Research on the port valve of a water hydraulic axial pump

Abstract Water hydraulics using water as the working media is paid more attention because of its many advantages compared with oil ones. Water hydraulic pump is the key component in the applications of water hydraulics. Compared with the water hydraulic pump with port plate, the one with port valve has stronger anti-pollution ability and is more suitable for the open system where the working media cannot be filtered finely. For this kind of pump, the characteristics of port valve have direct and significant influences on the flow and pressure characteristics of the pump. In this article, the flow and pressure characteristics of different valves were compared experimentally and a disc valve was selected as the port valve. Then the mathematical model of a single-piston pump with port valve was built and the influences of different factors including spring rigidity, working pressure, etc. on the port valve were analysed. At last, a single-piston pump was developed to test the characteristics of the port valve. Based on these researches, some principles that should be abided in the design of the port valve were suggested.