Hybrid-electromagnetic suspension capable of self-powering and control method thereof
12054023 ยท 2024-08-06
Assignee
Inventors
- Ruochen Wang (Jiangsu, CN)
- Wei LIU (Jiangsu, CN)
- Renkai Ding (Jiangsu, CN)
- Yingfeng Cai (Jiangsu, CN)
- Long Chen (Jiangsu, CN)
Cpc classification
B60G2600/187
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60G13/18
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60G17/0152
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60G17/0165
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60G17/018
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60G2400/821
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60G13/14
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
B60G17/018
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60G17/015
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Abstract
Provided is a hybrid electromagnetic suspension capable of self-powering and a control method thereof. The hybrid electromagnetic suspension includes an integrated structure of linear motor and cylinder block of equivalent hydraulic damper, a suspension spring, a connecting pipeline, a hydraulic rectifier bridge, an accumulator, a hydraulic motor and a rotary motor. The upper and lower chambers of the working cylinder, the lower chamber of working cylinder and oil storage cylinder are connected through the hydraulic rectifier bridge and the pipeline. The control has three modes including passive mode, semi-active mode and active mode. The ECU detects the road level according to the received sensor signal, and switches to the corresponding mode to control the suspension according to obtained road level, so as to obtain the optimal suspension performance under each road level. In the device of the invention, the linear motor and the equivalent hydraulic damper recover the vibration energy together in the case of good road condition; the linear motor and the equivalent hydraulic damper attenuate the suspension vibration together in the case of poor road surface, and at the same time the equivalent hydraulic damper also recovers the vibration energy, thus the self-powering can be realized.
Claims
1. A control method of a hybrid electromagnetic suspension capable of self-powering, which divides three suspension working modes: passive mode, semi-active mode and active mode, according to the performance requirements of vehicles under different road levels, wherein, 1) when the detected road level is A-class or B-class, the hybrid electromagnetic suspension works in the passive mode; 2) when the detected road level is C-class, the hybrid electromagnetic suspension works in the semi-active mode; 3) when the detected road level is D-class, E-class or F-class, the hybrid electromagnetic suspension works in the active mode; and wherein, the road level is obtained by calculating the International Roughness Index (IRI), and then by comparing with the classification table of road roughness index, the calculation method of IRI is as follows: International Roughness Index:
2. The control method of a hybrid electromagnetic suspension capable of self-powering according to claim 1, wherein, in the active mode, the dynamic performance of the vehicle is satisfied by adaptive switching of the skyhook controller, according to the detected real-time road level.
3. The control method of a hybrid electromagnetic suspension capable of self-powering according to claim 2, wherein, the process of the adaptive switching of the skyhook controller is: 1) establishing ? vehicle suspension model
Description
DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES
(1) The following is a further explanation of this invention through the figures and embodiments.
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DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES
(15) 1. Upper lifting lug; 2. Piston rod pipe hole; 3. Piston rod; 4. Upper-end cover of the inner sleeve of the linear motor; 5. Inner sleeve of the linear motor; 6. Pressure shield cover; 7. Skeleton oil seal; 8. Guider; 9. First blocking ring; 10. First sliding bearing; 11. Upper end cover; 12. Outer sleeve of the linear motor; 13. Permanent magnet; 14. Iron core; 15. Excitation coil; 16. Coil bushing; 17. Oil storage cylinder; 18. Working cylinder; 19. Piston; 20. Second sliding bearing; 21. Second blocking ring; 22. Lower end cover; 23. Third sliding bearing; 24. Third blocking ring; 25. Support ring; 26. First pipeline of working cylinder; 27. Oil storage cylinder pipeline; 28. Lower lifting lug; 29. Second pipeline of working cylinder; 30. Wire slot; 31. First one-way valve; 32. Second one-way valve; 33. Third one-way valve; 34. Forth one-way valve; 35. First accumulator; 36. Second accumulator; 37. First hydraulic motor; 38. First rotary motor; 39. First rectifier circuit; 40. First boost circuit; 41. Battery; 42. Second boost circuit; 43. Second rectifier circuit; 44. Second rotary motor; 45. Second hydraulic motor; 46. Third accumulator; 47. Forth accumulator; 48. Fifth one-way valve; 49. Sixth one-way valve; 50. Seventh one-way valve; 51. Eighth one-way valve.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
(16) The present invention is further described through figures and embodiments, but the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto.
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(20) In the above solution, the criteria for judging the three modes are the current road level and its principle is as shown in
(21) When the suspension is in compression state under road impact, its working process is as shown in
(22) In the above solution, when ECU judges that the driving road is C-class road, suspension works in semi-active mode, and the modified skyhook control strategy is adopted:
(23) According to the received real-time vehicle status, the skyhook control force to be output is calculated and the damping needs to be provided by the equivalent hydraulic damper is deduced, both through the ECU. Then, by adjusting the corresponding external resistance of the two rotating motors, the damping value of the equivalent hydraulic damper can be changed in real time, so that the semi-active control can be realized. The larger the damping value required, the larger the external resistance of the corresponding rotary motor. On the contrary, the smaller the damping value required, the smaller the external resistance value of the corresponding rotary motor. During the whole semi-active control process, the linear motor works in the generator state, does not provide the active force, and moves with the suspension to recover the vibration energy. In this mode, not only the ride comfort of the vehicle is improved, but also the vibration energy is recovered, which makes the suspension have a good comprehensive performance.
(24) In the above solution, when ECU judges that the driving road is D-class, E-class or F-class road, suspension works in active mode, and the road adaptive control method is adopted:
(25) The road adaptive controller receives the road level signal from comprehensive analysis of ECU, switches to the corresponding modified skyhook controller according to the road level. The modified skyhook controller calculates the output force of the actuator according to the real-time state of the vehicle detected by the sensors, and controls the linear motor to track the skyhook damping force and controls equivalent hydraulic damper to track the passive damping force, so as to realize the active control. Because the modified skyhook controller is designed according to the corresponding road level and control target, thus in this mode, the optimal dynamic performance of hybrid electromagnetic suspension can be ensured under different road conditions.
(26) The road identification methods described in the above solution are as follows:
(27) The vertical acceleration of vehicle body is measured during driving, by acceleration sensor built in the vehicle suspension system. Then the power spectral density of road is calculated based on the vehicle model theory. By deducing the relationship between pavement power spectral density and international smoothness index, the corresponding road roughness can be obtained. The data measured by this system are the body vertical acceleration, based on which the vertical power spectral density (recorded as PSD.sub.ACC) is calculated. To get the road roughness information, we need to get the power spectral density of road (recorded as PSD.sub.ROAD). The relationship between the two can be obtained by the transfer function, and the transfer relationship is shown in
(28) The calculation method of the power spectral density of road can be obtained from
PSD.sub.ROAD(?)=PSD.sub.ACC(?).Math.H(?)
(29) The transfer function H(?) is derived from the ? vehicle model. Here, the passive suspension is taken as an example:
(30) (1) Dynamic differential equation of ? vehicle is:
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(32) Fourier transform is applied to the above formulas and the amplitudes of each complex frequency are introduced:
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(34) From the above formula, it can be concluded that the modulus of the transfer function is:
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(36) The power spectral density of road can be calculated from the above formulas.
(37) (2) Relationships Between PSD (Power Spectral Density) and IRI (International Roughness Index)
(38) After derivation, the relationship between PSD and standard deviation of smoothness is easily deduced:
?=?{square root over (2?.sub.0.sup.?|H(f)|.sup.2PSD.sub.ROAD(?)d?)}
(39) Considering the relationship between IRI and ? obtained from the Institute of Highway Science, Ministry of Communications of China is as follows:
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(41) The relationships between PSD and IRI can be obtained:
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Based on the above formulas, the obtained PSD of road can be transferred to the IRI. Then, by comparing with the range of road roughness index in the road roughness classification table, the roughness level of the driving road can be judged, and the whole process is shown in
(43) The road adaptive control method mentioned in the above solution is as follows:
(44) Road adaptive control is essentially an improved skyhook control under different road conditions, and the active control by suspension is only taken under poor road conditions, mainly D-class, E-class and F-class road level. Thus, the road adaptive control is mainly designed for these three road levels. Because the design methods of controller under the three road levels are similar, the design process of modified skyhook controller under D-class road is taken as an example to illustrate the design process of road adaptive controller.
(45) 1) Establishment of ? Vehicle Suspension Model
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where, m.sub.2 is the sprung mass; m.sub.1 is the unsprung mass; k.sub.2 is the spring stiffness; k.sub.1 is the tire stiffness; x.sub.0, x.sub.1, x.sub.2 are the road input, vertical displacement of unsprung mass and vertical displacement of sprung mass respectively; F is the output force of the actuator (including linear motor and equivalent hydraulic damper), when modified skyhook control is adopted, which can be expressed as:
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(48) where, c.sub.s is the skyhook damping coefficient; c.sub.p is the passive damping coefficient.
(49) 2) Determination of the Parameters of Controller
(50) Selecting different c.sub.s and c.sub.p values can obtain different suspension performances, and the influence of c.sub.s and c.sub.p values on the suspension performance is as shown in
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where, rms(a) is the root mean square value of body acceleration; rms(f) is the root mean square value of dynamic tire load; rms(a).sub.min and rms(a).sub.max are the minimum value and maximum value of the root mean square value of body acceleration respectively; rms(f).sub.min and rms(f).sub.max are the minimum value and maximum value of the root mean square value of dynamic tire load respectively. With the increasing of w.sub.t, the weight of dynamic tire load in the comprehensive evaluation index will increase, and better handling stability will be obtained. With the increasing of w.sub.a, the weight of body acceleration in the comprehensive evaluation index will increase, and better ride comfort will be obtained. Through adjusting the values of w.sub.t and w.sub.a, the optimal comprehensive performance under different road conditions can be obtained. For example, under the D-class road, the better handling stability is preferred to be obtained. Thus, w.sub.t=0.7 and w.sub.a=0.3 are selected. Through genetic algorithm, the skyhook damping coefficient c.sub.s and passive damping coefficient c.sub.p, which make the comprehensive evaluation index J the smallest, can be calculated. Setting them as the controller parameters of the corresponding road condition, so that the optimal vehicle performance is realized. The weighted coefficients under different road levels are as shown in Table 1. The resistance needs to be provided by the external resistance can be calculated according to the obtained passive damping coefficient c.sub.p.
(52) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Weighted coefficients under different road levels Road level W.sub.t W.sub.a D 0.7 0.3 E 0.6 0.4 F 0.4 0.6
(53) Through the above methods, the controller parameters and corresponding external resistances under E-class and F-class road can be obtained, respectively. By presetting, the design of road adaptive controller in the active mode is completed.
(54) The beneficial effect of adopting this invention is that the working mode is divided according to the road level and the corresponding controllers are designed, so that the suspension performance under different working conditions is improved. The road conditions can be detected in real time during vehicle driving. When the road level is A-class or B-class, i.e. the road condition is better, the suspension works in passive mode and the system has good energy recovery performance; when the road level is C-class, i.e. road condition is slightly worse, the suspension works in semi-active mode, which can not only improve the ride comfort of vehicles, but also realize energy recovery, and system has good comprehensive performance; when the road level is C-class, D-class or E-class, i.e. the road condition is worse, the suspension works in active mode, the system has excellent dynamic performance. No matter the suspension works in passive, semi-active or active mode, the hydraulic oil in the pipeline always drives the hydraulic motor to rotate, thus driving the rotary motor to rotate and generate electricity. By synthesizing the vibration energy recovered by the linear motor, the system can realize self-powering.
(55) The present invention not only solves the problem that the parameters of passive suspension cannot be adjusted, but also solves the problem of large energy consumption of active suspension. The working mode of suspension can be selected according to the requirements of driving conditions. And the suspension system has Fail-Safe characteristics because of the parallel structure of linear motor and equivalent hydraulic damper. Its control mechanism is simple in structure and has beneficial engineering application value.
(56) The described embodiment is the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. Without departing from the essence of the present invention, any obvious improvement, replacement or variant that the person skilled in the art can make belongs to the protection scope of the present invention.