Electric vehicle drive system, backup power supply device and method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11091042-B2
Application number	US-202016794687-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2020
Priority date	Jun 21, 2019
Publication date	Aug 17, 2021
Grant date	Aug 17, 2021

Abstract

An electric vehicle drive system, a backup power supply device and a backup power supply method for an electric vehicle drive system are provided. The method includes: converting a voltage on a high voltage DC bus of an electric vehicle into a backup input voltage; determining whether a low voltage battery in the electric vehicle drive system has power supply abnormity; and determining the backup input voltage to be an input voltage of a low voltage power supply circuit in the electric vehicle drive system, in a case that the low voltage battery has power supply abnormity.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A backup power supply method for an electric vehicle drive system, the method comprising:
converting a voltage on a high voltage direct current (DC) bus of an electric vehicle into a backup input voltage;
powering a drive circuit in the electric vehicle drive system with the backup input voltage, wherein the drive circuit is configured to amplify a drive signal from a controller of the electric vehicle drive system and output the amplified drive signal to an inverter of the electric vehicle to control the inverter to operate;

determining whether a low voltage battery in the electric vehicle drive system has power supply abnormity; and
determining the backup input voltage to be an input voltage of a low voltage power supply circuit in the electric vehicle drive system, in a case that the low voltage battery has power supply abnormity.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after converting the voltage on the high voltage DC bus of the electric vehicle into the backup input voltage, the method further comprises:
determining whether the backup input voltage is normal; and
determining a voltage of the low voltage battery to be the input voltage, in a case that the backup input voltage is abnormal.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein after determining whether the backup input voltage is normal, the method further comprises:
determining the voltage of the low voltage battery to be the input voltage, in a case that the backup input voltage is normal and low voltage battery supplies power normally.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein after determining whether the backup input voltage is normal, the method further comprises:
outputting abnormal status feedback information of the low voltage battery and/or the backup input voltage to the controller of the electric vehicle drive system, in a case that the backup input voltage is abnormal and/or the low voltage battery has power supply abnormity.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after converting the voltage on the high voltage DC bus of the electric vehicle into the backup input voltage, the method further comprises:
determining whether the backup input voltage is normal; and
determining a voltage of the low voltage battery to be the input voltage, in a case that the backup input voltage is abnormal.

6. A backup power supply device for an electric vehicle drive system, the device comprising a high voltage isolation power supply and a high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry, wherein:
an input terminal of the high voltage isolation power supply is connected to a high voltage DC bus of an electric vehicle, an output terminal of the high voltage isolation power supply is connected to an input terminal of the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry, and the high voltage isolation power supply is configured to: convert a voltage on the high voltage DC bus into a backup input voltage, and output the backup input voltage to the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry; and
another input terminal of the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry is connected to an output terminal of a low voltage battery in the electric vehicle drive system, an output terminal of the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry is connected to an input terminal of a low voltage power supply circuit in the electric vehicle drive system, and the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry is configured to determine the backup input voltage to be an input voltage of the low voltage power supply circuit in a case that the low voltage battery has power supply abnormity,
wherein the low voltage power supply circuit comprises a low voltage power supply, and the output terminal of the high voltage isolation power supply is further connected to a power supply terminal of a drive circuit in the electric vehicle drive system, wherein the drive circuit is configured to amplify a drive signal from a controller of the electric vehicle drive system and output the amplified drive signal to an inverter of the electric vehicle to control the inverter to operate.

7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry is further configured to determine a voltage of the low voltage battery to be the input voltage in a case that the high voltage isolation power supply has power supply abnormity.

8. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry is further configured to determine a voltage of the low voltage battery to be the input voltage in a case that the high voltage isolation power supply and the low voltage battery both supply power normally.

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry comprises two diodes, anodes of the two diodes function as two input terminals of the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry and are respectively connected to the output terminal of the high voltage isolation power supply and a positive electrode of the low voltage battery, cathodes of the two diodes are connected to each other, and a connection point of the cathodes of the two diodes functions as the output terminal of the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry.

10. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry is further connected to a receiving terminal of the controller of the electric vehicle drive system through a transmitting terminal of the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry.

11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry is further configured to output abnormal status feedback information of the low voltage battery and/or the high voltage isolation power supply to the controller.

12. An electric vehicle drive system, comprising: a controller, a drive circuit, a low voltage battery, a low voltage power supply circuit, and a backup power supply device for an electric vehicle drive system, the backup power supply device comprising a high voltage isolation power supply and a high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry, wherein:
an input terminal of the high voltage isolation power supply is connected to a high voltage DC bus of an electric vehicle, an output terminal of the high voltage isolation power supply is connected to an input terminal of the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry, and the high voltage isolation power supply is configured to: convert a voltage on the high voltage DC bus into a backup input voltage, and output the backup input voltage to the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry;
another input terminal of the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry is connected to an output terminal of a low voltage battery in the electric vehicle drive system, an output terminal of the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry is connected to an input terminal of a low voltage power supply circuit in the electric vehicle drive system, and the high-low voltage power supply switching circuitry is configured to determine the backup input voltage to be an input voltage of the low voltage power supply circuit in a case that the low voltage battery has power supply abnormity;
an output terminal of the controller is connected to an input terminal of the drive circuit, and the controller is configured to output a drive signal to the input terminal of the drive circuit on receiving a drive command from an operator; and
an output terminal of the drive circuit functions as an output terminal of the electric vehicle drive system, and is connected to a co

Assignees

• Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd

Inventors

• Du Enli
• Cai Guoqing
• Chen Wenjie

Classifications

• B60L50/66 Primary

  Arrangements of batteries · CPC title

• B60L58/12

  responding to state of charge [SoC] · CPC title

• Y02T10/70

  Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries · CPC title

• B60L3/00

  Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposes; Monitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy consumption (methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells B60L58/00) · CPC title

• B60L58/10

  for monitoring or controlling batteries · CPC title