Mathematical Modelling and Multi-Objective Optimization Design of a Large Flow Water Hydraulic Proportional Cartridge Valve

Author(s):  
Mingxing Han ◽  
Yinshui Liu ◽  
Huaijiang Tan ◽  
Defa Wu

The large flow water hydraulic proportional cartridge valve is one of the most important components and also the technical difficulties in the high performance large-tonnage engineering machinery, such as the die casting machine. The structure and principle of the large flow water hydraulic proportional cartridge valve are presented in this paper. The valve utilizes a two-stage structure with the high performance proportional valves as the pilot stage and the cartridge poppet valve as the main stage to overcome the fundamental tradeoff between the flow capacity and dynamic characteristics. A detailed and precise nonlinear mathematical model of the cartridge valve considering both structural parameters and nonlinear factors (compressibility of water, leakage, friction, flow force, etc.) is established. And then MATLAB/Simulink software is employed to build the simulation model and the dynamic simulation is carried out. Compared with the simulation results of the valve with different design parameters, the static and dynamic characteristics of the proportional cartridge throttle valve have been analyzed. The impacts of the parameters on the performance of step-response have been studied. Finally, based on multi-objective optimization method, the optimal parameters of the cartridge valve have been obtained. The simulation results show that the performances have been significantly improved.

Author(s):  
Mingxing Han ◽  
Yinshui Liu ◽  
Kan Zheng ◽  
Youchun Ding ◽  
Defa Wu

In large-power and high-pressure hydraulic systems, the maximum instantaneous flow rate is often several thousand liters per minute. Normal proportional valves are often difficult to meet their requirements for large flow rate and fast response at the same time. And the leakage of hydraulic oil will seriously pollute the environment. Therefore, a novel water hydraulic proportional valve with fast response and high flow capacity is presented for the large transient power hydraulic system in this paper. The valve utilizes a two-stage structure with two 2/2-way water hydraulic proportional valves as the pilot stage and a cartridge poppet valve as the main stage to achieve fast-response and large-flow capacity simultaneously. A detailed and precise nonlinear mathematical model of the valve considering both structural parameters and flow force is developed. A comprehensive performance optimization has been carried out, which can be mainly divided into computational fluid dynamics simulation optimization based on reducing flow force and multi-objective optimization based on genetic algorithm. The effects of double U-grooves' parameters on the flow force (flow-induced loads) have been studied in detail by numerical simulation. Through the grooves geometry optimization, the maximum flow force can be reduced by 10%. Then, the influences of structure parameters on the performance of step response have been studied, and the optimal parameters of the valve have been obtained by multi-objective optimization based on genetic algorithm. The maximum overshoot has been reduced from 15% to 6% (about 60%) and the adjusting time has been reduced from 58 ms to 48 ms. The dynamic characteristics of the valve have been improved effectively. Finally, a test apparatus which has the ability to provide transient large flow is built. The accuracy of simulation model and optimization design method is verified by test results.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianzhong Cui ◽  
Hu Li ◽  
Dong Zhang ◽  
Yawen Xu ◽  
Fangwei Xie

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the flexible dynamic characteristics about hydro-viscous drive providing meaningful insights into the credible speed-regulating behavior during the soft-start. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive dynamic transmission model is proposed to investigate the effects of key parameters on the dynamic characteristics. To achieve a trade-off between the transmission efficiency and time proportion of hydrodynamic and mixed lubrication, a multi-objective optimization of friction pair system by genetic algorithm is presented to obtain the optimal combination of design parameters. Findings Decreasing the engagement pressure or the ratio of inner and outer radius, increasing the lubricating oil viscosity or the outer radius will result in the increase of time proportion of hydrodynamic and mixed lubrication, as well as the transmission efficiency and its maximum value. After optimization, main dynamic parameters including the oil film thickness, angular velocity of the driven disk, viscous torque and total torque show remarkable flexible transmission characteristics. Originality/value Both the dynamic transmission model and multi-objective optimization model are established to analyze the effects of main design parameters on the dynamic characteristics of hydro-viscous flexible drive.


Author(s):  
Qianhao Xiao ◽  
Jun Wang ◽  
Boyan Jiang ◽  
Weigang Yang ◽  
Xiaopei Yang

In view of the multi-objective optimization design of the squirrel cage fan for the range hood, a blade parameterization method based on the quadratic non-uniform B-spline (NUBS) determined by four control points was proposed to control the outlet angle, chord length and maximum camber of the blade. Morris-Mitchell criteria were used to obtain the optimal Latin hypercube sample based on the evolutionary operation, and different subsets of sample numbers were created to study the influence of sample numbers on the multi-objective optimization results. The Kriging model, which can accurately reflect the response relationship between design variables and optimization objectives, was established. The second-generation Non-dominated Sorting Genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) was used to optimize the volume flow rate at the best efficiency point (BEP) and the maximum volume flow rate point (MVP). The results show that the design parameters corresponding to the optimization results under different sample numbers are not the same, and the fluctuation range of the optimal design parameters is related to the influence of the design parameters on the optimization objectives. Compared with the prototype, the optimized impeller increases the radial velocity of the impeller outlet, reduces the flow loss in the volute, and increases the diffusion capacity, which improves the volume flow rate, and efficiency of the range hood system under multiple working conditions.


Machines ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Heng Zhang ◽  
Yaoyao Liao ◽  
Ze Tao ◽  
Zisheng Lian ◽  
Ruihao Zhao

In the field of fully mechanized coal mining equipment, the hydraulic valve used in the hydraulic support is an on/off directional valve. There are many problems caused by the valve such as large pressure shock and discontinuous flow control. Therefore, a novel two-position three-way hydraulic proportional valve suitable for high-pressure and large-flow conditions is proposed to overcome the above problems. The novel valve utilizes a two-stage structure and the displacement follow-up principle is adopted between the pilot stage and the main stage to meet proportional control. In this paper, a simulation model of the novel proportional valve was established after a simplified analysis of the structural principle. Its reliability and the feasibility of the design were verified by the test results under different working conditions. Then, the step response characteristics of the proportional valve under different strokes were predicted and analyzed. Nonlinear characteristics were presented, and the closing time was shorter than the opening time because of the influence of nonlinear flow force. Under different ramp signals, the displacement of the main inlet spool was always approximately equal to the displacement of the pilot stage. Then, the motion relationship between the pilot stage and the main stage was studied, and the influence of the structural parameters on the stability was analyzed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 452-453 ◽  
pp. 548-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Jie Li ◽  
Ling Yu Yang ◽  
Gong Zhang Shen

The CAT III longitudinal automatic landing control laws based on multi-objective optimization is discussed. Firstly summarized the CAT III airworthiness criteria and transformed into the specifications of control system. The configuration of the longitudinal automatic landing controllers is proposed secondly and multi-objective optimization is used to tradeoff free parameters of the controllers. The Monte Carlo simulation results show the designed control laws fulfill the CAT III requirements, when there are uncertainties of structure, measurement error and disturbances.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 317-317
Author(s):  
Rui Sun ◽  
Jie Guo ◽  
Qiang Wu ◽  
Zhuohan Zhang ◽  
Wenyan Yang ◽  
...  

Correction for ‘A multi-objective optimization-based layer-by-layer blade-coating approach for organic solar cells: rational control of vertical stratification for high performance’ by Rui Sun et al., Energy Environ. Sci., 2019, 12, 3118–3132.


Author(s):  
A. Garg ◽  
Cheng Liu ◽  
A. K. Jishnu ◽  
Liang Gao ◽  
My Loan Le Phung ◽  
...  

Abstract The efficient design of battery thermal management systems (BTMSs) plays an important role in enhancing the performance, life, and safety of electric vehicles (EVs). This paper aims at designing and optimizing cold plate-based liquid cooling BTMS. Pitch sizes of channels, inlet velocity, and inlet temperature of the outermost channel are considered as design parameters. Evaluating the influence and optimization of design parameters by repeated computational fluid dynamics calculations is time consuming. To tackle this, the effect of design parameters is studied by using surrogate modeling. Optimized design variables should ensure a perfect balance between certain conflicting goals, namely, cooling efficiency, BTMS power consumption (parasitic power), and size of the battery. Therefore, the optimization problem is decoupled into hydrodynamic performance, thermodynamic performance, and mechanical structure performance. The optimal design involving multiple conflicting objectives in BTMS is solved by adopting the Thompson sampling efficient multi-objective optimization algorithm. The results obtained are as follows. The optimized average battery temperature after optimization decreased from 319.86 K to 319.2759 K by 0.18%. The standard deviation of battery temperature decreased from 5.3347 K to 5.2618 K by 1.37%. The system pressure drop decreased from 7.3211 Pa to 3.3838 Pa by 53.78%. The performance of the optimized battery cooling system has been significantly improved.


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