Heat distribution device for hybrid vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11186165-B2
Application number	US-202016746950-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 19, 2020
Priority date	Jan 28, 2019
Publication date	Nov 30, 2021
Grant date	Nov 30, 2021

Abstract

A heat distribution device for hybrid vehicle is provided, including: an engine cooling circuit through which cooling water for cooling an internal combustion engine circulates; a MG cooling circuit through which a refrigerant for cooling a motor generator circulates; and a heat exchanger which performs heat exchange between the cooling water and the refrigerant. When it is determined based on a charging rate SOC of a battery that the battery can be charged, charging control is performed to charge the battery with electric power generated in a regenerative operation; when it is determined that the battery cannot be charged, heat dissipation control is performed to dissipate the heat generated by the regenerative operation to the engine cooling circuit side by the heat exchange between the refrigerant and the cooling water in the heat exchanger.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat distribution device for hybrid vehicle, which distributes, in a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine and a motor generator, heat generated in the motor generator, the motor generator converting an electric power of a battery into a mechanical power or converting the mechanical power into the electric power by a regenerative operation and collecting the electric power to the battery, the heat distribution device for hybrid vehicle comprising:
an engine cooling circuit through which cooling water for cooling the internal combustion engine circulates;
a motor generator cooling circuit through which a refrigerant for cooling the motor generator circulates and which is independent from the engine cooling circuit;
a heat exchanger which performs heat exchange between the cooling water of the engine cooling circuit and the refrigerant of the motor generator cooling circuit;
a charging rate acquisition unit which acquires a charging rate of the battery;
a charging determination unit which determines, based on the acquired charging rate of the battery, whether the battery is able to be charged; and
a control unit, wherein in a case that the regenerative operation is performed, the control unit performs charging controls to charge the battery with the electric power generated by the regenerative operation when it is determined that the battery is able to be charged, and performs heat dissipation controls to transfer heat generated by the regenerative operation to the heat exchanger via the motor generator cooling circuit and dissipate the heat to the engine cooling circuit side by the heat exchange in the heat exchanger when it is determined that the battery is not able to be charged.

2. The heat distribution device for hybrid vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the engine cooling circuit has a heat accumulator flow path equipped with a heat accumulator for accumulating heat of the cooling water,
the engine cooling circuit further comprises a heat accumulator water temperature detection unit which detects a temperature of the heat accumulator, and
the control unit performs heat dissipation to the heat accumulator when the detected temperature of the heat accumulator is equal or less than a first predetermined temperature.

3. The heat distribution device for hybrid vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising an engine temperature detection unit which detects a temperature of the internal combustion engine,
wherein the control unit ends the heat dissipation to the heat accumulator when the temperature of the heat accumulator exceeds the first predetermined temperature, and performs the heat dissipation to the internal combustion engine for warm-up when the detected temperature of the internal combustion engine is equal or less than a second predetermined temperature.

4. The heat distribution device for hybrid vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the engine cooling circuit has a radiator circuit equipped with a radiator for dissipating the heat of the cooling water to an outside, and
the engine cooling circuit further comprises a thermostat which opens the radiator circuit when the temperature of the internal combustion engine exceeds the second predetermined temperature.

5. The heat distribution device for hybrid vehicle according to claim 4 , further comprising: a battery cooling circuit which is connected to the engine cooling circuit and through which cooling water for cooling the battery circulates, and
a battery temperature detection unit which detects the temperature of the battery;
wherein the control unit opens the battery cooling circuit and thereby performs the heat dissipation to the battery for temperature raising when the detected temperature of the battery is equal to or less than a third predetermined temperature after the temperature of the internal combustion engine exceeds the second predetermined temperature.

6. The heat distribution device for hybrid vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the battery cooling circuit has a radiator circuit equipped with a battery radiator for dissipating the heat of the cooling water to the outside, and
the control unit performs the heat dissipation to the battery radiator when the temperature of the battery exceeds the third predetermined temperature.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takazawa Masanobu
• Uto Hajime
• Toyokawa Masayuki
• Takeda Naoaki

Classifications

• F01P3/20

  Cooling circuits not specific to a single part of engine or machine (F01P3/22 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60L7/08

  Controlling the braking effect (B60L7/04, B60L7/06 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60K11/02 Primary

  with liquid cooling · CPC title

• B60L2240/545

  Temperature · CPC title

• B60L7/18

  Controlling the braking effect (B60L7/12, B60L7/14, B60L7/16 take precedence) · CPC title