Method and system for controlling voltage of fuel cell in stop-mode of fuel cell vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10266067-B2
Application number	US-201615163377-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2016
Priority date	Dec 10, 2015
Publication date	Apr 23, 2019
Grant date	Apr 23, 2019

Abstract

A method and system for controlling a voltage in a stop-mode of a fuel cell vehicle are provided. The method includes detecting whether a fuel cell enters the stop-mode and calculating a voltage command value of a bus terminal based on available charging power of a battery representing a level of power chargeable in a high voltage battery when the fuel cell enters the stop-mode. A converter connected between the high voltage battery and the bus terminal is operated to adjust the voltage of the bus terminal to be the voltage command value of the bus terminal. Additionally, power consumption of an electric field load of a vehicle is increased when the voltage is adjusted and then the voltage of the fuel cell measured by a voltage sensor is equal to or greater than a reference voltage preset in a memory.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a voltage in a stop-mode of a fuel cell vehicle, comprising:
detecting, by a controller, whether a fuel cell enters the stop-mode;
calculating, by the controller, a voltage command value of a bus terminal based on available charging power of a battery representing a level of power chargeable in a high voltage battery when the fuel cell enters the stop-mode;
operating, by the controller, a converter connected between the high voltage battery and the bus terminal to adjust the voltage of the bus terminal to be the voltage command value of the bus terminal; and
increasing, by the controller, power consumption of an electric field load of a vehicle when the voltage is adjusted and then the voltage of the fuel cell measured by a voltage sensor is equal to or greater than a reference voltage preset in a memory,
wherein a difference between the available charging power of the high voltage battery and actual charging power is reflected in the voltage of the bus terminal to calculate the voltage command value of the bus terminal, and
wherein the voltage command value of the bus terminal is calculated based on the following Equation:
Voltage command value of bus terminal=voltage of bus terminal—K1×(Available charging power of battery−charging voltage of battery×charging current of battery, wherein K1means a slope preset in the memory of the controller.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein when a state of charge (SOC) of the battery is equal to or greater than a first reference or a required torque of the vehicle is equal to or less than a second reference, the controller is configured to operate the fuel cell enter the stop-mode.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the available charging power of the battery is derived using a data map stored in the memory of the controller.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the data map uses whether the high voltage battery breaks down, temperature of the high voltage battery, and the SOC of the high voltage battery as an input value and uses the available charging power of the high voltage battery as an output value.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the voltage adjustment, the controller is configured to calculate a target charging current of the high voltage battery based on the voltage command value of the bus terminal and operate the converter based on the target charging current to charge the high voltage battery to adjust the voltage of the bus terminal to be the voltage command value of the bus terminal.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the converter is operated by changing the voltage command value of the bus terminal to the reference voltage preset in a memory of the controller while increasing the power consumption of the electric field load of the vehicle.

7. A method for controlling a voltage in a stop-mode of a fuel cell vehicle, comprising:
detecting, by a controller, whether a fuel cell enters the stop-mode;
calculating, by the controller, a voltage command value of a bus terminal based on available charging power of a battery representing a level of power chargeable in a high voltage battery when the fuel cell enters the stop-mode;
operating, by the controller, a converter connected between the high voltage battery and the bus terminal to adjust the voltage of the bus terminal to be the voltage command value of the bus terminal; and
increasing, by the controller, power consumption of an electric field load of a vehicle when the voltage is adjusted and then the voltage of the fuel cell measured by a voltage sensor is equal to or greater than a reference voltage preset in a memory;
calculating, by the controller, the voltage command value of the bus terminal gradually descending based on a slope preset in the memory of the controller;
calculating, by the controller, a target charging current of the high voltage battery based on the voltage command value of the bus terminal;
operating, by the controller, the converter based on the targeted charging current; and
limiting, by the controller, the target charging current to a maximum value of a battery charging limit current based on the available charging power of the battery to a maximum value.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the battery charging limit current is calculated by dividing the available charging power of the battery by a charging voltage of the battery.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the power consumption of the electric field load of the vehicle is increased based on a driving increase and a low efficiency operation of high voltage auxiliaries including an air blower, a hydrogen recirculation blower, or a cooling water pump.

10. A system for controlling a voltage in a stop-mode of a fuel cell vehicle, comprising:
a memory configured to store program instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the program instructions, the program instructions when executed configured to:
detect whether a fuel cell enters the stop-mode;
calculate a voltage command value of a bus terminal based on available charging power of a battery representing a level of power chargeable in a high voltage battery when the fuel cell enters the stop-mode;
operate a converter connected between the high voltage battery and the bus terminal to adjust the voltage of the bus terminal to be the voltage command value of the bus terminal; and
increase power consumption of an electric field load of a vehicle when the voltage is adjusted and then the voltage of the fuel cell measured by a voltage sensor is equal to or greater than a reference voltage preset in a memory,

wherein a difference between the available charging power of the high voltage battery and actual charging power is reflected in the voltage of the bus terminal to calculate the voltage command value of the bus terminal, and
wherein the voltage command value of the bus terminal is calculated based on the following Equation:
Voltage command value of bus terminal=voltage of the bus terminal—K1×(Available charging power of batter−charging voltage of battery×charging current of battery), wherein K1means a slope preset in the memory of the controller.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein when a state of charge (SOC) of the battery is equal to or greater than a first reference or a required torque of the vehicle is equal to or less than a second reference, the program instructions when executed are further configured to operate the fuel cell enter the stop-mode.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the available charging power of the battery is derived using a data map stored in the memory.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the data map uses whether the high voltage battery breaks down, temperature of the high voltage battery, and the SOC of the high voltage battery as an input value and uses the available charging power of the high voltage battery as an output value.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the program instructions when executed are further configured to calculate a target charging current of the high voltage battery based on the voltage command value of the bus terminal and operate the converter based on the target charging current to charge the high voltage battery to adjust the voltage of the bus terminal to be the voltage command value of the bus terminal.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the converter is operated by changing the voltage command value of the bus terminal to the reference voltage preset in a memory of the controller while increasing the power consumption of the electric field load of the vehicle.

16. A system for controlling a voltage in a stop-mod

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kwon Sang Uk

Classifications

• B60L58/32

  for controlling the temperature of fuel cells, e.g. by controlling the electric load · CPC title

• H01M8/04992

  characterised by the implementation of mathematical or computational algorithms, e.g. feedback control loops, fuzzy logic, neural networks or artificial intelligence · CPC title

• H01M8/04567

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

• H01M8/04559

  of fuel cell stacks · CPC title

• H01M8/04303

  applied during shut-down · CPC title