Hybrid vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10876501-B2
Application number	US-201916268497-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 6, 2019
Priority date	Feb 13, 2018
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

An engine includes an EGR device and a water-cooled heat exchanger. The water-cooled heat exchanger is provided on a downstream side of an EGR gas-introduction portion of an intake passage into which EGR gas is to be introduced and exchanges heat with gas flowing in the intake passage. A control device is programmed to execute condensed water-suppression control that supplies coolant having a temperature higher than the temperature of the gas heat-exchanged in the water-cooled heat exchanger to the water-cooled heat exchanger while a hybrid vehicle is traveling in a state in which the engine is stopped.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hybrid vehicle comprising:
an engine including an EGR device;
a motor; and
a control device,
wherein the engine includes a water-cooled heat exchanger that performs heat exchange with gas flowing in an intake passage on a downstream side of an EGR gas-introduction portion of the intake passage into which EGR gas is introduced, and
wherein the control device is programmed to execute a condensed water-suppression control that supplies coolant having a temperature higher than the temperature of the gas heat-exchanged in the water-cooled heat exchanger to the water-cooled heat exchanger while the hybrid vehicle is traveling in a state in which the engine is stopped.

2. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to acquire a coolant temperature that is the temperature of the coolant used for heat exchange in the water-cooled heat exchanger and a gas temperature that is the temperature of the gas heat-exchanged in the water-cooled heat exchanger during the execution of the condensed water-suppression control, to perform the supply of the coolant to the water-cooled heat exchanger only in a case in which the coolant temperature is higher than the gas temperature, and to pause the supply of the coolant to the water-cooled heat exchanger in a case in which the coolant temperature is equal to or lower than the gas temperature.

3. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the control device is configured to measure the temperature of the coolant used for heat exchange in the water-cooled heat exchanger by a temperature sensor, to correct a measured value obtained by the temperature sensor according to a vehicle speed of the hybrid vehicle or a physical quantity correlated with the vehicle speed, and to acquire the measured value that is corrected to a lower value as the vehicle speed is higher as the coolant temperature.

4. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the control device is configured to estimate the temperature of the coolant that is used for heat exchange in the water-cooled heat exchanger using a model that uses at least a heat generation amount of the engine, an outdoor air temperature, and a vehicle speed of the hybrid vehicle or a physical quantity correlated with the vehicle speed as parameters, and to acquire an estimated value that is estimated using the model as the coolant temperature.

5. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the physical quantity is an output of the motor.

6. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the control device is configured to increase a flow rate of the coolant supplied to the water-cooled heat exchanger as a temperature difference between the coolant temperature and the gas temperature is reduced.

7. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the control device is configured to pause the supply of the coolant to the water-cooled heat exchanger when the gas temperature falls to a dew-point temperature.

8. The hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the water-cooled heat exchanger is configured to be selectively connected to any one of a first coolant circuit where the engine is not included in a flow passage for the coolant and a second coolant circuit where the engine is included in the flow passage for the coolant, and
wherein the control device is configured to connect the water-cooled heat exchanger to the first coolant circuit during an operation of the engine and to connect the water-cooled heat exchanger to the second coolant circuit during the execution of the condensed water-suppression control.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kobayashi Junya

Classifications

• F02M26/28

  with liquid-cooled heat exchangers · CPC title

• F02B29/0493 Primary

  Controlling the air charge temperature · CPC title

• F02B29/0443

  Layout of the coolant or refrigerant circuit · CPC title

• B60W20/00

  Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles {(hybrid vehicle design, B60K6/00; electric vehicles B60L)} · CPC title

• B60W10/08

  including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators · CPC title