CHARGING DEVICE FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE AND VEHICLE MOUNTED WITH THE SAME

• US 20140125281A1
• Filed: 06/21/2011
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Mitsutani, Noritake
• Application Number:
  US14/127,434
• Publication Number:
  US 20140125281A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/109
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/003 to auxiliary motors, e.g. for pumps, compressors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 15/2009 for braking
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/10 DC to DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/30 AC to DC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/40 DC to AC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2220/14 Synchronous machines
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/34 Cabin temperature
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/423 Torque
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/545 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/547 Voltage
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/549 Current
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/662 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/80 Time limits
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/14 by input of vehicle departure time
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/44 by parameter estimation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/46 by self learning
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/58 Departure time prediction
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/0046 relating to electric energy storage systems, e.g. batteries or capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/04 Cutting off the power supply under fault conditions protective devices and circuit arrangements in general H01H; H02H
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/12 Recording operating variables ; Monitoring of operating variables
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/16 : with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 : Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/16 : responding to battery ageing, e.g. to the number of charging cycles or the state of health [SoH]
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/40 : for controlling a combination of batteries and fuel cells
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 7/14 : for vehicles propelled by ac motors
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/48 : Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/20 : Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/48 : for electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/007182 : in response to battery voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/04 : Regulation of charging current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 : Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/64 : Electric machine technologies in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 : Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 : Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 : Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 : Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 : Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 : Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/40 : Application of hydrogen technology to transportation, e.g. using fuel cells

Abstract

A vehicle includes a power storage device, an electric power feeding device, and an ECU, with the power storage device chargeable with electric power from an external power supply. The ECU sets a charging start time using an estimated charging time in accordance with a scheduled charging end time which is input by a user, and uses the electric power feeding device to start a charging operation of charging the power storage device in response to the fact that the charging start time is reached. The ECU performs learning control for a parameter relevant to a factor which affects estimation of the charging time, and estimates the charging time using a learned value of the parameter under the learning control. In this way, the accuracy in estimation of the charging time can be enhanced.

Claims

1. A charging device for charging a power storage device, comprising:

an electric power feeding device configured to feed charging power to the power storage device, using electric power from a power supply; and

a control device configured to set a charging start time using an estimated charging time in accordance with a charging end time which is input by a user, and to cause the electric power feeding device to perform a charging operation of charging the power storage device,

the control device configured to perform learning control for a parameter relevant to a factor which affects estimation of the charging time, and to estimate the charging time using a learned value of the parameter under the learning control,

the parameter including a parameter relevant to a state of degradation of a charging capacity of the power storage device, and the parameter being determined based on a reference amount of electric power with which the power storage device in a state of charge before start of a charging operation is chargeable, and an actual amount of electric power with which the power storage device could be charged actually.

3. The charging device according to claim 1, wherein

the reference amount of electric power is a variation in amount of electric power with which the power storage device is charged, between the state of charge before start of a charging operation and a theoretical charging capacity of the power storage device,

the parameter is defined as a ratio of the actual amount of electric power to the reference amount of electric power, and

the control device estimates the charging time, using the theoretical charging capacity, the learned value of the parameter, and charging power fed from the electric power feeding device.

8. The charging device according to claim 1, wherein the control device updates the learned value at a timing based on an end of the charging operation.

9. The charging device according to claim 8, wherein the control device updates the learned value, using an update value acquired by multiplying, by a predetermined gain, a difference between the learned value of the parameter used for estimation of the charging time and a parameter calculated from a result of an actual charging operation.

10. The charging device according to claim 9, wherein when an absolute value of the difference is smaller than a threshold value, the control device does not update the learned value.

11. The charging device according to claim 9, wherein when the updated learned value is larger than an upper limit defining a predetermined allowable range, the control device sets the updated learned value to the upper limit.

12. The charging device according to claim 9, wherein when the updated learned value is smaller than a lower limit defining a predetermined allowable range, the control device sets the updated learned value to the lower limit.

2. (canceled)

4. A charging device for charging a power storage device, comprising:

an electric power feeding device configured to feed charging power to the power storage device, using electric power from a power supply; and

a control device configured to set a charging start time using an estimated charging time in accordance with a charging end time which is input by a user, and to cause the electric power feeding device to perform a charging operation of charging the power storage device,

the control device configured to perform learning control for a parameter relevant to a factor which affects estimation of the charging time, and to estimate the charging time using a learned value of the parameter under the learning control,

the parameter including a parameter relevant to charging efficiency of the power storage device, and

the parameter being determined based on target charging power determined from rated electric power which can be supplied by the power supply, and actual charging power which has been received by the power storage device during a charging operation.

5. The charging device according to claim 4, wherein

the target charging power is set based on the rated electric power and electric power consumed by a load of the power storage device,

the parameter is defined as a ratio of the actual charging power for a predetermined period during the charging operation, to the target charging power, and

the control device estimates the charging time, using a theoretical charging capacity of the power storage device, the learned value of the parameter, and charging power fed from the electric power feeding device.

6. A charging device for charging a power storage device, comprising:

an electric power feeding device configured to feed charging power to the power storage device, using electric power from a power supply; and

a control device configured to set a charging start time using an estimated charging time in accordance with a charging end time which is input by a user, and to cause the electric power feeding device to perform a charging operation of charging the power storage device,

the control device configured to perform learning control for a parameter relevant to a factor which affects estimation of the charging time, and to estimate the charging time using a learned value of the parameter under the learning control,

the parameter including a parameter relevant to an error in estimation of the charging time,

the parameter being defined as a difference between an estimated charging time and an actual charging time of a charging operation, and

the control device correcting the estimated charging time by adding a learned value of the parameter.

7. The charging device according to claim 6, wherein when the charging operation is stopped before completion of charging of the power storage device, the control device adopts, as the actual charging time, a sum of an actual time from start to stop of the charging operation and a predicted time to be taken for charging a remaining capacity of the power storage device.

13. A charging device for charging a power storage device, comprising:

an electric power feeding device configured to feed charging power to the power storage device, using electric power from a power supply; and

a control device configured to set a charging start time using an estimated charging time in accordance with a charging end time which is input by a user, and to cause the electric power feeding device to perform a charging operation of charging the power storage device,

the control device configured to perform learning control for a parameter relevant to a factor which affects estimation of the charging time, and estimating the charging time using a learned value of the parameter under the learning control,

the parameter including a parameter relevant to a temperature of the power storage device,

the parameter being determined based on at least one of a temperature of the power storage device when the charging end time is input and a temperature of the power storage device when the charging operation is being performed.

14. The charging device according to claim 13, wherein when the charging end time is input, the control device sets an updated learned value of the parameter to a lower one of a learned value of the parameter and the temperature of the power storage device.

15. The charging device according to claim 14, wherein the control device sets the updated learned value to a lowest value among more than one previous learned value of the parameter and the temperature of the power storage device.

16. The charging device according to claim 13, wherein the control device sets an updated learned value to a lowest temperature of the power storage device in a period for which the charging operation is being performed.

17. The charging device according to claim 13, wherein

the control device determines a first region for which the power storage device is charged with output electric power of the electric power feeding device determined in accordance with a state of charge of the power storage device, and a second region for which the power storage device is charged with charging power which is set smaller than the output electric power of the electric power feeding device based on the temperature and a state of charge of the power storage device, and the control device estimates a total charging time by calculating a first charging time for the first region and a second charging time for the second region, and sets the charging start time based on the input charging end time and the estimated total charging time, and

the power storage device has a characteristic that charging power which can be received by the power storage device is restricted to a greater extent as the temperature of the power storage device is lower.

18. A vehicle comprising:

a power storage device;

a drive device configured to generate a drive force for travel, using electric power from the power storage device;

an electric power feeding device for feeding charging power to the power storage device, using electric power from an external power supply; and

a control device configured to set a charging start time using an estimated charging time in accordance with a charging end time which is input by a user, and to cause the electric power feeding device to perform a charging operation of charging the power storage device,

the control device performing learning control for a parameter relevant to a factor which affects estimation of the charging time, and estimating the charging time using a learned value of the parameter under the learning control,

the parameter including a parameter relevant to a state of degradation of a charging capacity of the power storage device, and

the parameter being determined based on a reference amount of electric power with which the power storage device in a state of charge before start of a charging operation is chargeable, and an actual amount of electric power with which the power storage device could be charged actually.