Generator control system for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11529942-B2
Application number	US-202015931784-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2020
Priority date	Jun 19, 2019
Publication date	Dec 20, 2022
Grant date	Dec 20, 2022

Abstract

The generator control device for vehicle is provided with a boost permission determination circuit capable of controlling the power generation rate, if there is communication between the engine control device and the generator control device for vehicle, the boost permission determination circuit performs the field current control so that the specified power generation rate is achieved by the communication, if there is no communication between the engine control device and the generator control device for vehicle, based on the rotation speed and temperature of the generator for vehicle, the boost permission determination circuit performs the field current control.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A generator control system for vehicle, wherein
a generator control device for vehicle performs different field current control when there is communication between the engine control device and the generator control device for vehicle and when there is no communication,
a boost permission determination circuit controlling the power generation rate by controlling the field current is provided in the generator control device for vehicle, and when there is communication between the engine control device and the generator control device for vehicle, the field current control is performed by the boost permission determination circuit so as to limit the power generation rate to a power generation rate less than a maximum power generation rating so that the power generation rate does not increase to or more than a specified power generation rate by a power generation rate restriction instruction from the communication,
a field current control is performed by the boost permission determination circuit based on the rotation speed and temperature of a generator for vehicle so that the limitation of the power generation rate is released and the power generation rate becomes a power generation rate larger than the limited power generation rate by a power generation rate restriction instruction from the communication when there is no communication between the engine control device and the generator control device for vehicle,
the field current control is performed by the boost permission determination circuit so that the torque generated by the generator for vehicle does not become larger than the torque allowed by the engine when the generator for vehicle is applied to an engine system whose power generation rate is smaller than the current capacity of the generator for vehicle.

2. The generator control system for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
when there is no communication between the engine control device and the generator control device and the rotation speed of the generator does not meet the boost function use condition, the field current control is performed using a default value that is adjusted based on temperature in the boost permission determination circuit.

3. AThe generator control system for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
when a first power generation rate less than the maximum power generation rating is specified by the communication information, the field current control is performed by the boost permission determination circuit so as to be the first power generation rate,
when a second power generation rate different from the first power generation rate and less than the maximum power generation rating is specified by the communication information, the field current control is performed by the boost permission determination circuit so as to be the second power generation rate.

4. The generator control system for vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the boost permission determination circuit is composed of an arithmetic processing device, a storage device, and an input/output circuit connected by a bus, respectively,
based on a communication information received by the input/output circuit from the engine control device, a program stored in the storage device is executed, and the field current control is performed by the arithmetic processing device.

5. The generator control system for vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
the boost permission determination circuit is composed of an arithmetic processing device, a storage device, and an input/output circuit connected by a bus, respectively,
based on a communication information received by the input/output circuit from the engine control device, a program stored in the storage device is executed, and the field current control is performed by the arithmetic processing device.

6. The generator control system for vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
the boost permission determination circuit is composed of an arithmetic processing device, a storage device, and an input/output circuit connected by a bus, respectively,
based on the communication information received by the input/output circuit from the engine control device, a program stored in the storage device is executed, and the field current control is performed by the arithmetic processing device.

7. A generator control system for vehicle, wherein
a generator control device for vehicle performs different field current control when there is communication between the engine control device and the generator control device for vehicle and when there is no communication,
a boost permission determination circuit capable of controlling the power generation rate is provided in the generator control device for vehicle, and when there is communication between the engine control device and the generator control device for vehicle, the field current control is performed by the boost permission determination circuit so as to achieve a specified power generation rate by the communication,
a field current control is performed by the boost permission determination circuit based on the rotation speed and temperature of a generator for vehicle when there is no communication between the engine control device and the generator control device for vehicle,
the field current control is performed by the boost permission determination circuit so that the torque generated by the generator for vehicle does not become larger than the torque allowed by the engine when the generator for vehicle is applied to an engine system whose power generation rate is smaller than the current capacity of the generator for vehicle,
when there is communication between the engine control device and the generator control device and the generator control device receives a boost function use instruction from the engine control device, or when there is no communication between the engine control device and the generator control device and the rotation speed of the generator meets a boost function use condition, the generator control device performs the field current control with a preset maximum power generation rate, and
when there is communication between the engine control device and the generator control device, but the engine control device does not issue the boost function use instruction, the generator control device performs the field current control with a preset reduced power generation rate that is less than the preset maximum power generation rate.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Uno Norifumi
• Imanaka Hideyuki
• Sasaki Junya

Classifications

• H02J2105/53

  for partial power limitation, e.g. entering degraded or current limitation modes · CPC title

• H02J2105/37

  exchanging power with electric vehicles [EV] or with hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] · CPC title

• B60W30/188

  Controlling power parameters of the driveline, e.g. determining the required power · CPC title

• F02D41/2406

  using essentially read only memories · CPC title

• B60W10/08

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