Design of Port Plate in Gerotor Pump for Reduction of Pressure Pulsation

  • Kim Sang-Yeol (Department Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Nam Yun-Joo (Department Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Park Myeong-Kwan (Research Institute of Mechanical Technology, School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University)
  • Published : 2006.10.01

Abstract

The pressure pulsation due to the gear geometry of the gerotor (generalized rotor) pump mainly occurs in an instant that the chamber of the gerotor enters the delivery port and leaves the suction one. Such a pressure pulsation may result in undesirable vibration and noise of pump components as well as cavitation in hydraulic system. Therefore, it is very important to examine the pressure characteristic of the gerotor pump at its design and analysis stages. In this paper, in order to reduce the pressure pulsation in the gerotor pump, the port plate with the relief grooves is designed by referring to as notch of vane pump and relief groove of piston pump. A series of the theoretical analyses on the pressure pulsation is performed in consideration of various design parameters of the port plate, including the installation positions of the port inlet/outlet and the groove width, and the operating conditions such as rotational velocity and delivery pressure.

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