Power Control Unit
First Claim
1. A tracked vehicle having a motor generator which assists the driving force of the engine, a plurality of storage means, and a power control apparatus which controls charging and discharging of said plurality of storage means;
- wherein said power control apparatus comprises;
a voltage measuring means for measuring voltages of each of said storage means;
a current measuring means for measuring currents flowing through each of said storage means;
a status detecting means for detecting an operating status of each storage means, from values measured by said voltage measuring and current measuring means; and
a charging/discharging controlling means for controlling one of currents, voltages, and power according to said operating status of each storage means, to charge or discharge said storage means;
wherein,said status detecting means calculates one of an internal impedance and open circuit voltage of each storage means; and
said charging/discharging controlling means calculates a permissible charging or discharging current value of each storage means from its internal impedance, open circuit voltage, preset maximum permissible voltage and minimum permissible voltage, calculates a sum of all currents flowing through said storage means to suppress a current over the calculated permissible charging or discharging current from flowing into or out of each of said storage means, and controls the charging or discharging current to maintain the total current below the calculated total current value.
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Abstract
A power control apparatus for controlling charging and discharging of a plurality of storage devices, including a voltage measuring device for measuring voltages of the storage devices, a current measuring device for measuring currents flowing through the storage devices, a status detecting device for detecting the operating status of each of the storage devices from values measured by the voltage measuring device and the current measuring device, and a charging/discharging controlling device for controlling currents, voltages, or power according to the operating status of each storage device detected by the status detecting device to charge or discharge the storage devices.
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1. A tracked vehicle having a motor generator which assists the driving force of the engine, a plurality of storage means, and a power control apparatus which controls charging and discharging of said plurality of storage means;
- wherein said power control apparatus comprises;
a voltage measuring means for measuring voltages of each of said storage means; a current measuring means for measuring currents flowing through each of said storage means; a status detecting means for detecting an operating status of each storage means, from values measured by said voltage measuring and current measuring means; and a charging/discharging controlling means for controlling one of currents, voltages, and power according to said operating status of each storage means, to charge or discharge said storage means;
wherein,said status detecting means calculates one of an internal impedance and open circuit voltage of each storage means; and said charging/discharging controlling means calculates a permissible charging or discharging current value of each storage means from its internal impedance, open circuit voltage, preset maximum permissible voltage and minimum permissible voltage, calculates a sum of all currents flowing through said storage means to suppress a current over the calculated permissible charging or discharging current from flowing into or out of each of said storage means, and controls the charging or discharging current to maintain the total current below the calculated total current value.
- wherein said power control apparatus comprises;
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