Abstract:Aiming at the problems existing in the die?roller clearance adjustment process of the cotton straw biomass pellet ring die mill, such as nonlinear coupling interference, time delay of the pneumatic system, decrease in lubricating viscosity, increase in thermal expansion clearance and attenuation of component stiffness under high?temperature working conditions, a transfer function model of the pneumatic drive transmission system was established and a fuzzy PID control system was designed. The transmission system was composed of three subsystems in series, namely the pneumatic motor, worm gear and worm, and ball screw. Combined with the physical characteristics of high?temperature working conditions, the first?order model of the pneumatic motor with a time delay of 0.358 s, the first?order model of the worm gear and worm with efficiency reduced to 0.82 at 85℃, and the second?order model of the ball screw with the thermal stiffness attenuation coefficient introduced were derived respectively. Finally, the overall transfer function model reflecting the actual working conditions was constructed. The designed fuzzy PID control system took the forming force deviation E and deviation change rate EC as inputs, and dynamically adjusted the ΔKp, ΔKi and ΔKd parameters to realize overshoot suppression. In addition, a mechanical limiter was adopted to ensure that the clearance was not less than 0.6 mm, so as to prevent die?roller collision. To verify the system performance, a prototype test platform was built and dynamic response tests were carried out. The results showed that the average rise time of the system was 4.8 s, the average adjustment time was 10.5 s, the overshoot was only 2.5%, the steady?forming force error was not more than 5.8%, and the steady?state coefficient of variation of die?roller clearance was 2.05%. The forming rate of the produced pellet fuel reached 96% with a density of 1 290 kg/m3. All indicators met the requirements of industrial production, which proved that the system had high precision and strong reliability.