Abstract
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.
Highlights
Compared with the traditional oil hydraulic system, water hydraulic system has many outstanding advantages such as being non-pollutive, low-cost, and non-flammable [1,2].As the key component of water hydraulic systems, water hydraulic valve is widely used in deep sea equipment, coal mining machinery, oil exploration, steel manufacturing, and other fields [3,4,5,6]
In the fully mechanized coal mining face, the working pressure of the hydraulic valve used for the hydraulic support is 31.5 MPa, and the working flow is higher than 200 L/min (∆p < 7 MPa) [7]
The on/off directional valve currently used has many problems such as high pressure shock, and discontinuous and unsmooth flow [9], a high-pressure, large-flow water hydraulic proportional valve is needed, which has the characteristics of anti-pollution, high control accuracy of flow, and low pressure shock
Summary
Compared with the traditional oil hydraulic system, water hydraulic system has many outstanding advantages such as being non-pollutive, low-cost, and non-flammable [1,2].As the key component of water hydraulic systems, water hydraulic valve is widely used in deep sea equipment, coal mining machinery, oil exploration, steel manufacturing, and other fields [3,4,5,6]. In the fully mechanized coal mining face, the working pressure of the hydraulic valve used for the hydraulic support is 31.5 MPa, and the working flow is higher than 200 L/min (∆p < 7 MPa) [7]. The on/off directional valve currently used has many problems such as high pressure shock, and discontinuous and unsmooth flow [9], a high-pressure, large-flow water hydraulic proportional valve is needed, which has the characteristics of anti-pollution, high control accuracy of flow, and low pressure shock. The traditional oil hydraulic directional valve is mainly a slide structure [10,11], which adopts gap seal and is easy to leak, so it is difficult to achieve high pressure in water medium. Oil hydraulic valves cannot be directly used for hydraulic supports because of the above problems, but the design method of oil hydraulic proportional valve is still worth learning
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