VEHICULAR POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND POWER GENERATION CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME
First Claim
1. A vehicular power generation system comprising:
- a generator which is driven by an internal combustion engine and performs power generation;
a battery which is charged by power generation electric power of said generator; and
a power generation control device which reduces the amount of fuel to be consumed for power generation of said internal combustion engine,wherein said power generation control device includes;
a unit which sets an operating range that is small in the amount of fuel to be consumed for an increase in torque of said internal combustion engine;
a setting unit of power generation electric power which calculates a target value of power generation current with high power generation efficiency according to rotation speed and power generation voltage of said generator, and sets electric power with high power generation efficiency to a target value of power generation electric power; and
a control unit which controls so that the amount of power generation of said generator is the target value of power generation electric power when an operating point of said internal combustion engine is in the operating range.
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Abstract
A vehicular power generation system includes: a battery which is charged by power generation electric power of a generator that is driven by an internal combustion engine; and a power generation control device which reduces the amount of fuel to be consumed for power generation of the internal combustion engine. The power generation control device includes: a unit which sets an operating range that is small in the amount of fuel to be consumed for an increase in torque of the internal combustion engine; a unit which sets electric power with high power generation efficiency to a target value of power generation electric power according to rotation speed and power generation voltage of the generator; and a unit which controls so that the amount of power generation of the generator is a target value when the operating point of the internal combustion engine is in the operating range.
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11 Claims
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1. A vehicular power generation system comprising:
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a generator which is driven by an internal combustion engine and performs power generation; a battery which is charged by power generation electric power of said generator; and a power generation control device which reduces the amount of fuel to be consumed for power generation of said internal combustion engine, wherein said power generation control device includes; a unit which sets an operating range that is small in the amount of fuel to be consumed for an increase in torque of said internal combustion engine; a setting unit of power generation electric power which calculates a target value of power generation current with high power generation efficiency according to rotation speed and power generation voltage of said generator, and sets electric power with high power generation efficiency to a target value of power generation electric power; and a control unit which controls so that the amount of power generation of said generator is the target value of power generation electric power when an operating point of said internal combustion engine is in the operating range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A power generation control method for a vehicular power generation system including:
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a generator which is driven by an internal combustion engine and performs power generation; a battery which is charged by power generation electric power of said generator; and a power generation control device which reduces the amount of fuel to be consumed for power generation of said internal combustion engine, the power generation control method comprising; a first step which detects an operating point of the internal combustion engine based on rotation speed and torque (or an equivalent for torque); a second step which determines whether or not the detected operating point is in an operating range for performing combustion power generation, the operating range being an operating range that is small in the amount of fuel to be consumed for power generation; a third step which calculates a target value of power generation current with high power generation efficiency according to rotation speed and power generation voltage of said generator, and sets a target value of power generation electric power which operates said generator efficiently; a fourth step which determines whether or not the rotation speed of said generator is in a rotation speed range with high power generation efficiency according to the target value of power generation electric power set in the third step; a fifth step which calculates power generation current of said generator; a sixth step which sets regulating voltage based on a deviation between the target value of power generation current calculated in the third step and the power generation current calculated in the fifth step; and a seventh step which controls the amount of power generation of said generator based on the set regulating voltage. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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