Power supply system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11658502-B2
Application number	US-202217678017-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2022
Priority date	Mar 19, 2021
Publication date	May 23, 2023
Grant date	May 23, 2023

Abstract

A power supply system includes: a first power circuit having a first battery, a second power circuit having a second battery, a voltage converter which converts voltage between the first power circuit and the second power circuit, a power converter which converts power between the first power circuit and the drive motor, a power control unit which controls charge/discharge of the first and second batteries by operating the voltage converter and the power converter, a first voltage parameter acquisition unit which calculates an effective value for the closed circuit voltage of the first battery as a first voltage parameter, a second voltage parameter acquisition unit which calculates the static voltage of the second battery as a second voltage parameter, in which the power control unit causes power to discharge from the second battery so that the second voltage parameter becomes no more than the first voltage parameter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power supply system comprising:
a first power circuit having a first electrical storage device;
a second power circuit having a second electrical storage device having a use voltage range relative to a closed circuit voltage which overlaps the first electrical storage device and a static voltage which is lower than the first electrical storage device;
a voltage converter which converts voltage between the first power circuit and the second power circuit;
a power converter which converts power between the first power circuit and a rotary electrical machine;
a power control unit for controlling charge/discharge of the first electrical storage device and the second electrical storage device by operating the voltage converter and the power converter;
a first voltage parameter acquisition unit for acquiring a first voltage parameter corresponding to a closed circuit voltage of the first electrical storage device; and
a second voltage parameter acquisition unit for acquiring a second voltage parameter corresponding to a static voltage of the second electrical storage device,
wherein the power control unit causes power to be discharged from the second electrical storage device so that the second voltage parameter becomes no more than the first voltage parameter.

2. The power supply system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first remaining amount parameter acquisition unit for acquiring a first remaining amount parameter which varies according to a remaining amount of the first electrical storage device; and
a first output upper limit acquisition unit for acquiring a first output upper limit, which is an output upper limit of the first electrical storage device,
wherein the second electrical storage device has higher output density and lower energy density than the first electrical storage device, and
wherein the power control unit
in a case of the first remaining amount parameter being at least a remaining amount threshold, causes power to be discharged from the second electrical storage device so that the second voltage parameter becomes no more than the first voltage parameter, and
in a case of the first remaining amount parameter being less than the remaining amount threshold and the first output upper limit being greater than an output threshold, limits discharge of the second electrical storage device more than a case of the first remaining amount parameter being at least the remaining amount threshold.

3. The power supply system according to claim 2 , wherein the first voltage parameter acquisition unit acquires an effective value of closed circuit voltage of the first electrical storage device, as the first voltage parameter.

4. The power supply system according to claim 2 , wherein the first voltage parameter acquisition unit acquires the closed circuit voltage of the first electrical storage device when power corresponding to the output threshold is being outputted from the first electrical storage device, as the first voltage parameter.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nagasawa Minoru
• Oguma Hirokazu
• Ohishi Arata
• Yamada Yasuo
• Kanamaru Yoshihiro

Classifications

• H02J7/855

  with circuits adapted for supplying loads from the battery · CPC title

• H02J7/82

  Control of state of charge [SOC] · CPC title

• H02J7/50

  acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or sequentially · CPC title

• H02J2105/37

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

• H02J7/96 Primary

  in response to battery voltage · CPC title