Power supply system, vehicle equipped with the same, and control method for power supply system

• US 9,493,081 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2014
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Sugiyama, Yoshinobu
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thienvu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Baxter, Brian K
• Application Number:
  US14/199,207
• Publication Number:
  US 20140183942A1
• Time in Patent Office: 985 Days
• Field of Search: 307/21, 322/28, 322/73, 327/73, 363/34, 363/25, 363/28
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/003 to auxiliary motors, e.g. for pumps, compressors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 15/007 Physical arrangements or structures of drive train converters specially adapted for the propulsion motors of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/12 Buck converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/14 Boost converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/40 DC to AC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/80 Time limits
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/16 with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/40 using propulsion power supplied by capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/61 by batteries charged by engine-driven generators, e.g. series hybrid electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/20 characterised by converters located in the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/63 in response to network capacity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 55/00 Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/20 having different nominal voltages
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles
• 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 90/167 : Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/126 : the energy generation units being or involving electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV], i.e. power aggregation of EV or HEV, vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 : Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

A power conversion unit including a bidirectional converter, a sub DC-DC converter, and a main DC-DC converter selectively performs first power conversion converting power supplied from outside of a vehicle into charging power for a power storage unit, and second power conversion converting power stored in the power storage unit into output power to the outside of the vehicle. When charging of the power storage unit from the outside of the vehicle is performed in an emergency where power or a power amount to be output to the outside of the vehicle when the second power conversion is performed is requested to be greater than usual, the power conversion unit performs the first power conversion such that a state quantity indicating a state of charge of the power storage unit becomes greater than usual.

Claims

1. A power supply system mounted in a vehicle, comprising:

a chargeable/dischargeable power storage unit; and

a power conversion unit selectively performing first power conversion converting power supplied from outside of the vehicle into charging power for said power storage unit, and second power conversion converting power stored in said power storage unit into output power to the outside of the vehicle,

when charging of said power storage unit from the outside of the vehicle is performed by said power conversion unit in a predetermined situation, said predetermined situation including a first situation or a second situation, said power conversion unit performing said first power conversion such that a state quantity indicating a state of charge of said power storage unit becomes greater than the state quantity when not in the predetermined situation,

wherein the first situation is a situation during a power failure of a commercial system power supply to which an electric load receiving the power output from said vehicle by performing said second power conversion is connected, or a situation where failure of the commercial system power supply is expected, and

wherein the second situation is a situation where the power or power amount to be output to the outside of the vehicle by performing said second power conversion is increased in accordance with a request by a user.

2. The power supply system according to claim 1, wherein

said power storage unit includes

a first power storage device storing power for traveling, and

a second power storage device storing power for an auxiliary machine, and

when the charging of said power storage unit is performed by said power conversion unit in said predetermined situation, said power conversion unit performs said first power conversion such that a state quantity indicating a state of charge of said second power storage device becomes greater than the state quantity when not in the predetermined situation.

3. The power supply system according to claim 2, wherein

said power conversion unit includes

a first power conversion device selectively performing third power conversion converting the power supplied from the outside of the vehicle into charging power for said first power storage device, and fourth power conversion converting power stored in said first power storage device into the output power to the outside of the vehicle,

a second power conversion device selectively performing fifth power conversion converting the power supplied from the outside of the vehicle into charging power for said second power storage device, and sixth power conversion converting power stored in said second power storage device into the output power to the outside of the vehicle, and

a third power conversion device converting the power stored in said first power storage device into the charging power for said second power storage device,

said third power conversion and said fifth power conversion are included in said first power conversion,

said fourth power conversion and said sixth power conversion are included in said second power conversion,

said second power conversion device has a power rating lower than that of said third power conversion device,

said power supply system further comprises a control device controlling said first to third power conversion devices, and

when the charging of said power storage unit is performed by said power conversion unit in said predetermined situation, said control device switches between a first charging path for charging said second power storage device using said second power conversion device and a second charging path for charging said second power storage device using said first and third power conversion devices, depending on efficiency during the charging of said power storage unit from the outside of the vehicle.

4. A vehicle comprising the power supply system according to claim 1.

5. A control method for a power supply system mounted in a vehicle,

said power supply system including

a chargeable/dischargeable power storage unit, and

a power conversion unit selectively performing first power conversion converting power supplied from outside of the vehicle into charging power for said power storage unit, and second power conversion converting power stored in said power storage unit into output power to the outside of the vehicle,

said control method comprising the steps of:

determining whether or not there arises a predetermined situation, said predetermined situation including a first situation or a second situation;

determining whether or not charging of said power storage unit from the outside of the vehicle is performed by said power conversion unit; and

when the charging of said power storage unit is performed by said power conversion unit in said predetermined situation, performing said first power conversion such that a state quantity indicating a state of charge of said power storage unit becomes greater than the state quantity when not in the predetermined situation,

wherein the first situation is a situation during a power failure of a commercial system power supply to which an electric load receiving the power output from said vehicle by performing said second power conversion is connected, or a situation where failure of the commercial system power supply is expected, and

wherein the second situation is a situation where the power or power amount to be output to the outside of the vehicle by performing said second power conversion is increased in accordance with a request by a user.

6. The control method for the power supply system according to claim 5, wherein

said power storage unit includes

a first power storage device storing power for traveling, and

a second power storage device storing power for an auxiliary machine, and

the step of performing said first power conversion includes the step of performing said first power conversion, when the charging of said power storage unit is performed by said power conversion unit in said predetermined situation, such that a state quantity indicating a state of charge of said second power storage device becomes greater than the state quantity when not in the predetermined situation.

7. The control method for the power supply system according to claim 6, wherein

said power conversion unit includes

a first power conversion device selectively performing third power conversion converting the power supplied from the outside of the vehicle into charging power for said first power storage device, and fourth power conversion converting power stored in said first power storage device into the output power to the outside of the vehicle,

a second power conversion device selectively performing fifth power conversion converting the power supplied from the outside of the vehicle into charging power for said second power storage device, and sixth power conversion converting power stored in said second power storage device into the output power to the outside of the vehicle, and

a third power conversion device converting the power stored in said first power storage device into the charging power for said second power storage device,

said third power conversion and said fifth power conversion are included in said first power conversion,

said fourth power conversion and said sixth power conversion are included in said second power conversion,

said second power conversion device has a power rating lower than that of said third power conversion device,

said control method further comprises the step of switching, when the charging of said power storage unit is performed by said power conversion unit in said predetermined situation, between a first charging path for charging said second power storage device using said second power conversion device and a second charging path for charging said second power storage device using said first and third power conversion devices, depending on efficiency during the charging of said power storage unit from the outside of the vehicle.