Method and system for control of a cooling system
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a cooling system in a motor vehicle, wherein said cooling system regulates a temperature for at least one component in said vehicle and said cooling system includes a radiator connected to a thermostat controlling a flow of cooling fluid through said radiator, wherein said method comprises:
- predicting at least one future velocity profile for a velocity of said vehicle along a section of road ahead of said vehicle;
predicting at least one future temperature profile for a temperature of said at least one component along said section of road, wherein said prediction of said at least one future temperature profile is based on at least a tonnage of said vehicle, on information related to said section of road, and on said at least one future velocity profile; and
said controlling said cooling system is based on said at least one future temperature profile and on a limit value temperature for said at least one component in said vehicle,wherein if a temperature derivative for an inlet temperature for said cooling fluid in said radiator exceeds a limit value for said temperature derivative, then said controlling of said cooling system is carried out so that a reduction is achieved in at least one ofa number of fluctuations in said inlet temperature; and
a size of a flow into said radiator.
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Abstract
A method and a system for controlling a vehicle cooling system includes: a velocity prediction unit makes a prediction of at least one future velocity profile vpred for the vehicle; a temperature prediction unit predicts at least one future temperature profile Tpred for at least one component in the vehicle, based on at least tonnage for the vehicle; information related to a section of road ahead of the vehicle and on the at least one future velocity profile vpred. A cooling system control unit controls the cooling system based on the at least one future temperature profile Tpred and on a limit value temperature Tcomp_lim for the respective at least one component in the vehicle so that a number of fluctuations of an inlet temperature Tcomp_fluid_in_radiator for the cooling fluid flow into the radiator is reduced and/or so that a magnitude of the flow into the radiator is reduced when a temperature derivative dT/dt for the inlet temperature Tcomp_fluid_in_radiator exceeds a limit value dT/dtlim for the temperature derivative.
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31 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a cooling system in a motor vehicle, wherein said cooling system regulates a temperature for at least one component in said vehicle and said cooling system includes a radiator connected to a thermostat controlling a flow of cooling fluid through said radiator, wherein said method comprises:
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predicting at least one future velocity profile for a velocity of said vehicle along a section of road ahead of said vehicle; predicting at least one future temperature profile for a temperature of said at least one component along said section of road, wherein said prediction of said at least one future temperature profile is based on at least a tonnage of said vehicle, on information related to said section of road, and on said at least one future velocity profile; and said controlling said cooling system is based on said at least one future temperature profile and on a limit value temperature for said at least one component in said vehicle, wherein if a temperature derivative for an inlet temperature for said cooling fluid in said radiator exceeds a limit value for said temperature derivative, then said controlling of said cooling system is carried out so that a reduction is achieved in at least one of a number of fluctuations in said inlet temperature; and a size of a flow into said radiator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system arranged for controlling a cooling system in a motor vehicle, wherein said cooling system is configured to regulate a temperature for at least one component in said vehicle, and said cooling system comprises a radiator connected to a thermostat controlling a flow of cooling fluid through said radiator, said system comprising:
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a velocity prediction unit configured to predict at least one future velocity profile for a velocity of said vehicle over a section of road ahead of said vehicle; a temperature prediction unit, configured to predict at least one future temperature profile for a temperature for said at least one component over said section of road, wherein said prediction of the at least one future temperature profile is based on at least a tonnage for said vehicle, on information related to said section of road and on said at least one future velocity profile; and a cooling system controller configured and operable to control said cooling system based on said at least one future temperature profile and on a limit value temperature of said at least one component in said vehicle, wherein, if a temperature derivative for an inlet temperature for said cooling fluid into said radiator exceeds a limit value for said temperature derivative, said cooling system controller is configured to control said cooling system to achieve a reduction of at least one of; a number of fluctuations in an inlet temperature for said cooling fluid into said radiator; and a magnitude of a flow into said radiator.
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31. A cooling system in a motor vehicle, and a control system configured to control the cooling system and comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium incorporating a computer program, said control system comprising:
- a velocity predictor configured to predict a future velocity profile for a velocity of the motor vehicle over a section of road ahead of the motor vehicle;
a temperature predictor configured to predict a future temperature profile for a temperature for a component over the section of road, wherein the prediction of the future temperature profile is based on at least a tonnage for the motor vehicle, on information related to the section of road, and the future velocity profile;
said cooling system comprising a radiator connected to a thermostat controlling a flow of cooling fluid through said radiator, and said cooling system is configured to regulate the temperature of said component of the motor vehicle; and
said control system configured to control said cooling system based on a the future temperature profile and on a limit value temperature of the component in the motor vehicle;
wherein, when a temperature derivative for an inlet temperature for the cooling fluid into said radiator exceeds the limit value for the temperature derivative, said control system is configured to control said cooling system to achieve a reduction of at least one of;
a number of fluctuations in the inlet temperature for the cooling fluid into said radiator; and
a magnitude of a flow into said radiator.
- a velocity predictor configured to predict a future velocity profile for a velocity of the motor vehicle over a section of road ahead of the motor vehicle;
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