Servo pump control system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10458403-B2
Application number	US-201414900044-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2014
Priority date	Jun 28, 2013
Publication date	Oct 29, 2019
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019

Abstract

A servo pump control system (100) and a corresponding servo pump control method are disclosed. The servo pump control system (100) comprises a pressure controller (101) configured to receive a first control signal, and directly or indirectly provide a second control signal to the electric motor; and the pressure controller (101) configured to automatically commission at least one parameter without any manual adjustment.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A servo pump control system for a physical model including an electric motor and a hydraulic pump connected to a load and actuated by the electric motor, the system comprising: a pressure sensor installed at an output of the hydraulic pump and detecting an output pressure of the hydraulic pump; a pressure controller for commissioning a plurality of parameters including: a PID controller receiving the output pressure of the hydraulic pump and generating a first parameter; and a torque controller receiving a second parameter and a third parameter; the pressure controller configured to receive a first control signal, the first control signal including a pressure command signal set by a user; and directly or indirectly provide a second control signal to the electric motor to control the electric motor, the second control signal including a torque control signal generated by the torque controller; and the pressure controller further configured to automatically commission the plurality of parameters without any manual adjustment, based at least in part on an elastic modulus of the physical model calculated as a ratio of a first derivative of the output pressure of the hydraulic pump to a rotation speed of the electric motor, the the plurality of parameters being automatically commissioned by: receiving the output pressure of the hydraulic pump and generating the first parameter as an output of the PID controller calculating the second parameter by dividing the output of the PID controller by the elastic modulus; obtaining the third parameter by multiplying the output pressure of the hydraulic pump by a ratio of a torque command received by the physical model to the output pressure of the pump; and generating the torque control signal based at least in part on the second parameter and the third parameter received by torque controller.

2. The servo pump control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a speed controller configured to receive a constant speed command, and directly or indirectly provide a third control signal to the electric motor so that the electric motor rotates with a constant speed; and
an elastic modulus identification module configured to identify the elastic modulus based on the rotation speed of the electric motor and the output pressure of the pump.

3. The servo pump control system according to claim 2 , wherein the rotation speed of the electric motor comes from a speed sensor or a speed command, and the output pressure of the pump comes from a pressure sensor.

4. The servo pump control system according to claim 2 , wherein the rotation speed of the electric motor and the output pressure of the pump are respectively the rotation speed of the electric motor and the output pressure of the pump when the pump works in a stable condition, in which the first derivative of the output pressure of the pump has a linear relation with the rotation speed of the electric motor.

5. The servo pump control system according to claim 1 , wherein the automatically commissioning the plurality of parameters based on the elastic modulus of the physical model comprises automatically commissioning parameters of a PID controller based on the elastic modulus of the physical model.

6. A servo pump control method for a physical model including an electric motor and a hydraulic pump connected to a load and actuated by the electric motor, the method comprising: receiving a first control signal, the first control signal including a pressure command signal set by a user; directly or indirectly providing a second control signal to the electric motor by a pressure controller, the second control signal including a torque control signal; and automatically commissioning a plurality of parameters by the pressure controller without any manual adjustment, based at least in part on an elastic modulus of the physical model calculated as a ratio of a first derivative of an output pressure of the hydraulic pump to a rotation speed of the electric motor, the plurality of parameters being automatically commissioned by: receiving the output pressure of the hydraulic pump and generating a first parameter as an output of the pressure controller; calculating a second parameter by dividing the output of the pressure controller by the elastic modulus; obtaining a third parameter by multiplying the output pressure of the hydraulic pump by a ratio of a torque command received by the physical model to the output pressure of the pump; and generating the torque control signal based at least in part on the second parameter and the third parameter.

7. The servo pump control method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
receiving a constant speed command and directly or indirectly providing a third control signal to the electric motor by a speed controller so that the electric motor rotates with a constant speed; and
identifying the elastic modulus based on the rotation speed of the electric motor and the output pressure of the pump.

8. The servo pump control method according to claim 7 , wherein the rotation speed of the electric motor comes from a speed sensor or a speed command, and the output pressure of the pump comes from a pressure sensor.

9. The servo pump control method according to claim 7 , wherein the rotation speed of the electric motor and the output pressure of the pump are respectively the rotation speed of the electric motor and the output pressure of the pump when the pump works in a stable condition, in which the first derivative of the output pressure of the pump has a linear relation with the rotation speed of the electric motor.

10. The servo pump control method according to claim 6 , wherein the automatically commissioning the plurality of parameters based on the elastic modulus of the physical model comprises automatically commissioning parameters of a PID controller based on the elastic modulus of the physical model.

11. A servo pump control system comprising: an electric motor; a hydraulic pump actuated by the electric motor; a hydraulic actuator operated by the hydraulic pump, the hydraulic actuator connected to a load and actuating the load; and a pressure controller configured to provide a torque control signal to the electric motor to control the electric motor, the pressure controller further configured to automatically commission a plurality of parameters without any manual adjustment, based at least in part on an elastic modulus of a physical model, the physical model including at least the electric motor and the hydraulic pump, the elastic modulus calculated based on a rotation speed of the electric motor and an output pressure of a hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump, and the pressure controller further configured to: receive the output pressure of the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump and generate a first parameter as an output of the pressure controller; calculate a second parameter by dividing the output of the pressure controller by the elastic modulus; obtain a third parameter by multiplying the output pressure of the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump by a ratio of a torque command received by the physical model to the output pressure of the pump; and generate the torque control signal based at least in part on the second parameter and the third parameter.

12. The servo pump control system of claim 11 , wherein the hydraulic actuator includes a hydraulic cylinder.

Assignees

• Eaton Corp
• Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Yilun
• Cheng Xiaomeng

Classifications

• F04B17/03

  driven by electric motors · CPC title

• F04B49/06 Primary

  Control using electricity (regulating by means of floats actuating electric switches F04B49/04) · CPC title

• F04B19/22

  of reciprocating-piston type · CPC title

• F04B51/00

  Testing machines, pumps, or pumping installations · CPC title

• F04B49/065 Primary

  and making use of computers · CPC title