POWER MANAGEMENT OF A HYBRID VEHICLE
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1. A hybrid vehicle comprising:
- a drive train;
an electric power source coupled to the drive train and including an electric energy storage device having a state of charge;
a non-electric power source coupled to the drive-train; and
a control system for controlling the transfer of power from the electric power source and the non-electric power source to the drive train, the control system comprising software stored on a computer readable medium for effecting the steps of;
establishing a power split ratio between the electric power source and the non-electric power source for a defined trip route so that the state of charge reaches a defined threshold at the end of the trip route;
determining the state of charge at various points along the trip route as the vehicle proceeds along the trip route; and
recalculating the power split ratio at the various points along the trip route to ensure that the state of charge approximately reaches the defined threshold when the vehicle reaches the end of the trip route.
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Abstract
A system and method of determining and applying power split ratios to power sources within hybrid vehicles. The power split ratio is determined using a two-scale dynamic programming technique to achieve optimal state of charge depletion over the course of a trip. On the macro-scale level, a global state of charge profile is created for the entire trip. On the micro-scale level, the state of charge profile and accompanying power split ratio is recalculated at the end of each segment as the vehicle proceeds along the trip. Various trip modeling techniques are used to provide constraints for the dynamic programming.
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1. A hybrid vehicle comprising:
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a drive train; an electric power source coupled to the drive train and including an electric energy storage device having a state of charge; a non-electric power source coupled to the drive-train; and a control system for controlling the transfer of power from the electric power source and the non-electric power source to the drive train, the control system comprising software stored on a computer readable medium for effecting the steps of; establishing a power split ratio between the electric power source and the non-electric power source for a defined trip route so that the state of charge reaches a defined threshold at the end of the trip route; determining the state of charge at various points along the trip route as the vehicle proceeds along the trip route; and recalculating the power split ratio at the various points along the trip route to ensure that the state of charge approximately reaches the defined threshold when the vehicle reaches the end of the trip route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of controlling a hybrid vehicle comprising the steps of:
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retrieving trip data; determining a trip route based on the trip data; dividing the trip route into (n) segments; modeling each of the (n) segments of the trip route to determine a driving cycle along the trip route for the hybrid vehicle; determining a global state of charge profile estimating the state of charge at the end of each of the (n) segments such that the state of charge approximately reaches the defined threshold when the vehicle reaches the end of the trip route; determining a power split ratio for each of the (n) segments based on the actual state of charge at the beginning of a segment about to be traversed and the estimated state of charge at the end of the segment about to be traversed, such that the determined power split ratio causes the state of charge to approximately reach the estimated state of charge at the end of the segment about to be traversed; and applying the determined power split ratio for each of the (n) segments. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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