideration the digging position in the working range of an excavator,and(d) sign and direction of potential digging resistive force.A corrected digging force is defined and a mathematical model of kinematic chain and drive mechanisms of a five-member excavator configuration was developed comprising:an undercarriage,a rotational platform and an attachment with boom,stick,and bucket.On the basis of the mathematical model of the excavator,software was developed for computation and detailed analysis of the digging forces in the entire workspace of the excavator.By using the developed software,the analysis of boundary digging forces is conducted and the corrected digging force is determined for two models of hydraulic excavators of the same mass(around 17 000 kg) with identical kinematic chain parameters but with different parameters of manipulator driving mechanisms.The results of the analysis show that the proposed set of quantitative measures can be used for assessment of the digging efficiency of existing excavator models and to serve as an optimization criterion in the synthesis of manipulator driving mechanisms of new excavator models.展开更多
文摘The performance and efficiency of hydraulic excavators heavily depend on the design and optimization of their working devices.The working device,which consists of the boom,arm,and bucket,plays a crucial role in determining the machine's digging capacity,stability,and overall operational efficiency.This paper presents a comprehensive study on the dynamics simulation and optimization of hydraulic excavator working devices.The paper outlines the fundamental principles of dynamic modeling,incorporating multi-body dynamics and hydraulic system analysis.It further explores various simulation techniques to evaluate the performance of the working device under varying operational conditions,including load and hydraulic system effects.The study also addresses performance optimization,focusing on multi-objective optimization methods that balance multiple factors such as energy efficiency,speed,and load capacity.Additionally,the paper discusses key factors influencing performance,such as mechanical design,material properties,and operational conditions.The results of the dynamic simulations and optimization analyses demonstrate potential improvements in operational efficiency and system stability,providing a valuable framework for the design and enhancement of hydraulic excavator working devices.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaShanxi Coalbased Low-Carbon Joint Fund(Grant No.U1910211)。
文摘Using electric motors instead of diesel engines as the driving system for mining excavators can reduce the energy consumption and operating costs.However,pure electric-driven mining excavators are prone to unexpected power outages in mines because of drastic changes in load power,leading to significant fluctuations in the power demand of the grid,which in turn affects production.To solve the above problem,a pure electric-driven mining hydraulic excavator based on electric-motor-driven swing platform and hydraulic pumps was used as the research object.Moreover,supercapacitors and DC/DC converter,as the energy storage system(ESS)adjust the output power of the grid and recover the braking kinetic energy of the swing platform.Subsequently,a novel integrated energy management strategy for a DC bus voltage predictive controller based on the power feedforward of fuzzy rules is proposed to run mining excavators efficiently and reliably.Specifically,the working modes of the ESS are determined by the DC bus voltage and state of charge(SOC)of the supercapacitor.Next,the output power of the supercapacitor and the DC bus voltage were controlled by adjusting the charging and discharging currents of the DC/DC converter using a predictive controller and fuzzy rules.In addition,a digital prototype of the excavator was verified using an original machine test.The performance of the different strategies and driven systems were analyzed using digital prototypes.The results showed that,compared with traditional excavators with diesel engines,the operational cost of the developed excavators was reduced by 54.02%.Compared to pure electric-driven excavators without an ESS,the peak power of the grid for the developed excavators was reduced by 10%.This study designed an integrated energy management strategy for a pure electric mining excavator that can regulate the power output of the grid and maintain the stability of the bus voltage and SOC of the ESS.
基金supported by the National Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52375246,No.52372428,No.52105100)Guangxi Science and Technology Program(Grant No.2023AB09014)Jilin Province Science and Technology Development Program,(Grant No.20230201094GX,No.20230201069GX).
文摘The automatic and rapid generation of excavation trajectories is the foundation for achieving an intelligent excavator.To obtain high-performance trajectories that enhance operational capacity while avoiding the numerous issues present in existing methods for generating effective excavation paths,this paper proposes a trajectory generation method for excavators based on imitation learning,using the mole as a bionic prototype.Given the high excavation efficiency of moles,this paper first analyzes the structural characteristics of the mole’s forelimbs,its digging principles,morphology,and trajectory patterns.Subsequently,a higher-order polynomial is employed to fit and optimize the mole’s excavation trajectory.Next,imitation learning is conducted on sample trajectories based on Dynamic Movement Primitives,followed by the introduction of an obstacle avoidance algorithm.Simulation experiments and comparisons demonstrate that the mole-inspired trajectory method used in this paper performs well and possesses the ability to generate obstacle avoidance trajectories,as well as the convenience of transferring across different machine models.
基金Supported by Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51975544,52205036)Industry-University Cooperation Collaborative Education Project of Ministry of Education(Grant No.220904701054946).
文摘Currently,research in multi-body dynamics predominantly focuses on symmetric parallel mechanisms with multiple branches.However,for the working mechanism(WM)of a face-shovel hydraulic excavator,an asymmetric mechanism with multiple closed loops,there is a significant lack of research on dynamic models that account for the mass and inertia of all its moving components.The main focus of this study is to research a dynamic model of multi-closed-loop multi-body planar mechanism considering all moving components.This paper introduces a novel WM for a face-shovel excavator,featuring 4 loops and 12 links.By loop decomposition,the kinematic equations of the 11 primary moving components of the WM,including position,velocity,angular velocity,acceleration,and angular acceleration,are accurately formulated.For comparative analysis,a simplified dynamic model of WM was established,considering only the boom,stick,and bucket.The complete dynamic models based on the virtual work principle were also established.The correctness of both the simplified and complete dynamic models was verified through numerical simulations in Adams software.A comparison of simplified and complete dynamic simulation results shows that the new complete dynamic model has the advantage of accuracy.This research proposes a kinematic and dynamic modeling method with reference significance for the kinematic and dynamic analysis of planar complex multi-loop mechanisms,laying a foundation for performance analysis and the design of excavator WMs.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No. 50875233)National Hi-tech Research and Development Program of China(863 Program, Grant No. 2010AA044401)+3 种基金Open Fund of the State Key Lab of Flow Power Transmission and Control(Grant No. GZKF-201111)National Youth Science Foundofion of China(Grant No. 51205140)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University of China(Grant No. JB-ZR1208)Scientific Research Funds of Huaqiao University, China(Grant No. 11BS409)
文摘Though the traditional energy regeneration system（ERS） which used a hydraulic motor and a generator in hybrid excavators can regenerate part of the energy, the power of the motor and the generator should be larger and the time for regenerating energy is so short. At first, the structure of new ERS that combines the advantages of an electric and hydraulic accumulator is analyzed. The energy can be converted into both the electric energy and the hydraulic energy at the lowering of the boom and the generator can still works when the boom stops going down. Then, a method how to set the working pressure of the hydraulic accumulator is proposed. To avoid the excess loss, extra noise and shock pressure, a two-level pressure threshold method that the generator starts to work at the rising edge of the high pressure threshold and stops working at the falling edge of the low pressure threshold is presented to characterize the working mode of the generator. The control strategies on how to control the boom velocity at the lowering of the boom and how to improve the recovery efficiency when the boom stops going down are presented. The test bench of hybrid excavator with ERS is constructed, with which the studies on the influences of ERS on energy conversion efficiency and control performance are carried out. Experimental results show that the proposed ERS features better speed control performance of the boom than traditional ERS. It is also observed that an estimated 45% of the total potential energy could be regenerated at the lowering of the boom in the proposed ERS, and the power level of the generator and the hydraulic motor could be reduced by 60%. Hence, the proposed ERS has obvious advantages over the traditional ERS on the improvement of energy regeneration time, energy efficiency, control performance and economy.
基金Project (No. 2006C11148) supported by the ScienceTechnology Project of Zhejiang Province, China
文摘The primary focus of this study is to investigate the control strategies of a hybrid system used in hydraulic excavators. First, the structure and evaluation target of hybrid hydraulic excavators are analyzed. Then the dynamic system model including batteries, motor and engine is built as the simulation environment to obtain control results. A so-called multi-work-point dynamic control strategy, which has both closed-loop speed PI (proportion integral) control and direct torque control, is proposed and studied in the simulation model. Simulation results indicate that the hybrid system with this strategy can meet the power demand and achieve better system stability and higher fuel efficiency.
基金supported by National Hi-tech Research and Development Program of China(863 Program,Grant No.2010AA044401)
文摘The hydraulic excavator energy-saving research mainly embodies the following three measures:to improve the performance of diesel engine and hydraulic component,to improve the hydraulic system,and to improve the power matching of diesel-hydraulic system-actuator.Although the above measures have certain energy-saving effect,but because the hydraulic excavator load changes frequently and fluctuates dramatically,so the diesel engine often works in high-speed and light load condition,and the fuel consumption is higher.Therefore,in order to improve the economy of diesel engine in light load,and reduce the fuel consumption of hydraulic excavator,energy management concept is proposed based on diesel engine cylinder deactivation technology.By comparing the universal characteristic under diesel normal and deactivated cylinder condition,the mechanism that fuel consumption can be reduced significantly by adopting cylinder deactivation technology under part of loads condition can be clarified.The simulation models for hydraulic system and diesel engine are established by using AMESim software,and fuel combustion consumption by using cylinder-deactivation-technology is studied through digital simulation approach.In this way,the zone of cylinder deactivation is specified.The testing system for the excavator with this technology is set up based on simulated results,and the results show that the diesel engine can still work at high efficiency with part of loads after adopting this technology;fuel consumption is dropped down to 11%and 13%under economic and heavy-load mode respectively under the condition of driving requirements.The research provides references to the energy-saving study of the hydraulic excavators.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51575374,U1510206)
文摘Mobile machinery energy efficiency and emission pollution are the national and worldwide issues. This paper contributes in solving these problems by applying a speed variable power source. Unfortunately, almost all of the speed variable systems have the dynamic response problem when the motor starts with full load or heavy load. To address this problem, a hydraulic accumulator is used to balance the load of the power source for assisting starting of the motor and a matching method combined with speed and displacement control of the pump is proposed to improve the energy efficiency and dynamic performance simultaneously under different working conditions. Also, the power source/valve combined control strategy of an independent metering system is designed to realize flow matching of the whole system. Firstly, a test system is established to study the dynamic performance and energy efficiency of the speed variable power source with an auxiliary accumulator. Working performance and energy consumption of the power source under different rotating speeds and different loads are studied. And then, the hydraulic excavator test rig with the proposed system is constructed. Furthermore, the working performance of the excavator with the speed-fixed and speed-variable strategy are studied comparatively. Results show that, compared with fixed-speed strategy, the electric power consumption during the idle period and partial load condition can be reduced about 2.05 kW and 1.37 kW. The energy efficiency of speed variable power source is about 40%-71%, which is higher than that of the fixed-speed power source by 3%–10%.
基金Project(2003AA430200) supported by the National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China
文摘A retrofitted electro-hydraulic proportional system for hydraulic excavator was introduced firstly. According to the principle and characteristic of load independent flow distribution(LUDV) system,taking boom hydraulic system as an example and ignoring the leakage of hydraulic cylinder and the mass of oil in it,a force equilibrium equation and a continuous equation of hydraulic cylinder were set up. Based on the flow equation of electro-hydraulic proportional valve,the pressure passing through the valve and the difference of pressure were tested and analyzed. The results show that the difference of pressure does not change with load,and it approximates to 2.0 MPa. And then,assume the flow across the valve is directly proportional to spool displacement and is not influenced by load,a simplified model of electro-hydraulic system was put forward. At the same time,by analyzing the structure and load-bearing of boom instrument,and combining moment equivalent equation of manipulator with rotating law,the estimation methods and equations for such parameters as equivalent mass and bearing force of hydraulic cylinder were set up. Finally,the step response of flow of boom cylinder was tested when the electro-hydraulic proportional valve was controlled by the step current. Based on the experiment curve,the flow gain coefficient of valve is identified as 2.825×10-4 m3/(s·A) and the model is verified.
文摘This work deals with analysis of dynamic behaviour of hydraulic excavator on the basis of developed dynamic-mathematical model.The mathematical model with maximum five degrees of freedom is extended by new generalized coordinate which represents rotation around transversal main central axis of inertia of undercarriage.The excavator is described by a system of six nonlinear,nonhomogenous differential equations of the second kind.Numerical analysis of the differential equations has been done for BTH-600 hydraulic excavator with moving mechanism with pneumatic wheels.
基金Project(K5117827)supported by Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese ScholarsProject(08KJB510021)supported by the Natural Science Research Council of Jiangsu Province,China+1 种基金Project(Q3117918)supported by Scientific Research Foundation for Young Teachers of Soochow University,ChinaProject(60910001)supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Consider the design and implementation of an electro-hydraulic control system for a robotic excavator, namely the Lancaster University computerized and intelligent excavator (LUCIE). The excavator was developed to autonomously dig trenches without human intervention. One stumbling block is the achievement of adequate, accurate, quick and smooth movement under automatic control, which is difficult for traditional control algorithm, e.g. PI/PID. A gain scheduling design, based on the true digital proportional-integral-plus (PIP) control methodology, was utilized to regulate the nonlinear joint dynamics. Simulation and initial field tests both demonstrated the feasibility and robustness of proposed technique to the uncertainties of parameters, time delay and load disturbances, with the excavator arm directed along specified trajectories in a smooth, fast and accurate manner. The tracking error magnitudes for oblique straight line and horizontal straight line are less than 20 mm and 50 mm, respectively, while the velocity reaches 9 m/min.
文摘Instead of establishing mathematical hydraulic system models from physical laws usually done with the problems of complex modelling processes, low reliability and practicality caused by large uncertainties, a novel modelling method for a highly nonlinear system of a hydraulic excavator is presented. Based on the data collected in the excavator＇s arms driving experiments, a data-based excavator dynamic model using Simplified Refined Instrumental Variable （SRIV） identification and estimation algorithms is established. The validity of the proposed data-based model is indirectly demonstrated by the performance of computer simulation and the.real machine motion control exoeriments.
基金Project(2003AA430200) supported by the National Hi-Tech Research and Development Program(863) of China
文摘In order to find a feasible way to control excavator’s arm and realize autonomous excavation, the dynamic model for the boom of excavator’s arm which was regarded as a planar manipulator with three degrees of freedom was constructed with Lagrange equation. The excavator was retrofitted with electrohydraulic proportional valves, associated sensors (three inclinometers) and a computer control system (the motion controller of EPEC). The full nonlinear mathematic model of electrohydraulic proportional system was achieved. A discontinuous projection based on an adaptive robust controller to approximate the nonlinear gain coefficient of the valve was presented to deal with the nonlinearity of the whole system, the error was dealt with by robust feedback and an adaptive robust controller was designed. The experiment results of the boom motion control show that, using the controller, good performance for tracking can be achieved, and the peak tracking error of boom angles is less than 4°.
基金supported by the Lancaster University (UK)SooChow University, China+2 种基金the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilUniversities’ Natural Science Research Council of Jiangsu Universities, China(Grant No. 08KJB510021)Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, Ministry of Education of China
文摘An electro-hydraulic control system is designed and implemented for a robotic excavator known as the Lancaster University Computerised and Intelligent Excavator （LUCIE）. The excavator is being developed to autonomously dig trenches without human intervention. Since the behavior of the excavator arm is dominated by the nonlinear dynamics of the hydraulic actuators and by the large and unpredictable external disturbances when digging, it is difficult to provide adequate accurate, quick and smooth movement under traditional control methodology, e.g., PI/PID, which is comparable with that of an average human operator. The data-based dynamic models are developed utilizing the simplified refined instrumental variable （SRIV） identification algorithm to precisely describe the nonlinear dynamical behaviour of the electro-hydraulic actuation system. Based on data-based model and proportional-integral-plus （PIP） methodology, which is a non-minimal state space method of control system design based on the true digital control （TDC） system design philosophy, a novel control system is introduced to drive the excavator arm accurately, quickly and smoothly along the desired path. The performance of simulation and field tests which drive the bucket along straight lines both demonstrate the feasibility and validity of the proposed control scheme.
文摘Limitations of various accumulators in hybrid hydraulic excavator are analyzed.A program using capacitor as the accumulator based on constant work-point control is put forward.A simulating experimental system of hybrid construction machinery is established,and experimental study on constant work-point control for parallel hybrid system with capacitor accumulator is carried out using the pressure and flow rate derived from boom cylinder of hydraulic excavator in actual work as the simulating loads.A program of double work-point control is proposed and proved by further experiments.
文摘This paper presents the results of an on-going project and investigates modelling and remote control issues of an industry excavator. The details of modelling, communication, and control of a remotely controllable excavator are studied. The paper mainly focuses on trajectory tracking control of the excavator base and robust control of the excavator arm. These will provide the fundamental base for our next research step. In addition, extensive simulation results for trajectory tracking of the excavator base and robust control of the excavator arm are given. Finally, conclusions and further work have been identified.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.50875228)
文摘Hydraulic excavator is one type of the most widely applied construction equipment for various applications mainly because of its versatility and mobility.Among the tasks performed by a hydraulic excavator,repeatable level digging or flat surface finishing may take a large percentage.Using automated functions to perform such repeatable and tedious jobs will not only greatly increase the overall productivity but more importantly also improve the operation safety.For the purpose of investigating the technology without loss of generality,this research is conducted to create a coordinate control method for the boom,arm and bucket cylinders on a hydraulic excavator to perform accurate and effective works.On the basis of the kinematic analysis of the excavator linkage system,the tip trajectory of the end-effector can be determined in terms of three hydraulic cylinders coordinated motion with a visualized method.The coordination of those hydraulic cylinders is realized by controlling three electro-hydraulic proportional valves coordinately.Therefore,the complex control algorithm of a hydraulic excavator can be simplified into coordinated motion control of three individual systems.This coordinate control algorithm was validated on a wheeled hydraulic excavator,and the validation results indicated that this developed control method could satisfactorily accomplish the auto-digging function for level digging or flat surface finishing.
基金Work supported by the Lancaster University,UK and Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory of Advanced Robotics,SooChow University,ChinaProject(BK2009509) supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,China+1 种基金Project(K5117827) supported by the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Scholars,Ministry of Education of ChinaProject(Q3117918) supported by the Scientific Research Foundation for Young Teachers of Soochow University,China
文摘Various control systems for a robotic excavator named LUCIE (Lancaster University Computerized and Intelligent Excavator),were investigated. The excavator is being developed to dig trenches autonomously. One stumbling block is the achievement of adequate,accurate,quick and smooth movement under automatic control. Here,both classical and modern approaches are considered,including proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control tuned by conventional Zigler-Nichols rules,linear proportional-integral-plus (PIP) control,and a novel nonlinear PIP controller based on a state-dependent parameter (SDP) model structure,in which the parameters are functionally dependent on other variables in the system. Implementation results for the excavator joint arms control demonstrate that SDP-PIP controller provides the improved performance with fast,smooth and accurate response in comparison with both PID and linearized PIP control.
基金Project(2003AA430200) supported by the National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China
文摘In order to improve reliability of the excavator's hydraulic system, a fault detection approach based on dynamic principal component analysis(PCA) was proposed. Dynamic PCA is an extension of PCA, which can effectively extract the dynamic relations among process variables. With this approach, normal samples were used as training data to develop a dynamic PCA model in the first step. Secondly, the dynamic PCA model decomposed the testing data into projections to the principal component subspace(PCS) and residual subspace(RS). Thirdly, T2 statistic and Q statistic performed as indexes of fault detection in PCS and RS, respectively. Several simulated faults were introduced to validate the approach. The results show that the dynamic PCA model developed is able to detect overall faults by using T2 statistic and Q statistic. By simulation analysis, the proposed approach achieves an accuracy of 95% for 20 test sample sets, which shows that the fault detection approach can be effectively applied to the excavator's hydraulic system.
基金Project (No 035049) partly supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia
文摘In this paper,quantitative measures for the assessment of the hydraulic excavator digging efficiency are proposed and developed.The following factors are considered:(a) boundary digging forces allowed for by the stability of an excavator,(b) boundary digging forces enabled by the driving mechanisms of the excavator,(c) factors taking into consideration the digging position in the working range of an excavator,and(d) sign and direction of potential digging resistive force.A corrected digging force is defined and a mathematical model of kinematic chain and drive mechanisms of a five-member excavator configuration was developed comprising:an undercarriage,a rotational platform and an attachment with boom,stick,and bucket.On the basis of the mathematical model of the excavator,software was developed for computation and detailed analysis of the digging forces in the entire workspace of the excavator.By using the developed software,the analysis of boundary digging forces is conducted and the corrected digging force is determined for two models of hydraulic excavators of the same mass(around 17 000 kg) with identical kinematic chain parameters but with different parameters of manipulator driving mechanisms.The results of the analysis show that the proposed set of quantitative measures can be used for assessment of the digging efficiency of existing excavator models and to serve as an optimization criterion in the synthesis of manipulator driving mechanisms of new excavator models.
