Motor Torque Distribution Strategy for Different Tillage Modes of Agricultural Electric Tractors

• Published in: Agriculture (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 9; p. 1373
• Main Authors: Yu, Yao, Hao, Shuaihua, Guo, Songbao, Tang, Zhong, Chen, Shuren
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01-09-2022
• Subjects: Agricultural equipment; Agricultural industry; Algorithms; battery SOC; Coordinate transformations; Design; distributed torque; Distribution channels; Efficiency; Electric charge; electric tractor; Electric vehicles; Farm tractors; Fuzzy control; Mathematical optimization; Motor task performance; Particle swarm optimization; Plowing; Rotation; Simulation; Speed control; Tillage; tillage mode; Torque; Tractors; Velocity; Working conditions; China
• ISSN: 2077-0472; 2077-0472
• DOI: 10.3390/agriculture12091373

Aiming at the existing single-motor agricultural tractors, which often have a mismatch between power and working conditions and a poor operation effect under different tillage modes, this paper designs a torque allocation strategy for agricultural electric tractors under different tillage modes. Firstly, the torque is divided into basic and compensating, and a calculation model is established. Then, the Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm is used to find the optimal demand torque position, and fuzzy control rules allocate the motor torque in combination with the battery SOC. Finally, the strategy’s effectiveness in different tillage modes is verified by MATLAB/Simulink simulation and bench test. The test results show that the strategy can distribute the motor torque stably according to the load torque change and pedal opening under three PTO transitions and the plowing and rotary tillage modes. The main and speed control motors respond in about 3 s with good real-time performance. The drive wheel torque can reach 1600 N·m during plowing and rotating operation. The PTO torque can reach 60 N·m during the rotating process. The maximum torque of the output shaft can reach 150 N·m with good plowing performance. During all operations, the SOC of the battery shows a steady linear decrease, and the battery discharge has stability.