System and method for controlling start of fuel cell vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10220724-B2
Application number	US-201615297392-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2016
Priority date	Apr 26, 2016
Publication date	Mar 5, 2019
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019

Abstract

A system and method for controlling a start of a fuel cell vehicle are provided. The method includes supplying hydrogen and air to a fuel cell and operating a converter so that a voltage on a high-voltage bus is constant, wherein the converter is disposed between a high-voltage battery and the high-voltage bus which is connected to an output terminal of the fuel cell. The voltage on the high-voltage bus is maintained at a preset lowest control voltage and the voltage on the high-voltage bus is adjusted based on a result comparing a preset lower-limit operational voltage of an inverter with an inverter detection voltage. The inverter is disposed between the high-voltage bus and a drive motor, and the inverter detection voltage is detected on a terminal of the inverter which is connected to the high-voltage bus.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a start of a fuel cell vehicle, comprising:
supplying, by a controller, hydrogen and air to a fuel cell;
operating, by the controller, a converter to maintain a voltage on a high-voltage bus of the converter constant, wherein the converter is disposed between a high-voltage battery and the high-voltage bus connected to an output terminal of the fuel cell, and the voltage on the high-voltage bus is maintained at a preset lowest control voltage; and
adjusting, by the controller, the voltage on the high-voltage bus using a voltage acquired by adding a voltage difference between an inverter detection voltage and a preset lower-limit operational voltage to the preset lowest control voltage or by subtracting the voltage difference from the preset lowest control voltage,
wherein the inverter is disposed between the high-voltage bus and a drive motor, and the inverter detection voltage is detected on a terminal of the inverter which is connected to the high-voltage bus, and
wherein the method further comprises:
detecting and cumulatively adding, by the controller, the voltage difference between the inverter detection voltage and the preset lower-limit operational voltage at regular intervals;
calculating, by the controller, an average voltage difference by dividing the cumulatively added voltage difference by a total number of times of the detecting of the voltage difference; and
adjusting, by the controller, the voltage on the high-voltage bus using a voltage acquired by adding the average voltage difference to the preset lowest control voltage or by subtracting the average voltage difference from the preset lowest control voltage.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting of the voltage includes setting, by the controller, a lowest control voltage to a sum of the preset lower-limit operational voltage of the inverter and a preset offset voltage value.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the adjusting of the voltage further includes:
determining, by the controller, whether a voltage value acquired by subtracting the preset lower-limit operational voltage from the inverter detection voltage is greater than a preset reference voltage value, which is a positive value;
when the voltage value acquired by the subtracting is greater than the preset reference voltage value, cumulatively adding, by the controller, the voltage value a first reference number of times, which is set in advance;
calculating, by the controller, an average voltage value by dividing the cumulatively added voltage value by the first reference number of times; and
operating, by the controller, the converter to adjust the voltage on the high-voltage bus to a voltage value acquired by subtracting the average voltage value from the preset lowest control voltage.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the preset reference voltage value is less than the preset offset voltage value.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the adjusting of the voltage further includes:
when the voltage value acquired by the subtracting is less than the preset reference voltage value, determining, by the controller, whether the voltage value acquired by the subtracting is a negative value;
when the voltage value acquired by the subtracting is a negative value, cumulatively adding, by the controller, the voltage value a second reference number of times, which is set in advance;
calculating, by the controller, an average voltage value by dividing the cumulatively added voltage value by the second reference number of times; and
operating, by the controller, the converter to adjust the voltage on the high-voltage bus to a voltage value acquired by subtracting the average voltage value from the lowest control voltage.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second reference number of times is less than the first reference number of times.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the operating of the converter to adjust the voltage on the high-voltage bus includes maintaining, by the controller, the voltage on the high-voltage bus when the voltage value acquired by the subtracting is less than the preset reference voltage value and is a positive value.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Dae Jong

Classifications

• H01M8/04567

  of auxiliary devices, e.g. batteries, capacitors · CPC title

• H02P1/04

  Means for controlling progress of starting sequence in dependence upon time or upon current, speed, or other motor parameter · CPC title

• B60L11/1888 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60L11/189

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• Y02T90/32

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic