Torque Command Generation Device

• US 20160109328A1
• Filed: 04/21/2014
• Published: 04/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meidensha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Meidensha Corporation
• Inventors: AKIYAMA, Takao, KANKE, Masayasu, NISHIHARA, Masami, KAWAKUBO, Kenji
• Granted Patent: US 9,689,774 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/10 using propulsion power supplied by engine-driven generators, e.g. generators driven by combustion engines
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 13/025 Test-benches with rotational drive means and loading means; Load or drive simulation
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 15/044 by monitoring power, e.g. by operating the engine with one of the ignitions interrupted; by using acceleration tests
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 31/00 Arrangements for regulating or controlling electric motors not provided for in groups H02P1/00 - H02P5/00, H02P7/00 or H02P21/00 - H02P29/00
• 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

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a torque command generation device for generating a motor-generated-torque command that makes it possible to maximize excitation force while ensuring necessary acceleration, and the like, within a limited motor torque range. A torque command generation device is provided with: a maximum torque calculation unit for calculating, according to a motor speed, a maximum torque value for a motor-generated-torque-command signal value; a DC component limiter for calculating a DC signal value; a surplus amplitude calculation unit for calculating a surplus amplitude by subtracting the maximum torque value from the sum of the DC component value; a sine-wave transmitter for generating a sine wave having an amplitude obtained by subtracting the surplus amplitude from a base amplitude; and a summing unit for calculating the motor-generated-torque-command signal value.

Claims

1. A torque command generation device that generates a motor-generated-torque command signal for driving a motor in a drivetrain test system for generating a torque imitating an engine of a vehicle with a motor connected to a shaft of a drivetrain of the vehicle, the device comprising:

a limit value calculation unit for calculating a limit value for a value of the motor-generated-torque command signal according to a revolution speed of the motor;

a DC signal generation unit for generating a DC signal;

an AC signal generation unit for generating an AC signal; and

a compositing unit for compositing the DC signal and the AC signal to generate the motor-generated-torque command signal,

wherein the AC signal generation unit includes;

a surplus amplitude calculation unit for calculating a surplus amplitude by subtracting the limit value from a sum of a value of the DC signal and a predetermined base amplitude; and

a transmission unit for generating the AC signal of an amplitude obtained by subtracting the surplus amplitude from the base amplitude,

wherein the AC signal generation unit generates the AC signal of an amplitude such that the value of the motor-generated-torque command signal does not exceed the limit value, by using the surplus amplitude calculation unit and the transmission unit.

3. The torque command generation device according to claim 1,

wherein the AC signal generation unit further includes a limit amplitude calculation unit for calculating a limit amplitude according to a frequency of the AC signal, and

wherein the transmission unit generates the AC signal of the smaller amplitude among the limit amplitude and an amplitude obtained by subtracting the surplus amplitude from the base amplitude.

2. (canceled)

4. A torque command generation device that generates a motor-generated-torque command signal for driving a motor in a drivetrain test system for generating a torque imitating an engine of a vehicle with a motor connected to a shaft of a drivetrain of the vehicle, the device comprising:

a limit value calculation unit for calculating a limit value for a value of the motor-generated-torque command signal according to a revolution speed of the motor;

a DC signal generation unit for generating a DC signal;

an AC signal generation unit for generating an AC signal; and

a compositing unit for compositing the DC signal and the AC signal to generate the motor-generated-torque command signal,

wherein the AC signal generation unit includes;

a base signal generation unit for generating a base AC signal;

a multiplying unit for generating the AC signal by multiplying a predetermined amplitude attenuation coefficient by a value of the base AC signal; and

a surplus amplitude limiting unit for determining the amplitude attenuation coefficient so that there is no deviation between a maximum value of the motor-generated-torque command signal and the limit value,

wherein the AC signal generation unit generates the AC signal of an amplitude such that the value of the motor-generated-torque command signal does not exceed the limit value, by using the base signal generation unit, the multiplying unit, and the surplus amplitude limiting unit.

5. The torque command generation device according to claim 4, wherein the AC signal generation unit includes:

a frequency component detection unit for detecting a frequency component of the motor-generated-torque command signal;

a limit amplitude calculation unit for calculating a limit amplitude according to the frequency of the motor-generated-torque command signal;

a limit ratio calculation unit for calculating a ratio of amplitude detected by the frequency component detection unit relative to the limit amplitude calculated by the limit amplitude calculation unit for each of a plurality of different frequencies; and

a limit amplitude limiting unit for determining the amplitude attenuation coefficient so that the largest ratio among a plurality of ratios calculated by the limit ratio calculation unit becomes a predetermined target value.

6. A torque command generation device that generates a motor-generated-torque command signal for driving a motor in a drivetrain test system for generating a torque imitating an engine of a vehicle with a motor connected to a shaft of a drivetrain of the vehicle, the device comprising:

a base value calculation unit for calculating positive and negative torque limit base values for the motor-generated-torque command signal according to a revolution speed of the motor;

a correction unit for correcting the positive and negative torque limit base values and calculating positive and negative torque limit values; and

a torque command generating unit for generating the motor generated torque command signal by discarding larger values than the positive torque limit value and smaller values than the negative torque limit value from a base signal including a DC component and AC component,

wherein the correction unit, in a case of a surplus occurring in the base signal relative to either one sign of the positive and negative torque limit base values, corrects to the torque limit base value of the opposite sign to a smaller absolute value.

7. The torque command generation device according to claim 6,

wherein, in a case of a surplus occurring in the base signal relative to either one sign of the positive and negative torque limit base values, the correction unit corrects the torque limit base value of the opposite sign by adding a value obtained by subtracting the torque limit base value of one sign from the sum of a value of a DC component of the base signal and an extreme value of the base signal on a side of the one sign, to the torque limit base value of the opposite sign.