Fig. 1 IMV layout investigated by Shenouda [1]
Table 1: List of Research Papers on IMV
Fig. 3 IMV layout 2 proposed by STEAM [3,6,10]
Fig. 4 IMV layout proposed by [4]
Fig. 5 Two operational modes studied by [5]
Fig. 6 Valve configuration for IMV by [7]
Fig. 7 Excavator control algorithm [7]
Fig. 8 System architecture by [8]
Fig. 9 Valve layout [8]
Fig. 10 Independent metering system layout by [9]
Fig. 12 Test rig setup for fault detection study[11]
Fig. 13 Power Distribution in Conventional Excavators hydraulic system
Fig. 14 IMV layout simplification [12, 13]
Fig. 11 IMV operational modes
Fig. 2 IMV layout 1 proposed by STEAM [3,6,10]
References
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- Jong Il Yoon et. al, "A generation step for an electric excavator with a control strategy and verifications of energy consumption", International Journal Of Precision Engineering And Manufacturing, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp 755-766, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-013-0099-6
- Milos Vukovic et al, "STEAM - A MOBILE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WITH ENGINE INTEGRATION", ASME/BATH 2013 Symposium on Fluid Power & Motion Control. USA, 2013
- S. A. Nahian et al, " Introduction of Independent Metering Valve for Energy Saving Excavator System", Journal of Drive and Control 12(1), 2015, pp.45-52.
- Kailei Liu et al, "Energy-saving analysis of the independent metering system with pressure compensation for excavator's manipulator", J. of Systems and Control Engineering, 2016, Vol. 230(9), pp. 905-920.
- Milos Vukovic et al, "STEAM-a hydraulic hybrid architecture for excavators", International Fluid Power Conference, Dresdon, pp. 151-162, 2016
- Jong-Chan Lee et al, "DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDEPENDENT METERING VALVE CONTROL SYSTEM AND ANALYSIS OF ITS PERFORMANCE FOR AN EXCAVATOR", Proceedings of the BATH/ASME Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, 2016
- Jan Lubert et al, "Load-Force-Adaptive Outlet Throttling - An Easily Commissionable Independent Metering Control Strategy", Proceedings of the BATH/ASME Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, 2016
- Bin Liu et al, "Research on the performance of hydraulic excavator boom based pressure and flow accordance control with independent metering circuit", Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 231(5), pp. 901-913, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954408916673117
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- B. Beck et al, "Enhancing safety of independent metering systems for mobile machines by means of fault detection", 15th Scandinavian International Conference on Fluid Power, pp. 92-102, 2017.
- RUQI DING et al, "Advanced Energy Management of a Novel Independent Metering Meter-Out Control System A Case Study of an Excavator", IEEE Access, Volume 6, pp. 45782-45795, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2863554
- M. Vukovic and H. Murrenhoff, "Single edge meter out control for mobile machinery,'' presented at the FPMC, Bath, U.K., 2014.