Disclosure of Invention
The application aims to provide a hydraulic suspension system, a control method thereof and a vehicle, which can solve the problem of reduced rubber fatigue life of a main spring of the hydraulic suspension and improve the reliability of the vehicle.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the application is as follows:
in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a hydraulic suspension system for connecting a power assembly, the hydraulic suspension system including a liquid storage portion, a water pump, and a heat sink connected by a circulation line to form a closed loop, the liquid storage portion having a receiving cavity for receiving a liquid, the hydraulic suspension system further including:
the main spring rubber is connected with the power assembly and at least partially attached to the outer wall of the liquid storage part;
the temperature sensor is arranged on the main spring rubber and used for detecting the temperature of the main spring rubber, when the temperature sensor detects that the temperature of the main spring rubber rises to a first preset temperature, a first electric signal is sent to the water pump, the water pump drives liquid in the liquid storage part to circulate in the circulating pipeline, and the circulating liquid is radiated through the radiating piece.
Through the technical means, active cooling of the main spring rubber is realized, no matter under any working condition, the main spring rubber can be automatically started to circulate to cool in a form as long as the main spring rubber is detected to be heated to be higher than or equal to the first preset temperature, so that the problem that the fatigue life of the main spring rubber is reduced is avoided, and the running stability of a hydraulic suspension system is improved.
In an alternative embodiment, when the temperature sensor detects that the temperature of the main spring rubber is reduced from the first preset temperature to the second preset temperature, a second electric signal is sent to the water pump, and the water pump stops driving the liquid in the liquid storage part to circulate in the circulation pipeline.
By the technical means, when the temperature of the main spring rubber is detected to be reduced to the temperature, the circulating pipeline for cooling can be actively and automatically disconnected. The operation of circulating heat dissipation is only carried out at the set temperature required to dissipate heat, which is beneficial to reducing the waste of energy and prolonging the service life.
In an alternative embodiment, the heat sink is a plate heat exchanger, and the water pump is connected in series between the plate heat exchanger and the reservoir via a circulation line.
Through the technical means, the cooling effect of leading high-temperature liquid out of the liquid storage part to the heat dissipation part is better, and the circulating efficiency is improved.
In an alternative embodiment, the plate heat exchanger has a water inlet end and a water outlet end, the reservoir has a water inlet and a water outlet, the circulation line comprises a first line communicating the water outlet end with the water inlet and a second line communicating the water outlet end with the water inlet through the water pump.
Through the technical means, the liquid can be conveniently and rapidly circulated in the circulating pipeline, so that the heat dissipation of the liquid is realized.
In an alternative embodiment, the heat exchanger further comprises a heat radiation fan, wherein the heat radiation fan is arranged on one side of the plate heat exchanger to radiate heat of the plate heat exchanger.
Through the technical means, the cooling of circulating liquid is conveniently and rapidly realized, so that the main spring rubber is efficiently and rapidly cooled, and the fatigue life of the main spring rubber is prevented from being reduced.
In an alternative embodiment, the engine further comprises a cabin, the main spring rubber, the liquid storage portion and at least part of the power assembly are located in the cabin, and the heat dissipation element is located outside the cabin.
Through the technical means, the heat dissipation piece can conduct air cooling heat dissipation by means of the external environment, the heat diffusion efficiency is improved, and therefore the circulating liquid is cooled rapidly.
In an alternative embodiment, the heat sink is provided on a side remote from the power assembly.
Through the technical means, the heat emitted by the heat radiating piece and the heat generated by the engine are prevented from being collected at the periphery, and the heat is not easy to diffuse, so that the effect of cooling the circulating liquid cannot be achieved by the heat radiating piece.
In an alternative embodiment, the first preset temperature ranges between 65 ℃ and 75 ℃.
By the technical means, the fatigue life reduction caused by the fact that the temperature of the main spring rubber exceeds the temperature is avoided.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a control method of a hydraulic suspension system, where the hydraulic suspension system includes a liquid storage portion, a water pump, and a heat dissipation member connected by a circulation line to form a closed loop, the liquid storage portion has a containing cavity for containing a liquid, the hydraulic suspension system further includes main spring rubber and a temperature sensor, the main spring rubber is at least partially attached to an outer wall of the liquid storage portion, and the temperature sensor is disposed on the main spring rubber, and the control method includes:
when the temperature sensor detects that the temperature of the main spring rubber rises to a first preset temperature, a first electric signal is sent to the water pump, the water pump drives liquid in the liquid storage part to circulate in the circulating pipeline, and the circulating liquid is radiated through the radiating piece.
In a third aspect, embodiments of the present application also provide a vehicle comprising a hydraulic suspension system as described in the foregoing.
The main spring rubber temperature monitoring device has the beneficial effects that the water pump, the liquid storage part and the heat dissipation part which form a closed loop can monitor the temperature of the main spring rubber in real time according to the temperature sensor, and can realize active cooling of the main spring rubber when the temperature rises to the set upper temperature limit. No matter under any operating mode, the temperature of the main spring rubber is detected to be higher than or equal to the first preset temperature, and the circulation can be automatically started to cool in a form, so that the problem that the fatigue life of the main spring rubber is reduced is avoided, and the running stability of the hydraulic suspension system is improved.
Detailed Description
Further advantages and effects of the present invention will become readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the disclosure herein, by referring to the accompanying drawings and the preferred embodiments. The invention may be practiced or carried out in other embodiments that depart from the specific details, and the details of the present description may be modified or varied from the spirit and scope of the present invention. It should be understood that the preferred embodiments are presented by way of illustration only and not by way of limitation.
It should be noted that the illustrations provided in the following embodiments merely illustrate the basic concept of the present invention by way of illustration, and only the components related to the present invention are shown in the drawings and are not drawn according to the number, shape and size of the components in actual implementation, and the form, number and proportion of the components in actual implementation may be arbitrarily changed, and the layout of the components may be more complicated.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the embodiment of the present application provides a hydraulic suspension system 1 for connecting a powertrain including an engine, in a vehicle, whose core part mainly includes the powertrain, and the engine in the powertrain is generally connected to the hydraulic suspension system 1, thereby connecting the engine with a vehicle body. During the movement of the vehicle, the hydraulic suspension system 1 can drive the engine to fluctuate along with different working conditions so as to avoid the damage of the engine. It will be appreciated that the hydraulic suspension system 1 and the power assembly further include other mating structures, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted herein for specific connection and implementation of specific mating of the corresponding structures.
Optionally, the hydraulic suspension system 1 further includes an oil storage chamber 12 for storing hydraulic oil, and the oil storage chamber 12 is divided into an upper cavity and a lower cavity by a partition plate. The hydraulic mount works on the principle that the vibration of the engine is damped by suspending the flow of hydraulic oil, which is not described in detail here.
The hydraulic suspension system 1 further comprises a liquid storage part 13, a water pump 15 and a heat dissipation piece 17 which are connected through a circulation pipeline 18 to form a closed loop, wherein the liquid storage part 13 is provided with a containing cavity 13a and is used for containing liquid, the hydraulic suspension system 1 further comprises main spring rubber 14, the main spring rubber 14 is arranged on the outer wall of the liquid storage part 13 and is connected with the power assembly, the main spring rubber 14 is at least partially attached to the outer wall of the liquid storage part 13, a temperature sensor 16 is arranged on the main spring rubber 14 and is used for detecting the temperature of the main spring rubber 14, when the temperature sensor 16 detects that the temperature of the main spring rubber 14 rises to a first preset temperature, a first electric signal is sent to the water pump 15, the water pump 15 drives the liquid of the liquid storage part 13 to circulate in the circulation pipeline 18, and the circulated liquid dissipates heat through the heat dissipation piece 17.
Optionally, the liquid stored in the liquid storage portion 13 is ethylene glycol.
In this hydraulic suspension system 1, the outer wall of the liquid storage portion 13 is covered with the main spring rubber 14, and the main spring rubber 14 is used for being directly connected with the engine, and the heat that produces when the engine works can be conducted to the main spring rubber 14, leads to the temperature of main spring rubber 14 to rise fast thereupon, and main spring rubber 14 again conducts the temperature to the liquid storage portion 13, leads to the liquid temperature in the liquid storage portion 13 to rise. When the temperature sensor 16 detects that the temperature of the main spring rubber 14 has risen to a first preset temperature, a first electrical signal is formed and sent to the control module. After receiving the first electric signal sent by the temperature sensor 16, the control module can actively start the water pump 15 and the heat dissipation piece 17 to work so as to utilize the circulation of the liquid in the liquid storage part 13, and the liquid in the led-out liquid storage part 13 is returned to the liquid storage part 13 after being dissipated by the heat dissipation piece 17, so that the integral cooling of the liquid storage part 13 is realized, and the cooling of the contacted main spring rubber 14 is further realized. Therefore, the active cooling of the main spring rubber 14 is realized through the matching structure, no matter under any working condition, the main spring rubber 14 can be automatically started to circulate to cool in a form as long as the main spring rubber 14 is detected to be heated to be higher than or equal to the first preset temperature, so that the problem of fatigue life reduction of the main spring rubber 14 is avoided, and the running stability of the hydraulic suspension system 1 is improved.
In an alternative embodiment, the temperature sensor 16 has a second preset temperature, and when the temperature sensor 16 detects that the temperature of the main spring rubber 14 decreases from the first preset temperature to the second preset temperature, a second electric signal is sent to the water pump 15, and the water pump 15 stops driving the liquid in the liquid storage portion 13 to circulate in the circulation line 18. By the set second preset temperature, the circulation line 18 for cooling can be actively and automatically disconnected when the temperature of the main spring rubber 14 is detected to be reduced to the temperature. The operation of circulating heat dissipation is only carried out at the set temperature required to dissipate heat, which is beneficial to reducing the waste of energy and prolonging the service life.
Optionally, the device further comprises a control module, wherein the control module is electrically connected with the temperature sensor 16, the water pump 15 and the heat dissipation element 17 respectively. The temperature sensor 16 sends the detected corresponding electric signals to the control module, and the control module can control the water pump and the heat dissipation element 17 to execute corresponding actions according to the received electric signals so as to realize circulation or stop of liquid.
It is understood that the first preset temperature is greater than the second preset temperature. The first preset temperature ranges between 65 ℃ and 75 ℃ to avoid a decrease in fatigue life caused by the temperature of the main spring rubber 14 exceeding that temperature. Preferably, the first preset temperature is 70 ℃. The second preset temperature can be set to be 40-60 ℃ and can be correspondingly limited according to actual requirements.
Alternatively, the temperature sensor 16 may be provided at any position where the temperature of the main spring rubber 14 can be detected, and is not particularly limited herein.
In an alternative embodiment, the radiator 17 is a plate heat exchanger, and the water pump 15 is connected in series between the plate heat exchanger and the reservoir 13 via a circulation line 18. The plate heat exchanger includes a plurality of radiating fins 172 arranged in an array, and the radiating pipes 171 are circularly arranged along the radiating fins 172. The plate heat exchanger has a water inlet end 17b and a water outlet end 17a, i.e. two ends communicating with the heat dissipating pipeline 171, for connecting the plate heat exchanger to the circulation pipeline 18. Through this kind of cooperation structure for the cooling effect of high temperature liquid follow stock solution portion 13 derivation to radiating member 17 is better, improves cyclic efficiency, with the quick efficient cooling to circulating liquid, returns stock solution portion 13, thereby realizes the heat dissipation to the main spring rubber 14 of stock solution portion 13 outer wall contact.
Specifically, the liquid storage chamber has a water inlet 131 and a water outlet 132, the circulation pipeline 18 includes a first pipeline 181 and a second pipeline 182, the first pipeline 181 is communicated with the water outlet 17a and the water inlet 131, and the second pipeline 182 is communicated with the water outlet 132 and the water inlet 17b through the water pump 15. The closed-loop connection of the circulation pipeline 18 is realized in such a connection mode, so that the circulation of liquid in the circulation pipeline 18 can be conveniently and rapidly realized, and the heat dissipation of the liquid is realized.
Optionally, the device may further include a one-way valve, where the one-way valve is connected to the closed circulation pipeline 18, so as to limit the circulating liquid to only circulate the water pump 15 toward the heat dissipation element 17, so as to avoid the influence of the reverse movement of the liquid on the usability.
Optionally, the heat exchanger further comprises a heat dissipation fan, wherein the heat dissipation fan is arranged on one side of the plate heat exchanger to cool and dissipate heat of the plate heat exchanger through air. The radiator fan is electrically connected with the control module, and when the control module controls the circulation pipeline 18 to perform circulation heat dissipation, the radiator fan is controlled to be started simultaneously so as to perform air cooling heat dissipation on the plate heat exchanger through the radiator fan, heat dissipation efficiency is improved, cooling of circulating liquid is facilitated to be conveniently and rapidly realized, and accordingly cooling of the main spring rubber 14 is efficiently and rapidly realized, and the fatigue life of the main spring rubber 14 is prevented from being reduced.
In an alternative embodiment, further comprising a nacelle 11, the main spring rubber 14, the reservoir 13 and at least part of the power train are located in the nacelle 11, and the heat sink 17 is located outside the nacelle 11. The heat dissipation piece 17 is arranged outside the engine room 11, so that the heat dissipation piece 17 can conduct air cooling heat dissipation by means of the external environment, the heat diffusion efficiency is improved, and the circulating liquid is cooled rapidly.
Optionally, the heat sink 17 is disposed on a side remote from the powertrain. Preferably, the heat dissipation element 17 is disposed at a side far away from the engine, so as to avoid that the heat dissipated by the heat dissipation element 17 and the heat generated by the engine are collected at the periphery, and are not easy to diffuse, so that the effect of cooling the circulating liquid cannot be achieved by the heat dissipation element 17.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a control method of a hydraulic suspension system 1, the control method including:
The temperature sensor 16 detects that the temperature of the main spring rubber 14 rises to a first preset temperature, and sends a first electric signal to the water pump 15, and the water pump 15 drives the liquid in the liquid storage part 13 to circulate in the circulation pipeline 18 and radiates heat to the circulated liquid through the heat radiating member 17.
Through the closed loop and the temperature sensor 16, the active cooling of the main spring rubber 14 is realized, and no matter under any working condition, the main spring rubber 14 can be automatically started to circulate to cool in a form as long as the temperature of the main spring rubber 14 is detected to be higher than or equal to the first preset temperature, so that the problem of fatigue life reduction of the main spring rubber 14 is avoided, and the running stability of the hydraulic suspension system 1 is improved.
Optionally, the control method further includes, in a state that the control module controls the liquid to dissipate heat in the circulation pipeline 18 in a circulating way, if the temperature sensor 16 detects that the temperature of the main spring rubber 14 is reduced from the first preset temperature to the second preset temperature, sending a second electric signal to the water pump 15, and stopping the water pump 15 from driving the liquid in the liquid storage part 13 to circulate in the circulation pipeline 18.
In the above step, when it is detected that the temperature of the main spring rubber 14 has fallen to the second preset temperature, the circulation line 18 for cooling can be actively and automatically opened. The operation of circulating heat dissipation is only carried out at the set temperature required to dissipate heat, which is beneficial to reducing the waste of energy and prolonging the service life.
Optionally, when the hydraulic suspension system 1 is further provided with a fan, the fan is electrically connected to the control module, and when the temperature sensor 16 controls the control module to perform corresponding start or stop operation through the detected temperature, the fan is also controlled to start or stop at the same time, so that the circulating water cooling and the liquid circulated to the plate heat exchanger are cooled by air to improve the heat dissipation performance and the heat dissipation efficiency.
In a third aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a vehicle including the hydraulic suspension system 1 described in the above embodiments, and will not be described herein.
It is understood that the vehicles in the embodiments of the present application may be all vehicles with mobility, including vehicles with autopilot or intelligent driving, such as manned vehicles (sedans, buses, wagons, etc.), cargo-carrying vehicles (regular trucks, vans, dump trucks, closed trucks, tank trucks, flatbed trucks, container trucks, dump trucks, special structure trucks), special vehicles (logistics distribution vehicles, patrol vehicles, cranes, excavators, bulldozers, forklift trucks, road rollers, loaders, off-road engineering vehicles, armored engineering vehicles, sewage treatment vehicles), recreational vehicles (recreational vehicles, amusement park autopilots, balance vehicles, etc.), rescue vehicles (e.g., fire fighters, ambulances, electric power repair vehicles, engineering emergency vehicles, etc.), and the like.
It should be noted that references in the specification to "one embodiment," "an example embodiment," "some embodiments," etc., indicate that the embodiment described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but every embodiment may not necessarily include the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an embodiment, it is submitted that it is within the knowledge of one skilled in the art to effect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described.
It should be noted that in this document, relational terms such as "first" and "second" and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises an element.
It should be noted that the above embodiments are merely for illustrating the technical solution of the present application and not for limiting the same, and although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the technical solution described in the above embodiments may be modified or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced, and these modifications or substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solution deviate from the scope of the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application.