Vehicle control system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12344128-B2
Application number	US-202117526186-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 15, 2021
Priority date	Mar 12, 2021
Publication date	Jul 1, 2025
Grant date	Jul 1, 2025

Abstract

A method and system include determining a resonant frequency of a vehicle system operably coupled with an external power source that provides voltage and current to the vehicle system. A first filter extracts a phase or a frequency component from the voltage provided by the external power source to generate a stabilizing voltage component. A second filter extracts a phase or a frequency component from the current provided by the external power source to generate a stabilizing current component. The stabilizing voltage component is out of phase with the stabilizing current component. A control input of a converter device of the vehicle system is determined based on the stabilizing voltage component, the stabilizing current component, and the resonant frequency. The stabilizing voltage component, the stabilizing current component, and the control input are communicated with the converter device to change the resonant frequency of the vehicle system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
determining a resonant frequency of a vehicle system operably coupled with an external power source, the external power source configured to provide voltage and current to the vehicle system;
forming a stabilizing voltage component from the voltage and a stabilizing current component from the current using plural filters, a first filter of the plural filters configured to extract one or more of a phase or a frequency component from the voltage provided by the external power source to generate the stabilizing voltage component, a second filter of the plural filters configured to extract one or more of a phase or a frequency component from the current provided by the external power source to generate the stabilizing current component, wherein the stabilizing voltage component is out of phase with the stabilizing current component;
determining a control input of a converter device of the vehicle system based on the stabilizing voltage component, the stabilizing current component, and the resonant frequency; and
communicating the stabilizing voltage component, the stabilizing current component, and the control input with the converter device, the stabilizing voltage component, the stabilizing current component, and the control input configured to change the resonant frequency of the vehicle system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the stabilizing voltage component is 90 degrees out of phase with the stabilizing current component.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising operating a drive system of the vehicle system with the external power source.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising changing one or more settings of one or more of the plural filters based on the resonant frequency of the vehicle system.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising communicating the stabilizing voltage component, the stabilizing current component, and the control input with another vehicle system operably coupled with the external power source.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the stabilizing voltage component and the stabilizing current component form a vector configured to change or offset a phase lag induced by at least one of the plural filters.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the resonant frequency of the vehicle system is determined responsive to another vehicle system being operably coupled with or decoupled from the external power source.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control input changes a torque generated by a drive system of the vehicle system.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control input is determined based on the stabilizing voltage component, the stabilizing current component, and the resonant frequency such that the control input, the stabilizing voltage component, and the stabilizing current component generate a responsive frequency configured to counteract the resonant frequency of the vehicle system to change the resonant frequency of the vehicle system.

10. A control system comprising:
a sensor configured to detect a resonant frequency of a vehicle system operably coupled with an external power source, the external power source configured to provide voltage and current to the vehicle system;
plural filters configured to form a stabilizing voltage component from the voltage and a stabilizing current component of the current, a first filter of the plural filters configured to extract one or more of a phase or a frequency component from the voltage provided by the external power source to generate the stabilizing voltage component, a second filter of the plural filters configured to extract one or more of a phase or a frequency component from the current provided by the external power source to generate the stabilizing current component, wherein the stabilizing voltage component is out of phase with the stabilizing current component; and
one or more processors configured to determine a control input of a converter device of the vehicle system based on the stabilizing voltage component, the stabilizing current component, and the resonant frequency,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to communicate the stabilizing voltage component, the stabilizing current component, and the control input with the converter device of the vehicle system, wherein the stabilizing voltage component, the stabilizing current component, and the control input are configured to change the resonant frequency of the vehicle system.

11. The control system of claim 10 , wherein the stabilizing voltage component is 90 degrees out of phase with the stabilizing current component.

12. The control system of claim 10 , wherein the external power source is configured to provide power to the vehicle system to operate a drive system of the vehicle system.

13. The control system of claim 10 , wherein one or more settings of one or more of the first filter or the second filter are configured to change based on the resonant frequency of the vehicle system.

14. The control system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to communicate the stabilizing voltage component, the stabilizing current component, and the control input with another vehicle system operably coupled with the external power source.

15. The control system of claim 10 , wherein the vehicle system is a hybrid vehicle system configured to be powered by at least one of the external power source or a fuel.

16. The control system of claim 10 , wherein the stabilizing voltage component and the stabilizing current component form a vector configured to change or offset a phase lag induced by at least one of the plural filters.

17. The control system of claim 10 , wherein the sensor is configured to detect the resonant frequency of the vehicle system responsive to another vehicle system being operably coupled with or decoupled from the external power source.

18. The control system of claim 10 , wherein the control input controls a torque generated by a drive system of the vehicle system.

19. The control system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine the control input based on the stabilizing voltage component, the stabilizing current component, and the resonant frequency such that the control input, the stabilizing voltage component, and the stabilizing current component generate a responsive frequency configured to counteract the resonant frequency of the vehicle system to change the resonant frequency of the vehicle system.

20. A method comprising:
determining a resonant frequency of a vehicle system operably coupled with an external power source, the external power source configured to provide voltage and current to the vehicle system;
forming a stabilizing voltage component from the voltage and a stabilizing current component from the current using plural filters, a first filter of the plural filters configured to extract one or more of a phase or a frequency component of the voltage provided by the external power source to generate the stabilizing voltage component, a second filter of the plural filters configured to extract one or more of a phase or a frequency component of the current provided by the external power source to generate the stabilizing current component, wherein the stabilizing voltage component is 90 degrees out of phase with the stabilizing current component;
determining a control input of a converter device of the vehicle system based on the stabilizing voltage component, the stabilizing current component, and the resonant frequency; a

Assignees

• Transp Ip Holdings Llc

Inventors

• Petrak Edward Thomas
• Kumar Ajith Kuttannair
• Wolff Jeffrey John

Classifications

• B60L15/32

  Control or regulation of multiple-unit electrically-propelled vehicles · CPC title

• B60L9/00

  Electric propulsion with power supply external to the vehicle (electric propulsion for monorail vehicles, suspension vehicles or rack railways B60L13/00; in combination with batteries or fuel cells within the vehicle B60L50/53) · CPC title

• H02J3/01

  Arrangements for reducing harmonics or ripples · CPC title

• B60M3/00

  Feeding power to supply lines in contact with collector on vehicles; Arrangements for consuming regenerative power (controlling rail vehicles by varying voltage of power fed to vehicle B60L; power distribution in general H02J) · CPC title

• B60L50/53

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