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Steady-State Performance Investigation of Closed-Circuit Hydrostatic Drive Using Variable Displacement Pump and Variable Displacement Motor

This article investigates the steady-state performance of a closed-circuit hydrostatic drive system using a variable displacement pump and variable displacement motor. The speed of the drive can be varied by controlling either the pump or the motor. The efficiencies of the pump, motor, and prime mover driving the pump are considered to analyze the overall performance of the drive. Equations representing the efficiencies of the drive components are identified by comparing with experimental data. The results provide useful information for identifying control parameters to operate the drive at reasonable efficiency.

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Steady-State Performance Investigation of Closed-Circuit Hydrostatic Drive Using Variable Displacement Pump and Variable Displacement Motor

This article investigates the steady-state performance of a closed-circuit hydrostatic drive system using a variable displacement pump and variable displacement motor. The speed of the drive can be varied by controlling either the pump or the motor. The efficiencies of the pump, motor, and prime mover driving the pump are considered to analyze the overall performance of the drive. Equations representing the efficiencies of the drive components are identified by comparing with experimental data. The results provide useful information for identifying control parameters to operate the drive at reasonable efficiency.

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Original Article

Proc IMechE Part E:


J Process Mechanical Engineering
Steady-state performance investigation 0(0) 1–10
! IMechE 2020
of closed-circuit hydrostatic drive using Article reuse guidelines:
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variable displacement pump and variable DOI: 10.1177/0954408920953662
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displacement motor

Vinay Partap Singh1 , Ajit Kumar Pandey2 and


Kabir Dasgupta1

Abstract
This article investigates the steady-state performance of a closed-circuit hydrostatic (HST) drive using a variable dis-
placement pump and a variable displacement motor where the speed of the drive is varied by controlling pump or
motor. The drive is operated over a wide range of load torque and speed in two modes of operation: the pump
controlled mode and the motor controlled mode. The efficiencies of the pump, motor, and the prime mover driving the
pump are taken into account to analyze the overall performance of the drive. In this respect, considering various flow
and torque losses of the HST drive components, the equations representing efficiencies of the drive are identified by
comparing with the experimental data. The simulation is carried out using MATLAB. The results of the study may be
useful to identify the control parameters of the drive to operate it at a reasonable efficiency zone.

Keywords
Hydrostatic (HST) drive, variable displacement pump, variable displacement motor, induction motor, steady-state, per-
formance investigation
Date received: 8 April 2020; accepted: 5 August 2020

Introduction
different operating conditions and based on them,
Hydrostatic (HST) drive is an essential part of heavy the performance of the drive has been identified.
earth moving machinery because of its high power However, the said investigation does not consider
density, better controllability, and wider speed- the performance of the prime mover of the drive.
torque range. In HST drive, there are three basic ele- The study of an electric hydraulic excavator incorpo-
ments; they are prime mover, hydrostatic pump, and rating a variable speed electric motor has been carried
hydrostatic motor. The hydrostatic pump and motor out by Quan et al.3 It provides a detailed performance
may be of fixed or variable displacement type. Under analysis of the electric motor used as the prime
varying load and speed, the drive components exhibit mover. By controlling the speed of the prime mover
different efficiency for different operating conditions. and pump displacement, a control strategy is formu-
For efficient control of the HST drive, each element lated for the optimum performance of the linear
should be operated by controlling its critical param- actuators. Ijas et al.4 have demonstrated that a con-
eters. From the characteristics of each element, suit- siderable amount of energy can be saved if volumetric
able control strategies can be formulated to operate displacements of hydrostatic pump and motor are
the drive within a reasonable efficiency zone. tuned properly. The efficiency maps of the
The performance of the HST drive is influenced
greatly by its losses. Surampudi1 have described an
1
algorithm for optimum performance of diesel engine Department of Mining Machinery Engineering, IIT (ISM), Dhanbad,
driven HST drive, by identifying suitable control India
2
Department of Mining Machinery Engineering, IIT (ISM), Dhanbad,
parameters for pump and motor. In the said study, India
the effects of the leakages of the system components Corresponding author:
are not discussed in detail. Pandey et al.2 have inves- Ajit Kumar Pandey, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, Dhanbad 826004, India.
tigated the losses of hydrostatic components for Email: ajit.saurabh100@gmail.com

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