CHARGING/DISCHARGING CONTROL APPARATUS

• US 20130200845A1
• Filed: 01/04/2013
• Published: 08/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
• Inventors: BITO, Seiji
• Application Number:
  US13/733,929
• Publication Number:
  US 20130200845A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/109
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00306 Overdischarge protection
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0042 characterised by the mechanical construction
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/007194 of the battery

Abstract

A hybrid electric vehicle 1 has a battery state detecting unit for detecting a temperature and SOC of a battery pack, a storage unit for storing a first target SOC calculation map in which a battery temperature and a target SOC which enables regenerative power generation at that battery temperature are associated with each other, and a second target SOC calculation map in which a battery temperature and a target SOC which enables startup of an internal combustion engine at that battery temperature are associated with each other, and a charging/discharging control unit for acquiring a target SOC which corresponds to the detected battery temperature based on the first target SOC calculation map or the second target SOC calculation map to control charging/discharging so that the detected SOC matches the acquired target SOC.

Claims

1. A charging/discharging control apparatus for controlling charging/discharging of a battery in a vehicle having a first motor connected to an internal combustion engine to start the internal combustion engine and driven by the internal combustion engine to generate power, a battery for storing the power from the first motor, and a second motor connected to the drive wheels to drive the drive wheels with the power from the first motor or the battery and to generate a braking force at the drive wheels for regenerative power generation,

the charging/discharging control unit comprising:

a temperature detecting unit for detecting a temperature of the battery;

an SOC detecting unit for detecting a State Of Charge of the battery;

a storage unit for storing a first map in which a battery temperature and a target SOC for enabling the regenerative power generation at the battery temperature are associated with each other, and a second map in which the battery temperature and a target SOC for enabling startup of the internal combustion engine at the battery temperature are associated with each other; and

a charging/discharging control unit for acquiring the target SOC associated with the battery temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit based on the first map or the second map, and for controlling charging/discharging so that the SOC detected by the SOC detecting unit matches the acquired target SOC.

2. The charging/discharging control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an internal combustion engine startup prohibiting unit for prohibiting the startup of the internal combustion engine at the time of a low SOC,

wherein the internal combustion engine startup prohibiting unit acquires the target SOC associated with the battery temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit based on the first map or the second map, and allows the startup of the internal combustion engine when charging by the charging/discharging control is performed so that the SOC detected by the SOC detecting unit matches the acquired target SOC.

3. The charging/discharging control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

between said first map and said second map, there is a part having a relationship in which the target SOC of the first map becomes larger than the target SOC of the second map,

the storage unit further stores a third map in which the battery temperature and a target SOC smaller than the target SOC of the first map and larger than the target SOC of the second map are associated with each other, and

the charging/discharging control unit controls charging/discharging to acquire the target SOC associated with the battery temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit based on the third map, so that the SOC detected by the SOC detecting unit matches the acquired target SOC, when the SOC detected by the SOC detecting unit is smaller than the target SOC of the first map and is larger than the target SOC of the second map.

4. The charging/discharging control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the first map and the second map intersect so that the target SOC of the first map becomes smaller than the target SOC of the second map in a first temperature region where the battery temperature is low, and the target SOC of the first map becomes larger than the target SOC of the second map in a second temperature region where the battery temperature is higher than the first temperature region, and

in the third map, the battery temperature of the second temperature region and the target SOC smaller than the target SOC of the first map and is larger than the target SOC of the second map are associated with each other.