Theoretical and experimental investigation of a pulse-width modulated digital hydraulic position control system


KELEŞ Ö., Ercan Y.

CONTROL ENGINEERING PRACTICE, cilt.10, sa.6, ss.645-654, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2002
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0967-0661(02)00021-7
  • Dergi Adı: CONTROL ENGINEERING PRACTICE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.645-654
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: pulse-width modulation, electro-hydraulic system, electro-hydraulic servo valves, hydraulic position control
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, the open loop and closed loop behaviours of a pulse-width modulated hydraulic system are investigated both theoretically and experimentally. First a mathematical model is formulated for the system and methods for obtaining system responses to pulse-width modulated inputs are developed. Using these methods, the responses of the servo valve, the open loop as well as closed loop hydraulic systems are calculated for pulse-width modulated step and sinusoidal inputs. Effect of pulse frequency on the sinusoidal response is investigated. An experimental set-up, which consists of a PC as the controller, a pulse-width modulator, a servo valve driven hydraulic system and feedback elements, was constructed. Experiments show that precise position control can be achieved by using pulse-width modulated inputs in electro-hydraulic control systems. The results obtained for sinusoidal reference inputs show that the pulse frequency should be more than 50 times the reference input frequency for a satisfactory performance of the tested system, if the reference frequency is less than 10 Hz. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.