Disclosure of Invention
An object of the present invention is to provide an electric energy limiting apparatus and method for a mobile charging vehicle, which can improve charging efficiency of the charging vehicle and robustness of a charging process.
The electric energy limiting apparatus for a mobile charging vehicle according to one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises:
an input module configured to receive an operating state parameter associated with an engine;
a processing module configured to determine an available power generation capacity (p.genpwrmax) or an optimized power generation capacity (p.genpwrpot) of the power take-off power generation unit depending on the operational status parameter, and to determine a range of output power (P11, P12) of the power output unit depending on the available power generation capacity (p.genpwrmax) or the optimized power generation capacity (p.genpwrpot) for different operation modes; and
an output module configured to output the determined range of output power (P11, P12).
Preferably, in the above electric power limiting apparatus, the operating state parameter is a rotational speed (ω) of the engine 0 ) Said processing module being configured to determine a rotational speed (ω) of said engine 0 ) To determine the available power generation capacity (p.genpwrmax) or the optimized power generation capacity (p.genpwrpot) of the generators in the power take-off power generating unit.
Preferably, in the above power limiting apparatus, the power limiting apparatus is configured to limit the output power of the generator in the power take-off unit according to a rotation speed (ω) of the generator 1 ) Determining the rotational speed (omega) of the engine, the gearbox gear and the transfer case shift position 0 )。
Preferably, in the above power limiting apparatus, the operating condition parameters are a transmission gear and a transfer case shift position, and the processing module is configured to determine an available power generation capacity (p.genpwrmax) or an optimized power generation capacity (p.genpwriopt) of the generator in the power take-off power generation unit according to the transmission gear and the transfer case shift position.
Preferably, in the above power limiter apparatus, the operation mode is a top speed mode in which a range of the output power of the power output unit is determined in accordance with the following manner (P11, P12):
an upper limit (P11) of the output electric power of the electric power output unit is determined according to an available power generation capacity (p.genpwrmax) of the power take-off power generation unit and a maximum value (v.batpwrmax) of the output electric power of the energy storage battery unit, and a minimum value of the output electric power of the electric power output unit is determined as a lower limit (P12) of the output electric power of the electric power output unit.
Preferably, in the above power limiter apparatus, the operation mode is a cruising mode in which a range of the output power of the power output unit is determined in accordance with the following manner (P11, P12):
determining an available power generation capacity (p.genpwrmax) of the power take-off power generation unit as an upper limit of output power of the power output unit (P11), and determining a minimum value of the output power of the power output unit as a lower limit of the output power of the power output unit (P12).
Preferably, in the above power limiting apparatus, the operation mode is an economy mode in which a range of the output power of the power output unit is determined (P11, P12) in accordance with:
an upper limit (P11) of the output power of the power output unit is determined according to the optimized power generation capability (p.genpwrpot) of the power take-off power generation unit and the maximum value (v.batpwrmax) of the output power of the energy storage battery unit, and a lower limit (P12) of the output power of the power output unit is determined according to the optimized power generation capability (p.genpwrpot) of the power take-off power generation unit and the minimum value (v.batpwrman) of the output power of the energy storage battery unit.
Preferably, in the above power limiter apparatus, the operation mode is a battery life mode in which a range of the output power of the power output unit is determined in accordance with the following manner (P11, P12):
performing a clipping operation on the optimized value (v.batpwrcmd0) of the output power of the energy storage battery unit to determine a set value (P31) of the output power of the energy storage battery unit, wherein an upper limit of the clipping operation is determined by a charging demand (P10) and a lower limit is determined by an opposite value of an available power generation capacity (p.genpwrmax) of the power take-off power generation unit;
an upper limit (P11) of the output electric power of the electric power output unit is determined according to the available power generation capacity (p.genpwrmax) of the power take-off power generation unit and a set value (P31) of the output electric power of the energy storage battery unit, and a minimum value of the output electric power of the electric power output unit is determined as a lower limit (P12) of the output electric power of the electric power output unit.
Preferably, in the above power limiting apparatus, the range of the output power of the power output unit is expressed in a power range or a current range.
An energy management method for a mobile charging cart according to one or more embodiments of the present invention includes:
receiving an operating condition parameter associated with an engine;
determining an available power generation capacity (P.GenPwrMax) or an optimized power generation capacity (P.GenPwrOpt) of the power take-off power generation unit from the operating condition parameters;
determining a range of output power of the power output unit (P11, P12) according to the available power generation capacity (P.GenPwrMax) or optimized power generation capacity (P.GenPwrOpt) for different operation modes; and
outputting the determined range of the output power (P11, P12).
Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile charging cart that can improve the charging efficiency and robustness of the charging process.
According to one or more embodiments of the invention, the mobile charging vehicle comprises:
an engine;
an electric energy output unit;
a power take-off and generation unit coupled with the engine;
an energy storage battery unit;
an electric energy amplitude limiting device; and
a charging management unit coupled to the power output unit and the power limiting device and configured to control a charging process of the electric vehicle by the power output unit,
wherein the power take-off power generation unit and the energy storage battery unit are connected in parallel to the electric energy output unit,
wherein the power limiting apparatus includes:
an input module configured to receive an operating state parameter associated with the engine;
a processing module configured to determine an available power generation capacity (p.genpwrmax) or an optimized power generation capacity (p.genpwrpot) of the power take-off power generation unit depending on the operational status parameter, and to determine a range of output power (P11, P12) of the power output unit depending on the available power generation capacity (p.genpwrmax) or the optimized power generation capacity (p.genpwrpot) for different operation modes; and an output module configured to output the determined range of output power (P11, P12).
Preferably, in the mobile charging cart described above, the power output unit includes a DC/DC module; the power take-off power generation unit includes: a transfer case coupled to an engine, a generator coupled to the transfer case, and an AC/DC module coupled to the generator, the AC/DC module coupled to the DC/DC module of the electrical energy output unit via a common DC bus; the energy storage battery unit comprises an energy storage battery and a bidirectional DC/DC module coupled with the energy storage battery, and the bidirectional DC/DC module is coupled with the DC/DC module of the electric energy output unit through the common direct current bus.
Preferably, in the mobile charging cart described above, the power output unit includes an AC/DC module; the power take-off power generation unit includes: a transfer case coupled to an engine, a generator coupled to the transfer case and an AC/AC module coupled to the generator, the generator coupled to the AC/DC module of the electrical energy output unit via a common AC bus; the energy storage battery unit comprises an energy storage battery and a bidirectional DC/AC module coupled with the energy storage battery, and the bidirectional DC/AC module is coupled with the AC/DC module of the electric energy output unit through the public alternating current bus.
Preferably, in the mobile charging vehicle, the electric energy output unit is a dc or ac charging post.
Compared with the existing mobile charging vehicle, according to one or more embodiments of the invention, through static or dynamic adjustment of the amplitude limit of the electric energy output, the occurrence of events such as overload and flameout of an engine in the charging process can be reduced, the service life of the engine is prolonged, and the satisfaction degree of charging service is improved.
Detailed Description
The present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. The embodiments described above are intended to provide a full and complete disclosure of the present invention to more fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.
In the present specification, words such as "comprise" and "comprises" mean that, in addition to elements and steps directly and unequivocally stated in the specification and claims, the technical solution of the present invention does not exclude other elements and steps not directly or unequivocally stated.
Terms such as "first" and "second" do not denote an order of the elements in time, space, size, etc., but rather are used to distinguish one element from another.
In the following description, the term "operating condition parameters associated with the engine" should be broadly construed to refer to various condition parameters of engine operation, including, for example and without limitation, one or more of the following: the engine speed (which may be measured directly or estimated based on generator state parameters), the transmission gear and transfer case shift position, etc.
Fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a mobile charging cart according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The mobile charging cart 10 shown in fig. 1 includes a power output unit 110, an engine 120, a power take-off unit 130, an energy storage battery unit 140, a power limiting device 150, a charge management unit 160, first, second, and third controllers 170A, 170B, and 170C, and an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) 180.
In the mobile charging cart 10 shown in fig. 1, the power output unit 110 illustratively includes a DC/DC module 111 that converts DC outputs from the power take-off and generation unit 120 and the energy storage battery unit 130 to a DC voltage range suitable for charging. Optionally, the power output unit 110 may also include a DC/AC module to provide AC charging.
As shown in FIG. 1, the power take-off unit 130 includes a transfer case 131 coupled to the engine 120, a generator 132 (e.g., a permanent magnet generator) coupled to the transfer case 131, and an AC/DC module 133 coupled to the generator 132, wherein the AC/DC module 133 is coupled to the DC/DC module 111 of the power output unit 110 via a common DC bus. On the other hand, the energy storage battery unit 140 comprises an energy storage battery 141 and a bidirectional DC/DC module 142 coupled to the energy storage battery 141, wherein the bidirectional DC/DC module 142 is also coupled to the DC/DC module 111 of the power output unit 110 via a common DC bus. Thereby, the power take-off unit 130 and the energy storage battery unit 140 are connected in parallel to the electric energy output unit 110.
It should be noted that the power output of the power take-off unit 130 and the energy storage battery unit 140 may also be in an alternating current form. In this case, the DC/DC module 111 of the power output unit 110 is replaced with an AC/DC module or an AC/AC module, the AC/DC module 133 of the power take-off generation unit 130 is replaced with an AC/AC module, the bidirectional DC/DC module 142 of the energy storage battery unit 140 is replaced with a bidirectional DC/AC module, and the AC/AC module of the power take-off generation unit 130 and the bidirectional DC/AC module of the energy storage battery unit 140 may be connected in parallel to the AC/DC module or the AC/AC module of the power output unit 110 via a common AC bus. In addition, the electrical energy output of the generator 132 may also be coupled directly to the common ac bus.
In the mobile charging cart 10 shown in fig. 1, the power-limiting device 150 is coupled to the ECU 180, which is configured to determine the available power generation capacity p.genpwrmax or the optimized power generation capacity p.genpwrpot of the power take-off power generation unit based on the operating state parameters associated with the engine, and to determine the range of the output power of the power output unit (e.g., the upper limit P11 and the lower limit P12) based on the available power generation capacity p.genpwrmax or the optimized power generation capacity p.genpwrpot for different operating modes. In the present embodiment, the range of the output power of the power output unit is expressed in a power range or a current range.
For example, the available power generation capacity may be an electric energy value of the maximum electric energy that the power take-off power generation unit can generate after deducting auxiliary power consumption, power link loss and the like; the optimized power generation capacity may be the power generated by the power take-off unit when the engine is operating within a particular optimized operating target region (which may be determined based on one or more of fuel consumption, emissions, and durability factors)Auxiliary power consumption, power link loss, etc. In the present embodiment, the operating state parameter is the rotational speed ω of the engine 120 0 Which may be provided by the ECU 180, for example. The electric energy amplitude limiting device 150 can be controlled by the rotating speed omega of the engine 0 To determine the available power generation capacity p.genpwrmax or the optimized power generation capacity p.genpwrpot of the generators in the power take-off power generating unit. Specifically, p.genpwrmax or p.genpwrpot can be determined in the following manner. Firstly, the maximum power generation capacity or rated optimized power generation capacity of a generator in the power take-off power generation unit is determined according to a predetermined engine speed-power curve or engine speed-torque curve, then the auxiliary power supply requirement V.AuxPwr (such as vehicle-mounted illumination and air conditioner power consumption) of the mobile charging vehicle is deducted, and the conversion efficiency eta of the transfer case is counted 1 Conversion efficiency η of AC/DC module 133 and DC/DC module 111 2 Etc., thereby obtaining p.genpwrmax or p.genpwrpopt.
Alternatively, in this embodiment, the operating condition parameters may also be the transmission gear and transfer case shift position (e.g., provided by the ECU 180). In this case, the power-limiting arrangement 150 is configured to determine the available power generation capacity (p.genpwrmax) or the optimized power generation capacity (p.genpwriopt) of the generators in the power take-off power generating unit depending on the gearbox gear and transfer case shift position.
As shown in fig. 1, the power limiting device 150 is coupled to the charging management unit 160 to receive the charging requirement P10 from the charging management unit 160 and indicate the determined range of the output power of the power output unit to the charging management unit 160 so that the charging management unit 160 controls the charging process of the electric vehicle 30 by the power output unit 110 via the third controller 170C.
Fig. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a mobile charging cart according to another embodiment of the present invention.
The mobile charging cart 20 shown in fig. 2 includes an electric energy output unit 210, an engine 220, a power take-off generating unit 230, an energy storage battery unit 240, an electric energy limiting device 250, a charging management unit 260, a first controller 270A, a second controller 270B, a third controller 270C, and a rotation speed conversion unit 280.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1By way of example, in the present embodiment, the electrical energy limiting device 250 is coupled to the speed scaling unit 280 to receive the engine speed ω from the speed scaling unit 280 0 Here engine speed ω 0 For the rotation speed conversion unit 280 according to the rotation speed omega of the generator 1 And the conversion value obtained by calculating the gear of the gearbox and the switching position of the transfer case. Likewise, the power-limiting device 150 may be configured to determine the available power generation capacity p.genpwrmax or the optimized power generation capacity p.genpwrpot of the power take-off power generation unit based on the operating state parameters associated with the engine, and to determine the range of the output power of the power output unit based on the available power generation capacity p.genpwrmax or the optimized power generation capacity p.genpwrpot for different operating modes, in the same or similar manner as the embodiment shown in fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a power limiting apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, which can be applied to the embodiments shown in fig. 1 and 2.
The power limiting apparatus 350 shown in fig. 3 includes an input module 351, a processing module 352, and an output module 353. In the electrical energy limiting device 350 shown in fig. 3, the input module 351 is configured to receive operating state parameters associated with the engine (e.g., the aforementioned engine speed and transfer case switch position) from the ECU 180 or the speed scaling unit 280. Further, the input module 351 may also be configured to receive the charging demand P10 from the charging management unit 160.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 3, the input module 351 is further configured to receive an operating mode command M, the features regarding the operating mode being further described below. The operating mode command M may be provided to the input module 351 by an operator via a human-machine interface, or generated and provided to the input module 351 by a mobile charging vehicle (e.g., a vehicle controller) based on the state of the mobile charging vehicle (e.g., energy storage battery operating condition, remaining capacity (SOC), power limits and life requirements, and optimization requirements for engine power and efficiency curves, etc.) and charging requirements.
As shown in fig. 3, the processing module 352 is coupled to an input module 351 that is configured to determine an available power generation capacity p.genpwrmax or an optimized power generation capacity p.genpwrpot of the power take-off power generation unit based on operating state parameters associated with the engine and to determine a range of output power of the power output unit based on the available power generation capacity p.genpwrmax or the optimized power generation capacity p.genpwrpot for different operating modes.
Referring to fig. 3, the output module 353 is coupled with the processing module 352, and is configured to output the range of the output power of the power output unit to the charge management unit 160.
In this embodiment, the operation modes may include the following modes:
(a) the top speed mode: the power taking and generating unit and the energy storage battery simultaneously supply power to the electric energy output unit;
(b) a endurance mode: the power taking and generating unit independently supplies power to the electric energy output unit;
(c) an economic mode: the power take-off power generation unit supplies power to the electric energy output unit and simultaneously charges or discharges the energy storage battery unit; and
(d) battery life mode: the power taking and generating unit supplies power to the electric energy output unit and simultaneously carries out charging or discharging of the energy storage battery in a specific mode.
Various modes of operation are described further below.
Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating a range of output power of the power output unit in the turbo mode (a).
Referring to fig. 4, an upper limit P11 of the output power of the power output unit (e.g., P11 may be the sum of p.genpwrmax and v.batpwrmax) is determined according to the available power generation capacity p.genpwrmax of the power take-off power generation unit and the maximum value v.batpwrmax of the output power of the energy storage battery unit, and then the minimum value of the output power of the power output unit is determined as a lower limit P12 (e.g., 0) of the output power of the power output unit.
Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the determination of the output power range of the power output unit in the cruising mode (b).
Referring to fig. 5, the available power generation capacity p.genpwrmax of the power take-off power generation unit is determined as an upper limit P11 of the output power of the power output unit, and the minimum value of the output power of the power output unit is determined as a lower limit P12 (e.g., 0) of the output power of the power output unit.
Fig. 6 is a diagram illustrating a determination of an output power range of the power output unit in the economy mode (c).
Referring to fig. 6, an upper limit P11 of the output power of the power output unit is determined according to the optimized power generation capability p.genpwrpot of the power take-off power generation unit and the maximum value v.batpwrmax of the output power of the energy storage battery unit (e.g., P11 may be the sum of both p.genpwrpot and v.batpwrmax), and a lower limit P12 of the output power of the power output unit is determined according to the optimized power generation capability p.genpwrpot of the power take-off power generation unit and the minimum value v.batpwrman of the output power of the energy storage battery unit (e.g., P12 may be the sum of both p.genpwrpot and v.batpwrman).
Fig. 7 is a diagram illustrating the determination of the output power range of the power output unit in the battery life mode (d).
Referring to fig. 7, a clipping operation is first performed on the optimized value v.batpwrcmd0 of the output power of the energy storage battery cell to determine the set value P31 of the output power of the energy storage battery cell, wherein the upper limit of the clipping operation is determined by the charge demand P10 and the lower limit is determined by the inverse value of the available power generation capacity p.genpwrmax of the power take-off power generation unit. Subsequently, an upper limit P11(P11 may be, for example, the sum of both p.genpwrmax and P31) of the output electric power of the electric power output unit is determined from the available electric power generation capacity p.genpwrmax of the power take-off electric power generation unit and the set value P31 of the output electric power of the energy storage battery unit, and a minimum value of the output electric power of the electric power output unit is determined as a lower limit P12 (for example, 0) of the output electric power of the electric power output unit.
Fig. 8 is a flowchart of an energy management method for a mobile charging cart according to another embodiment of the present invention. Illustratively, the power limiting apparatus shown in fig. 3 is used as a carrier for the method. It should be noted, however, that the present embodiment is not limited to the power limiting apparatus having the above-described features.
As shown in FIG. 8, the input module 351 receives operating state parameters associated with the engine at step 810.
Proceeding to step 820, the processing module 352 determines the available power generation capacity p.genpwrmax or the optimized power generation capacity p.genpwrpot of the power take-off power generation unit according to the operating state parameters, and determines the range of the output power of the power output unit according to the available power generation capacity p.genpwrmax or the optimized power generation capacity p.genpwrpot for different operating modes.
Then, in step 830, the output module 353 outputs the determined range of the output power.
The embodiments and examples set forth herein are presented to best explain the embodiments in accordance with the present technology and its particular application and to thereby enable those skilled in the art to make and utilize the invention. Those skilled in the art, however, will recognize that the foregoing description and examples have been presented for the purpose of illustration and example only. The description as set forth is not intended to cover all aspects of the invention or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed.
In view of the foregoing, the scope of the present disclosure is to be determined by the following claims.