Method for controlling the electrical battery power in a motor vehicle

• US 20040135547A1
• Filed: 11/13/2003
• Published: 07/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Dongen, Tom van, Eifert, Mark
• Application Number:
  US10/712,079
• Publication Number:
  US 20040135547A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/132
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/1438 in combination with power supplies for loads other than batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/1446 in response to parameters of a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/92 Energy efficient charging or discharging systems for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors specially adapted for vehicles

Abstract

Method for controlling the electrical battery power in a motor vehicle The invention relates to a method for controlling the battery power which is supplied to or drawn from a battery (5) of a motor vehicle. In this case, a cost function is calculated which represents a measure of the additional fuel consumption in relation to the total electrical power generated by this additional consumption. The optimal battery power is then determined such that the cost function is minimized, i.e. the total electrical power is generated as efficiently as possible, corrections being made to the calculated optimal battery power in order to keep the battery within a predetermined state of charge range.

Claims

1. A method for controlling the electrical battery power which is supplied to or drawn from the battery (5) of a motor vehicle and is coupled to the power supply system of the motor vehicle, the total electrical power (P_g) consumed by the motor vehicle being generated by a generator (3) which is coupled to the internal combustion engine (2) of the motor vehicle,

characterized in that

a cost function is calculated which represents a measure of the additional fuel consumption based on the total electrical power generated by this additional consumption, and in that an optimal value for the battery power is determined such that the cost function is minimized.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1,

characterized in that

the battery charging losses (P_V) are taken into account when determining the optimal value.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2,

characterized in that

the battery charging losses (P_V) are determined by continually averaging the measured efficiency of the battery charging and battery discharging.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1,

characterized in that

the set battery power is greater than or less than the calculated optimal value in order to keep the state of charge of the battery (5) within a predetermined value range.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1,

characterized in that

regenerative braking of the motor vehicle is carried out in which the braking energy is converted at least partially to electrical energy.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5,

characterized in that

the regenerative braking is carried out in a gear which maximizes the generated electrical energy.

7. A controller for controlling the electrical battery power which is supplied to or drawn from the battery (5) of a motor vehicle which is coupled to the power supply system (4) of the motor vehicle, the total electrical power (P_g) consumed by the motor vehicle being generated by a generator (3) which is coupled to the internal combustion engine (2) of the motor vehicle,

characterized in that

a cost function is calculated which represents a measure of the additional fuel consumption based on the total electrical power generated by this additional consumption, and in that an optimal value for the battery power is determined such that the cost function is minimized.