Model-based trajectory tracking control for an electrohydraulic lifting system with valve compensation strategy

Abstract

The natural frequency of the electrohydraulic system in mobile machinery is always very low, which brings difficulties to the controller design. To improve the tracking performance of the hydraulic system, mathematical modeling of the electrohydraulic lifting system and the rubber hose was accomplished according to an electrohydraulic lifting test rig built in the laboratory. Then, valve compensation strategy, including spool opening compensation (SOC) and dead zone compensation (DZC), was designed based on the flow-pressure characteristic of a closed-centered proportional valve. Comparative experiments on point-to-point trajectory tracking between a proportional controller with the proposed compensations and a traditional PI controller were conducted. Experiment results show that the maximal absolute values of the tracking error are reduced from 0.039 m to 0.019 m for the slow point-to-point motion trajectory and from 0.085 m to 0.054 m for the fast point-to-point motion trajectory with the proposed compensations. Moreover, tracking error of the proposed controller was analyzed and corresponding suggestions to reduce the tracking error were put forward.

Keywords

electrohydraulic system / trajectory tracking control / valve compensation / dead zone compensation / mobile machinery

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