WO2009084649A1 - 燃料電池システム、及び燃料電池用昇圧コンバータ - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a fuel cell system and a boost converter for a fuel cell.
- the DC-DC converter uses an electronic switch, a diode, and an inductance as basic elements, and converts a voltage by a switching operation of the electronic switch.
- the DC-DC converter includes a snubber circuit that absorbs ripples caused by the switching operation of the electronic switch.
- the snubber circuit absorbs ripple with a capacitor. If the charge stored in this capacitor is not effectively used, the energy conversion efficiency of the DC-DC converter is reduced. Therefore, a technique has been proposed in which the charge stored in this capacitor is regenerated and used effectively (for example, (See Patent Documents 3 to 7). JP 2007-228781 A JP 2003-217625 A JP-A-8-116663 Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-75459 JP-A-6-189444 JP 2005-143259 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-164709
- Fuel cells generate electricity by causing an electrochemical reaction of fuel gas with a catalyst electrode carrying a catalyst such as platinum. Further, in the fuel cell, in order to realize a low physique and high output, the catalyst electrode and the polymer electrolyte membrane are extremely densely configured. Therefore, it is not preferable to apply a high potential voltage to the fuel cell.
- DC-DC converters are known to be able to reduce switching loss by soft switching, but if this is used for boosting the fuel cell, the power stored for soft switching is input to the fuel cell. It is difficult to apply.
- the present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell system and a fuel cell boost converter that can boost the output voltage of the fuel cell by soft switching.
- the present invention increases the output voltage of the fuel cell by the back electromotive force of the coil generated by the switching operation, and then releases the voltage from the snubber capacitor that realizes soft switching by adjusting the voltage between both electrodes of the switch. It was decided that the electricity to be discharged would flow outside the fuel cell.
- the fuel cell system includes a fuel cell that is a direct current power source, and a boosting unit that boosts the output voltage of the fuel cell and supplies power to a load, the boosting unit having a switch and a coil, A main booster that boosts the output voltage of the fuel cell with the back electromotive force of the coil that is generated by the switching operation of the switch with respect to the coil, and a snubber capacitor that adjusts the potential difference between the two poles of the switch by the amount of charge A sub-boost unit that reduces a switching loss of the switch by adjusting a storage amount of the snubber capacitor during the switching operation, and the sub-boost unit reduces the storage amount of the snubber capacitor The electricity of the snubber capacitor that is discharged to the battery is processed by flowing it to a processing means other than the fuel cell.
- the fuel cell system is a system that allows a voltage higher than the output voltage of the fuel cell to be supplied to the load by a boosting unit that boosts the voltage of the DC power supply.
- the boosting means includes a main boosting unit that plays a role in boosting the output voltage of the fuel cell, and a sub boosting unit that plays a role in reducing the loss of electrical energy generated in the main boosting unit.
- the main booster uses the back electromotive force of the coil when boosting the output voltage of the fuel cell, which is a DC power supply. That is, by controlling the current flowing through the coil by a switching operation, a counter electromotive force is generated in the coil, and the output voltage of the fuel cell is boosted.
- the switch of the main boosting unit controls the flow of electricity through the switching operation, but causes a switching loss due to the transient state during the switching operation.
- the switching loss can be reduced by adjusting the rate of change of voltage and current in the transient state using the time constant of the capacitor. Therefore, in the fuel cell system, the snubber capacitor of the sub boosting unit reduces the switching loss of the switch of the main boosting unit by adjusting the change speed of the voltage and current in the transient state.
- the sub-boost unit can effectively exert the capacity of the snubber capacitor by actively adjusting the amount of electricity stored in the snubber capacitor before the switch of the main booster unit operates.
- the amount of power stored in the snubber capacitor is adjusted in accordance with the predicted potential change so that fluctuations in the potential difference between the two poles of the switch after the switching operation are alleviated. For example, by storing the charge in the snubber capacitor in advance before the switch transitions to the non-conductive state, the rapid potential difference between the two electrodes during switching is suppressed, and before the switch transitions to the conductive state, the charge is stored in the snubber capacitor. The rapid reduction of the potential difference between the two electrodes during switching is suppressed by releasing the charged charge.
- the processing means includes all means capable of processing the electricity stored in the snubber capacitor.
- the electricity stored in the snubber capacitor is temporarily stored and regenerated to a load or the like. It includes means for consuming or discharging out of the system.
- the output voltage of the fuel cell can be boosted by the soft switching.
- the sub booster unit regenerates and processes the electricity released when reducing the amount of electricity stored in the snubber capacitor to the electric circuit connecting the main booster unit and the fuel cell as the processing means, and the fuel cell
- the system may further include a buffer unit that relieves voltage fluctuation of the electric circuit caused by the regenerative power of the sub boosting unit.
- the electricity stored in the snubber capacitor is the electricity output from the fuel cell. Therefore, from the viewpoint of energy efficiency, it is preferable that the electricity stored in the snubber capacitor is regenerated to the load. Therefore, the fuel cell system regenerates the electricity released from the snubber capacitor by flowing it through the electric path connecting the main booster and the fuel cell.
- the fuel cell system relaxes the voltage fluctuation of the electric circuit caused by the regenerative power by the buffer means.
- the relaxation means relaxes the voltage fluctuation of the electric circuit, the voltage increase of the electric circuit due to the regenerative power is weakened, and the application of a high potential voltage to the fuel cell is suppressed.
- the sub booster unit regenerates and processes the electricity released when reducing the amount of electricity stored in the snubber capacitor to the electric circuit connecting the main booster unit and the fuel cell as the processing means, and the fuel cell
- the system may further include a constant voltage means for flowing the electricity of the electric circuit to the ground when the voltage of the electric circuit fluctuating due to the regenerative power of the sub boosting unit exceeds a specified voltage.
- the fuel cell system lowers the voltage of the electric circuit when a high potential voltage is applied to the fuel cell. That is, when the electric potential of the electric circuit connecting the fuel cell for supplying regenerative power and the main boosting unit exceeds a specified voltage, the electric current of the electric circuit is supplied to the ground. Thereby, the voltage of the electric circuit is stepped down, and the application of the high potential voltage to the fuel cell is suppressed.
- the earth is a concept indicating an electric conductor serving as a reference potential of an electronic device constituting the fuel cell system and its peripheral devices, and is generally limited to the ground used as a reference potential point. It is not something.
- the specified voltage is the voltage of the electric circuit connecting the fuel cell and the main booster, and is, for example, the upper limit value of the fuel cell voltage determined from the viewpoint of protecting the fuel cell.
- the sub booster unit regenerates and processes the electricity released when reducing the amount of electricity stored in the snubber capacitor to the electric circuit connecting the main booster unit and the fuel cell as the processing means, and the fuel cell
- the system may further include rectification means for stopping the regenerative power of the sub boosting unit from flowing to the fuel cell via the electric circuit.
- rectification means for stopping the regenerative power of the sub boosting unit from flowing to the fuel cell via the electric circuit.
- the fuel cell system includes a secondary battery as the processing means, and the sub-boost unit discharges electricity to the secondary battery when reducing the amount of electricity stored in the snubber capacitor. It may be flowed and processed.
- the electricity stored in the snubber capacitor is the electricity output from the fuel cell and is preferably used effectively from the viewpoint of energy efficiency.
- a method of storing the electricity of the snubber capacitor and effectively using it can be considered.
- the fuel cell system is a system configured from the viewpoint of effective utilization by storing electricity of a snubber capacitor, and includes a secondary battery capable of storing electricity. Then, electricity discharged from the snubber capacitor is passed to the secondary battery. Thereby, the electricity of the snubber capacitor is stored in the secondary battery, and the stored electricity can be used effectively.
- the main booster has a first coil having one end connected to the anode of the fuel cell, one end connected to the other end of the main coil, and the other end connected to the cathode of the fuel cell.
- a switch a first diode whose cathode side is connected to the other end of the coil and an anode side connected to the load, and a smoothing capacitor that connects the anode side of the diode and the other end of the switch;
- the sub-boost section includes a second diode having a cathode connected to an electric circuit branched from an electric circuit connecting the first coil and the first switch, an anode side of the second diode, and the other end of the first switch.
- a second coil whose one end is connected to an electric circuit branched from an electric circuit connecting the anode side of the second diode and the snubber capacitor, and a cathode side A second diode connected to the other end of the second coil, and a second switch having one end connected to the anode side of the second diode and the other end connected to the processing means.
- the back electromotive force is generated in the first coil by the switching operation of the first switch, and the output voltage of the fuel cell is boosted. Further, the voltage and current waves resulting from the switching operation of the first switch are controlled by the first diode and the smoothing capacitor of the main boosting unit so that power can be supplied to the load. Therefore, the electric power boosted from the fuel cell and fed to the load is in a state (quality) that can feed the load. Further, the second switch for discharging the electricity of the snubber capacitor to the processing means and the second coil for taking out the electricity from the snubber capacitor can cooperate to discharge the electricity stored in the snubber capacitor.
- the present invention also relates to a boost converter for a fuel cell that boosts the output voltage of a fuel cell that is a direct current power source and supplies power to a load, and includes a switch and a coil, and the switch performs a switching operation with respect to the coil.
- a main booster that boosts the output voltage of the fuel cell with a back electromotive force of the coil generated by the operation, and a snubber capacitor that adjusts the potential difference between the two poles of the switch by the amount of charge, and during the switching operation, the snubber A sub-boosting unit that reduces the switching loss of the switch by adjusting a storage amount of the capacitor, and the sub-boost unit discharges electricity of the snubber capacitor when the storage amount of the snubber capacitor is reduced. It may be processed by flowing to a processing means other than the battery. According to this, the output voltage of the fuel cell can be boosted by soft switching.
- the output voltage of the fuel cell can be boosted by soft switching.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of soft switching processing for voltage boosting performed by the FC boost converter shown in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing a current flow in the FC boost converter when the mode 1 operation of the soft switching process shown in FIG. 3 is performed.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing a current flow in the FC boost converter when the mode 2 operation of the soft switching process shown in FIG. 3 is performed.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing a current flow in the FC boost converter when the mode 3 operation of the soft switching process shown in FIG. 3 is performed.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing a current flow in the FC boost converter when the mode 4 operation of the soft switching process shown in FIG. 3 is performed.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing a current flow in the FC boost converter when the mode 5 operation of the soft switching process shown in FIG. 3 is performed.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing a current flow in the FC boost converter when the mode 6 operation of the soft switching process shown in FIG. 3 is performed. It is a figure which shows the correlation with the output voltage of a fuel cell and the motor required voltage for a motor drive set with the conventional fuel cell system.
- the processing executed in the FC boost converter is associated with the operation region formed with the inlet voltage of the FC boost converter as the horizontal axis and the outlet voltage as the vertical axis. It is the displayed first map.
- the processing executed in the FC boost converter is associated with the operation region formed with the inlet voltage of the FC boost converter as the horizontal axis and the outlet voltage as the vertical axis. It is the displayed second map.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram excerpting and describing only the part actually operating in the FC boost converter for the convenience of explanation when the operation of mode 2 of the soft switching process shown in FIG. 3 is performed.
- the ratio VH / VL between the outlet voltage of the FC boost converter according to the embodiment of the present invention and the inlet voltage, and the voltage remaining in the snubber capacitor at the time of discharge when the mode 2 operation of the soft switching process shown in FIG. 3 is performed It is a 1st figure which shows the correlation.
- the ratio VH / VL between the outlet voltage of the FC boost converter according to the embodiment of the present invention and the inlet voltage, and the voltage remaining in the snubber capacitor at the time of discharge when the mode 2 operation of the soft switching process shown in FIG. 3 is performed It is a 2nd figure which shows correlation with. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of control performed by the FC boost converter in order to promote efficiency of the fuel cell system according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of 1 structure of the electric circuit of FC boost converter which concerns on a modification. It is an example of 1 structure of the electric circuit of FC boost converter which concerns on a modification.
- the fuel cell system 10 supplies power to a drive motor 16 that is a drive device of a vehicle 1 that is a moving body. It can also be applied to objects that do not move but need to be supplied with power.
- FIG. 1 schematically shows a schematic configuration of a fuel cell system 10 according to the present invention and a mobile vehicle 1 that uses electric power supplied from the fuel cell system 10 as a drive source.
- the vehicle 1 is self-propelled and movable when the drive wheels 2 are driven by a drive motor (hereinafter simply referred to as “motor”) 16.
- the motor 16 is a so-called three-phase AC motor and receives supply of AC power from the inverter 15. Further, DC power is supplied to the inverter 15 from a fuel cell (hereinafter also referred to as “FC”) 11 which is a main power source of the fuel cell system 10 and a battery 13 which is a secondary battery. 15 is converted to alternating current.
- FC fuel cell
- the fuel cell 11 generates power by an electrochemical reaction between hydrogen gas stored in the hydrogen tank 17 and oxygen in the air pumped by the compressor 18, and the fuel cell 11 and the inverter 15
- An FC boost converter 12 which is a boost DC-DC converter, is electrically connected between them.
- the output voltage from the fuel cell 11 is boosted to an arbitrary voltage within a range controllable by the FC boost converter 12 and applied to the inverter 15.
- the terminal voltage of the fuel cell 11 can be controlled by the boosting operation of the FC boost converter 12.
- the detailed configuration of the FC boost converter 12 will be described later.
- the battery 13 is a chargeable / dischargeable power storage device, and is a boost type battery booster so that the inverter 15 is in parallel with the FC boost converter 12 between the battery 13 and the inverter 15.
- Converter 14 is electrically connected.
- the output voltage from the battery 13 is boosted to an arbitrary voltage within a range that can be controlled by the battery boost converter 14 and applied to the inverter 15.
- the terminal voltage of the inverter 15 can be controlled by the boosting operation of the battery boosting converter 14.
- a step-up / step-down converter capable of a step-up operation and a step-down operation can be employed instead of the step-up type battery step-up converter 14.
- the description will be given mainly assuming that the battery boost converter 14 is a boost converter.
- the step-up / step-down converter there is no intention to limit the use of the step-up / step-down converter, and appropriate adjustments are made in the use. .
- the buck-boost converter by adopting the buck-boost converter, the facts that should be further noted will be appropriately disclosed.
- the vehicle 1 is provided with an electronic control unit (hereinafter referred to as “ECU”) 20, and is electrically connected to each of the above-described control objects, thereby generating power for the fuel cell 11, driving the motor 16, and the like. Will be controlled.
- ECU electronice control unit
- the vehicle 1 is provided with an accelerator pedal that receives an acceleration request from the user, the opening degree thereof is detected by the accelerator pedal sensor 21, and the detection signal is electrically transmitted to the ECU 20.
- the ECU 20 is also electrically connected to an encoder that detects the number of rotations of the motor 16, whereby the number of rotations of the motor 16 is detected by the ECU 20.
- the ECU 20 can perform various controls based on these detection values and the like.
- the accelerator pedal opening degree that the user of the vehicle 1 has stepped on is detected by the accelerator pedal sensor 21, and the ECU 20 is based on the accelerator opening degree and the rotational speed of the motor 16.
- the power generation amount of the fuel cell 11 and the charge / discharge amount from the battery 13 are appropriately controlled.
- the motor 16 is a PM motor with a high voltage and low current specification. Accordingly, since the motor 16 can exhibit a high torque at a low current, it is possible to reduce heat generation in the windings and other wirings inside the motor, and to reduce the rated output of the inverter 15. It becomes possible.
- the counter electromotive voltage is set to be relatively high in order to enable a relatively large torque output at a low current, while the motor 16 has a high rotational speed against the high counter electromotive voltage.
- the supply voltage from the fuel cell system 10 is set high so that it can be driven.
- the FC boost converter 12 is provided between the fuel cell 11 and the inverter 15, and the battery boost converter 14 is also provided between the battery 13 and the inverter 15, thereby increasing the supply voltage to the inverter 15. It is done.
- a step-up / step-down converter may be employed in place of the battery boost converter 14.
- the motor 16 is driven by the boost operation of the FC boost converter 12 even if the output voltage (terminal voltage) of the fuel cell 11 itself is low. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the size of the fuel cell 11 by reducing the number of stacked cells. As a result, the weight of the vehicle 1 can be reduced, and the fuel consumption can be further improved.
- the fuel cell 11 that can generate power is the main power source for the motor 16. Therefore, in order to improve the efficiency of the fuel cell system 10, reducing the power loss in the FC boost converter 12 interposed between the fuel cell 11 and the inverter 15 will greatly contribute to improving the efficiency of the entire system. Conceivable. Of course, the same applies in principle to the battery boost converter 14 between the battery 13 and the inverter 15.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the electrical configuration of the fuel cell system 10 with the FC boost converter 12 as the center, but the description of the battery 13 and the battery boost converter 14 is omitted for ease of explanation.
- the FC boost converter 12 includes a main booster circuit 12a for performing a boosting operation as a DC-DC converter, and an auxiliary circuit 12b for performing a soft switching operation to be described later.
- the main booster circuit 12a releases the energy stored in the coil L1 to the motor 16 side (inverter 15 side) via the diode D5 by the switching operation of the switching circuit composed of the switching element S1 and the diode D4.
- the output voltage of the battery 11 is boosted.
- one end of the coil L1 is connected to the terminal on the high potential side of the fuel cell 11.
- the pole at one end of the switch element S1 is connected to the other end of the coil L1, and the pole at the other end of the switch element S1 is connected to a terminal on the low potential side of the fuel cell.
- the cathode terminal of the diode D5 is connected to the other end of the coil L1, and the capacitor C3 is connected between the anode terminal of the diode D5 and the other end of the switch element S1.
- the capacitor C3 functions as a smoothing capacitor for the boost voltage.
- the main booster circuit 12a is also provided with a smoothing capacitor C1 on the fuel cell 11 side, which makes it possible to reduce the ripple of the output current of the fuel cell 11.
- the voltage VH applied to the smoothing capacitor C3 becomes the outlet voltage of the FC boost converter 12.
- the power supply voltage of the fuel cell 11 is indicated by VL, which is a voltage applied to the smoothing capacitor C ⁇ b> 1 and an inlet voltage of the FC boost converter 12.
- the auxiliary circuit 12b includes a first series connection including a diode D3 connected in parallel to the switch element S1 and a snubber capacitor C2 connected in series thereto.
- the cathode terminal of the diode D3 is connected to the other end of the coil L1, and the anode terminal thereof is connected to one end of the snubber capacitor C2.
- the other end of the snubber capacitor C2 is connected to a low potential side terminal of the fuel cell 11.
- the auxiliary circuit 12b includes a second series connection body in which a coil L2, which is an inductive element, a diode D2, and a switching circuit composed of the switch element S2 and the diode D1 are connected in series.
- one end of the coil L2 is connected to a connection site between the diode D3 and the snubber capacitor C2 of the first series connection body. Further, the cathode terminal of the diode D2 is connected to the other end of the coil L2, and the anode terminal thereof is connected to the pole of one end of the switch element S2. The other end of the switch element S2 is connected to one end side of the coil L1.
- the form which replaced suitably the series order of the switching circuit by the coil L2, the diode D2, switch element S2, etc. can also be employ
- the order of the switching circuit including the coil L2 and the switch element S2 is changed, so that the coil L1 and the coil L2 can be integrated in an actual mounting circuit, and the modularization of the semiconductor element is easy. It becomes.
- the FC boost converter 12 configured as described above adjusts the switching duty ratio of the switch element S1, thereby increasing the boost ratio by the FC boost converter 12, that is, the output voltage of the fuel cell 11 input to the FC boost converter 12.
- the ratio of the output voltage of the FC boost converter 12 applied to the inverter 15 is controlled. Further, by interposing the switching operation of the switching element S2 of the auxiliary circuit 12b in the switching operation of the switching element S1, so-called soft switching described later is realized, and the switching loss in the FC boost converter 12 can be greatly reduced. It becomes.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart of one-cycle processing (hereinafter referred to as “soft switching processing”) for boosting in the FC boost converter 12 via the soft switching operation.
- soft switching processing each process of S101 to S106 is sequentially performed by the ECU 20 to form one cycle.
- the mode in which current and voltage flow in the FC boost converter 12 by each process is expressed as mode 1 to mode 6, respectively. This state is shown in FIGS. 4A to 4F.
- the soft switching process in the FC boost converter 12 will be described below based on these drawings. In FIGS.
- reference numerals of the main booster circuit 12a and the auxiliary circuit 12b are omitted for the sake of brevity, but each circuit is cited in the description of each mode. There is a case. In each figure, a thick arrow indicates a current flowing through the circuit.
- the initial state in which the soft switching process shown in FIG. 3 is performed is a state where electric power is supplied from the fuel cell 11 to the inverter 15 and the motor 16, that is, when both the switch elements S1 and S2 are turned off, the coil L1 In this state, current flows to the inverter 15 side via the diode D5. Therefore, when one cycle of the soft switching process is completed, the same state as the initial state is reached.
- the current / voltage state of mode 1 shown in FIG. 4A is formed. Specifically, the switch element S1 turns on the switch element S2 in a turn-off state. In this way, due to the potential difference between the outlet voltage VH and the inlet voltage VL of the FC boost converter 12, the current flowing to the inverter 15 side via the coil L1 and the diode D5 gradually shifts to the auxiliary circuit 12b side. .
- the state of the current transition is indicated by a white arrow.
- the snubber capacitor C2 has a function of determining a voltage applied to the switch element S1.
- the switch element S1 is turned on, the electric charge of the snubber capacitor C2 that affects the voltage applied to the switch element S1 flows into the auxiliary circuit 12b in mode 2, so that the voltage applied to the snubber capacitor C2 decreases. .
- the amount of current flowing into the coil L1 is increased as the state of S103 continues, and the energy stored in the coil L1 is gradually increased.
- This state is the current / voltage state of mode 4 shown in FIG. 4D.
- the switch elements S1 and S2 are turned off in S105.
- the electric charge is extracted in the mode 2 and the snubber capacitor C2 in the low voltage state is charged, and reaches the same voltage as the outlet voltage VH of the FC boost converter 12.
- This state is the current / voltage state of mode 5 shown in FIG. 4E.
- the snubber capacitor C2 is charged to the voltage VH, the energy stored in the coil L1 in S106 is released to the inverter 15 side.
- This state is the current / voltage state of mode 6 shown in FIG. 4F.
- this mode 5 When this mode 5 is performed, the voltage applied to the switch element S1 is delayed by the snubber capacitor C2, so that the switching loss due to the tail current in the switch element S1 can be further reduced.
- the switching loss in the FC boost converter 12 is suppressed as much as possible, and the output voltage of the fuel cell 11 is boosted to the inverter 15. Supply becomes possible. As a result, it is possible to efficiently drive the motor 16 which is a high voltage low current motor.
- the intermittent operation control of the FC boost converter 12 is performed to improve the system efficiency.
- the power from the fuel cell 11, which is the main power source for the motor 16 is connected to the inverter 15 side via the FC boost converter 12.
- the voltage to be applied to the inverter 15 when the fuel cell 11 as the main power source drives the motor 16 must be a voltage that can sufficiently resist the counter electromotive force of the motor 16. Therefore, in the conventional fuel cell system not provided with the FC boost converter 12, as shown in FIG.
- the FC boost converter 12 since the FC boost converter 12 is provided, the voltage from the fuel cell 11 can be boosted and applied to the inverter 15. However, in the boosting operation by the FC boost converter 12, some switching loss occurs due to the switching element, so that the boosting operation is a cause of reducing the efficiency of the system. On the other hand, as described above, since the motor 16 is a high-voltage, low-current motor, the back electromotive voltage generated with the increase in the number of rotations increases, and the boosting operation by the FC boost converter 12 is indispensable. Become.
- the correlation between the output voltage from the fuel cell 11 and the required motor voltage to be applied to the inverter 15 is indicated by LV1 and LV2 in FIG.
- the counter electromotive voltage of the motor 16 increases as the speed of the vehicle 1 increases. Therefore, the required motor voltage also increases as the vehicle speed increases.
- the fuel 1 is set so that the speed VS0 of the vehicle 1 when the two intersect each other is a speed that substantially covers the normal operation of the vehicle 1 by the user.
- the voltage characteristic of the battery 11 and the voltage characteristic of the motor 16 may be determined.
- VS0 is set to 110 km / h from the vehicle driving regulations and the tendency of the user's normal operation. Then, the maximum output during driving of the motor 16 that enables the vehicle 1 to travel at the speed VS0 is calculated, and the voltage (motor required voltage) to be applied to the inverter 15 so that the maximum output can be exhibited. ) Is derived. Then, the design of the fuel cell 11 (for example, in a fuel cell formed by stacking a plurality of cells) so that the required motor voltage can be directly output from the fuel cell 11 without going through the FC boost converter 12. The number of stacked cells is adjusted).
- the output voltage from the fuel cell 11 is higher than the motor required voltage for driving the motor 16 until the speed of the vehicle 1 reaches VS0. Therefore, even if the motor 16 is a high voltage low current specification motor, the motor 16 can be driven by the direct output voltage from the fuel cell 11 without the boost operation of the FC boost converter 12. Become. In other words, under this condition, the driving operation of the motor 16 can be ensured by stopping the switching operation by the FC boost converter 12 and applying the output voltage from the fuel cell 11 to the inverter 15. Thereby, the switching loss in the FC boost converter 12 can be completely eliminated.
- the voltage applied to the inverter 15 does not become excessively high because the FC boost converter 12 is stopped, that is, the voltage difference between LV1 and LV2 can be suppressed to be smaller than in the state shown in FIG.
- the switching loss in the inverter 15 can be kept low.
- the fuel cell system 1 As shown in FIG. It is also possible to supply power.
- the battery boost converter 14 is a so-called boost converter, in order to supply power from the battery 13 to the inverter 15, the outlet voltage of the battery boost converter 14 (the voltage on the inverter 15 side, the FC boost converter 12 Is equal to or higher than the inlet voltage (battery 13 side voltage).
- FIGS. 7A and 7B the correlation between the output voltage of the battery 13 and the output voltage of the fuel cell 11 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7A and 7B.
- the IV characteristic of the battery 13 indicated by the dotted line LBT in the figure
- the IV characteristic of the fuel cell 11 indicated by the solid line LFC in the figure
- 7A in the region where the IV characteristic LFC of the fuel cell 11 is higher than the IV characteristic LBT of the battery 13, even if the FC boost converter 12 is stopped, the output voltage of the battery 13 is the outlet voltage of the FC boost converter 12. Since the battery boost converter 14 is in a lower state, the battery boost converter 14 can perform a boost operation, and power can be supplied from the battery 13 to the motor 16.
- the outlet voltage of the FC boost converter 12 is the output voltage of the battery 13 (the inlet of the battery boost converter 14). Therefore, there is a case where the operation of the FC boost converter 12 is not permitted to be stopped.
- FIG. 7A when the IV characteristic LFC of the fuel cell 11 is lower than the IV characteristic LBT of the battery 13 in a relatively low current region, in order to ensure the boost operation of the battery boost converter 14, Stopping the operation of the FC boost converter 12 is not allowed, and as a result, the possibility of reducing the switching loss described above is lowered.
- FIG. 7B when the IV characteristic LFC of the fuel cell 11 is always above the IV characteristic LBT of the battery 13, from the viewpoint of ensuring the boost operation of the battery boost converter 14, the FC boost converter Twelve operation stops are not limited.
- FC boost converter 12 related to ensuring the boost operation of the battery boost converter 14 up to the above is that the battery boost converter 14 included in the fuel cell system 10 shown in FIG. Due to the fact that there is no converter). Therefore, in the fuel cell system 10, when the step-up / step-down converter capable of the boosting operation and the step-down operation is adopted instead of the battery boosting converter 14, the FC boosting converter 12 is not restricted by the above-described operation restriction. Output voltages from the fuel cell 11 and the battery 13 can be selectively applied to the motor 16.
- the necessary IV characteristics of the battery 13 and the IV characteristics of the fuel cell 11 are determined based on the assumed driving of the vehicle 1, and the correlation between both IV characteristics and the output voltage of the fuel cell 11 are determined. From the relationship with the required motor voltage, a control region for the boosting operation of the FC boost converter 12 as shown in the maps of FIGS. 8A and 8B was defined. Hereinafter, the boosting operation of the FC boost converter 12 will be described in detail.
- FIG. 8A and 8B show the processing executed in the FC boost converter 12 in association with the operation region formed with the inlet voltage of the FC boost converter 12 as the horizontal axis and the outlet voltage as the vertical axis. It is a map. 8A is a map when the battery boost converter 14 included in the fuel cell system 10 is a boost converter, and FIG. 8B is a step-up / step-down converter instead of the boost battery boost converter 14. It is a map when adopting. First, the map shown in FIG. 8A will be described.
- the map includes a straight line LR1 which means that the boost ratio by the FC boost converter 12 is 1, that is, the ratio of the inlet voltage to the outlet voltage is 1: 1, and the boost ratio is A straight line LR2 that means a value in the vicinity of 2 (in the figure, the boost ratio is simply indicated as “2”), a straight line LR3 that means that the boost ratio is 10, and the FC boost converter 12 A straight line LR4 indicating the highest output voltage is described.
- the straight line LR2 will be described later with reference to FIGS. 9, 10A, and 10B.
- a straight line LR3 indicates the maximum boost ratio by the FC boost converter 12. Therefore, it can be seen that the operation range of the FC boost converter 12 is a region surrounded by the straight lines LR1, LR3, and LR4.
- a region RC1 is defined as a region below the straight line LR1 indicating the step-up ratio 1.
- the step-up ratio required for driving the motor 16 is 1 or less (actually, since the FC boost converter 12 is a step-up converter, the step-up ratio is set to 1 or less, that is, step-down) Note that it is possible to stop the FC boost converter 12 and apply the output voltage of the fuel cell 11 directly to the inverter 15 as a result.
- the output voltage of the fuel cell 11 serving as the inlet voltage of the FC boost converter 12 is a range between the maximum voltage Vfcmax of the fuel cell 11 and the open voltage (OCV: Open Circuit Voltage) of the battery 13.
- OCV Open Circuit Voltage
- the boosting operation of the FC boost converter 12 is completely stopped.
- switching loss in the FC boost converter 12 can be suppressed.
- the operation stop of the FC boost converter 12 is restricted with the voltage Vfcb as a boundary, because the battery boost converter 14 is a boost converter as described above, so as to ensure the boost operation.
- This region is defined as a region where the inlet voltage of the FC boost converter 12 is equal to or lower than the above Vfcb, and the outlet voltage of the FC boost converter 12 is equal to or lower than the OCV of the battery 13, that is, equal to or lower than the voltage equal to Vfcb. . That is, in this region RC2, if the boost operation of the FC boost converter 12 is not performed, the outlet voltage of the battery boost converter 14 becomes lower than the inlet voltage, and the boost operation of the battery boost converter 14 becomes impossible. Even if the boosting operation of the FC boosting converter 12 is performed, the boosting operation of the battery boosting converter 14 is similarly impossible because the boosting ratio is low.
- the FC boost converter 12 is stopped so that the switching loss does not occur as in the region RC1. Then, the terminal voltage of the fuel cell 11 is controlled to the lowest voltage that can be controlled by the battery boost converter 14.
- the voltage Vfcb is set on the assumption that the voltage is equal to the OCV of the battery 13. This state is continued as long as the discharge power of the battery 13 permits.
- the region RC2 is a transitional region that is interposed when the operation region of the FC boost converter 12 shifts from the region RC1 to the region RC3 described later while the driving state of the motor 16 changes. Therefore, when the battery boost converter 14 is a boost converter, the IV characteristics of the fuel cell 11 and the battery 13 described with reference to FIGS. 7A and 7B are set so that the transient region RC2 becomes as small as possible. It is preferable to appropriately adjust the correlation with the IV characteristics.
- the map shown in FIG. 8B that is, the map when the step-up / step-down converter is employed instead of the battery boost converter 14 in the fuel cell system 10 will be described.
- the operation stop of the FC boost converter 12 is not restricted by the voltage Vfcb as described above. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8B, in the region below the straight line LR1, it becomes easy to stop the operation of the FC boost converter 12 without restriction and improve the efficiency of the system. Therefore, as a result, the region corresponding to the region RC2 does not exist in FIG. 8B.
- the description of the map shown below applies to FIGS. 8A and 8B in common, and therefore the description will be given collectively.
- the FC boost converter 12 is driven and the output voltage of the fuel cell 11 is boosted.
- the soft switching process described based on FIGS. 4A to 4F is executed, so that the switching loss in the FC boost converter 12 is suppressed as much as possible.
- the operation region in which the soft switching process is performed is divided into a semi-soft switch region RC3 and a soft switch region RC4 by a straight line LR2.
- the semi-soft switch region RC3 and the soft switch region RC4 will be described in detail.
- the straight line LR2 is a straight line that means that the boost ratio by the FC boost converter 12 becomes a value in the vicinity of 2.
- the electrical structure of the FC boost converter 12 according to the present invention is as shown in FIG. 2, but in the operation of mode 2 in the above-described series of soft switching processes, the coil L2 of the auxiliary circuit 12b and the snubber capacitor C2 are used.
- the snubber capacitor C2 is discharged using half-wave resonance. If only the part actually operating in the FC boost converter 12 is extracted in the operation of mode 2, the circuit configuration shown in FIG. 9 is obtained.
- FIGS. 10A and 10B show the relationship between the ratio VH / VL between the outlet voltage and the inlet voltage and the voltage remaining in the snubber capacitor C2 at the time of discharging.
- 10A shows the voltage transition of the snubber capacitor C2 when the ratio VH / VL exceeds 2
- FIG. 10B shows the voltage transition of the snubber capacitor C2 when the ratio VH / VL is less than 2.
- the value of VH ⁇ VL becomes larger than VL. Therefore, when half-wave resonance occurs, the voltage of the snubber capacitor C2 becomes zero due to the action of the diode D2.
- FIG. 10A shows the voltage transition of the snubber capacitor C2 when the ratio VH / VL exceeds 2
- FIG. 10B shows the voltage transition of the snubber capacitor C2 when the ratio VH / VL is less than 2.
- the value of VH ⁇ VL becomes larger than VL. Therefore, when half-wave resonance occurs,
- the straight line LR2 exists as a reference for determining whether or not the switching loss can be effectively suppressed by the soft switching process.
- the ratio VH / VL is twice or more, the voltage of the snubber capacitor C2 after discharge becomes zero, but in reality, energy loss occurs in the diode and the wiring, so the ratio VH / VL
- the value of VL is preferably more than twice (for example, 2.3).
- the quasi-soft switch region RC3 in which it is difficult to efficiently suppress the switching loss even if the switching is performed, and the region located above the straight line LR2 is the soft switch region RC4 in which the switching loss is efficiently suppressed by the soft switching process.
- the operation region of the FC boost converter 12 can be divided into predetermined regions RC1 to RC4.
- the switching loss of the FC boost converter 12 cannot be sufficiently suppressed in the semi-soft switch region RC3. Therefore, from the viewpoint of improving the efficiency of the fuel cell system 10, it is preferable to avoid as much as possible that the FC boost converter 12 performs a boost operation in this region. Therefore, an example of control of the FC boost converter 12 for promoting the efficiency of the fuel cell system 10 will be described based on FIG. 11A.
- the FC boost converter control shown in FIG. 11A is executed when the electric power generated by the fuel cell 11 is supplied to the motor 16 by the ECU 20.
- the boosting operation in the semi-soft switch region RC3 is preferably avoided as much as possible for the better efficiency of the fuel cell system 10, as described above, but the fuel cell system according to the present invention. 10 does not completely exclude the step-up operation, and the step-up operation may be used as necessary.
- the maximum torque that the motor 16 can output at maximum corresponding to the actual rotational speed of the motor 16 detected by the encoder is calculated.
- the ECU 20 has a map in which the rotation speed of the motor 16 is associated with the maximum torque corresponding thereto, and the maximum torque of the motor 16 is obtained by accessing the map according to the detected rotation speed. Calculated.
- the process of S201 ends, the process proceeds to S202.
- the required torque requested to be output to the motor 16 is calculated based on the opening degree of the accelerator pedal detected by the accelerator pedal sensor 21. If it is defined that the fully open of the accelerator pedal requires the maximum torque at the current rotational speed of the motor 16, the required torque according to the following formula, assuming that the coefficient when fully opened is 100% and the coefficient when fully closed is 0%. Is calculated. When the process of S202 ends, the process proceeds to S203.
- the required motor voltage (Vmot) which is a voltage to be applied to the inverter 15, so that necessary power is supplied to the motor 16 based on the required output calculated in S203 and the rotation speed of the motor 16.
- the ECU 20 has a motor required voltage map in which the function F formed by the rotation speed (rpm) of the motor 16 and the required output (P) and the motor required voltage are associated with each other.
- the required voltage of the motor is calculated by accessing this map according to the number of rotations and the required output.
- the required motor voltage map can be determined in advance by experiments or the like. As an example, the required voltage value should be higher because the counter electromotive voltage increases as the rotational speed of the motor 16 increases. Since the required voltage value should be increased in order to achieve its output with less current as the value of becomes higher, these points are reflected in the correlation between the function F and the required motor voltage.
- the output voltage (Vfc) of the fuel cell 11 that is generating electric power is detected according to the accelerator pedal opening detected by the accelerator pedal sensor 21. This detection is performed via a voltage sensor (not shown).
- the process proceeds to S206.
- the process of S206 ends, the process proceeds to S207.
- FC boost converter 12 it is determined whether or not the FC boost converter 12 can be stopped. That is, it is determined whether the operation region of the FC boost converter 12 belongs to either the region RC1 or RC2. Specifically, when the provisional boost ratio calculated in S206 is less than 1 and the output voltage of the fuel cell 11 is between Vfcmax and Vfcb, the operation region of the FC boost converter 12 is RC1, and the fuel When the output voltage of the battery 11 is equal to or lower than Vfcb and the outlet side voltage of the FC boost converter 12 is equal to or lower than the voltage equal to Vfcb, it is determined that the operation region of the FC boost converter 12 is RC2. The values of Vfcb and Vfcmax may be determined in advance according to the actual specifications of the fuel cell 11 and the battery 13. Further, the voltage on the outlet side of the FC boost converter 12 is detected via a voltage sensor (not shown).
- step S207 If the determination in step S207 is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S208, where the FC boost converter 12 is stopped and the output voltage from the fuel cell 11 is directly applied to the inverter 15. Thereby, the switching loss in the FC boost converter 12 can be suppressed.
- the FC boost converter 12 As described above, when the operation region of the FC boost converter 12 belongs to RC1, application after boosting from the battery 13 to the inverter 15 is possible, but when the operation region belongs to RC2, the battery boosting operation is possible. The terminal voltage of the fuel cell 11 is controlled to the lowest voltage that can be controlled by the converter 14.
- a negative determination is made in S207, the process proceeds to S209.
- S209 it is determined whether or not the provisional step-up ratio Rt calculated in S206 exceeds 2. That is, it is determined whether the operation region of the FC boost converter 12 is in the soft switch region RC4 or the semi-soft switch region RC3. If an affirmative determination is made in S209, it means that the operation region of the FC boost converter 12 is in the soft switch region RC4, so that the process proceeds to S210, and the target output voltage of the FC boost converter 12 becomes the motor required voltage Vmot. The soft switching process indicated by 3 is executed. Note that the duty ratio of the switch element S1 is determined according to the provisional boost ratio Rt. On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in S209, it means that the operation region of the FC boost converter 12 is in the semi-soft switch region RC3. In this case, the process proceeds to S211.
- additional voltage boost in addition to the voltage boost based on the temporary boost ratio Rt calculated in S206 in the fuel cell system 10, further additional voltage boost (hereinafter simply referred to as “additional voltage boost”) is allowed. Is determined.
- the negative determination in S209 means that the operation region of the FC boost converter 12 is currently in the quasi-soft switch region RC3, so that the operation region can be shifted to the soft switch region RC4. It is determined whether or not. That is, when an additional voltage boost is performed to shift the operation region from the quasi-soft switch region RC3 to the soft switch region RC4, the voltage applied to the inverter 15 becomes higher than the necessary motor required voltage.
- the process proceeds to S213, in which the target output voltage of the FC boost converter 12 becomes a voltage calculated by multiplying the output voltage Vfc of the fuel cell 11 by the boost ratio Rt and the additional boost ratio Ra.
- the soft switching process indicated by 3 is executed.
- the duty ratio of the switch element S1 is determined according to the product of the temporary boost ratio Rt and the additional boost ratio Ra.
- the operation region of the FC boost converter 12 is essentially the quasi-soft switch region RC3. Even if the soft switching process is performed in this state, as described above, the switching loss Is difficult to sufficiently suppress.
- the additional boosting ratio Ra in the boosting ratio by the FC boosting converter 12 the operating region of the FC boosting converter 12 is softened by raising the voltage further than the voltage that is essentially required to drive the motor 16.
- the switch area RC4 As a result, switching loss can be effectively suppressed.
- the boost operation of the FC boost converter 12 can be stopped as much as possible on the assumption that the drive of the motor 16 is ensured, thereby suppressing the switching loss. it can. Further, even when the FC boost converter 12 is boosted, the soft switching process is performed after setting the operation region to the soft switch region RC4 as much as possible. Therefore, the switching loss of the FC boost converter 12 is minimized. Can be suppressed.
- the smoothing capacitor C1 is connected on the electric circuit connecting the fuel cell 11 and the coil L1. Therefore, when the charge stored in the snubber capacitor C2 in the process of step S102 is caused to flow to the main booster circuit 12a via the auxiliary circuit 12b (FIG. 4B), a high voltage is applied to the fuel cell 11 side by this charge. Can be mitigated.
- the FC boost converter 12 may be modified as follows. That is, the circuit of the FC boost converter 12 is smooth on the electric circuit flowing from the snubber capacitor C2 to the fuel cell 11 so that the regenerative power stored in the snubber capacitor C2 is not input to the fuel cell 11 at the time of soft switching.
- the capacitor C1 is provided, in addition to the smoothing capacitor C1, the following elements can be used. For example, a Zener diode or a varistor whose one end is grounded is provided on the electric path flowing from the snubber capacitor C2 to the fuel cell 11. Thereby, it is possible to suppress the input of a voltage higher than the specified voltage to the fuel cell 11.
- the FC boost converter 12 includes a Zener diode ZD, a varistor V, and a diode D6 that is a rectifier that are grounded at one end on an electric circuit that flows from the snubber capacitor C2 to the fuel cell 11.
- a Zener diode ZD Zener diode ZD
- varistor V varistor V
- diode D6 diode D6 that is a rectifier that are grounded at one end on an electric circuit that flows from the snubber capacitor C2 to the fuel cell 11.
- Any one of these elements smoothing capacitor C1, Zener diode ZD, varistor V, diode D6 that suppresses the flow of regenerative power to the fuel cell 11 may be provided, or a combination of these elements may be provided. It may be.
- the smoothing capacitor C1 When the smoothing capacitor C1 is applied, the effect of suppressing the high voltage from being applied to the fuel cell 11 by the regenerative power flowing from the snubber capacitor C2 is exhibited, and the fluctuation of the output voltage of the fuel cell 11 can be reduced. Is possible. Further, when the Zener diode ZD and the varistor V are applied, the set voltage of these elements is set to a specified voltage determined from the viewpoint of protecting the fuel cell 11.
- the specified voltage is a voltage that is input to the fuel cell 11, and is, for example, a voltage that is lower than a voltage at which the catalyst electrode of the fuel cell 11 begins to deteriorate due to catalyst aggregation or the like.
- the Zener diode ZD and the varistor V no current flows during normal operation, so that unnecessary power is not consumed, and the fuel efficiency of the vehicle 1 is not affected. Further, if the Zener diode ZD or the varistor V is used, the increase in the terminal voltage of the fuel cell 11 due to the controllability of the fuel cell 11 and the like as well as the increase in the terminal voltage of the fuel cell 11 due to the regenerative power are prevented. It is possible.
- the diode D6 is applied, in order to prevent the regenerative power flowing from the snubber capacitor C2 from flowing to the fuel cell 11, it is connected to an electric circuit connecting the fuel cell 11 and the main booster circuit 12a as shown in FIG. 11B.
- the FC boost converter 12 may be modified as follows. That is, the circuit of the FC boost converter 12 is configured so that the regenerative power stored in the snubber capacitor C2 returns to the electric circuit connecting the fuel cell 11 and the main boost circuit 12a during soft switching.
- the sub booster circuit 12b may be charged by flowing the charge stored in the snubber capacitor C2 to the battery 13 which is a secondary battery.
- FIG. 11C shows a configuration example of an electric circuit of the FC boost converter 12 according to this modification. As shown in FIG. 11C, one end of the switch element S2 of the sub booster circuit 12b is connected to the battery 13. Thereby, when discharging the electric charge stored in the snubber capacitor C2, it becomes possible to charge the battery 13 with this electric charge.
- the effect of the power source protection obtained by the above-described smoothing capacitor C1, the Zener diode ZD, the varistor V, the diode D6, and other elements provided from the viewpoint of protecting the fuel cell 11 and the circuit configuration as in Modification 2 described above are It is also possible to obtain the element or circuit configuration by applying it to a converter that boosts the power supply voltage other than the fuel cell. That is, the present invention can be applied to an electric vehicle using a power source other than the fuel cell as a power source, and any electric device using electric power as a driving force.
- FC output (Request output) + (Auxiliary machine request output) + (Battery charge (discharge) output) (1)
- the auxiliary machine required output is an output required for auxiliary machines such as the hydrogen tank 17 and the compressor 18, the battery charge output is an output required for the battery 13 at the time of charging, and the battery discharge output is at the time of discharging. Is the output of the battery 13 in FIG. If the remaining power storage amount of the battery 13 is less than the SOC threshold, the battery charge output is included in the above equation (1) to calculate the FC output. If the remaining power storage amount of the battery 13 is equal to or greater than the SOC threshold value, the battery discharge output is added to the above (1) as a minus amount to calculate the FC output. Then, the output voltage of the fuel cell 11 is calculated based on the FC output calculated by the above equation (1).
- the ECU 20 has an IP characteristic MAP in which the FC output and the output current of the fuel cell 11 are associated, and an IV characteristic map in which the output current of the fuel cell 11 and the output voltage of the fuel cell 11 are associated. These maps are accessed according to the FC output, and the output voltage of the fuel cell 11 is calculated.
- the output required for the auxiliary machine and the remaining power storage amount of the battery 13 are calculated by calculating the FC output in consideration of the output required for the auxiliary machine and the remaining power storage amount of the battery 13. In consideration of the above, the output voltage of the fuel cell 11 can be calculated.
- FC output (Request output) + (Auxiliary machine request output) + (Battery charge (discharge) output) + (Switching loss of FC boost converter 12) + (Switching loss of battery boost converter 14) (2 )
- FC output is calculated by further taking into account the switching loss of the FC boost converter 12 and the switching loss of the battery boost converter 14, thereby calculating the switching loss of the FC boost converter 12 and the battery boost converter.
- the output voltage of the fuel cell 11 can be calculated in consideration of the 14 switching losses.
- the switching loss of the FC boost converter 12 is calculated by providing a current sensor and a voltage sensor at the inlet / outlet of the FC boost converter 12 and measuring the current and voltage on the inlet / outlet side of the FC boost converter 12.
- the switching loss of the battery boost converter 14 is calculated by providing a current sensor and a voltage sensor at the inlet / outlet of the battery boost converter 14 and measuring the current and voltage on the inlet / outlet side of the battery boost converter 14.
- the FC output is calculated in consideration of the switching loss of the FC boost converter 12 and the switching loss of the battery boost converter 14.
- the FC output is calculated taking into account only the switching loss of the battery boost converter 14.
- the driving efficiency of the motor 16 with respect to the voltage application to the inverter 15 for driving the motor 16.
- the FC boost converter 12 when the FC boost converter 12 is not stopped when power is supplied from the fuel cell 11 to the motor 16, the voltage applied to the inverter 15 is boosted by the FC boost converter 12.
- the voltage applied to the inverter 15 is associated with the efficiency characteristics of the load including the inverter 15 and the motor 16 and the voltage applied to the inverter 15 based on the required torque and the rotation speed of the motor 16. Determine from the map.
- the efficiency characteristic of the inverter 15 is the conversion efficiency of the inverter 15 with respect to the voltage applied to the inverter 15, and the efficiency characteristic of the motor 16 is the driving efficiency of the motor 16 with respect to the voltage applied to the motor 16.
- the load efficiency characteristic is determined, and the load efficiency characteristic region as shown in FIGS. 12A, 12B and 12C is defined from the relationship between the required torque and the rotation speed of the motor 16.
- 12A, 12B, and 12C are maps that display the load efficiency characteristic region in stages according to the level of efficiency, with the required torque on the vertical axis and the rotation speed of the motor 16 on the horizontal axis.
- FIG. 12A is a map displaying a region of the efficiency characteristic of the load when the voltage applied to the inverter 15 is high.
- FIG. 12B is a map displaying a region of load efficiency characteristics when the voltage applied to the inverter 15 is medium.
- FIGS. 12A, 12B and 12C are a map that displays the region of the efficiency characteristic of the load when the voltage applied to the inverter 15 is low.
- the point A in FIGS. 12A, 12B and 12C is determined based on the required torque T1 and the rotational speed R1 of the motor 16, and the point B corresponds to the required torque T2 and the rotational speed R2 of the motor 16. Based on the decision.
- the point A in FIG. 12C is included in the region where the load efficiency characteristic is high efficiency, but the point A in FIGS. 12A and 12B is not included in the region where the load efficiency characteristic is high efficiency. Therefore, it can be understood that the load efficiency characteristic is high when the voltage applied to the inverter 15 is low at the required torque T1 and the rotation speed R1 of the motor 16.
- Point B in FIG. 12B is included in the region where the load efficiency characteristic is high efficiency, but point B in FIGS. 12A and 12C is not included in the region where the load efficiency characteristic is high efficiency. Therefore, it can be understood that the load efficiency characteristic is high when the voltage applied to the inverter 15 is medium at the required torque T2 and the rotation speed R2 of the motor 16.
- the ECU 20 has the map as described above, and the optimum voltage can be applied to the inverter 15 by determining the voltage to be applied to the inverter 15 from the viewpoint of the efficiency characteristic of the load.
- a second embodiment of the fuel cell system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
- the difference between the fuel cell system according to the present embodiment and the fuel cell system according to the first embodiment described above is the auxiliary circuit 12b in the FC boost converter 12 and the related technology. Therefore, in the present embodiment, description will be made by paying attention to the difference.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the electrical configuration of the fuel cell system 10 with the FC boost converter 12 as the center, as in FIG.
- the auxiliary circuit 12b of the FC boost converter 12 shown in FIG. 13 is further provided with a switching circuit including a switch element S3 and a diode D6.
- a switch element S3 is connected to the anode terminal side of the diode D2
- the other end of the switch element S3 is connected to the low potential side terminal of the fuel cell 11.
- This switch element S3 supports the discharge of the charge stored in the snubber capacitor C2 in the mode 2 operation in the previous soft switching process.
- a new soft switching process including the switching operation of the switch element S3 will be described with reference to FIGS.
- FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the flow of the soft switching process in the FC boost converter 12 as in FIG.
- the difference from the soft switching process shown in FIG. 3 is that the process shown in FIG. 14 is a new process by the switching operation of the switch element S3 between the processes of S102 and S103, that is, between the operations of mode 2 and mode 3. S301 is set. Therefore, this difference will be described with emphasis, and other processes will be denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 3 and detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- the switch element S3 when the operation of mode 2 is performed by the process of S102, in the FC boost converter 12, the switch element S3 is turned off.
- the relationship between the outlet voltage VH of the FC boost converter 12 and the inlet voltage VL is expressed by a ratio VH / V that is a parameter representing the electrical state of the FC boost converter 12.
- VL the ratio is set to be less than 2.
- the charge of the snubber capacitor C2 is released, but the voltage of the snubber capacitor C2 does not become zero as shown in FIG. 10B.
- the switch element S3 is turned on by the process of S301 at the timing when the voltage fluctuation of the snubber capacitor C2 due to the half-wave resonance becomes the bottom value. Then, as shown in FIG. 15, since the electric charge that could not be removed by the half-wave resonance in the snubber capacitor C2 is dispersed in the auxiliary circuit 12b via the switch element S3, the voltage of the snubber capacitor C2 is further reduced. Can be made. As a result, in the process of S103 after S301, when the switch element S1 is turned on, the voltage applied to the switch element S1 can be reduced as much as possible, thereby suppressing the switching loss more surely. it can.
- FC boost converter 12 when power is supplied from the fuel cell 11 to the load including the inverter 15 and the motor 16 through the FC boost converter 12, power loss occurs in the FC boost converter 12. To do. This power loss includes iron loss or switching loss that is less dependent on the amount of power to be converted. For this reason, the reduction in power efficiency is particularly noticeable in a low load region where the output power is small. Therefore, in the low load region, the FC boost converter 12 is stopped and the power of the fuel cell 11 is supplied to the load without conversion (through mode, bypass mode), or power is loaded from the battery 13 through the battery boost converter 14. There is a strong demand for supply.
- FIG. 16A is a diagram showing a through mode when the converter is a boost converter (the FC boost converter 12 described above is this type of converter).
- the switch element for boosting to the turn-off state By setting the switch element for boosting to the turn-off state, the voltage on the primary side can be applied to the secondary side as it is.
- FIG. 16B is a diagram showing a state of a bypass mode in a converter in which the converter is a boost converter, and a bypass diode is connected in parallel to a series body of a boost coil and a diode. is there.
- FIG. 16C is a diagram illustrating a state of the through mode when the converter is a half-bridge type converter. Of the two switching elements for boosting, the upper side in the figure is turned on and the lower side is turned off, so that the primary voltage can be applied to the secondary side as it is.
- FIG. 16D is a diagram illustrating a state of the through mode when the converter is a full-bridge type converter. Of the four switch elements for boosting, the upper two in the figure are turned on and the lower two are turned off, so that the primary voltage can be applied to the secondary as it is. . 16B to 16D are different from the converter of the FC boost converter 12 described above, but if the FC boost converter 12 adopts these configurations, the switch elements are controlled as shown in the respective drawings. Thus, the through mode and the bypass mode are realized.
- the fuel cell 11 is required to avoid the sintering phenomenon of the catalyst in order to improve durability.
- the sintering phenomenon is a phenomenon in which the Pt catalyst on the electrode of the fuel cell 11 aggregates, and is assumed to be induced by an oxidation-reduction reaction against water (and against protons) on the surface of the Pt catalyst. Furthermore, it is known that such a redox reaction is caused at a relatively high potential in which the terminal voltage of the fuel cell 11 is close to the open circuit voltage (OCV).
- the terminal voltage of the fuel cell 11 approaches the open circuit voltage (OCV) according to the IV characteristics of the fuel cell 11.
- OCV open circuit voltage
- the terminal of the fuel cell 11 is controlled by controlling the voltage on the output side of the FC boost converter 12 by the battery boost converter 14 provided in parallel with the FC boost converter 12. What is necessary is just to control a voltage. That is, the ECU 20 monitors the terminal voltage of the fuel cell 11 and controls the output voltage of the battery boost converter 14 so that the terminal voltage is less than a reference value for avoiding sintering. This reference value may be set as an experimental value or an experience value, for example.
- the FC boost converter 12 does not stop, and the terminal voltage of the fuel cell 11 may be controlled by the FC boost converter 12 based on the required voltage of the inverter 15.
- the fuel cell system 10 is also a system that shuts off the output of the fuel cell 11 when the vehicle 1 collides.
- a relay circuit for turning on / off the electrical connection between the inverter 15 and the battery boost converter 14 is provided on the downstream side of the FC boost converter 12 of the fuel cell system 10.
- the fuel cell system 10 has a relatively small amount of current flowing downstream of the FC boost converter 12.
- the fuel cell system 10 is a system that employs a smaller (low current) relay circuit than the relay circuit provided immediately after the fuel cell in the same type of existing relay circuit. ing.
- the ECU 20 of the fuel cell system 10 constantly monitors the presence or absence of a collision based on the output of the collision detection sensor provided in the vehicle 1 and controls the relay circuit when detecting the collision.
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10・・・・燃料電池システム
11・・・・燃料電池(FC)
12・・・・FC昇圧コンバータ
12a・・・・メイン昇圧回路
12b・・・・補助回路
13・・・・バッテリ
14・・・・バッテリ昇圧コンバータ
15・・・・インバータ
16・・・・モータ
20・・・・ECU
21・・・・アクセルペダルセンサ
S1、S2、S3・・・・スイッチ素子
C1、C3・・・・平滑コンデンサ
C2・・・・スナバコンデンサ
L1、L2、L3・・・・コイル
D1、D2、D3、D4、D5、D6・・・・ダイオード
ZD・・・・ツェナダイオード
V・・・・バリスタ
S203では、S201とS202での算出結果に基づいて、モータ16に要求されている出力である要求出力が、以下の式に従って算出される。S203の処理が終了すると、S204へ進む。
(要求出力)=(要求トルク)×(モータの回転数)
(FC出力)=(要求出力)+(補機要求出力)+(バッテリ充電(放電)出力)・・・(1)
(FC出力)=(要求出力)+(補機要求出力)+(バッテリ充電(放電)出力)+(FC昇圧コンバータ12のスイッチング損失)+(バッテリ昇圧コンバータ14のスイッチング損失)・・・(2)
このように変形することにより、FC昇圧コンバータ12のスイッチング損失やバッテリ昇圧コンバータ14のスイッチング損失を更に加味して、FC出力を算出することにより、FC昇圧コンバータ12のスイッチングの損失分やバッテリ昇圧コンバータ14のスイッチングの損失分を考慮して、燃料電池11の出力電圧を算出することができる。
Claims (7)
- 直流電源である燃料電池、及び該燃料電池の出力電圧を昇圧して負荷へ給電する昇圧手段を備える燃料電池システムであって、
前記昇圧手段は、
スイッチとコイルとを有し、該スイッチが該コイルに対してスイッチング動作することにより生ずる該コイルの逆起電力で前記燃料電池の出力電圧を昇圧する主昇圧部と、
前記スイッチの両極間の電位差を蓄電量で調整するスナバコンデンサを有し、前記スイッチング動作時に該スナバコンデンサの蓄電量を調整することで該スイッチのスイッチング損失を減らす副昇圧部と、を有し、
前記副昇圧部は、前記スナバコンデンサの蓄電量を減らす際に放出する該スナバコンデンサの電気を前記燃料電池以外の処理手段へ流して処理する、
燃料電池システム。 - 前記副昇圧部は、前記スナバコンデンサの蓄電量を減らす際に放出する電気を、前記処理手段である前記主昇圧部と前記燃料電池とを繋ぐ電路へ回生させて処理し、
前記燃料電池システムは、前記副昇圧部の回生電力により生ずる前記電路の電圧変動を緩和する緩衝手段を更に備える、
請求項1に記載の燃料電池システム。 - 前記副昇圧部は、前記スナバコンデンサの蓄電量を減らす際に放出する電気を、前記処理手段である前記主昇圧部と前記燃料電池とを繋ぐ電路へ回生させて処理し、
前記燃料電池システムは、前記副昇圧部の回生電力により変動する前記電路の電圧が規定の電圧を超える場合に、該電路の電気をアースへ流す定電圧手段を更に備える、
請求項1または2に記載の燃料電池システム。 - 前記副昇圧部は、前記スナバコンデンサの蓄電量を減らす際に放出する電気を、前記処理手段である前記主昇圧部と前記燃料電池とを繋ぐ電路へ回生させて処理し、
前記燃料電池システムは、前記副昇圧部の回生電力が前記電路を介して前記燃料電池へ流れるのを止める整流手段を更に備える、
請求項1から3の何れか一項に記載の燃料電池システム。 - 前記燃料電池システムは、前記処理手段である二次電池を備え、
前記副昇圧部は、前記スナバコンデンサの蓄電量を減らす際に放出する電気を前記二次電池へ流して処理する、
請求項1に記載の燃料電池システム。 - 前記主昇圧部は、
一端が前記燃料電池の陽極に接続される第一コイルと、
一端が前記主コイルの他端に接続され、他端が前記燃料電池の陰極と接続される第一スイッチと、
カソード側が前記コイルの他端に接続され、アノード側が前記負荷と接続される第一ダイオードと、
前記ダイオードのアノード側と前記スイッチの他端とを接続する平滑コンデンサと、を有し、
前記副昇圧部は、
前記第一コイルと前記第一スイッチとを繋ぐ電路から分岐する電路にカソード側が接続される第二ダイオードと、
前記第二ダイオードのアノード側と前記第一スイッチの他端とを接続する前記スナバコンデンサと、
前記第二ダイオードのアノード側と前記スナバコンデンサとを繋ぐ電路から分岐する電路に一端が接続される第二コイルと、
カソード側が前記第二コイルの他端に接続される第二ダイオードと、
一端が前記第二ダイオードのアノード側に接続され、他端が前記処理手段に接続される第二スイッチと、を有する、
請求項1から5の何れか一項に記載の燃料電池システム。 - 直流電源である燃料電池の出力電圧を昇圧して負荷へ給電する燃料電池用昇圧コンバータであって、
スイッチとコイルとを有し、該スイッチが該コイルに対してスイッチング動作することにより生ずる該コイルの逆起電力で前記燃料電池の出力電圧を昇圧する主昇圧部と、
前記スイッチの両極間の電位差を蓄電量で調整するスナバコンデンサを有し、前記スイッチング動作時に該スナバコンデンサの蓄電量を調整することで該スイッチのスイッチング損失を減らす副昇圧部と、を備え、
前記副昇圧部は、前記スナバコンデンサの蓄電量を減らす際に放出する該スナバコンデンサの電気を前記燃料電池以外の処理手段へ流して処理する、
燃料電池用昇圧コンバータ。
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