Hybrid work machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9550413-B2
Application number	US-201314650417-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2013
Priority date	Jul 24, 2013
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

Abstract

A hybrid work machine includes: an engine; a generator motor; a storage battery; a motor; a transformer; a target engine speed calculation unit configured to calculate a target engine speed based on at least an engine load and an output state of the generator motor; a generation control unit configured to output a generator requesting minimum engine speed; an engine controlling target engine speed calculation unit configured to calculate and output an engine controlling target engine speed based on the target engine speed and the generator requesting minimum engine speed; an engine control unit configured to control an engine speed based on the engine controlling target engine speed; and an assist control unit configured to set the target engine speed to the generator controlling target engine speed and control engine assist based on the generator controlling target engine speed and the generator motor speed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hybrid work machine, comprising:
an engine;
a generator motor connected to a drive shaft of the engine;
a storage battery configured to store power generated by the generator motor and supply power to the generator motor;
a motor configured to be driven by at least one of power generated by the generator motor and power stored in the storage battery;
a transformer disposed between the storage battery and both the generator motor and the motor;
a pump controller configured to calculate a target engine speed based on at least an engine load and an output state of the generator motor, to calculate and output an engine controlling target engine speed based on the target engine speed and a generator requesting minimum engine speed, and to set a generator controlling target engine speed to a value equal to the target engine speed and output the generator controlling target engine speed;
a hybrid controller configured to output the generator requesting minimum engine speed, which is a minimum engine speed to secure generation power of the storage battery, in accordance with a storage state of the storage battery and a generator motor speed, the hybrid controller further configured to control engine assist based on the generator controlling target engine speed and the generator motor speed; and
an engine controller configured to control an engine speed based on the engine controlling target engine speed.

2. A hybrid work machine, comprising:
an engine;
a generator motor connected to a drive shaft of the engine;
a storage battery configured to store power generated by the generator motor and supply power to the generator motor;
a motor configured to be driven by at least one of power generated by the generator motor and power stored in the storage battery;
a transformer disposed between the storage battery and both the generator motor and the motor;
a pump controller configured to calculate a target engine speed based on at least an engine load and an output state of the generator motor, and to calculate and output an engine controlling target engine speed based on the target engine speed and the generator requesting minimum engine speed, the pump controller including an output processing unit which is configured to output a generator controlling target engine speed;
a hybrid controller configured to output a generator requesting minimum engine speed, which is a minimum engine speed to secure generation power of the storage battery, in accordance with a storage state of the storage battery and a generator motor speed, the hybrid controller further configured to control engine assist based on the generator controlling target engine speed, and a generator motor speed; and
an engine controller configured to control an engine speed based on the engine controlling target engine speed,
wherein the output processing unit is configured to output the target engine speed as the generator controlling target engine speed at a time the generator requesting minimum engine speed exceeds the target engine speed; voltage of the storage battery exceeds predetermined voltage; a transformer temperature exceeds a predetermined transformer temperature; and a storage battery temperature exceeds a predetermined storage battery temperature, and
to output a higher engine speed out of the generator requesting minimum engine speed and the target engine speed as the generator controlling target engine speed at a time: the voltage of the storage battery does not exceed the predetermined voltage; the transformer temperature does not exceed the predetermined transformer temperature; or the storage battery temperature does not exceed the predetermined storage battery temperature.

3. The hybrid work machine according to claim 2 , wherein
the pump controller calculates, as a target engine speed, an engine speed at an intersection point between a matching route and a target engine output setting line that specifies target engine output in a torque chart relative to an engine speed, the matching route preliminarily setting a target matching point passing an area on the torque chart having good fuel efficiency when the engine speed becomes high due to increase of engine output.

4. The hybrid work machine according to claim 2 , wherein
a voltage conversion ratio of the transformer is same as a ratio of number of turns between number of coil turns on a side to be an input side and number of coil turns on a side to be an output side.

5. The hybrid work machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the pump controller calculates, as a target engine speed, an engine speed at an intersection point between a matching route and a target engine output setting line that specifies target engine output in a torque chart relative to an engine speed, the matching route preliminarily setting a target matching point passing an area on the torque chart having good fuel efficiency when the engine speed becomes high due to increase of engine output.

6. The hybrid work machine according to claim 1 , wherein
a voltage conversion ratio of the transformer is same as a ratio of number of turns between number of coil turns on a side to be an input side and number of coil turns on a side to be an output side.

7. The hybrid work machine according to claim 3 , wherein
a voltage conversion ratio of the transformer is same as a ratio of number of turns between number of coil turns on a side to be an input side and number of coil turns on a side to be an output side.

8. The hybrid work machine according to claim 5 , wherein
a voltage conversion ratio of the transformer is same as a ratio of number of turns between number of coil turns on a side to be an input side and number of coil turns on a side to be an output side.

Assignees

• Komatsu Mfg Co Ltd

Inventors

• Take Hiroaki

Classifications

• B60W2510/246

  Temperature · CPC title

• B60W2300/17

  Construction vehicles, e.g. graders, excavators · CPC title

• B60W2510/244

  Charge state · CPC title

• E02F9/2075 Primary

  of the hybrid type (for vehicles in general B60W20/00) · CPC title

• B60W10/06

  including control of combustion engines · CPC title