A Method of Determining Optimal Parameters for the Secondary Energy Source of a Multisource Hydrostatic Drive System in Machines Working in Closed Spaces

Krzysztof Kędzia
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Krzysztof Kędzia: Department of Technical Systems Operation and Maintenance, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wyspaińskiego Str. 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-24

Abstract: What benefits, from the point of view of the energy and ecological performance of a multisource drive system, can be gained for a particular control criterion through the use of appropriate secondary energy source parameters (accumulator volume V g and initial gas pressure p g ) for a given work cycle of a machine working in closed spaces? This paper describes a method of determining energy and ecological efficiency for a selected multisource drive system control criterion and presents potential benefits resulting from a proper choice of secondary energy source parameters for a selected control criterion. Using, as an example, a multisource hydrostatic drive system with a combustion engine as the primary energy source, the energy consumption and the ecological parameters (nitrogen oxides N O x emissions, carbon monoxide C O emissions and opacity D Y M ) were analysed for selected work cycles and different hydraulic accumulator parameters, i.e., initial gas pressure ( p g ) and accumulator volume ( V g ). The investigations showed that the optimal parameters for the secondary energy source for energy performance criteria are different from those for the ecological criteria. It can be concluded that when a bank of accumulators is used, it will be possible to select a secondary energy source capacity that is optimal for the given work cycle, thereby improving the energy balance or the ecological balance.

Keywords: energy saving; ecology; multisource hydrostatic drive system; control system; hydraulic accumulator optimal parameters; optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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