DOI: 10.3390/act15110581 ISSN: 2076-0825

Dynamic Response and Influencing Characteristics of the Hydraulic System of a Ground Coal-Bunker Cleaning Device

Jiuyi Wang, Hongen Ge, Xin Zhang

To characterize the dynamic behavior of the hydraulic system of a ground coal-bunker cleaning device under variable operating conditions, a mechanical–hydraulic co-simulation model was established by coupling ADAMS and AMESim. A pipeline pressure-drop model accounting for distributed frictional, local, and coiling-induced losses was developed based on the Darcy–Weisbach equation. The effects of the number of rod sections, hydraulic-hose length, valve-group actuation interval, and the equivalent hose-coiling state were evaluated. Increasing the rod sections from 1 to 30 raised the steady-state pressure of the lead-screw lifting motor by 42.0%, reduced its flow rate by 26.9%, and increased the pressure settling time by 167.2%. Increasing the hose length from 5 to 20 m reduced cylinder pressure from 25.20 to 11.30 bar and the pressure synchronization coefficient from 0.966 to 0.775. A 0.5 s valve-group interval reduced the composite disturbance by approximately 54%. At the representative flow rate of 22.59 L/min, the calculated total pressure loss increased from 0.664 MPa for the one-layer state to 0.742 MPa for the nine-layer state, an increase of approximately 11.7%, while frictional loss remained the dominant component. For different working conditions, finite-range sensitivity comparisons identified reflected inertia and load torque, hydraulic capacitance and distributed flow resistance, temporal overlap of branch flow demand, and distributed pipeline friction as the response-specific drivers of the four investigated operating scenarios. The model and results can provide a basis for optimizing actuation timing, hose layout, and operating strategies for coal-bunker cleaning devices.

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