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Suppression of Squeal Noise Excited by the Pressure Pulsation from the Flapper-Nozzle Valve inside a Hydraulic Energy System

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  • Meng Chen

    (Department of Fluid Control and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
    MCC Huatian Engineering & Technology Corporation, Nanjing 210019, China)

  • Dong Xiang

    (Department of Fluid Control and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China)

  • Songjing Li

    (Department of Fluid Control and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China)

  • Changfang Zou

    (MCC Huatian Engineering & Technology Corporation, Nanjing 210019, China)

Abstract

Squeal noise often occurs in a two-stage electrohydraulic servo-valve, which is an unfavorable issue of modern hydraulic energy systems. The root causes of such noise from the servo-valve are still unclear. The objective of this paper is to explore the noise mechanism in a servo-valve excited by the pressure pulsations from the hydraulic energy system perspective. The suppressing capability of squeal noise energy is investigated by changing the pressure pulsation frequency and natural frequency of the flapper-armature assembly. The frequencies of the pressure pulsations are adjusted by setting different speeds of the hydraulic pump varying from 10,400–14,400 rpm, and two flapper-armature assemblies with different armature lengths are used in the tested hydraulic energy system. The first eight vibration mode shapes and natural frequencies of the flapper-armature assembly are obtained by numerical modal analysis using two different armature lengths. The characteristics of pressure pulsations at the pump outlet and in the chamber of the flapper-nozzle valve, armature vibration and noise are tested and compared with the natural frequencies of the flapper-armature assembly. The results reveal that the flapper-armature assembly vibrates and makes the noise with the same frequencies as the pressure pulsations inside the hydraulic energy system. Resonance appears when the frequency of the pressure pulsations coincides with the natural frequency of the flapper-armature assembly. Therefore, it can be concluded that the pressure pulsation energy from the power supply may excite the vibration of the flapper-armature assembly, which may consequently cause the squeal noise inside the servo-valve. It is verified by the numerical simulations and experiments that setting the pressure pulsation frequencies different from the natural frequencies of the flapper-armature assembly can suppress the resonance and squeal noise.

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  • Meng Chen & Dong Xiang & Songjing Li & Changfang Zou, 2018. "Suppression of Squeal Noise Excited by the Pressure Pulsation from the Flapper-Nozzle Valve inside a Hydraulic Energy System," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-21, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:11:y:2018:i:4:p:955-:d:141480
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    1. Jinghui Peng & Yayun Zhang & Songjing Li & Wen Bao & Yutaka Tanaka, 2023. "Identification Algorithm and Improvement of Modal Damping Ratios for Armature Assembly in a Hydraulic Servo-Valve with Magnetic Fluid," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(8), pages 1-13, April.

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