Adaptive vibration active control of fluid pressure pulsations

Conventionally, passive hydraulic absorbers are utilized in order to reduce the vibrations of the fluid power supply systems. It is very difficult to adapt the variable operation conditions, such as inconsistent vibration frequency and varying loads. This paper presents a new vibration active control method to diminish the vibrations of the fluid power supply efficiently. This method is adaptive and robust in controlling the fluctuating frequencies and load disturbances and is capable of keeping the vibrations at a minimum level under variable pump speeds. This paper illustrates the theory and experimentation of vibration active control of a fluid power supply pipeline system in detail. The multilayer piezoelectric technology (PZT) driven orifice valve is designed with characteristics of a proportional opening area to the control voltage, a high-frequency bandwidth and small size. The adaptive-optimum control method is adopted to adjust the control parameters at any instant against emerging disturbances. Based on the test rig, different vibration control methods were applied; the results indicate and confirm the validity of this principle.