Reduced Flow Fluctuation of Radial Piston Pump with Silencing Groove Valve Plate

Abstract

The theoretical study and numerical analysis have been carried out on the valve plate geometry of the radial piston pump to reduce the flow and pressure fluctuation. The radial piston pump is widely used in industrial applications as a hydraulic power source. The pressure and flow fluctuation of pump produce an adverse effect for the hydraulic system. The geometries of valve plate are studies for the analyses of pressure and flow fluctuation of the pump. The explicit area calculation of the piston kidney over the manifold is carried out to simulate the main flow in between piston chamber and manifold in vale plate configurations of with silencing groove, without silencing groove and with silencing groove cum damping orifice. The analyses of cross-port leakage is done at transition zone near at top dead centre (TDC) and bottom dead centre (BDC) of the valve plate, study the effects of cross-port leakage on pressure and flow fluctuation with volumetric efficiency of the pump. Studies the pump pressure and flow build up characteristic under varying load and validated with existing pump performance. The simulation results suggest that the silencing groove valve plate model is better perform than other configurations in terms of high flow rate, low pressure and flow fluctuation with less cross port leakage and more volumetric efficiency.