System and method for controlling compressor of cold-start vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020031202-A1
Application number	US-201816174717-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 30, 2018
Priority date	Jul 24, 2018
Publication date	Jan 30, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A system for controlling a compressor may include an engine controller that controls a fuel injection amount corresponding to an engine load and an opening amount of a throttle by reflecting a required torque required for an air conditioner (A/C), an operation information detector for detecting operation information according to driving state of the vehicle, a compressor that generates pressure during operation of the A/C, an air conditioner relay which is turned on when the air conditioner operates and is turned off when the A/C is stopped, and a controller which determines an engine negative pressure of an intake manifold, and when the cooling water temperature is lower than the predetermined temperature and the intake manifold pressure is lower than the first threshold value, a cold-start intake manifold negative pressure insufficient event is generated to reduce the A/C duty in accordance with the entry into a negative pressure recovery mode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system for controlling a compressor of a cold-start vehicle, comprising:
an engine control unit (ECU) that controls a fuel injection amount corresponding to an engine load and an opening amount of a throttle according to a required torque required for an air conditioner (A/C); an operation information detector for detecting operation information according to driving state of the cold-start vehicle; a compressor that generates pressure through operation of a piston in a cylinder utilizing power of an engine during operation of the air conditioner; an air conditioner relay which is turned on when the air conditioner operates and is turned off when the air conditioner is stopped in a response to an operation signal of the ECU; and a controller which is connected to the ECU and determines an engine negative pressure of an intake manifold stored in a brake booster at a value obtained by subtracting the engine negative pressure from atmospheric pressure detected by the operation information detector, and when a cooling water temperature is lower than a predetermined temperature and an intake manifold negative pressure is lower than a first threshold value during operation of the air conditioner, a cold-start intake manifold negative pressure insufficient event is generated to reduce an A/C duty of the compressor in accordance with an entry into a negative pressure recovery mode.

2 . The system for controlling the compressor of the cold-start vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the compressor includes a pressure regulator for regulating an operation rate of the piston by changing an angle of a swash plate in accordance with an A/C duty control signal applied from the controller.

3 . The system for controlling the compressor of the cold-start vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the operation information detector detects at least one operation information among an air conditioner operation state, a vehicle speed, the atmospheric pressure, an inflation pressure, an accelerator pedal operation state, a brake operation state, a sea level, a road inclination, a timer, and a coolant temperature.

4 . The system for controlling the compressor of the cold-start vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller determines as the cold-start intake manifold negative pressure insufficient event for a first predetermined time when an accelerator pedal is not in operation, a coolant temperature is lower than a predetermined temperature, a vehicle speed is lower than a predetermined vehicle speed at which the cold-start vehicle is not completely stopped, and the intake manifold negative pressure is below the first threshold value at which the intake manifold negative pressure is insufficient.

5 . The system for controlling the compressor of the cold-start vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the controller enters the negative pressure recovery mode and changes the compressor to a minimum A/C duty when a predetermined number of times that an air conditioner relay operation signal is turned off after the air conditioner relay operation signal is turned on within a first set time set as the cold-start negative pressure insufficient event is repeated.

6 . The system for controlling the compressor of the cold-start vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the controller releases the cold-start negative pressure insufficient event when the coolant temperature rises to a predetermined coolant temperature or higher within a first set time set by the cold-start negative pressure insufficient event.

7 . The system for controlling the compressor of the cold-start vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the controller releases A/C duty reduction control of the compressor when a second set time has elapsed after entering the negative pressure recovery mode.

8 . The system for controlling the compressor of the cold-start vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller restricts the entry into the negative pressure recovery mode when the cold-start vehicle is in a mounting state at a predetermined inclination or more or at a highland higher than a predetermined altitude.

9 . The system for controlling the compressor of the cold-start vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller performs control of the required torque to determine a required torque reduction amount of the compressor with an A/C duty reduction control of the compressor and send the determined required torque reduction amount to the ECU.

10 . The system for controlling the compressor of the cold-start vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the ECU reduces a fuel injection quantity to control the throttle to close upon receiving the required torque from the controller in accordance with the entry into the negative pressure recovery mode.

11 . A method for controlling a compressor of a cold-start vehicle, comprising:
a) controlling, by a controller, the compressor with a set basic air conditioner (A/C) duty when the cold-start vehicle is turned on and an air conditioner of the cold-start vehicle is operated; b) determining, by the controller, a negative pressure of an intake manifold stored in a brake booster at a value obtained by collecting operation information and subtracting an intake manifold pressure from atmospheric pressure; c) generating, by the controller, a cold-start intake manifold negative pressure insufficient event during a first set time when a coolant temperature is lower than a predetermined temperature and the negative pressure is lower than a first threshold value; and d) reducing, by the controller, the A/C duty of the compressor in accordance with an entry into a negative pressure recovery mode when an air conditioner relay operation signal is turned on and then turned off within the first set time is repeated a predetermined number of times.

12 . The method for controlling the compressor of the cold-start vehicle of claim 11 , wherein, in the step c), generating the cold-start intake manifold negative pressure insufficient event when an accelerator pedal is not operated on a basis of the operation information and the cold-start vehicle further satisfies a running condition at a low speed lower than a predetermined vehicle speed at which the cold-start vehicle is not completely stopped.

13 . The method for controlling the compressor of the cold-start vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the step c) includes generating a corresponding event holding signal for the first set time at a same time as the cold-start intake manifold negative pressure insufficient event and monitoring an operation signal of an air conditioner relay.

14 . The method for controlling the compressor of the cold-start vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the step c) includes releasing the cold-start negative pressure insufficient event when the coolant temperature rises to a predetermined coolant temperature or higher within the first set time set by the cold-start negative pressure insufficient event.

15 . The method for controlling the compressor of the cold-start vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the step d) includes generating a hold signal of the negative pressure recovery mode for a second set time to restrict the compressor from operating in the basic A/C duty.

16 . The method for controlling the compressor of the cold-start vehicle of claim 15 , wherein the step d) includes performing negative pressure recovery control with a minimum A/C duty at which the basic A/C duty is reduced in accordance with the entry into the negative pressure recovery mode.

17 . The method for controlling the compressor of the cold-start vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the step d) includes performing control of

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Jung Tae Hun
• Seo Jeong Sik
• Moon Jaeyeon

Classifications

• F02D41/064

  at cold start (F02D41/067 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F02D2200/70

  said parameters being related to the vehicle exterior · CPC title

• F02D2250/41

  Control to generate negative pressure in the intake manifold, e.g. for fuel vapor purging or brake booster · CPC title

• B60H1/3208 Primary

  Vehicle drive related control of the compressor drive means, e.g. for fuel saving purposes · CPC title

• F02D2200/0406

  Intake manifold pressure · CPC title