Power supply system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11831193-B2
Application number	US-202217678024-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2022
Priority date	Mar 19, 2021
Publication date	Nov 28, 2023
Grant date	Nov 28, 2023

Abstract

A power supply system includes: a first power circuit having a first battery and a first power line; a second power circuit having a second battery and a second power line; a voltage converter; a power converter; a first voltage acquisition unit which acquires a first closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin 1 of the first battery; a second voltage acquisition unit which acquires a second closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin 2 of the second battery; and a power control unit which operates the second power circuit based on a requested power, in which the power control unit isolates the second battery from the second power lines, in a case of a voltage difference between the first closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin 1 and the second closed circuit voltage lower limit CCVmin 2 becoming less than a first voltage threshold value A while output limitation of the second battery is being requested.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power supply system comprising:
a first power circuit having a first electrical storage device and a first power line to which the first electrical storage device is connected;
a second power circuit having a second electrical storage device having a use voltage range relative to closed circuit voltage which overlaps the first electrical storage device, and a static voltage which is lower than the first electrical storage device, and a second power line to which the second electrical storage device is connected;
a voltage converter which converts voltage between the first power line and the second power line;
a power converter which converts power between the first power line and a rotary electrical machine;
a first voltage acquisition unit which acquires a first voltage of the first electrical storage device;
a second voltage acquisition unit which acquires a second voltage of the second electrical storage device;
a requested power acquisition unit which acquires a requested power for the rotary electrical machine; and
a power control unit which operates the power converter, the voltage converter and the second power circuit based on the requested power,
wherein the power control unit isolates the second electrical storage device from the second power line, in a case of a voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage becoming less than a first voltage difference threshold, while an output limit of the second electrical storage device is being requested, and
wherein the output limit is requested when there is concern over degradation in the second electrical storage device.

2. The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the power control unit operates the voltage converter so that an absolute value of input/output power of the second electrical storage device becomes no more than a power threshold, in a case of the voltage difference becoming less than the first voltage difference threshold, while the output limit is being requested, and isolates the second electrical storage device from the second power line, after the input/output power of the second electrical storage device becomes no more than the power threshold.

3. The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the power control unit connects the second electrical storage device to the second power line, in a case of the output limit being released after isolating the second electrical storage device from the second power line, or a case of the voltage difference becoming at least a second voltage difference threshold.

4. The power supply system according to claim 2 , wherein the power control unit connects the second electrical storage device to the second power line, in a case of the output limit being released after isolating the second electrical storage device from the second power line, or a case of the voltage difference becoming at least a second voltage difference threshold.

5. The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the first voltage acquisition unit and the second voltage acquisition unit respectively acquire lower limits for closed circuit voltages of the first electrical storage device and the second electrical storage device as the first voltage and the second voltage.

6. The power supply system according to claim 2 , wherein the first voltage acquisition unit and the second voltage acquisition unit respectively acquire lower limits for closed circuit voltages of the first electrical storage device and the second electrical storage device as the first voltage and the second voltage.

7. The power supply system according to claim 3 , wherein the first voltage acquisition unit and the second voltage acquisition unit respectively acquire lower limits for closed circuit voltages of the first electrical storage device and the second electrical storage device as the first voltage and the second voltage.

8. The power supply system according to claim 4 , wherein the first voltage acquisition unit and the second voltage acquisition unit respectively acquire lower limits for closed circuit voltages of the first electrical storage device and the second electrical storage device as the first voltage and the second voltage.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H02J7/663

  using battery or load disconnect circuits (H02J9/002 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J7/50 Primary

  acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or sequentially · CPC title

• H02J7/96 Primary

  in response to battery voltage · CPC title

• H02J2105/37

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

• H02J7/855

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