Determination of the Theoretical and Actual Working Volume of a Hydraulic Motor

• Main Author: Pawel Sliwinski
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
• Series: Energies
• Subjects: theoretical working volume; actual working volume; hydraulic motor; volumetric efficiency; mechanical efficiency
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/22/5933

A new methodology of determination of the theoretical and actual working volume of a hydraulic motor based on the characteristics of the delivered flow rate into hydraulic motor vs. the rotational speed at a constant pressure drop in the working chambers is described in this paper. A new method of describing the delivered flow rate into a motor per one shaft revolution as a nonlinear function of the pressure drop in the motor working chamber is proposed. The influence of the flowmeter location in the measurement system on the result of the theoretical and actual working volume calculation is described. It is shown that, in order to assess the energy losses (volumetric and mechanical) in the motor, the actual working volume must be a polynomial function (third degree) of its pressure drop in the working chambers. The result of the experimental tests of the satellite hydraulic motor confirmed the validity of the proposed method. The result of the calculation of the theoretical working volume of the motor according to the proposed method was compared with the results of calculations according to known methods.