Electromagnetic braking system and control method for rapid compression machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11274714-B2
Application number	US-201916621254-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2019
Priority date	Aug 14, 2018
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

An electromagnetic braking system and control method, with the system having a CCU, a braking cylinder, a push rod, an electromagnetic braking ring, an electromagnetic braking piston fixed to the push rod, a first shading plate and a second shading plate, a photoelectric sensor fixed near the push rod, and an electromagnetic braking control circuit, and the control method including following the steps: initial estimating of the braking distance (l) according to the current magnitude, electromagnetic force between the two electromagnetic coils and initial velocity (v) of the push rod, arranging a restoration distance (Δl) between the top dead center and the piston after braking, installing two shading plates and the photoelectric sensor; and setting the distance between the two electromagnetic coils to when the starts braking.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electromagnetic braking system, comprising a central control unit (CCU);
a braking cylinder made of magnetic isolating material;
a push rod passing through the braking cylinder;
an electromagnetic braking ring fixed to the braking cylinder;
an electromagnetic braking piston fixed to the push rod;
a first shading plate and a second shading plate fixed to the push rod, respectively;
a photoelectric sensor fixed near the push rod; and
an electromagnetic braking control circuit;
wherein, a circumferentially wound electromagnetic coil is embedded in the electromagnetic braking ring and in the electromagnetic braking piston, respectively;
the first shading plate and the second shading plate being fixed at the positions of the push rod corresponding to the start of braking and the end of braking;
the distance between the shading plates being equal to a braking distance (l), and the photoelectric sensor being disposed near the position of the first shading plate at the time of the start of braking;
signals of the two shading plates being detected by the photoelectric sensor and being sent to the (CCU); and
the (CCU) obtaining a shading time of the first shading plate according to the detecting signal detected by the photoelectric sensor, and obtaining an instantaneous speed calculated according to the thickness (m) of the first shading plate;
the electromagnetic braking control circuit includes a DC power supply, a slide rheostat and three switches; wherein,
one switch acting as an on-off switch, and the other two switches as transfer switches;
the DC power supply is connected in series with the slide rheostat, and then connected in parallel at two ends of two paralleled electromagnetic coils; one electromagnetic coil is connected in series with the on/off switch for controlling the current on/off, the other end of the other electromagnetic coil is respectively connected in series with the two transfer switches for controlling the current on/off and the direction of current; the DC power supply is used to supply current, and the slide rheostat is used to adjust the magnitude of the current to adjust the magnitude of the electromagnetic force.

2. The electromagnetic braking system of claim 1 , wherein grooves and protrusions are correspondingly arranged on the electromagnetic braking piston and the electromagnetic brake ring, respectively, so as to fit to each other.

3. A control method by adopting the system of claim 1 , including the following steps of:
step 1, initial estimating the braking distance (l) according to the current magnitude, electromagnetic force between the two electromagnetic coils and initial velocity (v) of the push rod,
arranging a restoration distance (Δl) between a top dead center and the piston after braking, so that the electromagnetic braking piston and the electromagnetic braking ring are further tightened;
installing the two shading plates and the photoelectric sensor;
setting the distance between the two electromagnetic coils as when starting the braking;
step 2, increasing the air pressure in the driving cylinder, closing the on-off switch and the transfer switch in series with the two electromagnetic coils simultaneously, and adjusting the slide rheostat P to increase the current synchronously, so that the current flow of the electromagnetic braking piston is opposite to that of the electromagnetic braking ring; since current generates a magnetic field, currents having opposite flows generate mutually exclusive electromagnetic forces, air pressure for driving the piston generated by the electromagnetic force and the air pressure in the cylinder can be balanced by adjusting the current magnitude; when the air pressure is increased to the required pressure, disconnecting the switches in the control circuit, so that the balance in the push rod is broke, and the electromagnetic force disappears, the compression stroke starts due to the unilateral air pressure;
step 3, moving the push rod forwardly, when a first position signal is detected, that is when the first shading plate blocks the photoelectric sensor, calculating, by the CCU, the initial velocity of the push rod according to the thickness (m) and the shading time of the first shading plate, and calculating the current magnitude when the braking distance equals to 1; closing three switches by the CCU and supplying the corresponding current by automatically adjusting the slide rheostat (P); meanwhile, remaining the current flows of the two electromagnetic coils opposite to each other, so that currents having opposite flows generate mutually exclusive electromagnetic forces, taking the electromagnetic repulsion as a resistance so as to impede the movement of the push rod;
step 4, decelerating the push rod forwardly, when the second position signal is detected, that is when the second shading plate blocks the photoelectric sensor, the piston of the rapid compressor still has a small speed and has a small distance (Δl) from the top dead center; at this time, switching the transfer switches to the same port by the CCU, so that the currents of the two electromagnetic coils are in the same direction, and the currents generate mutual attraction electromagnetic forces; changing current magnitude so that the piston of the rapid compressor fully reaches the top dead center under the action of the air pressure of the driving cylinder and electromagnetic force, thus further tightening the electromagnetic braking piston and the electromagnetic brake ring, thereby preventing the piston from rebounding; further, balancing the in-cylinder pressure generated during the combustion by the unilateral air pressure of the driving cylinder and the electromagnetic force.

4. The control method of claim 3 , wherein grooves and protrusions are correspondingly arranged on the electromagnetic braking piston and the electromagnetic brake ring, respectively, so as to fit to each other.

Assignees

• Univ Tianjin

Inventors

• Pan Jiaying
• Wang Lei
• Wei Haiqiao
• Shu Gequn
• Liu Changwen
• Ma Guobin

Classifications

• G01M15/02

  Details or accessories of testing apparatus · CPC title

• F16D2066/003

  Position, angle or speed · CPC title

• F16D2121/04

  acting on a piston-type actuator, e.g. for liquid pressure · CPC title

• F16D2121/20

  using electromagnets · CPC title

• F16D63/002 Primary

  Brakes with direct electrical or electro-magnetic actuation · CPC title