Abstract:Aiming to address the issues of high energy consumption and low efficiency in the hydraulic steering systems of traditional self-propelled sprayers, taking the 3WPZ-1800G self-propelled sprayer as the research object, the energy losses in its hydraulic steering system were analyzed, including throttling and overflow losses. Based on this analysis, an energy-saving hydraulic steering system was designed and implemented, which employed a load-sensitive variable pump as the core component combined with an electro-hydraulic proportional valve. This system dynamically matched the output pressure and flow of the steering hydraulic pump with the load demand of the steering cylinder. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed system, simulation models of the original and energy-saving systems were constructed by using AMESim and Matlab/Simulink software, respectively. A fuzzy PID controller was designed for steering synchronization control, and the energy consumption of both systems under different working conditions was compared through simulation. The results demonstrated that the energy-saving system reduced energy output by approximately 90.1%, 71.3%, and 66.7% compared with the original system. Additionally, real vehicle tests were conducted, the experimental results showed that the energy-saving system reduced energy output by about 90.7%, 60.7%, and 68.7% compared with the original system, which aligned well with the simulation results. These findings confirmed the excellent energy-saving performance of the proposed load-sensitive hydraulic steering system.