Method of operating a fluid system, fluid system and computer program product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11530709-B2
Application number	US-202016910629-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2020
Priority date	Jun 24, 2019
Publication date	Dec 20, 2022
Grant date	Dec 20, 2022

Abstract

A method for operating a fluid system including the steps: receiving or determining a set value for a stroke of the working valve, determining an actual value for the stroke of the working valve using a sensor signal of a position sensor, determining a deviation value of a working valve in dependence on sensor signals of a supply pressure sensor and a working pressure sensor and a position sensor and a sensor system, and performing a processing of the set value for the stroke of the working valve, the actual value for the stroke of the working valve and the deviation value to a control signal for driving the working valve.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for operating a fluid system which comprises a controller, a working valve which can be activated by the controller and which working valve comprises an inlet port to which a fluid source and a supply pressure sensor are connected and which working valve comprises an outlet port to which a fluid consumer and a working pressure sensor are connected, wherein a position sensor for detecting a valve position is assigned to the working valve, wherein the fluid consumer is assigned a sensor system for detecting a movement state and wherein the supply pressure sensor, the working pressure sensor and the sensor system are connected to the controller, wherein the controller performs the following steps:
receiving or determining a set value for a stroke of the working valve;
determining an actual value for the stroke of the working valve using a sensor signal of the position sensor;
determining a deviation value for the working valve as a function of sensor signals of the supply pressure sensor, the working pressure sensor, the position sensor and the sensor system; and
performing a processing of the set value for the stroke of the working valve, the actual value for the stroke of the working valve and the deviation value to achieve a control signal for controlling the working valve and providing the control signal to the working valve.

2. A method for operating a fluid system which comprises a controller, a working valve which can be activated by the controller and which working valve comprises an inlet port to which a fluid outlet and an outlet pressure sensor are connected and which working valve comprises an outlet port to which a fluid consumer and a working pressure sensor are connected, wherein a position sensor for detecting a valve position is assigned to the working valve, the fluid consumer being assigned a sensor system for detecting a movement state, and the outlet pressure sensor, the working pressure sensor and the sensor system being connected to the controller, wherein the controller carries out the following steps:
receiving or determining a set value for a stroke of the working valve;
determining an actual value for the stroke of the working valve using a sensor signal from the position sensor;
determining a deviation value for the working valve as a function of sensor signals from the outlet pressure sensor, the working pressure sensor, the position sensor and the sensor system; and
performing processing of the set value for the stroke of the working valve, the actual value for the stroke of the working valve and the deviation value to achieve a control signal for driving the working valve, and providing the control signal to the working valve.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the controller for determining the deviation value executes a comparison between an actual pressure value determined from the sensor signal of the working pressure sensor and a model pressure value calculated on the basis of a mathematical model.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the controller determines the deviation value as a function of at least one characteristic value of the fluid consumer, which is in the form of a pneumatic cylinder and is connected to the working valve via a hose, from the group: cylinder volume, dead volume, hose properties.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the control signal for activating the working valve is used as an input variable for the mathematical model and wherein, in the mathematical model, a valve characteristic of the working valve and characteristic values of the fluid consumer are processed.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein a linear displacement of the valve characteristic curve of the working valve, which describes a relationship between a conductance and a stroke of the working valve, is carried out with respect to the stroke of the working valve by means of the mathematical model in order to determine the control signal as a function of an actual conductance.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, at a transition between a ventilating process and a venting process or at a transition between a venting process and a ventilating process, a resetting of a mathematical model which is used for a calculation of a model pressure value is performed and a restarting of the mathematical model is performed taking into account the actual pressure value of the working pressure sensor.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determination of the deviation value for the working valve is carried out cyclically recurrently during an activation of the working valve.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a superordinate machine controller connected to the controller provides the set value for the stroke of the working valve for reception by the controller and processing into the set value for the stroke of the working valve by the controller.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a superordinate machine controller connected to the controller provides a setpoint conductance for reception and processing into the set value for the stroke of the working valve by the controller.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determination of the set value for the stroke of the working valve in the controller is carried out based on a sensor signal of the sensor system.

12. A fluid system for operating a fluid consumer, having a controller and a working valve which can be activated by the controller, which working valve comprises an inlet port to which a fluid source and a supply pressure sensor or a fluid outlet and an outlet pressure sensor are connected and which comprises an outlet port, to which a fluid consumer and a working pressure sensor are connected and with which a position sensor for detecting a valve position is associated, wherein a sensor system for detecting a movement state is associated with the fluid consumer and wherein the supply pressure sensor is associated with the fluid consumer, the working pressure sensor or the outlet pressure sensor and the sensor system are connected to the controller, the controller being designed to provide a control signal for actuating the working valve as a function of a setpoint conductance and of an actual conductance which is determined using a sensor signal from the position sensor, wherein the controller is designed for a correction of the control signal in dependence on a deviation value for the working valve which is determined from sensor signals of the supply pressure sensor or the outlet pressure sensor, the working pressure sensor, the position sensor and the sensor system.

13. The fluid system according to claim 12 , wherein the controller is designed to perform the following steps: receiving or determining a set value for a stroke of the working valve, determining an actual value for the stroke of the working valve using a sensor signal of the position sensor, determining a deviation value for the working valve as a function of sensor signals of the supply pressure sensor, the working pressure sensor, the position sensor and the sensor system and performing a processing of the set value for the stroke of the working valve, the actual value for the stroke of the working valve and the deviation value to a control signal for controlling the working valve and providing the control signal to the working valve.

14. The fluid system according to claim 12 , wherein the controller is designed to perform the following steps: receiving or determining a set value for the stroke of the working valve, determining an actual value for the stroke of the working valve using a sensor signal

Assignees

• Festo Se & Co Kg

Inventors

• Klassen Daniel
• Gommel Gerhard
• Rager David

Classifications

• F15B2211/6336

  representing a state of the output member, e.g. position, speed or acceleration · CPC title

• F25B2600/2513

  Expansion valves · CPC title

• F15B2211/634

  representing a state of a valve · CPC title

• F15B2211/6656

  Closed loop control, i.e. control using feedback · CPC title

• F15B21/08 Primary

  Servomotor systems incorporating electrically operated control means (F15B21/02, {F15B21/065} take precedence) · CPC title