A novel hydraulic pulsation reduction component based on discharge and suction self-oscillation: Principle, design and experiment

Abstract

The reduction of fluid ripple in pipes is extremely important for the reliability and safety of aircrafts and ships. Currently, most researches only pay attention to the discharge port and ignore the suction port and the inherent characteristic of the axial pump between both ports, which may cause significant underestimation of fluid ripple especially in the closed-loop hydraulic system. Therefore, the aim of this study is to propose a novel passive fluid ripple attenuator, which can simultaneously reduce discharge and suction pulsation of the axial-piston pump, and adapt to the condition of frequent change of load reversing in closed hydraulic system. First, the phase matching rule is discovered between discharge and suction ripple, and then based on that, the proposed discharge and suction self-oscillation principle is verified through simulation on the phase relationship of the pump internal pistons, instead of considering the two separately as before. The attenuator designed with the concept of the discharge and suction self-oscillation principle is presented, and models of how ripple generates and the attenuator works are represented analytically. The corresponding simulation model is established, and the result indicates that the ripple of both ports of the piston pump is weakened significantly. Moreover, one testing platform is developed, and the experimental study is conducted on the discharge and suction ripple. It proves that the proposed attenuator based on discharge and suction self-oscillation principle can reduce the fluid ripple effectively.