Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
  • F02D29/00—Controlling engines, such controlling being peculiar to the devices driven thereby, the devices being other than parts or accessories essential to engine operation, e.g. controlling of engines by signals external thereto
  • F02D29/06—Controlling engines, such controlling being peculiar to the devices driven thereby, the devices being other than parts or accessories essential to engine operation, e.g. controlling of engines by signals external thereto peculiar to engines driving electric generators
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
  • B60K28/00—Safety devices for propulsion-unit control, specially adapted for, or arranged in, vehicles, e.g. preventing fuel supply or ignition in the event of potentially dangerous conditions
  • B60K28/10—Safety devices for propulsion-unit control, specially adapted for, or arranged in, vehicles, e.g. preventing fuel supply or ignition in the event of potentially dangerous conditions responsive to conditions relating to the vehicle 
  • B60K28/16—Safety devices for propulsion-unit control, specially adapted for, or arranged in, vehicles, e.g. preventing fuel supply or ignition in the event of potentially dangerous conditions responsive to conditions relating to the vehicle  responsive to, or preventing, spinning or skidding of wheels
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
  • B60L50/00—Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle
  • B60L50/10—Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by engine-driven generators, e.g. generators driven by combustion engines
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60T—VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
  • B60T8/00—Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force
  • B60T8/17—Using electrical or electronic regulation means to control braking
  • B60T8/1701—Braking or traction control means specially adapted for particular types of vehicles
  • B60T8/1705—Braking or traction control means specially adapted for particular types of vehicles for rail vehicles
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
  • F02D—CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES
  • F02D31/00—Use of speed-sensing governors to control combustion engines, not otherwise provided for
  • F02D31/001—Electric control of rotation speed
  • F02D31/007—Electric control of rotation speed controlling fuel supply
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
  • B60L2200/00—Type of vehicles
  • B60L2200/26—Rail vehicles
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
  • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
  • Y02T10/60—Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
  • Y02T10/70—Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
  • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
  • Y02T10/60—Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
  • Y02T10/7072—Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors

Definitions

• engine-generator unit refers to the combination of
• the first calculator is typically referred to as a "speed calculator” or “speed loop” and the second calculator is typically referred to as a "rack calculator” or a "power control loop”.
• the overall result of the invention is a speed dominated system capable of producing optimum speed, fuel delivery and power settings at all times.
• an electronic governor capable of providing improved objective operator response characteristics under changing load and changing power setting conditions. In general this is accomplished in a system of the type described above by providing an input to the power control loop or rack calculator which is a function of engine acceleration and which modifies or overrides the actual fuel delivery rate setting to prevent power dips or overruns which are characteristic of prior art systems.
• a control system or electronic governor capable of flexibility in accommodating the performance characteristics of a given engine-generator unit is provided.
• Figure 41 through 4L is a flowchart of a further option to Figure 4G;
• Figure 5 is a block diagram of the invention as applied to the control of a diesel electric generator unit for a locomotive.
• the memory 40 is preferably sub-divided into a random access portion 40a and an add-on ROM 40b which contains certain constants hereinafter defined which are unique to the particular engine 10 and generator 14 and which effectively tailor the governor 20 to the "personality" of the particular unit.
• memory module 40b is hereinafter referred to as the "personality module”.
• the conversion from a four-bit signal input (from the notched device 22) to a digital number is a straight-forward matter of look-up in a read only memory.
• a signal proportional to desired power from a proportional version of the power setting device 22 can likewise be converted to a digital number in straight-forward matter to be used in the look-up table.
• This output is applied to a ramp rate generator 60 which is part of the calculator 24 to smooth out transitions in desired speed numbers caused by a movement of the operator-controlled level in the device 22.
• Ramp rate generator 60 causes the desired speed signal to undergo a transition between numbers having a plurality of stairstep type incremental increases or decreases, each increment being of fixed time.
• Summer function 32 is correspondingly numbered in Figure 4B and, as is apparent, involves an arithmetic combination of two numbers.
• the device 22 is provided with a fixed number of notch positions or power settings and does not, in itself, provide any proportional control between those settings in the locomotive case being described.
• the look-up table functions the same.
• measured engine speed obviously varies relatively smoothly between settings in a proportional or infinitely variable fashion and it is desirable to produce desired rack signals which are proportional to measured engine speed between the optimum operating points shown in Figure 2; i.e., the desired rack signal will follow straight line segments between the optimum operating points of Figure 2.
• this proportional control calls for an interpolation function which is represented in the function blocks of flowchart 4E in the area of referenced numeral 44.
• the transfer function of computer 54 is of the PID (proportional, integral, differential) type consistent with established control theory.
• K 3' K 4 sized for application
• NR speed valve used for determination of desired rack

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• Control Of Vehicle Engines Or Engines For Specific Uses (AREA)
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• Control Of Eletrric Generators (AREA)
• High-Pressure Fuel Injection Pump Control (AREA)
• Diaphragms For Electromechanical Transducers (AREA)
• Ignition Installations For Internal Combustion Engines (AREA)

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