Control system for vehicle generator and control method therefor
First Claim
1. A control system for a vehicle generator, comprising:
- an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle;
an operating unit for controlling a driving of said internal combustion engine;
driving status detecting means for detecting a driving status of said internal combustion engine by detecting at least a rotation number of said internal combustion engine, an opening of a throttle valve and a temperature of a cooling water;
intake air quantity adjusting means for adjusting a quantity of an intake air during an idling;
a generator driven by said internal combustion engine, for generating power;
an excitation coil incorporated in said generator, for controlling a generation volume;
means for driving said excitation coil;
a battery to be charged by power generated by said generator; and
means for detecting a voltage of said battery, wherein said operating unit includes;
means for setting a driving volume of said intake air quantity adjusting means;
means for calculating a target generation voltage according to a driving status of said internal combustion engine;
means for calculating driving volume (ALTDTY,
224) of said excitation coil so that a voltage of said battery comes close to said target generation voltage by comparing said target generation voltage with said battery voltage; and
means for correcting a driving volume of said intake air quantity adjusting means by a first correction volume (ISCPI,
209) based on a rotation number of said internal combustion engine and a second correction volume (EL,
210) based on a driving volume of said excitation coil and said detected driving status.
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Abstract
A method for controlling a vehicle generator, by obtaining a first correction volume of an opening of an ISC valve (ISCPI) based on a deviation of a rotation number of an internal combustion engine from a target rotation number, obtaining a driving volume of an excitation coil of a generator based on a deviation of a battery voltage from a target voltage, and obtaining a second correction volume of an opening of the ISC valve (EL) that takes account of an electrical load variation based on a driving volume of the excitation coil and a rotation number of the internal combustion engine, to obtain a driving volume of the ISC valve (ISCDTY) based on the first and second correction volumes of the opening of the ISC valve.
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28 Claims
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1. A control system for a vehicle generator, comprising:
- an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle;
an operating unit for controlling a driving of said internal combustion engine;
driving status detecting means for detecting a driving status of said internal combustion engine by detecting at least a rotation number of said internal combustion engine, an opening of a throttle valve and a temperature of a cooling water;
intake air quantity adjusting means for adjusting a quantity of an intake air during an idling;
a generator driven by said internal combustion engine, for generating power;
an excitation coil incorporated in said generator, for controlling a generation volume;
means for driving said excitation coil;
a battery to be charged by power generated by said generator; and
means for detecting a voltage of said battery, wherein said operating unit includes;means for setting a driving volume of said intake air quantity adjusting means; means for calculating a target generation voltage according to a driving status of said internal combustion engine; means for calculating driving volume (ALTDTY,
224) of said excitation coil so that a voltage of said battery comes close to said target generation voltage by comparing said target generation voltage with said battery voltage; andmeans for correcting a driving volume of said intake air quantity adjusting means by a first correction volume (ISCPI,
209) based on a rotation number of said internal combustion engine and a second correction volume (EL,
210) based on a driving volume of said excitation coil and said detected driving status. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle;
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10. In a control system for a vehicle generator, comprising:
- an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle;
an operating unit for controlling a driving of said internal combustion engine;
intake air quantity adjusting means for adjusting a quantity of an intake air during an idling;
a generator driven by said internal combustion engine, for generating power;
an excitation coil incorporated in said generator, for controlling a generation volume; and
a battery to be charged by power generated by said generator, a method for controlling a vehicle generator, including;a step (202) for obtaining a rotation number N of said internal combustion engine; a step (207) for obtaining a target rotation number NSET of said internal combustion engine from a temperature of a cooling water; a step (208) for obtaining a rotation number deviation .increment.N1=NSET-N; a step (209) for setting a first correction volume of an intake air quantity during an idling based on said rotation number deviation .increment.N1; a step (210) for setting a second correction volume (EL) of an intake air quantity during an idling based on an electrical load volume; and a step (211) for adjusting an intake air quantity during an idling based on said first and second correction volumes. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
- an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle;
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22. In a control system for a vehicle generator, comprising:
- an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle;
an operating unit for controlling a driving of said internal combustion engine;
a generator driven by said internal combustion engine, for generating power;
an excitation coil incorporated in said generator, for controlling a generation volume; and
a battery to be charged by power generated by said generator, a method for controlling a vehicle generator, including;a step (220) for obtaining a battery liquid temperature; a step (221) for obtaining a target generation voltage of said generator based on a relation between a battery liquid temperature and a charge finishing voltage of said battery; a step (222) for detecting a battery voltage; a step (223) for obtaining a voltage deviation of said battery voltage from said target generation voltage; and a step (224) for obtaining a driving volume of said excitation coil of said generator from said voltage deviation. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
- an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle;
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27. In a control system for a vehicle generator, comprising:
- an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle;
an operating unit for controlling a driving of said internal combustion engine;
intake air quantity adjusting means for adjusting a quantity of an intake air during an idling;
a generator driven by said internal combustion engine, for generating power;
an excitation coil incorporated in said generator, for controlling a generation volume; and
a battery to be charged by power generated by said generator, a method for controlling a vehicle generator (FIG.
10), including;a step of setting a limit value of a speed of changing a driving volume of said excitation coil to a first value when a rotation number of said internal combustion engine is higher than a predetermined value; a step for setting a limit value of a speed of changing a driving volume of said excitation coil to a second value when a rotation number of said internal combustion engine is not higher than a predetermined value and an electrical load exceeds a predetermined value; and a step for setting a limit value of a speed of changing a driving volume of said excitation coil to a third value when a rotation number of said internal combustion engine is not higher than a predetermined value and an electrical load is not higher than a predetermined value, where, said first value>
said second value>
said third value.
- an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle;
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28. A method for controlling a vehicle generator, including:
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a step (209) for obtaining a first correction volume of an opening of an ISC valve based on a deviation of a rotation number of an internal combustion engine from a target rotation number; a step (224) for obtaining a driving volume of an excitation coil of a generator based on a deviation of a battery voltage from a target voltage; a step (210) for obtaining a second correction volume of an opening of said ISC valve based on a driving volume of said excitation coil and a rotation number of said internal combustion engine; and a step (211) for obtaining a driving volume of said ISC valve from said first and second correction volumes of an opening of said ISC valve.
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