JP2006340544A - Vehicle in which variation in battery state of charge due to solar generation is corrected when vehicle is out of service - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle equipped with a solar battery with the following problem solved: when the battery is charged by operating the solar battery also when the vehicle is out of service, the battery state of charge when vehicle operation is resumed shifts from the value recorded immediately before the vehicle was brought out of service. <P>SOLUTION: The power charged in the battery by the solar battery while a main switch, which is closed only when the vehicle is in service, is open is added up with an integrating wattmeter. Based on the power integration value on the integrating wattmeter, the value of battery state of charge recorded immediately before the vehicle was brought out of service is corrected by one operation in the early stages after the main switch is closed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle that includes a solar cell and performs at least a part of battery charging with the electric power of the solar cell.

For vehicles equipped with solar cells, use the surplus power obtained when the vehicle is suspended as a household power source, turn on / off the parking indicator lamp with the current from the solar cells while the vehicle is parked, When the vehicle power increases, the generated power decreases. However, in consideration of the fact that the solar cell of the vehicle is cooled by the traveling of the vehicle, a plurality of cell elements constituting the solar cell are connected in parallel during the traveling of the vehicle. The following Patent Documents 1 to 4 describe connecting in series during a stop, predicting the amount of power generated by a solar cell from car navigation and weather information, and controlling the start or stop of the generator accordingly. ing.
JP-A-6-261414 JP-A-6-18076 JP-A-6-292301 JP 2000-253504 A

  Management of battery state of charge (SOC) is generally an important matter in battery-powered devices, and general vehicles are no exception. However, especially in hybrid vehicles, the management of vehicles is not an exception. This is particularly important in maintaining proper driving performance. In this regard, in many current vehicles equipped with an electric control unit (ECU) incorporating a microcomputer, during operation of the vehicle, the terminal voltage of the battery, or in addition to this, in the electric circuit. By taking into account the current flow, the state of charge of the battery can be ascertained.

  However, if the vehicle is further equipped with a solar cell, the vehicle main switch (not applicable to all electrically powered vehicles, but for vehicles with an internal combustion engine or an ignition switch for hybrid vehicles) is suspended. If the battery is charged by effectively operating the solar cell even during (parking and stopping), the electric control device will not operate during that time, so for a while after the main switch is closed after suspension A difference occurs between the state of charge of the battery before suspension stored in the microcomputer of the electric control device until then and the actual state of charge, and vehicle operation control by the electric control device is not properly performed. There is a fear. However, to keep track of the state of charge of the battery, it is not permissible for safety management of the vehicle to close the vehicle's main switch even during suspension of operation, and even during the night or during the day, When the solar cell is not working effectively due to the sun, it is negative for the state of charge of the battery.

  The present invention provides a vehicle that solves the above-described problem that occurs when a battery is charged by using a solar cell effectively while the vehicle is out of service in a vehicle equipped with a solar cell. It is an issue.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention mainly includes a solar cell, a battery, an electric control device, and a main circuit that is closed only during operation of the vehicle and supplies current to the electric control device to operate it. And a power integrator that integrates the electric power charged in the battery by the solar cell while the main switch is open. The electric control device includes: The vehicle is characterized in that, when it is closed, the state of charge of the battery is corrected on the basis of the power integrated value by the power integrator.

  The electric control device is configured to always store the final value of the power integrated value by the power integrator during its operation, and the correction of the state of charge of the battery at the beginning when the main switch is closed, Corresponds to the difference between the power accumulated value by the power accumulator at the time when the main switch is closed and the final value of the power accumulated value by the power accumulator stored when the main switch is opened prior to that. Can be done.

  The vehicle is a hybrid vehicle, and the battery is a high voltage battery provided for a motor drive motor generator separately from the low voltage battery for the electric control device, and the high voltage battery is when the main switch is closed. It may be connected to the load via a relay switch that is closed.

  In a vehicle having a solar cell, a battery, an electric control device, and a main switch which is closed only during operation of the vehicle and supplies current to the electric control device to operate it. A power accumulator for accumulating the electric power charged in the battery by the solar cell while it is open, and the electric control device uses the electric power by the power accumulator when the main switch is closed If the charge state of the battery is corrected based on the integrated value, the main switch is closed again from the vehicle suspension state in which the main switch is opened, and the vehicle operation is started. When the operation is started, the electric control unit immediately knows the amount of power charged to the battery by the solar cell during the vehicle's suspension, and immediately determines the value related to the state of charge of the battery. It is possible to amend the value, the vehicle after restarting operation is properly controlled from the beginning on the basis of correct information regarding the battery state of charge.

  The electric control device always stores the final value of the power integrated value by the power integrator during its operation, and correction of the state of charge of the battery at the beginning when the main switch is closed, Corresponds to the difference between the power accumulated value by the power accumulator at the time when the main switch is closed and the final value of the power accumulated value by the power accumulator stored when the main switch is opened prior to that. Thus, the change in the state of charge of the solar cell due to the power flowing from the solar cell to the battery during vehicle suspension can be easily and accurately obtained.

  When the vehicle is a hybrid vehicle, the battery is a high voltage battery provided for a motor drive motor generator separately from the low voltage battery for the electric control device, and the high voltage battery is closed when the main switch is closed If it is connected to the load by a relay switch that is closed, the high-voltage battery is connected only to the solar cell when the vehicle with the main switch opened is closed, and when the vehicle resumes operation as described above By accurately grasping the state of charge of the high-voltage battery, the vehicle is accurately operated based on the state of charge of the correct high-voltage battery from the beginning of operation restart.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing one embodiment in which a vehicle according to the present invention is implemented as a hybrid vehicle with respect to electrical wiring according to the gist of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, 10 is a solar cell (SC), 12 is a high voltage battery (HB), and 14 is an electric control unit (ECU) incorporating a microcomputer. The illustrated hybrid vehicle has two motor generators (MG1, MG2) 16 and 18 combined with an internal combustion engine not shown in the drawing through a differential gear such as a planetary gear device not shown in the drawing. It has. The combination of an internal combustion engine and two motor generators for a hybrid drive with a differential is well known in the art. The motor generators 16 and 18 are supplied with power from the high voltage battery 12 via the relay switch 20 and inverters (I1, I2) 22 and 24, or are charged with the high voltage battery 12.

  Reference numeral 26 denotes a low voltage battery, and the low voltage battery 26 is charged from the high voltage battery 12 via the relay switch 20 and the transformer 28. The electric control device 14 is supplied with current from the low voltage battery 26 via the main switch 30. The main switch 30 also serves as an ignition switch for the internal combustion engine when the vehicle is a hybrid vehicle. When the main switch 30 is closed, the relay switch 20 is closed by being supplied with an excitation current from the low voltage battery 26, and when the main switch 30 is opened, the excitation current from the low voltage battery 26 is cut off and opened. The total amount of power extracted from the high voltage battery 12 toward the motor generators 16 and 18 and the low voltage battery 26 is obtained through calculation by the electric control device 14 based on the instantaneous power value measured by the wattmeter 32. It may come to be.

  The high-voltage battery 12 can be charged by the motor generator 16 or 18 during operation of the vehicle in which the relay switch 20 is closed by closing the main switch 30. The battery is charged from the solar cell 10 via the charge control device 34 both during and after operation. The electric power supplied from the solar cell 10 to the high voltage battery 12 is integrated by the power integrator 36, and a signal indicating the power integrated value is always sent from the power integrator 36 to the electric control device 14. . The voltage of the high voltage battery 12 is measured by a voltmeter 38, and the signal is sent to the electric control device 14.

  The electric control device 14 is closed when the main switch 30 is closed for vehicle operation, current is supplied from the low voltage battery 26 to the electric control device 14, and the electric control device 14 is in operation. Control incorporated into the vehicle based on information on the amount of depression of the cell pedal by the driver detected by the accelerator sensor not shown, vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed sensor not shown in the figure, and other vehicle operating conditions Various control calculations are performed according to the program, and based on the results, the operation of the internal combustion engine (not shown) is controlled, and the inverters 22 and 24 are controlled to control the operation of the motor generators 16 and 18. Further, regarding the present invention, the state of charge (SOC) of the high voltage battery 12 is grasped in the following manner.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the battery charge state grasping operation by the electric control device 14. The control according to this flowchart performed by the electric control device 14 is started from the time when the main switch 30 is closed. During operation of the vehicle in which the main switch 30 is closed, the control is performed at a cycle of several tens to several hundred milliseconds. May be repeated.

  When the control is started, the power settlement value Q by the power integrator 34 is read in step 10. Control then proceeds to step 20 where it is determined whether flag F is 1. This kind of flag is reset to 0 at the start of control. Therefore, when this step is reached for the first time after the supply of current to the electric control device 14 that has been in a pause state is started. The answer is no (N). At this time, control proceeds to step 30.

  In step 30, the difference between Qe, which is the final value of the power accumulated value Q read above and the power settlement value Q immediately before the stop stored in the electric control device 14, is obtained as ΔQ.

  Next, the control proceeds to step 40, where the state of charge SOC of the high voltage battery 12 immediately before the suspension of the electric control device 14 is determined based on the increment ΔQ of the integrated power value obtained above, the voltage V of the high voltage battery 12 at that time, and the battery temperature. The battery charge state SOC is corrected collectively by one function value f (ΔQ, V, T) based on a parameter that affects the change in the charge state with respect to the supplied power such as T. Thereafter, in step 60, the flag F is set to 1. Next, in step 60, the power settlement value Q read above is temporarily stored in the electric controller 14 as its final value Qe.

  Thereafter, when the vehicle operation is continued, the answer to step 20 is yes (Y) from the next flow, so that the control proceeds from step 20 to step 70, and the power read in step 10 each time. The product of the elapsed time δt between the final value Qe of the power integrated value stored in step 60 at the end of the previous flow from the integrated value Q and the power value Po and δt measured by the wattmeter 32 between successive flows. A difference δQ obtained by subtracting Poδt is obtained, and then, in step 80, the state of charge SOC of the high-voltage battery 12 obtained in the previous flow is determined by calculating the increment δQ of the integrated power value and the voltage V of the high-voltage battery 12 at that time. And a function value f (δQ, V, T) such as battery temperature T is sequentially corrected.

  When the operation of the vehicle is finished and the main switch 30 is opened, the energization of the electric control device 14 is stopped and the relay switch 20 is opened at the same time, so that the motor generators 16 and 18 and the low voltage battery 26 are connected to the high voltage battery 12. The solar cell 10 remains connected to the high-voltage battery 12 via the charge control device 34 and the power integrator 36, although it is further cut off. Therefore, when the solar cell 10 generates power during the suspension of operation of the vehicle, the power is charged in the high voltage battery 12 and the amount of charge is measured by the power integrator 36. When the main switch 30 is closed again and the operation of the vehicle is resumed, the electric control device 14 that is supplied with electric power from the low-voltage battery 26 and resumes operation when the main switch 30 is closed immediately The integrated value of the total 36 is read, and the amount of increment of the integrated power value is calculated as the difference between the stored integrated value of the power integrator 36 immediately before suspension and stored as the charge state of the high-voltage battery immediately before suspension. Collectively correct the SOC.

  In the above, one embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a hybrid vehicle has been described in detail. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention. Will.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Schematic which shows one embodiment which implemented this invention as a hybrid vehicle regarding the electrical wiring which concerns on the summary of invention. The flowchart which shows the battery charge condition grasping | ascertainment operation | movement by the electric control apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Solar cell (SC), 12 ... High voltage battery (HB), 14 ... Electric control unit (ECU), 16, 18 ... Motor generator (MG1, MG2), 20 ... Relay switch, 22, 24 ... Inverter ( I1, I2), 26 ... Low voltage battery (LB), 28 ... Transformer, 30 ... Main switch, 32 ... Wattmeter, 34 ... Charge control device, 36 ... Power accumulator, 38 ... Voltmeter

Claims (3)

  A vehicle having a solar cell, a battery, an electric control device, and a main switch that is closed only during operation of the vehicle and supplies current to the electric control device to operate the vehicle. An electric power accumulator for accumulating the electric power charged in the battery by the solar cell while the electric control device is integrated with the electric power accumulator when the main switch is closed. A vehicle that corrects a state of charge of the battery based on a value.   The electric control device is configured to always store the final value of the power integrated value by the power integrator during its operation, and the correction of the state of charge of the battery at the beginning when the main switch is closed, Corresponds to the difference between the power accumulated value by the power accumulator at the time when the main switch is closed and the final value of the power accumulated value by the power accumulator stored when the main switch is opened prior to that. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle is performed as described above. The vehicle is a hybrid vehicle, and the battery is a high voltage battery provided for a motor drive motor generator separately from the low voltage battery for the electric control device, and the main switch is closed in the high voltage battery. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle is connected to a load via a relay switch that is closed when the vehicle is closed.

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