Integrated electrical pump and oil pressure control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10530286-B2
Application number	US-201815873683-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 17, 2018
Priority date	Jan 19, 2017
Publication date	Jan 7, 2020
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020

Abstract

An integrated electrical pump comprises a motor, an oil pump driven by the motor, and a pressure control system. The pressure control system controls a hydraulic pressure of the oil pump according to a motor speed of the motor, an oil temperature and a pressure command. An oil pressure control method of the integrated electrical pump is also provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An integrated electrical pump, comprising:
a motor;
an oil pump driven by the motor; and
a pressure control system receiving a pressure command according to a working condition of a vehicle;
outputting an estimated pressure according to a motor speed which is obtained by a position sensor, an oil temperature which is obtained by an oil temperature detector, and a filtered mechanical torque;
outputting an estimated mechanical torque according to the pressure command and the estimated pressure;
obtaining an estimated electromagnetic torque according to the estimated mechanical torque and the motor speed; and
outputting a PWM signal to control the motor speed.

2. The integrated electrical pump of claim 1 , wherein a position signal which represents a position of a rotor of the motor is outputted to the pressure control system.

3. The integrated electrical pump of claim 2 , wherein the pressure control system comprises an oil temperature receiving module to receive a temperature detection signal which represents the oil temperature of the oil pump.

4. The integrated electrical pump of claim 3 , wherein the pressure control system comprises a pressure control module to output the pressure command according to a working condition of the integrated electrical pump.

5. The integrated electrical pump of claim 4 , wherein the pressure control system comprises a position and speed calculation module to receive the position signal and calculate the motor speed; a pressure compensation module to obtain the estimated mechanical torque of the motor according to the pressure command, the oil temperature, and the motor speed.

6. The integrated electrical pump of claim 5 , wherein the pressure control system comprises a torque compensation module to obtain the estimated electromagnetic torque according to the estimated mechanical torque and the motor speed.

7. The integrated electrical pump of claim 6 , further comprising a drive circuit to drive the motor, wherein the pressure control system comprises a control module to control a switch state of a plurality of switches of the drive circuit according to the estimated electromagnetic torque.

8. The integrated electrical pump of claim 7 , further comprising a current detector to output a current detection signal to the pressure control system, wherein the pressure control system comprises a Clark/Park transformation module to perform a Clark and Park transformation on the current detection signal to obtain a D axis current and a Q axis current.

9. The integrated electrical pump of claim 7 , wherein the pressure control system comprises a torque transformation module to obtain an estimated D axis current and an estimated Q axis current according to the estimated electromagnetic torque.

10. The integrated electrical pump of claim 9 , wherein the pressure control system comprises a PI/DQ decoupling module to perform a PI control on a difference between the estimated D axis current and the D axis current, a difference between the estimated Q axis current and the Q axis current according to the motor speed and a D axis voltage and a Q axis voltage are obtained.

11. The integrated electrical pump of claim 10 , wherein the pressure control system comprises a field-oriented control module to output a PWM signal to the drive circuit according to the D axis voltage and the Q axis voltage.

12. The integrated electrical pump of claim 5 , wherein the pressure compensation module comprises a PI controller and a pressure estimation sub-module to form a close loop control to output the estimated mechanical torque.

13. The integrated electrical pump of claim 12 , wherein the estimated pressure is obtained by the pressure estimation sub-module.

14. The integrated electrical pump of claim 1 , further comprising an electrical control unit, wherein the pressure control system is stored in the electrical control unit and performed by the electrical control unit.

15. An oil pressure control method of an integrated electrical pump having a motor, comprising:
outputting a pressure command according to a working condition of a vehicle;
obtaining a position angle of a rotor of the motor via a position sensor and calculating a motor speed according to a relation between the position angle and time;
obtaining a filtered mechanical torque by filtering an estimated mechanical torque and outputting an estimated pressure according to the motor speed, an oil temperature which is obtained via an oil temperature detector, and the filtered mechanical torque;
outputting the estimated mechanical torque according to the pressure command and the estimated pressure;
obtaining an estimated electromagnetic torque according to the estimated mechanical torque and the motor speed; and
outputting a PWM signal to control the motor speed.

16. The oil pressure control method of claim 15 , wherein outputting the PWM signal to control the motor speed comprises:
obtaining a phase current of the motor and performing a Clark transformation and a Park transformation on the three phase current to obtain a D axis current and a Q axis current;
obtaining an estimated D axis current and an estimated Q axis current according to the estimated electromagnetic torque;
obtaining a D axis voltage and a Q axis voltage via performing a PI control on a difference between the estimated D axis current and the D axis current, a difference between the estimated Q axis current and the Q axis current; and
generating the PWM signal according to the D axis voltage, the Q axis voltage.

17. The oil pressure control method of claim 15 , wherein obtaining the estimated mechanical torque comprises:
obtaining an actual electromagnetic torque;
performing a PI control or a PID control on a difference between the actual electromagnetic torque and the estimated electromagnetic torque to control a switch state of a plurality of switches of the drive circuit.

Assignees

• Johnson Electric Sa
• Johnson Electric Int Ag

Inventors

• Xiang Youqing
• Hong Xiaoyuan
• Li Huabo
• Lang Qingliang
• Yan Xiaojun

Classifications

• G05D16/20

  characterised by the use of electric means · CPC title

• H02P21/0003

  Control strategies in general, e.g. linear type, e.g. P, PI, PID, using robust control · CPC title

• H02P23/0077 Primary

  Characterised by the use of a particular software algorithm · CPC title

• H02P27/08

  with pulse width modulation · CPC title

• F01M2250/60

  Operating parameters · CPC title