Power converting device for hybrid

• US 8,742,606 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2010
• Issued: 06/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Doosan Infracore Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Doosan Infracore Company Limited
• Inventors: Kim, Choon Tack, Park, Cheol Gyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Tulsidas C
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, VIET P
• Application Number:
  US13/519,075
• Publication Number:
  US 20120267902A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,259 Days
• Field of Search: 290/40.C
• US Class Current: 290/40.C
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/003 to auxiliary motors, e.g. for pumps, compressors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/20 Inrush current reduction, i.e. avoiding high currents when connecting the battery
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/40 using propulsion power supplied by capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/50 using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries

Abstract

The present disclosure prevents an inrush current generated when one side is completely discharged, or charged voltages are different from one another because a DC link capacitor and an ultra-capacitor are directly connected to each other, by driving a load motor after completing initial charging by making each voltage the same through the performing of switching between a DC link capacitor and an ultra-capacitor during initial ignition, so as to safely perform initializing regardless of the charged-discharged state of an electricity storage device during initial ignition.

Claims

1. A power converting device for a hybrid, comprising:

a first accumulating unit disposed between a first inverter connected to an engine auxiliary motor and a second inverter connected to a load motor, and accumulating electric energy generated by the engine auxiliary motor;

a second accumulating unit configured to accumulate the electric energy accumulated by the first accumulating unit, the electric energy generated by the engine auxiliary motor, and electric energy generated through a generating operation of the load motor;

an initial charging unit disposed between the first accumulating unit and the second accumulating unit, and configured to charge the electric energy accumulated in the first accumulating unit to the second accumulating unit;

a switching unit configured to switch a connection between the initial charging unit and the second accumulating unit, and a connection between the second accumulating unit and the load motor, respectively; and

an initial charging control unit configured to make first and second accumulated voltages sensed at the first and second accumulating unit, respectively, the same during initial ignition, and to control the switching unit to connect the load motor and the second accumulating unit.

2. The power converting device for a hybrid of claim 1, wherein the switching unit comprises:

a first switching unit configured to switch a connection between the initial charging unit and the second accumulating unit to charge the second accumulating unit; and

a second switching unit configured to switch the connection between the second accumulating unit and the load motor to drive the load motor.

3. The power converting device for a hybrid of claim 1, wherein the initial charging control unit compares the sensed first and second accumulated voltages to a predetermined charged voltage at an engine idle speed during initial ignition, and matches the sensed first and second accumulated voltages to each other according to results of the comparison of the sensed first and second voltages.

4. The power converting device for a hybrid of claim 3, wherein when the sensed second voltage is less than the predetermined charged voltage according to the results of the comparison of the sensed first and second voltages, the initial charging control unit uses the second switching unit to charge the second accumulating unit to the predetermined charged voltage, and when the sensed second voltage is greater than the predetermined charged voltage, the initial charging control unit charges the first accumulating unit to the sensed second voltage.

5. The power converting device for a hybrid of claim 3, wherein the initial charging control unit controls the voltages of the first and second accumulating units to the predetermined charged voltage or the sensed second voltage, according to the results of the comparison of the sensed first and second voltages.

6. The power converting device for a hybrid of claim 3, wherein the initial charging control unit uses the second switching unit to charge the second accumulating unit to the sensed first voltage or the predetermined voltage, according to the results of the comparison of the sensed first and second voltages.

7. A method of operating a power converting device for use with a hybrid excavator, the method comprising:

supplying power to an initial charging control unit;

sensing a voltage of a first electric storage unit disposed between an engine auxiliary motor and a load motor and a voltage of a second electric storage unit that is charged with electric power generated by at least one of the engine auxiliary motor and a load motor;

making the voltage of the first electric storage and the voltage of the second electric storage unit the same during initial ignition; and

charging the second electric storage unit through a switching unit for high current conduction disposed between the first electric storage unit and the second electric storage unit;

wherein the second electric storage unit is charged from the first electric storage unit through a switching unit for low current conduction during initial ignition.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the switching unit for high current conduction is in an off state during initial ignition.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the switching unit for high current conduction and the switching unit for low current conduction is in an off state when the first electric storage unit is charging during initial ignition.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the switching unit for low current conduction is in an off state and the switching unit for high current conduction is in an on state when the second electric storage unit is charging during initial ignition.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the switching unit for low current conduction and the switching unit for high current conduction are controlled by an initial charging unit.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the first electric storage unit is a DC link capacitor and the second electric storage unit is a ultra-capacitor.