Methods and systems for turbocharger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12404801-B2
Application number	US-202418662770-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2024
Priority date	Feb 1, 2022
Publication date	Sep 2, 2025
Grant date	Sep 2, 2025

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for a turbocharger. In one example, a method includes adjusting one or more of a wastegate position and a position of vanes with operation of a turbocharger to reach a desired turbocharger speed via a controller. The method further includes adjusting engine operating parameters to reach the desired turbocharger speed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a turbocharger comprising a turbine wheel, wastegate and an electric motor, the turbocharger being couplable to an engine configured to produce power, wherein the turbine wheel comprises a plurality of vanes coupled to a nozzle ring, and wherein the plurality of vanes is pivotably adjustable, between a fully open position and a fully closed position, along a central axis relative to the nozzle ring; and
a controller comprising a non-transitory memory unit, configured to store instructions thereon, when executed cause the controller to:
detect a wheel slip of an axle of a vehicle that is driven by the power produced by the engine;
adjust operation of the turbocharger responsive to the wheel slip being detected, wherein the adjusted operation of the turbocharger comprises, when the wheel slip of the axle is detected, adjusting a wastegate position of the wastegate and pivotably adjusting the plurality of vanes relative to the nozzle ring until the wheel slip of the axle is less than a threshold percentage of wheel slip.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a bypass valve coupled to a bypass passage, wherein the bypass valve comprises an actuator; and
the instructions, when executed further cause the controller to:
adjust the actuator of the bypass valve based on the wheel slip of the axle, wherein the actuator diverts an airflow into the bypass passage away from the engine.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed further cause the controller to:
determine a target rotational speed of the turbocharger based on at least one of: determined torque, engine power, or the wheel slip of the vehicle, or a combination thereof.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the instructions, when executed further cause the controller to:
determine a rotational speed of the turbocharger;
adjust a power target of the turbocharger based on comparing the rotational speed of the turbocharger to the target rotational speed of the turbocharger, wherein the adjusted power target increases or decrease the rotational speed of the turbocharger.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the turbocharger is an e-turbocharger; and the instructions, when executed further cause the controller to: adjust the operation of the e-turbocharger and the position of the wastegate responsive to the wheel slip being detected, wherein the adjusted operation of the e-turbocharger supplies or extracts power to or from the e-turbocharger.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed further cause the controller to:
adjust a substitution rate of relative amounts of different fuels for the engine, wherein the engine is a multi-fuel engine, wherein the adjusted substitution rate is based on a current engine load.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the different fuels comprise at least one of: hydrogen fuel, ammonia fuel, or a combination thereof.

8. A method comprising:
detecting a wheel slip of an axle of a vehicle having plural axles, the vehicle comprising an engine with an alternator, and a turbocharger with an electric motor and a wastegate, wherein the turbocharger comprises a turbine wheel further comprising a plurality of vanes coupled to a nozzle ring, and wherein the plurality of vanes is pivotably adjustable, between a fully open position and a fully closed position, along a central axis relative to the nozzle ring; and
adjusting operation of the turbocharger responsive to the wheel slip being detected, wherein the adjusted operation of the turbocharger comprises, when the wheel slip of the axle is detected, adjusting a wastegate position of the wastegate and pivotably adjusting the plurality of vanes relative to the nozzle ring until the wheel slip of the axle is less than a threshold percentage of wheel slip.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
determine a target rotational speed of the turbocharger based on at least one of: determined torque, engine power, or the wheel slip of the vehicle, or a combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the adjusted operation of the turbocharger is further comprising: adjusting one or both of the wastegate position of the wastegate of the turbocharger and the position of the plurality of vanes of the turbocharger to reach the target rotational speed of the turbocharger.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
adjusting the wastegate position of the wastegate to a fully closed position.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
adjusting the wastegate position to an open position and the position of the plurality of vanes to an open position based on: a track speed being less than a lower threshold track speed or the track speed being greater than an upper threshold track speed.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
determining a rotational speed limit of a rotational speed of the turbocharger;
adjusting a power output of the engine based at least in response to the rotational speed of the turbocharger exceeding the rotational speed limit.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising: adjusting one or more of the wastegate position to a fully open position and the position of the plurality of vanes to a fully open position in response to a percentage of the wheel slip exceeding the threshold percentage of wheel slip.

15. The method of claim 8 , further comprising: supplying power to the electric motor to control a rotational speed of the turbocharger.

Assignees

• Transp Ip Holdings Llc

Inventors

• Lavertu Thomas
• Klingbeil Adam
• Mischler James

Classifications

• B60L3/106

  for maintaining or recovering the adhesion of the drive wheels · CPC title

• B60W30/18172

  Preventing, or responsive to skidding of wheels · CPC title

• F02D41/0007

  for control of turbo-charged or super-charged engines (control of the pumps per se F02B37/12) · CPC title

• F02D23/00

  Controlling engines characterised by their being supercharged · CPC title

• F02B39/10

  electric · CPC title