This application claims the priority of Chinese patent application number 201710405140.0, filed on May 31, 2017, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to the technical field of lifting apparatuses, in particular to a dynamic system for a lifting apparatus.
Aerial platform vehicles have a wide range of applications. Generally, an aerial platform vehicle includes a cantilever crane arranged on a vehicle body and a work platform or working device installed at a tail end of the cantilever crane. A worker enters the work platform, and the work platform (or the working device) together with the worker is sent by the cantilever crane to a high place for aloft work. In a hydraulic system of the existing aerial platform vehicle, when the aerial platform vehicle descends from a high place, the descending speed is controlled by a throttle valve, resulting in a problem that potential energy released in the descending process is mostly consumed on the throttle valve, and the potential energy is converted into thermal heat of the hydraulic system. As a result, the temperature of oil of the system is increased, not only affecting the reliability of hydraulic elements which may render reduced work efficiency of the whole vehicle, but also wasting energy. Therefore, how to manufacture an aerial platform vehicle hydraulic energy recovery device which can recover and reuse the potential energy and hydraulic energy is a problem which urgently needs to be solved by those skilled in the art.
However, most of the current aerial platform vehicle hydraulic energy recovery technical schemes have the problems of great number of control elements, complex structure, low reliability and low motor recovery efficiency.
Therefore, there is a need to design a dynamic power system for a lifting apparatus with improved motor energy recovery efficiency.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a dynamic system for a lifting apparatus to solve the problem of low motor energy recovery efficiency in the prior art.
To solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a dynamic system for driving a lifting apparatus to ascend and descend, including a hydraulic cylinder, a liquid delivery system, a battery system, a motor control unit, a first motor, a second motor, a hydraulic pump system and a reservoir, wherein:
during the ascent of the lifting apparatus, the battery system provides power for the first motor through the motor control unit, the first motor drives the hydraulic pump system to rotate, the hydraulic pump system draws liquid from the reservoir and supplies the liquid to the liquid delivery system, the liquid delivery system supplies the liquid to the hydraulic cylinder, and the hydraulic cylinder converts hydraulic energy into mechanical energy to drive the lifting apparatus to ascend; and
during the descent of the lifting apparatus, the mechanical energy of the dynamic system for the lifting apparatus is converted into hydraulic energy to make the liquid in the hydraulic cylinder flow to the liquid delivery system, the liquid flows to the hydraulic pump system through the liquid delivery system and drives the hydraulic pump system to rotate, the hydraulic pump system drives the second motor to rotate, and the second motor generates electricity and provides the generated electric energy for the battery system through the motor control unit, thereby charging the battery system.
In the dynamic system for the lifting apparatus according to the present invention, the first motor drives the hydraulic pump system to rotate and provides hydraulic energy for the hydraulic cylinder, so as to realize high driving efficiency of the dynamic system for the lifting apparatus. The hydraulic cylinder provides hydraulic energy for the hydraulic pump system to make the hydraulic pump system rotate and drive the second motor to rotate, so that the second motor generates electricity and charges the battery system, realizing high energy recovery efficiency of the dynamic system. Since the first motor and the second motor are decoupled from each other, the first motor can have a high driving efficiency and the second motor can have a high power generation efficiency, the problem that when only one motor is adopted, the motor needs to balance between the driving efficiency and power generation efficiency is solved. The energy recovery rate of the technical scheme can be increased from 10% in the prior art to about 30%.
Further, the hydraulic pump system in the present invention can implement two schemes. In one scheme, a single pump is used to control two motors, and the two motors can be coupled through any one of a coaxial linkage, a two-way gear pump plus a gear box, a single clutch or two separated clutches, or the like. In the other scheme, two pumps are used to control two motors, wherein the directions of liquid flowing through the two pumps are different, and the directions of rotation of the connected motors are also different.
Further, the liquid delivery system in the present invention can also realize single-channel or dual-channel liquid delivery. In a single-channel design, a two-way liquid valve and a flow control means may be adopted to lower the cost and simplify the channel design. In a dual-channel design, each channel may be provided with a one-way liquid valve, the two one-way liquid valves being in opposite directions, and the reliability of the entire system can be improved. In addition, a first pipe and a second pipe can be used to divert the liquid so as to simplify the control method.
In addition, various methods for connecting the two motors to the battery system can be adopted. Either two controllers or a single controller can be used to prevent the first motor and the second motor from being electrified at the same time, so as to avoid the occurrence of the wrong connection with positive and negative electrodes during motor driving and charging.
In the figures: 11—reservoir; 12—hydraulic cylinder; 2—hydraulic pump system; 21—first hydraulic pump; 22—second hydraulic pump; 23—third hydraulic pump; 31—first motor; 32—second motor; 33—first gear position; 34—second gear position; 35—first clutch device; 36—second clutch device; 4—liquid delivery system; 41—first valve; 42—second valve; 43—first throttle valve; 44—second throttle valve; 45—two-way solenoid valve; 5—battery system; 6—motor control unit; 61—first motor controller; 62—second motor controller; 63—third motor controller; 64—first motor interface; 65—second motor interface.
A dynamic system for a lifting apparatus and a control method thereof provided by the present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. The advantages and features of the present invention will be more apparent from the following description and claims. It should be noted that the drawings all adopt a very simplified form and all use non-precise proportions, and are only used to help illustrate the embodiments of the present invention conveniently and clearly.
The present invention provides a dynamic system for a lifting apparatus. As shown in
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In the dynamic system for the lifting apparatus provided in the present embodiment, the first motor 31 drives the hydraulic pump system 2 to rotate and provides hydraulic energy for the hydraulic cylinder 12, so as to realize high driving efficiency of the dynamic system for the lifting apparatus. The hydraulic cylinder 12 provides hydraulic energy for the hydraulic pump system 2 to make the hydraulic pump system 2 rotate and drive the second motor 32 to rotate, so that the second motor 32 generates electric energy and charges the battery system 5, realizing high energy recovery efficiency of the dynamic system. Since the first motor 31 and the second motor 32 are decoupled, the first motor 31 can have a high driving efficiency and the second motor 32 can have a high power generation efficiency. The problem that when only one motor is adopted, the motor needs to balance between driving efficiency and power generation efficiency is solved. The energy recovery rate of the technical solution according to the present invention can be increased from 10% in the prior art to about 30%.
Specifically, in the dynamic system for the lifting apparatus, two independent electric drive components are arranged in the motor control unit to form two circuits, and the motor control unit may further include relays and the like. For example, the motor control unit 6 may comprise a motor controller and two motor interfaces. As shown in
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During the lifting operation, the first motor controller realizes the driving work only through the first motor by means of the first motor interface, and the second motor does not participate in the driving work. During descent control, the first motor controller realizes the power generation work only through the second motor by means of the second motor interface, and the first motor does not participate in the power generation work.
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In addition, since the first motor and the second motor may each have two, three or four lead wires, the corresponding first motor interface and second motor interface should each have a corresponding number of binding posts and bolts. For example, as shown in
Further, in the dynamic system for the lifting apparatus, the rated power of the first motor is greater than the rated power of the second motor. Preferably, the rated power of the first motor is 1-2.5 times of the rated power of the second motor. Since energy is lost to some extent in output and recovery processes, the rated power of the first motor should be greater than the rated power of the second motor. Since the technical solution of the present invention can realize a high-efficiency energy recovery, the ratio of the rated power of the first motor to the rated power of the second motor may be reduced.
Further, the liquid delivery system in the present invention can also realize single-channel or dual-channel liquid delivery. In a single-channel design, a two-way liquid valve and a flow control means may be adopted to lower the cost and simplify the channel design. In a dual-channel design, each channel may be provided with a one-way liquid valve, the two one-way liquid valves being in opposite directions, and the reliability of the entire system can be improved. In addition, a first pipe and a second pipe can be used to divert the liquid so as to simplify the control method.
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Specifically, the liquid delivery system 4 may further include a first valve 41 located in the first pipe and a second valve 42 located in the second pipe. Wherein the first valve 41 allows the liquid in the first pipe to flow from the hydraulic pump system (namely the first hydraulic pump 21) to the hydraulic cylinder 12; and the second valve 42 allows the liquid in the second pipe to flow from the hydraulic cylinder 12 to the hydraulic pump system (namely the second hydraulic pump 22). The first valve and the second valve may be one-way valves, two-way valves, or throttle valves which can completely shut off the liquid. The liquid delivery system 4 may further include a first throttle valve 43 located in the first pipe and a second throttle valve 44 located in the second pipe, which can effectively regulate liquid flow in the first pipe and the second pipe respectively. Wherein the first throttle valve 43 controls the liquid flow in the first pipe, and the second throttle valve 44 controls the liquid flow in the second pipe.
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The hydraulic pump system in this embodiment can implement two schemes. In one scheme, a single pump controls two motors, and the two motors can be coupled through coaxial linkage, a two-way gear pump plus a gear box, a single clutch or two separated clutches and so on. In the other scheme, each of two pumps controls one motor, the directions of the liquid flowing through the two pumps being different, and the directions of rotation of the connected motors also being different.
Further, the liquid delivery system in the present invention can also realize single-channel or dual-channel liquid delivery. In a single-channel design, a two-way liquid valve and a flow control means may be adopted to lower the cost and simplify the channel design. In a dual-channel design, each channel may be provided with a one-way liquid valve, the two one-way liquid valves being in opposite directions, and the reliability of the entire system can be improved. In addition, a first pipe and a second pipe can be used to divert the liquid so as to simplify the control method.
In addition, various methods for connecting the two motors to the battery system can be adopted. Either two controllers or a single controller can be used to prevent the first motor and the second motor from being electrified at the same time, so as to avoid the occurrence of the wrong connection with positive and negative electrodes during motor driving and charging.
In summary, the above embodiments describe different configurations of the dynamic system for the lifting apparatus in detail. Of course, the present invention includes but is not limited to the configurations listed in the above embodiments, and any content that is transformed based on the configurations provided in the above embodiments belongs to the scope of the present invention.
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