Control method for electrical appliance in hybrid vehicle

• US 5,473,228 A
• Filed: 09/28/1994
• Issued: 12/05/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Nii, Yoshihide
• Primary Examiner(s): Ro, Bentsu
• Application Number:
  US08/313,788
• Time in Patent Office: 433 Days
• Field of Search: 318/139, 318/140, 318/141, 318/142, 318/143, 318/147, 318/157, 318/158, 290/9, 290/10, 290/11, 290/14, 290/15, 290/17, 290/40 R, 290/51, 322/17, 322/21, 322/22, 322/23, 322/24, 322/25, 364/424.05
• US Class Current: 318/158
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/004 for vehicles having a combustion engine and electric drive means, e.g. hybrid electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/3208 Vehicle drive related control of the compressor drive means, e.g. for fuel saving purposes
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/46 Series type
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/61 by batteries charged by engine-driven generators, e.g. series hybrid electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/06 including control of combustion engines
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/08 including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/30 including control of auxiliary equipment, e.g. air-conditioning compressors or oil pumps
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/00 Control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles hybrid vehicle design, B60K6/00; electric vehicles B60L
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 20/15 Control strategies specially adapted for achieving a particular effect
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• 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: Y10S 903/903 having energy storing means, e.g. battery, capacitor

Abstract

A control method for an electrical appliance in a hybrid vehicle. When the electric appliance is connected, the output of the engine is maintained by reducing the output of the generator by the equivalent of the power consumed by the electric appliance while maintaining the revolution speed of the engine. The revolution speed of the engine is then gradually increased by adjusting the field current of the generator while monitoring the output of the generator. When the output of the engine is increased by the power consumed by the electric appliance, the engine is operated at a constant revolution speed and a constant output at the operation point on the output line of the engine with WOT. Thus, the engine is prevented from stopping due to a rapid increase in the load. Owing to a gentle change in the output, the emission is favorable. Since the output of the engine does not deviate from the output line of the engine with WOT (wide open throttle), the fuel consumption is also good.

Claims

1. A control method for an electrical appliance in a hybrid vehicle having a motor for generating a driving power for said vehicle, a generator which can control a field current and which supplies the generated driving power to said motor, and an engine for rotating said generator and driving said electrical appliance, said method comprising:

a first step of varying the field current of said generator at the time of starting said electrical appliance so as to reduce the output of said generator by the equivalent of the output which is supplied from said engine to said electrical appliance while maintaining the revolution speed of said engine;

a second step of gradually increasing the revolution speed of said engine by varying the field current of said generator while comparing the output of said generator with the a gradually increasing target thereof; and

a third step of operating said engine at a constant revolution speed and a constant output at the point of time where the output of said generator has reached an increased target.

2. A control method for an electrical appliance according to claim 1, further comprising:

a fourth step of varying the field current of said generator at the time of stopping said electrical appliance so as to increase the output of said generator by the equivalent of the output which is supplied from said engine to said electrical appliance while maintaining the revolution speed of said engine;

a fifth step of gradually decreasing the revolution speed of said engine by varying the field current of said generator while comparing the output of said generator with a gradually decreasing target thereof; and

a sixth step of operating the engine at a constant revolution speed and a constant output at the point of time where the output of said generator has reached a decreased target.

3. A control method for an electrical appliance according to claim 1, wherein said field current is varied at the first step by setting a reference revolution speed of said engine and controlling the duty ratio of the field current in accordance with a signal with the duty ratio modulated on the basis of the difference between the revolution speed of said engine and said reference revolution speed thereof.

4. A control method for an electrical appliance according to claim 1, wherein said field current is varied at the second step by repeating the operation of minutely varying a reference revolution speed of said engine and the operation of controlling the duty ratio of the field current in accordance with a signal with the duty ratio modulated on the basis of the difference between the revolution speed of said engine and said reference revolution speed thereof.

5. A control method for an electrical appliance according to claim 2, wherein said field current is varied at the fifth step by setting a reference revolution speed of said engine and controlling the duty ratio of the field current in accordance with a signal with the duty ratio modulated on the basis of the difference between the revolution speed of said engine and said reference revolution speed thereof.

6. A control method for an electrical appliance according to claim 2, wherein said field current is varied at the fourth step by repeating the operation of minutely varying a reference revolution speed of said engine and the operation of controlling the duty ratio of the field current in accordance with a signal with the duty ratio modulated on the basis of the difference between the revolution speed of said engine and said reference revolution speed thereof.

7. A control method for an electrical appliance according to claim 1, wherein said field current is varied at the first and second steps with reference to a map which shows the relationship between the revolution speed of said engine, and the output and the field current of said generator.

8. A control method for an electrical appliance according to claim 2, wherein said field current is varied at the fourth and fifth steps with reference to a map which shows the relationship between the revolution speed of said engine, and the output and the field current of said generator.

9. A control method for an electrical appliance in a hybrid vehicle having a motor for generating driving power for said vehicle, a generator which can control a field current and which supplies the generated driving power to said motor, and an engine for rotating said generator and driving said electrical appliance, said method comprising:

a first step of varying the field current of said generator at the time of stopping said electrical appliance so as to increase the output of said generator by the equivalent of the output which is supplied from said engine to said electrical appliance while maintaining the revolution speed of said engine;

a second step of gradually decreasing the revolution speed of said engine by varying the field current of said generator while comparing the output of said generator with a gradually decreasing target thereof; and

a third step of operating the engine at a constant revolution speed and a constant output at the point of time where the output of said generator has reached a decreased target.

10. A control method for an electrical appliance according to claim 9, wherein said field current is varied at the second step by setting a reference revolution speed of said engine and controlling the duty ratio of the field current in accordance with a signal with the duty ratio modulated on the basis of the difference between the revolution speed of said engine and said reference revolution speed thereof.

11. A control method for an electrical appliance according to claim 9, wherein said field current is varied at the first step by repeating the operation of minutely varying a reference revolution speed of said engine and the operation of controlling the duty ratio of the field current in accordance with a signal with the duty ratio modulated on the basis of the difference between the revolution speed of said engine and said reference revolution speed thereof.

12. A control method for an electrical appliance according to claim 9, wherein said field current is varied at the first and second steps with reference to a map which shows the relationship between the revolution speed of said engine, and the output and the field current of said generator.

13. A control method for an electrical appliance in a hybrid vehicle having a motor for generating driving power for said vehicle, a generator which can control a field current and which supplies the generated driving power to said motor, and an engine for rotating said generator and driving said electrical appliance, said method comprising:

a first step of varying the field current of said generator at the time of starting said electrical appliance so as to reduce the output of said generator by the equivalent of the output which is supplied from said engine to said electrical appliance while maintaining the revolution speed of said engine;

an second step of gradually increasing the output of said engine while maintaining the revolution speed of said engine and comparing the output of said generator with a gradually increasing target thereof; and

a third step of operating the engine at a constant revolution speed and a constant output at the point of time where the output of said generator has reached an increased target.

14. A control method for an electrical appliance according to claim 13, further comprising:

a fourth step of varying the field current of said generator at the time of stopping said electrical appliance so as to increase the output of said generator by the equivalent of the output which is supplied from said engine to said electrical appliance while maintaining the revolution speed of said engine;

an fifth step of gradually decreasing the output of said engine while maintaining the revolution speed of said engine and comparing the output of said generator with a gradually decreasing target thereof; and

a sixth step of operating the engine at a constant revolution speed and a constant output at the point of time where the output of said generator has reached a decreased target.

15. A control method for an electrical appliance in a hybrid vehicle having a motor for generating driving power for said vehicle, a generator which can control a field current and which supplies the generated driving power to said motor, and an engine for rotating said generator and driving said electrical appliance, said method comprising:

a first step of varying the field current of said generator at the time of stopping said electrical appliance so as to increase the output of said generator by the equivalent of the output which is supplied from said engine to said electrical appliance while maintaining the revolution speed of said engine;

an second step of gradually decreasing the output of said engine while maintaining the revolution speed of said engine and comparing the output of said generator with a gradually decreasing target thereof; and

a third step of operating the engine at a constant revolution speed and a constant output at the point of time where the output of said generator has reached a decreased target.