Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Vol 37, No 2: February 2025

Optimizing dynamic response and stability of pressure-controlled swash plate type axial piston pump

Verma, Vivek (Unknown)
Kumar, Sachin (Unknown)
Anand, Apurva (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Feb 2025

Abstract

The main objective of the paper is to explore the role of lead-lag compensators in improving the performance of control systems for variable delivery hydraulic axial piston pumps (VAPP). These compensators offer a range of benefits, including stability enhancement, transient response optimization, frequency response modification, disturbance rejection, and robustness improvement. A mathematical model of the hydro-mechanical system is developed, and the transfer function for the dynamic system is established. The simulation of the model with lead-lag compensator significantly enhanced the phase margin to 55.70 and gain margin to 12.3 dB ensuring robust control for pressure-controlled VAPP, whereas the uncompensated system is marginally stable. The compensated system exhibits better transient and steady-state response. The optimized lead-lag compensated system achieves a maximum percentage overshoot of 12.1% and a settling time of 1.95 sec. This is a substantial improvement compared to the uncompensated system with a maximum % overshoot of 20.5% and a settling time of 2.39 sec. The improved response tends to induce greater damping (ζ) in the compensated system from 0.015 to 0.108 and increases leakage coefficient (K) from 3.38×10-12 m3/Pa.s to 24.34×10-12 m3/Pa.s. Optimized lag-lead compensator ensures stability, responsiveness adapting effectively to dynamic operating conditions of VAPP for aerospace application.

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