The velocity control of the electro hydraulic servo system

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THE VELOCITY CONTROL OF THE ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC SERVO
SYSTEM
Magdy M. Abdelhameed1
, M. A. Abdelaziz2
, A. Bakarman3
1
Head of department, Professor, Mechatronics Engineering Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo
2
Assistant Professor, Mechatronics Engineering Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo
3
Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo
Abstract
In general two basic methods are used for controlling the velocity of a hydraulic cylinder. First by an axial variable-displacement
pump for controls flow to the cylinder. This configuration is commonly known as a hydrostatic transmission. Second by
proportional valve powered by a constant-pressure source, such as a pressure compensated pump, drives the hydraulic cylinder.
In this study, the electro-hydraulic servo system (EHSS) for velocity control of hydraulic cylinder is investigated experimentally
and its analysis theoretically. Where the controlled hydraulic cylinder is altered by a swashplate axial piston pump or by
proportional valve to achieve velocity control. The theoretical part includes the derivation of the mathematical model equations
of combination system. Velocity control system for hydraulic cylinder using simple (PID) controller to get constant velocity
range of hydraulic cylinder under applied external variable loads . An experimental set-up is constructed, which consists of the
hydraulic test pump unit, the electro-hydraulic proportional valve unit, the hydraulic actuator unit , the external load control unit
and interfacing electronic unit. The experimental results show that PID controller can be achieve good velocity control by
variable displacement axial piston pump and also by proportional valve under external loads variations.
Keywords: Velocity control, Swashplate, Proportional valve, Hydraulic cylinder, PID controller, Axial piston pump
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1. INTRODUCTION
EHSS is widely used in many industrial applications and
mobile systems because of their high power to weight ratio,
high stiffness, fast response, self cooling, good positioning
capabilities, etc. EHSS systems can be classified into two
different systems, hydraulic valve-controlled systems and
hydraulic displacement-controlled systems. The hydraulic
valve-controlled systems that have been applied widely in
industrial servo control have higher response but lower
energy efficiency. In contrast, hydraulic displacement-
controlled systems, where displacement is adjusted by a
variable displacement pump, have higher energy efficiency
but lower control response owing to their complexity.
Velocity control of EHSS problems are treated by
(Anderson, 1988; Bake, 1992; Jen and Lee,1992; Chern and
Wu, 1992; Lierschaft, 1993; Boes, 1995; Huang and Wang,
1995; Bernzen, 1999 )[9]. This study will focus on the
velocity control of hydraulic cylinder by two methods. First
method by swashplate axial piston pump where swashplat
controlled by stepper motor to change flowrate of pump and
then control velocity of hydraulic cylinder. Second method
by Proportional valve to control flow from pump to cylinder
and hence control velocity of hydraulic cylinder.
The rest of the paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, a
short description of the experimental set-up. Then, in
Section 3 mathematical model for the system is presented.
In section 4, the implementation of PID controller is
presented. Experimental results are presented in Section 5
and finally the paper is concluded.
2. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP DESCRIPTION
Figure 1 illustrates schematically the proposed system, it
consists of five main units; the hydraulic test pump unit, the
electro-hydraulic proportional valve unit, the hydraulic
actuator unit, the load disturbance unit and interfacing unit.
As shown in Figure 1, the unit of the hydraulic pump
consists mainly of the test pump (1), which is a piston pump
type (Model PVQ 06L ASY, OilGear) that has flowrate
about 6 L/min at 1000 rpm. The test pump is coupled with
an electric motor (2) that has 1.5 kW of output power and
uses a flexible coupling to absorb any axial and/or lateral
vibration between the connected shafts. The swashplate is
rigidly connected to a stepper motor (3), which drives the
swashplate to change its inclination angle.
As shown in Figure 1, the main part of electro-hydraulic
proportional valve unit is directional control valve (5),which
is 4/3 proportional control valve (Model TGL 55074,
ORSTA hydraulic). Two solenoids (6) actuate the spool of
valve in two sides using a coil. When the coil is energized,
the spool is moved to the desired position.

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Fig-1: Schematic diagram of the proposed system setup.
The actuator used is double acting hydraulic cylinder (8) as
shown in figure 1 . Hydraulic cylinder is equipped with
potentiometer transducer (12) (Gefran type) which has a
useful stroke of 250 mm. The velocity of hydraulic cylinder
detected with potentiometer, when potentiometer measured
physical position and convert it to analog signals. The
analog signals are sent to acquisition system and with
derivative function can be estimated the velocity of
hydraulic cylinder.
The load disturbance unit is built to simulate different
modes of change in external load. When return to figure 1
,seen that mechanical spring (9) represents to virtual
different load patterns. Mechanical spring connected to
hydraulic cylinder (8) in one side, while in other side
connected to ball screw lead (11) and dc motor (10).
Through properties of mechanical spring, find that the
changes force of spring proportional to its compression
distance. So that, the motor with ball screw lead can control
the changes force of spring based on other acting side force
through hydraulic cylinder. Light distance transducer (13)
used to estimated external different loads patterns by
knowing variable length of spring and fed back into
electronic control and data acquisition.
In interfacing and electronic unit, the PC sends an input
voltage signal through an analog and digital output ports on
the data acquisition card (DAQ) board (NI USB-6009) to the
drivers and amplifiers (such as swashplate stepper motor
driver and solenoid valve amplifier). The output voltage
from each sensor (potentiometer and light distance sensor)
is sent to the PC through analog input ports on the DAQ.
Simulink and Matlab are used as the user interface to
generate and analyze all data to and from the PC. A
photograph of the constructed experimental test set-up is
shown in Figure 2.
Fig-2: Photograph of the experimental setup.
3. MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS AND
MODELING OF EHSS
3.1 Pump Unit Modeling
3.1.1 Mathematical Model of the Stepper Motor of
Swashplate
If a sinusoidal characteristic of the magnetic field in the air
gap is assumed, the contribution of each phase j on the
motor torque TMj can be written as, [1][2][3]
TMj = km sin Φj + Nθp t Ij(t) (1)
Where, km is the motor constant , θp is the actual rotor
position, Ij is the current in the coil as function of time, Φj is
the location of coil j in the stator, N is the number of rotor
pole and P is the number of stator phases.
However the current Ij(t) in the coil is a function of the
supplied voltage Vj (t) and the coil properties. A general
equation between Ij(t)and Vj (t) is given by,
Vj t = emfj + RIj t + L
dIj t
dt
(2)
Where emfj is the electromotive force induced in the phase
j, R is the resistance of the coils and L is the inductance of
the coils However, the emf in each coil can be expressed as
emfj = km sin Φj + Nθp t ωd (3)
Where ωd is the rotational velocity of the rotor.
The total torque produced by the stepper is given as
TM = TMj
P
j=1 (4)

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Using Equation (4), and considering the equation of motion
of a stepper motor,
TM = Jd
dωd
dt
+ Bdωd + Td (5)
Where, Jd is the inertia of the rotor, Bd is the viscous
damping constant and Td is the Load torque acting on the
stepper motor shaft.
The angular velocity is given by
ωd =
dθp
dt
(6)
Hence for a 2 phase PM motor with Nr rotor teeth and the
two phases Φj at 0 and (π/2) the following state space
equations can be derived.
dωd
dt
=
−km sin Nθp Ia +km cos Nθp Ib −Bd ωd −Tl
Jd
(7)
dIa
dt
=
Va −RIa +km ωd sin Nθp
L
(8)
dIb
dt
=
Vb −RIb +km ωd sin Nθp
L
(9)
3.1.2 Mathematical Model of the Pump
3.1.2.1 Torque Model
Figure 3 illustrates the components and forces that have an
effect on the total torque.
Fig-3: Forces that give rise to torques acting on the
swashplate and yoke assembly
The load exerted by the swashplate can be divided into the
following torques: [4][5-7]
 Torque produced by friction forces, Tf,
 Torque relating to the pressure effect, Tp,
 Torque relating to the rotation of the barrel, Tr and
 Torque required to overcome the swash plate inertia,
Jp θp
Td = Jp θp + Tf - Tp - Tr ( 10)
where Jp is the average moment of inertia of swashplate
yoke assembly and Td is the torque applied to the yoke by
the stepper motor.
The frictional torque includes coulomb friction, viscous
damping friction and stiction. As mentioned, the stiction
friction is assumed to be negligible. Hence the frictional
torque can be represented by
Tf = sign θp Tfc + Bpθp (11)
where Tfc is the torque produced by the coulomb friction
force, Bp is the damping coefficient of the swashplate yoke
assembly.
However, the torque applied to the swashplate due to the
pressure effect is significant. This torque is a function of
both the pump pressure and swashplate angle and can be
written as
Tp = Kp1Pp − Kp2Pp θp (12)
where Kp1 is the pressure torque constant, Kp2 is the pressure
torque constant and Pp is the pump pressure.
When the pump is in operation, there is a torque applied to
the swashplate by the piston slippers. This force is a result
of the inertia of pistons and the shoe plate and is known to
be a function of the swashplate angle. Therefore, this torque
is related to the rotation of the barrel and can be represented
as
Tr = −S1 − S2θp (13)
where S1 is the simplified pump model constant and S2 is the
simplified pump model constant.
Substituting Eqs. (11)-(13) into Eq.(10),
Td = Jp θp + S1 + S2θp + sgn θp Tfc + Bpθp + Kp2ppθp −
Kp1PP (14)
3.1.2.2 Flow Model of the Pump
The displacement of the pump is defined as follows:
[4][8][5-7]
Dp = NApRptanθp/π (15)
where Dp is the displacement of the pump, Rp is the radius
of the piston pitch, N is the Number of pistons and Ap is the
Area of the piston.
Assuming that the rotational speed of the prime mover is ωp,
the ideal flow rate of the pump is as follows
Qpidea = ωpDp = ωpNApRptanθp/π (16)
From the continuity equation, the flow equation for the
pump can be written as:
Qpidea − Qip − Qep − Qp =
Vp
B
dpp
dt
(17)

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where Qp is the output flow of the pump, Qip is the internal
leakage flow of the pump, Qep is the external leakage flow
of the pump, Vp is the volume of the pump forward chamber
and B is the bulk modulus of the fluid.
Since the suction pressure is assumed to be zero, the leakage
flow of the pump (including the internal leakage and the
external leakage flow) can be approximated by:
Qlp = Qip + Qep = Ctp pp (18)
where Ctp is the Total leakage flow coefficient.
Substituting Equations (16) and (18) into Equation (17),
yields
ωpNApRptanθp/π − Ctp pp − Qp =
Vp
B
dPp
dt
(19)
Equation (19) is thus the flow model of the pump.
3.2 Proportional Valve Model
3.2.1 Dynamics of the Spool Valve
The dynamic of a spool valve follows approximately a linear
differential equation of second order described in
equation,[1][35]
mvxv + cxv + kxv = F (20)
where mv is the mass of the spool, c the damping factor ,k is
the spring stiffness and xv is the spool valve position. The
force F can be seen as an input to the system, e.g. the input
voltage to the valves.
By substituting k = mv ωn
2
and c = 2𝛇 𝐤𝐦 𝐯, equation (20)
becomes
xv + 2ωn 𝛇xv + ωn
2
xv = ωn
2
kvu (21)
where u is the voltage control input, kv is the proportional
valve gain, ωn is the natural frequency and ζ is the damping
ratio.
Written equation (21)as a relation between input and output
finally yields in the transfer function of the form,
xv(s)
u(s)
=
ωn
2 kv
s2+2ωn 𝛇𝐬+ωn
2 (22)
3.2.2 Flowrate Through the Proportional Valve
Restriction Areas
The proportional valve spool displacement throttles oil flow
through the four control gaps of the valve since the valve
open center type as in figure 4., [11]
Qa = Cdw(xvmax − xv)
2(pA −pt )
ρ
(23)
Qb = Cdwxv
2(pp −pA )
ρ
(24)
Qc = Cdw(xvmax − xv)
2(pp −pB )
ρ
(25)
Qd = Cdwxv
2(pB −pt)
ρ
(26)
Where pp is the Supply pressure, pt is the Return pressure,
pA and pB are the pressure acting on the two sides of the
piston of the cylinder, ρ is the Oil density, Cd Discharge
coefficient and w is the width of the valve port.
QA = Qb−Qa (27)
QB = Qc−Qd (28)
Fig-4: Hydraulic actuator with four-way valve configuration
3.3 Hydraulic Cylinder Modeling
As in figure 4 the application of the continuity equation to
the cylinder chambers yields the following equations,[9][11]
pA =
B
Vo +Ap xp
(QA − Apxp) dt (29)
pB =
B
Vo −Ap xp
(QB − Apxp) dt (30)
where Ap is the Piston area, Vo is the half of volume of oil
filling the cylinder, B is the fluid bulk modulus and xp is the
piston position.
The piston is driven by the pressure difference in the
hydraulic cylinder chambers. The equation of motion of the
piston becomes as follows,[9][2]
pA − pB Ap = mxp + fv xp + FL (31)
Where m is the total mass of the piston and fv is the viscous
friction cofficient and FL is the external load variables.
3.4 Modeling of External loads Unit
Such as in Figure 1, the external load can be represented by
mechanical spring which attached by ball screw to control
the force. Th equation of external force formulated as
follows,

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FL = kmech (xp + x screw ) (32)
Where kmech is the stiffness of spring and xscrew is the
displacement of spring due to ball screw motion.
4. PROPORTION INTGRAL DERIVATIVE (PID)
CONTROLLER
Classical PID controllers are very popular in industries
because they can improve both the transient response and
steady state error of the system at the same time. The
performance specifications of the systems such as rise time,
overshoot, settling time and error steady state can be
improved by tuning value of parameters KP, KI and KD of
the PID controller, because each component has its own
special purposes. KP or proportional controller is used to
assure the output reach the reference input. However, the
output of the system with this controller will never reach
zero steady state error. In order to obtain zero or very small
steady state error, KI or integral controller is given to the
system. Derivative controller or KD will improve the speed
performance of the system. Mathematically it is represented
as
Fig-5: Block diagram of a PID controller.
u k = KP e k + KI e ik
i=0 + KD[e k − e(k − 1)] (33)
where e(k) is the error signal.
The PID control method has been widely used in industry
during last several decades because of its simplicity. To tune
these parameters, the model is linearized around different
equilibrium points. PID controller could be determined by
many methods which lead to regulate the (PID) controller
for example trial and error method or Ziegler and Nichols
method.
5. THE EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
The aim of this section is to test the velocity control
strategy on the experimental set-up that shown in Figure 2.
PID controller applied to the variable pump controlled and
valve controlled by simulink and DAQ as the development
platform and shown in figure 6 and 7. A testing of response
of the system was performed using a step input to ensure
constant velocity of hydraulic cylinder .
Fig-6: The control velocities by variable pump and developed by simulink

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Fig-7: The control velocity by proportional valve and developed by simulink
5.1. Velocity Control of Hydraulic Cylinder by
Proportional Valve
Figure 8 shows the velocity form controlled under variable
linear external load. The parameter values tuned of the PID
controller are P=1.7, I=0.9, and D=0.1. Where external load
form changed, velocity response can be presented in figure 9
by same PID parameters. In figure 10 shows the tested
velocity response without any external load by PID
parameters as P= 1.2, I= 0.8 and D = 0.1.
(a)
(b)
Fig-8: Experimental results of constant velocity by
controlled valve under form of external loads.
(a)
(b)
controlled valve under form of external loads
controlled valve without any external loads

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5.2 Velocity Control of Hydraulic Cylinder by
Swashplate Axial Piston Pump
Fig. 11 shows the velocity form controlled under variable
external loads. The parameters values tuned of the PID
controller are P=70, I=70 and D=5.
variable pump under external loads
6. CONCLUSION
A model equations for EHSS has been derived. PID
controller theory is introduced as the control technique to
accomplish this goal in this study, and the controllers
designed using this method are validated using experimental
tests. The comparison of the results between test responses
indicates the rising time of the various velocity valve
controlled responses are at 5 sec., while the rising time of
the velocity variable pump controlled response is at 6 sec.
Thus, the control velocity by controlled valve has higher
responses than variable pump controlled.
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BIOGRAPHIES
Magdy Abdelhameed: received his
B.S.c., M.S.c. and PhD degrees from
AinShams University, faculty of
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Department in 1983, 1989 and 1994
respectively. Currently he is enrolled as a
head of the mechatronics Department at AinShams
University, faculty of Engineering. His research interests
lie in the field of electro-hydraulic system.
Mohamed A. Abdelaziz: received his
B.S.c., degrees from Ain Shams
University, faculty of Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering department in
2001. He then received his M.S.c and
PhD. degrees from University of Illinois,
Chicago, USA, faculty of Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering Department in 2007. Currently He is enrolled
as an associate professor in the Automotive Engineering
Department at Ain Shams University, faculty of Engineering
.His research interests lie in the field of automotive systems.
Amgad A. Bakarman : received his
B.Sc. degree in Mechanical engineering
department from Aden Univerity, Aden,
Yemen, in 2008 and the M.Sc. student in
Mechatronics at Ain Shams University,
Cairo, Egypt, Currently.

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