Electrically driveable vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11845345-B2
Application number	US-202017773664-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2020
Priority date	Oct 30, 2019
Publication date	Dec 19, 2023
Grant date	Dec 19, 2023

Abstract

An electrically driveable vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, includes an intermediate DC circuit, an in-vehicle, three-phase on-board electrical system fed by the intermediate DC circuit, at least one drive motor fed by a converter, and at least one coolant pump for pumping a coolant that cools the converter. In addition to the in-vehicle three-phase on-board electrical system, the vehicle also has a second on-board electrical system. The at least one coolant pump is connected to the second on-board electrical system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrically drivable vehicle or rail vehicle, comprising:
at least one intermediate DC circuit;
an in-vehicle three-phase AC first on-board electrical system fed by said at least one intermediate DC circuit;
a second on-board electrical system in addition to said in-vehicle three-phase AC first on-board electrical system, said second on-board electrical system being a DC voltage second on-board electrical system;
a current converter;
at least one drive motor fed by said current converter;
at least one coolant pump for pumping a coolant cooling said current converter, said at least one coolant pump being connected to said second on-board electrical system; and
at least one converter;
said at least one coolant pump being a three-phase AC-operated coolant pump connected through said at least one converter to said DC voltage second on-board electrical system.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , which further comprises:
at least one electrical charge storage device or battery;
at least one battery charger;
at least one DC chopper having input and output sides;
said second on-board electrical system being a DC voltage on-board electrical system backed up by said at least one electrical charge storage device or battery;
said second on-board electrical system being connected through said at least one battery charger to said output side of said at least one DC chopper, said input side of said at least one DC chopper being connected to said intermediate DC circuit; and
said at least one electrical charge storage device or battery being connected through said at least one battery charger to said output side of said at least one DC chopper.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , which further comprises:
an auxiliary converter unit; and
an inverter coupling said at least one DC chopper and said three-phase AC on-board electrical system;
said at least one DC chopper, said at least one battery charger and said inverter being integral components of said auxiliary converter unit.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , which further comprises:
separate converters being different than said current converter;
said at least one coolant pump including a plurality of coolant pumps; and
each of said coolant pumps or at least a subgroup of said coolant pumps each being connected through a respective one of said separate converters to said DC voltage second on-board electrical system.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one converter is cooled by coolant pumped by said at least one coolant pump connected to said at least one converter.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one converter fulfills a predetermined safety integrity level of SIL1 or better.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , which further comprises:
at least one battery charger;
at least one inverter;
at least one electrical charge storage device or battery; and
a third on-board electrical system in addition to said second on-board electrical system, said third on-board electrical system being connected through said at least one inverter to said second on-board electrical system, to said at least one battery charger and to said at least one electrical charge storage device or battery; and
said at least one coolant pump being fed by said third on-board electrical system.

8. The vehicle according to claim 7 , which further comprises:
at least one electrical charge storage device;
said second on-board electrical system being a DC voltage on-board electrical system or a DC voltage on-board electrical system backed up by said at least one electrical charge storage device; and
said third on-board electrical system being a three-phase AC electrical system.

9. The vehicle according to claim 7 , which further comprises at least two auxiliary converter units each having as integral components a DC chopper, a battery charger, said at least one inverter coupling said at least one intermediate DC circuit and said three-phase AC first on-board electrical system, and a further inverter feeding said third on-board electrical system with power from at least one of said second on-board electrical system or said battery charger or said charge storage device.

10. The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein said further inverter fulfills a predetermined safety integrity level of SIL1 or better.

11. The vehicle according to claim 1 , which further comprises at least two DC choppers, said second on-board electrical system being fed by said at least two DC choppers, said at least two DC choppers being fed by said intermediate DC circuit.

12. The vehicle according to claim 11 , which further comprises battery chargers each being disposed between a respective one of said at least two DC choppers and said second on-board electrical system.

13. The vehicle according to claim 1 , which further comprises at least one pantograph for connection to a trackside power supply system, said at least one intermediate DC circuit being connected to said at least one pantograph.

Assignees

• Siemens Mobility GmbH

Inventors

• Stuetzle Thorsten
• Schwarzer Jens Konstantin
• Volle Rudolf-Gerhard

Classifications

• B60L50/53 Primary

  in combination with an external power supply, e.g. from overhead contact lines · CPC title

• B60L5/24

  Pantographs · CPC title

• B60L9/14

  fed from different kinds of power-supply lines · CPC title

• B60L58/20

  having different nominal voltages · CPC title

• H02J7/345

  using capacitors as storage or buffering devices · CPC title