阅读说明：本技术 用于对能够借助于线圈来运动的部件进行操控的方法和装置以及磁阀 (Method and device for controlling a component that can be moved by means of a coil, and magnetic valve ) 是由 T.贝格尔 D.赛勒-图尔 M.希尔施 C.奥特 T.毛克 于 2018-05-02 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及一种用于对能够借助于线圈(104)来运动的部件(102)进行操控的方法。在此,对流经所述线圈(104)的电流和/或施加在所述线圈(104)上的电压进行采样,以用于产生线圈信号(112)。在另一个步骤中,在使用所述线圈信号(112)的情况下求取至少一个代表着所述部件(102)的颤动运动的运动参数(116)。最后,可选通过所述运动参数(116)与至少一个目标值(120)的比较来改变用于产生颤动运动的抖动信号(122)的至少一个信号参数,以用于使所述颤动运动与所述目标值(120)相匹配。(The invention relates to a method for controlling a component (102) that can be moved by means of a coil (104). In this case, the current flowing through the coil (104) and/or the voltage applied to the coil (104) is sampled for generating a coil signal (112). In a further step, at least one motion parameter (116) representing a wobbling motion of the component (102) is determined using the coil signal (112). Finally, at least one signal parameter of a dither signal (122) used for generating a dithered motion may optionally be changed by a comparison of the motion parameter (116) with at least one target value (120) for matching the dithered motion with the target value (120).)

1. Method (300) for manipulating a component (102) that can be moved by means of a coil (104), wherein the method (300) comprises the following steps:

sampling (310) a current (126) flowing through the coil (104) and/or a voltage (202) applied to the coil (104) for generating a coil signal (112); and is

At least one motion parameter (116) which represents a wobbling motion of the component (102) is determined (320) using the coil signal (112).

2. The method (300) of claim 1, having the step of varying (330) at least one signal parameter of a dithered target signal (121) for generating a dithered motion by comparing said motion parameter (116) with at least one target value (120) for matching said dithered motion with said target value (120).

3. The method (300) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the current (126) and/or the voltage (202) is sampled in the sampling step (310) with a sampling rate that depends on a jitter frequency and/or a jitter period of the jitter signal (121).

4. The method (300) of claim 3, wherein the current (126) and/or voltage (202) is sampled 20 to 40 times per jitter cycle in the sampling step (310).

5. The method (300) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the current (126) and/or the voltage (202) is sampled in the sampling step (310) with a sampling rate depending on a PWM frequency and/or a PWM period of the signal (130).

6. The method (300) of claim 5, wherein the current (126) and/or voltage (202) is sampled at least seven times per PWM cycle in the sampling step (310).

7. The method (300) of claim 1 or 2, wherein the current (126) is sampled and the voltage (202) is calculated from a battery voltage and a duty cycle of a pulse width modulated signal.

8. The method (300) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the coil primary signal (111) is filtered with a low-pass filter, the limit frequency of which is larger than the maximum occurring jitter frequency.

9. The method (300) of claim 1 or 2, wherein the coil signal (112) or the pre-filtered coil signal is digitally low-pass filtered, wherein a limit frequency of the filtering is in the order of the dither signal (121) for generating a time derivative of the coil signal (112) or the pre-filtered coil signal.

10. The method (300) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the motion parameters (116) are found in the finding step (320) using at least one model function mimicking tremor motion.

11. The method (300) according to one of the preceding claims, having a step of averaging the coil signals (112) for generating averaged coil signals (140), wherein the motion parameter (116) is determined in the determination step (320) using the averaged coil signals (140).

12. The method (300) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the velocity and/or the displacement of the component (102) is/are determined as the motion parameter (116) in the determining step (320).

13. The method (300) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein an amplitude or an effective value of the velocity and/or displacement of the component (102) is determined as the motion parameter (116) in the determining step (320).

14. The method (300) according to any of the preceding claims, wherein in the step of varying (330) the amplitude or the effective value and/or the frequency of the dither target signal (121) is varied as the signal parameter.

15. Device (108) having a unit (110, 114, 118, 124, 132, 134, 136, 138, 144, 148) which is designed to carry out and/or handle a method (300) according to one of claims 1 to 14.

16. Solenoid valve (100) having the following features:

at least one coil (104);

at least one component (102) that can be moved by means of the coil (104); and

the apparatus (108) of claim 15.

17. Computer program configured to perform and/or handle the method (300) according to any one of claims 1 to 14.

18. A machine-readable storage medium on which a computer program according to claim 17 is stored.

Technical Field

The invention relates to an apparatus or a method of the type according to the independent claims. A computer program is also the subject of the present invention.

Background

Electromagnetically actuated valves without displacement sensors are known, the valve body or the armature of which can perform small periodic wobbling movements, also referred to as wobbling movements, during operation in order to reduce the disturbing effects caused by static friction or hysteresis. If the flutter motion is too large, this may result in undesirably large leakage or large energy consumption. Conversely, if the flutter motion is too small or the armature even stops, the hysteresis performance and valve dynamics can be significantly degraded. Typical examples for such valves are hydraulic pressure control valves or simple hydraulic continuous valves without displacement measurement.

Disclosure of Invention

Against this background, a method for actuating a component that can be moved by means of a coil, a device using such a method, a solenoid valve and finally a corresponding computer program according to the main claims are described with the aid of the solution described here. Advantageous developments and improvements of the device specified in the independent claims can be achieved by the measures specified in the dependent claims.

A method for controlling a component that can be moved by means of a coil, such as a solenoid valve, is described, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

sampling and filtering the current flowing through the coil and/or the voltage applied to the coil for generating a coil signal; and is

At least one motion parameter which represents a wobbling motion of the component is determined using the coil signals.

In an optional modification step, at least one signal parameter of a dither signal used to generate a dithered motion is modified by comparing the motion parameter to at least one target value for matching the dithered motion to the target value.

A "coil" can refer to an electrical structural element forming an inductance for generating a magnetic field. "component, such as a valve element" can refer to a component for opening or closing, for example, a solenoid valve, either directly or indirectly. The component can be configured, for example, as a rod or punch and is arranged in or on the coil in a displaceable manner. In addition, the component can be coupled to a return spring, for example. In the use case of a solenoid valve, the latter can be, for example, a directly controlled, pilot controlled, positively controlled or pressure-controlled hydraulic or pneumatic valve. The solenoid valve can also be designed as a structural combination of a drive magnet and a hydraulic component.

The sampling and filtering can be implemented in two ways. In the first method, the coil signals (current and voltage measurement or current measurement and calculated voltage signal) are smoothed with a low-pass filter at a limit frequency which is greater than the jitter frequency, typically 1.5 times greater than the maximum occurring jitter frequency, and are then sampled. It is advantageous to sample the PWM sync with 20 to 40 points per dithering cycle, and it is advantageous to sample the PWM sync with a value of 30 points per dithering cycle. This signal is then digitally filtered in preparation for the acquisition, for generating the derivative of the signal. In this case, it is advantageous to have a filter angular frequency corresponding to the dither frequency.

In the second method, the coil signal is sampled directly and PWM synchronously with at least 7 sampling points per PWM period. The filtering is performed exactly over the length of one PWM period by a smooth average value formation. This signal is then digitally filtered in preparation for the derivation of the signal. In this case, it is again advantageous for the filter angular frequency to correspond to the dither frequency.

The "motion parameter" can mean, for example, the speed or the displacement of the component in a wobbling motion. The "signal parameter of the dither signal" can be the amplitude, frequency or signal shape of the dither signal. The dither signal can be generated, for example, by pulse width modulation and has an arbitrary periodic signal shape. The "target value" can be, for example, a predefined value for the speed of the wobbling motion or a maximum amplitude of the wobble signal.

For example, to drive a solenoid valve, a pulse-width-modulated voltage signal having a rectangular shape of 3.125kHz is typically applied to the coil, which voltage signal is used to generate a time-dependent current base signal. PWM frequencies between 500Hz and 5kHz can also be considered. By adjusting the pulse width of the voltage signal, a periodic dither signal having a frequency in the range of 30Hz to 250Hz is added to the base signal. It is also conceivable to use low-frequency PWM in the frequency range of 30Hz to 250Hz directly as the dither signal.

The solution presented here is based on the recognition that: in order to determine and regulate the movement state of, for example, a magnetic armature in a solenoid valve, for example, a hydraulic valve, without sensors, the coil current and/or the coil voltage can be sampled and converted into a corresponding movement variable, such as, for example, speed or displacement. The physical modeling equations include the voltage across the coil and the current flowing through the coil. Both of which should be known in one embodiment for determining the movement state. The voltage across the coil can be sampled or can be calculated from the battery voltage and the duty cycle of the pulse width modulation. By means of such a method, the wobbling movement of the magnetic armature can be detected without additional sensors and matched to the target specification in a suitable manner. In this way, the influence of the prevailing hydraulic load or aging effects, such as increased friction, are advantageously taken into account when adjusting the jerking movement. The method proves particularly advantageous if deposits in the sealing gap of the component prevent the shaking movement. By sampling, determining and changing these steps, the dither parameter can be adjusted continuously in such a way that the desired dither movement occurs without depending on the degree of contamination of the valve.

For example, the current and/or the voltage can be sampled in a sampling step with a sampling rate that depends on the PWM frequency and/or the PWM period of the signal. In this case, the current and/or the voltage can be sampled at least seven times per PWM period. For example, the current can be sampled and the voltage calculated from the battery voltage and the duty cycle of the pulse width modulated signal. The coil signal can be filtered with a low-pass filter whose limit frequency is greater than the maximum occurring jitter frequency. The coil signal or the pre-filtered coil signal can be digitally low-pass filtered, wherein the limit frequency of the filtering is in the order of the dither signal for generating the time derivative of the coil signal or the pre-filtered coil signal.

In one embodiment, instead of measuring the battery voltage U _ batt, PWM synchronously calculates the applied voltage from the duty cycle and the diode voltage.

According to another embodiment, the signal parameter can be changed in the changing step by adjusting the duty cycle of the PWM signal. Thereby a jitter signal can be generated particularly efficiently.

It is also advantageous if the motion parameters are determined in the determination step using at least one model function that simulates tremor motion. The "model function" can refer to a function equation based on a physical model, such as obtained empirically, that is used to describe a parameter of motion as a function of time. This allows the motion parameters to be determined with high accuracy and reliability with little computation effort.

Furthermore, the coil signals can be averaged in an averaging step for generating an averaged coil signal. In contrast, the motion parameter can be determined using the averaged coil signal in the determining step. For example, the averaged coil signal can represent a current and/or voltage average. This can reduce error bias of the method.

In a further embodiment, the speed can be determined in the determination step as a movement parameter or the displacement of the component can be determined additionally or alternatively. This allows the motion parameters to be determined with a small computational overhead and sufficient accuracy.

The amplitude of the dither signal can be changed in the changing step as a signal parameter or the frequency of the dither signal can be changed additionally or alternatively. This enables the jitter signal to be accurately, efficiently, and flexibly matched to the target value.

Such a method can be implemented, for example, in software or hardware, or in a hybrid form of software and hardware, for example in a controller.

In addition, the solution described here provides a device which is designed to carry out, control or carry out the steps of a variant of the method described here in a corresponding device. The object of the invention is also achieved by the embodiment of the invention in the form of a device in a rapid and efficient manner.

For this purpose, the device can have at least one computing unit for processing signals or data, at least one memory unit for storing signals or data, at least one interface with respect to the sensor or the actuator for reading in sensor signals from the sensor or for outputting data signals or control signals to the actuator, and/or at least one communication interface for reading in or outputting data, which are embedded in a communication protocol. The computing unit can be, for example, a signal processor, a microcontroller, etc., wherein the memory unit can be a flash disk, an EPROM or a magnetic memory unit. The communication interface can be designed to read in or output data wirelessly and/or by wire, wherein the communication interface, which can read in or output wired data, can read in these data from or output them into the respective data transmission line, for example electrically or optically.

The "device" can here mean an electrical apparatus which processes the sensor signals and outputs control signals and/or data signals as a function thereof. The device can have an interface, which can be designed in hardware and/or software. If the interface is designed in hardware, it can be part of a so-called system ASIC, for example, which contains the various functions of the device. It is also possible, however, for the interface to be an integrated circuit of its own or to be formed at least partially from discrete components. When implemented in software, the interface can be a software module, which is also located on the microcontroller, for example, in addition to other software modules.

Furthermore, the solution presented here provides a solenoid valve having the following features:

at least one coil;

at least one component movable by means of the coil; and

the apparatus according to the preceding embodiment.

A computer program product or a computer program having a program code which can be stored on a machine-readable carrier or storage medium, such as a semiconductor memory, a hard disk memory or an optical memory, and which is used, in particular when executed on a computer or a device, to carry out, implement and/or manipulate the steps of a method according to one of the embodiments described above is also advantageous.

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Embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the drawings and are explained in detail in the following description. Wherein:

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of a solenoid valve in accordance with one embodiment;

FIG. 2 illustrates an equation diagram depicting a flow when manipulating components of a solenoid valve according to one embodiment; and is

Fig. 3 shows a flow diagram of a method according to an embodiment.

In the following description of advantageous embodiments of the invention, identical or similar reference numerals are used for elements which are illustrated in different figures and function similarly, wherein repeated descriptions of these elements are omitted.

The solution described here is described by way of example with the aid of a solenoid valve according to the following figures.

Detailed Description

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of a solenoid valve 100, according to one embodiment. The solenoid valve 100 includes a means 102 for opening or closing the solenoid valve 100. The component 102, also referred to as an armature or a valve slide, can be moved electromagnetically by means of the coil 104. To this end, the coil 104 is connected to a battery 106. The component 102 is designed to be set in a wobbling motion by means of the coil 104, by means of which the static friction of the component 102 can be reduced. For actuating the component 102, the solenoid valve 100 comprises a device 108 with a sampling unit 110, which is designed to sample a coil primary signal 111, which in the exemplary embodiment represents the current i (t) flowing through the coil 104 and/or also the voltage u (t) applied to the coil 104, at a predetermined sampling rate and which is transmitted as the coil signal 112 via an optional averaging unit 138 to an averaging unit 114 of the device 108. The determining unit 114 is designed to: in the case of the coil signal 112, at least one motion parameter 116, such as the speed or the displacement of the component 102 in the shaking movement, is determined. The determination unit 114 is connected to a modification unit 118, which is designed, for example, in the form of a shaking controller, and is designed to receive the motion parameter 116 from the determination unit 114 and to compare it with at least one target value 120, for example, a speed target value, and to modify at least one signal parameter, for example, the frequency or amplitude thereof, of a shaking target signal 121, which is required to generate a shaking movement of the component 102, in accordance with the deviation between the motion parameter 116 and the target value 120, which deviation is determined during the comparison, in such a way that the shaking movement approaches the target value.

According to the exemplary embodiment shown in fig. 1, the dither signal 121 adjusted by the changing unit 118 using the movement parameter 116 is supplied via an adding mechanism to a current regulator 124 of the solenoid valve 100, which is designed to match a measurement 126 of the actual current flowing through the coil 104 to a target current 122. The target current 122 is composed of the jitter target signal 121 and the target current average 128. As a result of this adjustment, the current regulator 124 generates a pulse width modulated signal 130, which is used to generate the dithering motion of the component 102, based on, inter alia, the dithering target signal 121. The actual current is measured 126 exemplarily according to fig. 1 using a shunt 132 with a connected amplifier 134. The current regulator 124 is illustratively connected to the shunt 132 through a field effect transistor 136.

In one exemplary embodiment, all processes 110 and 118 take place in 108 as a function of the period of the pulse width modulation signal 130 provided by the current regulator 124, also referred to as the PWM period, in particular the movement parameter 116 is also determined. The correlation of the sampling of the coil primary signal 111 and the calculation of the change in the modification unit 118 with the PWM period is outlined by dashed connecting lines.

In another embodiment, all of the processes 110-118 are performed based on the period of the dither signal 121 generated by the varying unit 118. In such an embodiment, the sampling unit 110 is combined with a preceding low-pass filter. The low-pass filtered coil primary signal 111 is sampled at, for example, 30 points per wobble period. The dependency of the sampling on the jitter period for the coil signal 111 is outlined by the dotted connection between the change unit 118 and the sampling unit 110.

According to the exemplary embodiment shown in fig. 1, device 108 has an optional averaging unit 138, which is designed to receive coil signal 112 from sampling unit 110 and to perform the averaging as a function of coil signal 112, for example current i (t) or voltage u (t). As a result of the averaging, the averaging unit 138 outputs an averaged coil signal 140 to the determination unit 114, wherein the determination unit 114 is designed to determine the movement parameter 116 using the averaged coil signal 140.

As can be seen from fig. 1, the motion parameters 116 are first determined, for example, on the basis of a suitable physical model using a corresponding model function in a corresponding calculation unit 144 of the determination unit 114. The sinusoidal profile shown in connection with the calculation unit 144 is an example for a typical speed profile. The speed profile 146 resulting from this calculation and representing the jerky movement enters a further calculation unit 148 of the determination unit 114, which finally calculates the movement parameter 116 using the signal 146 as the actual peak speed per jerk period to be compared with the target value.

Fig. 2 shows a block diagram which is used to illustrate the process for controlling a component 102 of a solenoid valve according to an exemplary embodiment, such as the solenoid valve described above with reference to fig. 1. An exemplary configuration of a solenoid valve having a control mechanism 200 that presets a current target value 128 for the current regulator 124 is shown. The current regulator 124 is used to cause a particular current 126 to flow through the coil 104 by the generation of a voltage 202, typically pulse width modulated. The current 126 generates a force 204 and thus a movement 205 of the component 102, such as an armature-valve core complex, which is characterized by a specific velocity and a specific displacement.

The evaluation unit 114, which is also referred to as an identifier, receives information about the actual movement state of the component 102 from the measured magnitudes of the voltage 202 and the current 126 of the respective coil signal 112.

Connected to the evaluation unit 114 in the signal flow direction is an addition mechanism in which a parameter 116 describing the movement state of the component is compared with a jitter setpoint determined in block 206.

This block 206, which is referred to as a dither unit, determines the desired characteristic for causing the desired dither movement of the component 102, such as, for example, the frequency, amplitude or signal shape of the periodic dither presets signal 120, taking into account the operating point, such as, for example, temperature and current averages.

A signal 121 is generated in the changing unit 118, which is also referred to as an actuator, which signal controls the generation of a jitter contribution in the current signal 126 in the current regulator 124. This is done by changing the parameters, such as the amplitude, of the signal 121 by the changing unit 118, appropriately enlarging or reducing it. Finally 121 is used for changing the state of motion of the component 102 in the desired direction.

As already mentioned, the movement of the component 102 is recognized, for example, using a model equation which takes into account the reaction of the armature movement to the current flowing through the coil 104. This model equation, also referred to above as the model function, has the following form:

and depicts the correlation between the coil current I and its time derivative and the voltage U across the coil 104 and its time derivative and the armature position s and armature velocity v. This function is generally non-linear and depends on the state of the magnetic circuit. The armature movement state can be calculated particularly easily if the function is dependent only slightly on v or only slightly on s in the operating range of the solenoid valve. In this case, the correlation can be ignored and s or v can be solved for the aforementioned model equation, so that the displacement or speed can be calculated at each time from the known variables current or voltage and their derivatives.

The intensity of the current tremor movement is determined from the thus calculated profile of the displacement or velocity with respect to time. If the intensity of the tremor motion is too large or too small, the superimposed periodic tremor target signal 121 is adjusted accordingly for adjusting the intensity of the tremor motion to a desired value.

If the dependence of the model equation not only on s but also on v is not negligibly small, the following fact is used, namely: for a specific current average and a known current average history, there is always a similar force and therefore always a similar lift in the solenoid valve, which enables the solution of v for the model equation. The accuracy that can be obtained in calculating v is in most cases sufficient for setting the desired wobbling motion of the component 102.

The modification unit 118 uses a characteristic variable of the wobbling motion, for example the maximum amplitude of the wobbling motion, for adjusting at least one signal parameter of the wobbling target signal 121, for example its amplitude or frequency, in the sense of an adjustment. Various variants from the field of regulating technology are possible:

two-point adjustment, three-point adjustment or similar simple solutions, for example with dead zones and P-cycles (flutter motion is acceptable within certain limits and does not require adjustment);

a PID controller which uses the difference between the target characteristic variable and the actual characteristic variable of the fluttering motion as a control deviation; and is

-adjusting the parameters or characteristic curves in a (pre) control mechanism that adjusts the parameters of the dither signal in accordance with other environmental parameters.

The slow design of the adjusting element compared to the dynamics of the current regulator 124 is advantageous in order to avoid undesirable interactions with the current regulator 124. This is done, for example, by filtering the calculated motion parameters 116.

The sampling of the voltage 202 or the current 126 takes place, for example, with the aid of a processor, at a very high sampling rate. Only such a high sampling rate makes it possible to effectively supply the physical model for calculating the speed of the armature with corresponding sampled values, so that the armature speed can be calculated as a specification for the jitter regulation and used successfully for the jitter regulation.

Fig. 3 shows a flow diagram of a method 300 according to an embodiment. The method 300 for controlling a component of a solenoid valve that can be moved by means of a coil can be carried out, for example, by the same device as described above with reference to fig. 1 and 2. In this case, in step 310, the coil signal is generated by sampling the coil current or the voltage applied to the coil at a sufficiently high sampling rate. In a further step 320, at least one motion parameter which is representative of a wobbling motion of the component, such as a velocity or a displacement of the component in the wobbling motion, is determined using the coil signals. The motion parameters are determined in particular on the basis of a physical model which is formed in the form of a corresponding functional equation for the motion of the component. In a further step 330, a dither signal for generating a dithered motion is adjusted, the dither signal being generated, for example, by pulse width modulation. In this case, the motion parameter is compared with at least one predefined target value, for example a speed predefined value, and the jerking motion is brought closer to the target value by a corresponding adjustment of at least one signal parameter of the jerking signal.

If an example includes an and/or association between a first feature and a second feature, this may be interpreted as having the example have both the first feature and the second feature according to one embodiment and having either only the first feature or only the second feature according to another embodiment.