WO2017084694A1 - Automotive vapor pump - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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- F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
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- the invention refers to an automotive vapor pump, preferably to a purge pump for pumping a pump gas comprising fuel vapor.
- an electric vapor pump is used, among others, as a part of an automotive vapor pump arrangement for pumping pump gas comprising fuel vapor from a vapor absorption unit to a vapor target, for example to the intake section of an internal combustion engine.
- An example of a typical automotive fuel vapor pump arrangement is disclosed in US 2015/0285170 Al.
- the electric motor Since automotive fuels and fuel vapors are corrosive, it is preferred to use a canned electric motor for driving a pumping wheel of the electric vapor pump. As a consequence, the electric motor is brushless and electronically driven.
- the electric motor should be provided as simple and inexpensive as possible. Therefore, it is preferred to use no separate Hall sensor for detecting the correct rotational direction and function of the electric motor. But it is desirable to reliably detect of the correct function of the electric motor because environmental provisions could be Infringed in case of a failure of the vapor pump.
- the automotive vapor pump according to the invention comprises a centrifugal pumping wheel for pumping the pump gas from a pump Inlet opening to an outlet volute and subsequently into a substantially tangential pump outlet duct which fluidically connects the outlet volute with a pump outlet opening.
- the pump is a flow type pump.
- the pump wheel is driven by an electric motor which comprises at least one static motor coil, a magnetic motor rotor body and a motor driving electronics for driving the motor coil.
- the electric motor is a brushless motor.
- the electric motor is a canned motor and/or is a sensorless motor.
- the concept of the pump motor as a canned motor allows to hermetically isolate gas/vapor from the motor driving electronics and the static electromagnetic coil so that a high level of electrical reliability can be realized.
- “Sensorless” means that no separate position sensor is provided to detect the motor rotor position so that expenses for a position sensor can be saved. As a consequence, no absolute reliable detection of the correct rotational direction, speed etc of the electric motor can be provided.
- the vapor pump is provided with an electric connector plug for electrically and electronically connecting the motor driving electronics with an external control unit which can be a part of the engine control unit (ECU) also controlling the internal combustion engine.
- ECU engine control unit
- the automotive vapor pump is provided with an integrated pressure sensor detecting the fluidic pressure in the outlet volute or in the pump outlet duct.
- the pressure sensor is provided at the pump outlet duct between the outlet volute and the pump outlet opening.
- the pressure sensor is integrated into the vapor pump so that no separate pressure sensor needs to be provided between the vapor pump and the vapor target downstream of the vapor pump.
- the integrated pressure sensor can provide information about the general functionality of the vapor pump and can also provide information about the absolute and/or relative fluidic pressure downstream of the pumping wheel. After the vapor pump has been electrically activated by an external control unit, the integrated pressure sensor allows to immediately control if the pump wheel rotates into the correct rotational direction. Since the pressure sensor Is provided and located very close to the pumping wheel, namely less than 50 mm, a close causal and real-time relationship is given between the electric motor's activity and the detected fluidic pressure profile.
- the pressure sensor and the electric connector plug have a similar or the same orientation with respect to the rotational axis of the motor and the pumping wheel.
- the pressure sensor and the electric connector lie within the same rotational sector of 60° with respect to the rotational pump axis, More preferably, the axial distance of the pressure sensor and the electric connector plug is relatively small, namely less than one third of the complete axial length between the distal end of the pump wheel and the distal end of the electric motor including motor driving electronics. As a consequence, the pressure sensor is located very close to the electric connector plug.
- the pressure sensor is electrically directly connected to a contact pin of the electric connector plug via an Integrated electric line.
- the electric connection line between the pressure sensor and the electric plug is very short so that the relatively low electric signal generated by the pressure sensor can be reliably transferred to the external control unit. This feature is highly relevant if the electric signal provided by the pressure sensor is used in an external control unit to control the functionality of the vapor pump.
- the pump outlet duct and the electric connector plug have a similar or the same orientation with respect to the rotational axis of the pump rotor.
- the pump outlet duct and the electric connector plug both lie within the same sector of 60° with respect to the rotational pump axis. As a consequence, the silhouette of the pump seen in axial direction is relatively compact.
- the pump housing Is defined by a fluid housing part defining the pump Inlet opening and the pump outlet duct and by a separate motor housing part comprising the electric motor and the pressure sensor.
- a sensor chamber comprising the pressure sensor is arranged axially between the pump outlet duct and the electric connector plug.
- the sensor chamber is arranged axially as close as possible to the electric connector plug.
- the pump outlet duct is provided with a sensor opening fluidically connecting the interior of the pump outlet duct with the sensor chamber.
- the pressure sensor provided within the sensor chamber is fluidically connected to the sensor opening so that the pressure sensor detects the static pressure in the outlet duct.
- the sensor opening is provided at the fluid housing part, whereas the sensor chamber preferably is substantially but not necessarily completely defined by the motor housing part, preferably the pressure chamber is completely defined by both housing parts.
- An automotive vapor pump arrangement comprises a fuel tank, a vapor absorption unit and an automotive vapor pump for pumping the vapor to a vapor target.
- the automotive vapor pump is fluidically arranged between the vapor absorption unit and the vapor target.
- the automotive vapor pump is provided with the features of one of the claims 1 to 9.
- the vapor target is an intake section of an internal combustion engine.
- the vapor pump is a so-called purge pump for pumping the fuel vapor from the vapor absorption unit, where a particular amount of fuel vapor can be temporarily absorbed, to the combustion engine's intake section where the fuel vapor is led into the engine to be combusted.
- figure 1 shows schematically an automotive vapor pump arrangement comprising a vapor pump in longitudinal cross section
- figure 2 shows the vapor pump of figure 1 in axia! direction II from the pump inlet side
- figure 3 shows the vapor pump of figure 1 in radial direction III from the pump outlet site
- figure 4 shows a cross section of the pump outlet duct and the sensor chamber of the vapor pump of figure 1
- figure 5 shows a view into the sensor chamber provided at the motor housing part of the pump housing of the pump of figure 1.
- FIG. 1 schematically shows an automotive vapor pump arrangement 10 for pumping a pump gas comprising fuel vapor.
- the vapor pump arrangement 10 comprises an automotive fuel tank 14 which is fluidically connected to a vapor absorption unit 16.
- the vapor absorption unit 16 can comprise charcoal.
- the vapor absorption unit 16 Is fluidically connected with a pump inlet 30 of an automotive vapor pump 12.
- a pump outlet 44 of the vapor pump 12 is fluidically connected to a vapor target 18 which is an intake section of an internal combustion engine (not shown).
- the vapor pump 12 Is also known as a so-called purge pump.
- the vapor pump 12 is designed as a flow pump comprising an impeller-like pumping wheel 34 with an axial gas Inlet.
- the rotating pumping wheel 34 rotates with high rotational speed of between 10000 to 45000 rpm.
- the pump gas is thereby accelerated and radially flows into an outlet volute 32 from where the pump gas flows into a tangential outlet duct 40 with the pump outlet 44 at its distal end.
- the pressure rise caused by the rotating pumping wheel 34 is in the range 50 and 100 mbar.
- the housing of the vapor pump 12 comprises two separate housing parts, namely a fluid housing part 21 defining the pump inlet opening 30 and the pump outlet duct 40, and a separate motor housing part 22 comprising an electric motor 50, two roller bearings 38,39, an electric connector plug 60 and substantially defining a sensor chamber 72.
- the rotor assembly comprises the pump wheel 34 supported by a rotor shaft 36 which Is rotatably supported by two roller bearings 38, 39 at the motor housing part 22.
- the rotor shaft 36 also is provided with a permanently magnetized motor rotor 52 which is surrounded by one or more static motor coils 51.
- the rotor assembly is rotating around a rotation axis 31.
- the motor housing part 22 also defines a motor electronics chamber 54 which comprises a motor driving electronics 53 for driving the rotor coils.
- the electronics chamber 54 is closed by a separate electronics chamber cover 23.
- the fluid housing part 21 defines an axial inlet duct 33 which is axially aligned with the pumping wheel 34 and the rotation axis and also defines a tangential outlet duct 40 which is defined by a tube-like and straight outlet duct wall 42.
- the outlet duct 40 defines a general outlet duct axis 41.
- the motor housing part 22 defines an electric connector plug 60 with a couple of contact pins 62, 64.
- the electric connector plug 60 has a general plugging axis 61 which is the general " direction for connecting or disconnecting a corresponding plug with/from to the electric connector plug 60.
- the electric connector plug 60 is electrically connected to an external control unit 19 for controlling the vapor pump 12.
- the motor housing part 22 also defines a pressure sensor chamber 72 adjacent to the outlet duct 40 and housing a pressure sensor 70.
- the pressure sensor 70 Is fiuidicaliy connected via a sensor opening 78 in the outlet duct wall 42 with the interior of the outlet duct 40.
- the pressure sensor 70 detects the pressure difference between the pressure duct interior and the surrounding atmospheric pressure.
- the pressure sensor chamber 72 is substantially defined by a pressure chamber wall 76 which is an integral part of the motor housing part 22.
- the pressure chamber wall 76 is provided with a reference opening 76 which fiuidicaliy connects the pressure sensor chamber 72 with atmospheric pressure.
- the pressure sensor 70 is electrically and mechanically fixed to a printed circuit board 74 which is electrically connected via an electric line 64' with a contact pin 64 of the electric connector plug 60.
- the pressure sensor 70 and the printed circuit board 74 are also electrically connected via a separate electric line 65 with the motor driving electronics 53.
- the outlet duct 40, the connector plug 60 and the pressure sensor 70 axially overlap with each other so that these elements are provided in the same sector of about 60° referring to the rotation axis 31.
- the contour of the vapor pump 12 seen in axial direction is relatively compact, as can be seen in figure 2.
- the pressure sensor 70 and the sensor chamber 72 are axially arranged between the outlet duct 40 and the connector plug 60.
- an elastic sealing body 80 is provided between the pressure sensor 70 and the opening edge of the sensor opening 78 to provide a gas tight sealing.
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Abstract
The invention refers to an automotive vapor pump (12), preferably to a purge pump for pumping a pump gas comprising fuel vapor. The automotive vapor pump comprises: a centrifugal pumping wheel (34) for pumping the pump gas from a pump inlet opening (30) into an outlet volute (32) and subsequently into a substantially tangential pump outlet duct (40) fluidically connecting the outlet volute (32) with a pump outlet opening (44), an electric motor (50) for driving the pumping wheel (34), the electric motor (50) comprising at least one static motor coil (51), a magnetic rotor body (52) and a motor driving electronics (53) for driving the motor coil (51), an electric connector plug (60) for electrically connecting the motor driving electronics (53) with an external control unit (19), and an integrated pressure sensor (70) detecting the fluidic pressure in the outlet volute (32) or in the pump outlet duct (40).
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Automotive vapor pump
The invention refers to an automotive vapor pump, preferably to a purge pump for pumping a pump gas comprising fuel vapor.
In an automotive application, an electric vapor pump is used, among others, as a part of an automotive vapor pump arrangement for pumping pump gas comprising fuel vapor from a vapor absorption unit to a vapor target, for example to the intake section of an internal combustion engine. An example of a typical automotive fuel vapor pump arrangement is disclosed in US 2015/0285170 Al.
Since automotive fuels and fuel vapors are corrosive, it is preferred to use a canned electric motor for driving a pumping wheel of the electric vapor pump. As a consequence, the electric motor is brushless and electronically driven. The electric motor should be provided as simple and inexpensive as possible. Therefore, it is preferred to use no separate Hall sensor for detecting the correct rotational direction and function of the electric motor. But it is desirable to reliably detect of the correct function of the electric motor because environmental provisions could be Infringed in case of a failure of the vapor pump.
It is an object of the invention to provide a simple automotive vapor pump for an automotive vapor pump arrangement which allows to reliably control the pump's functionality.
This object Is achieved with a with an automotive vapor pump with the features of claim 1 and with an automotive vapor pump arrangement with the features of claim 10.
The automotive vapor pump according to the invention comprises a centrifugal pumping wheel for pumping the pump gas from a pump Inlet opening to an outlet volute and subsequently into a substantially tangential pump outlet duct which fluidically connects the outlet volute with a pump outlet opening. The pump is a flow type pump. The pump wheel is driven by an electric motor which comprises at least one static motor coil, a magnetic motor rotor body and a motor driving electronics for driving the motor coil. The electric motor is a brushless motor.
Preferably, the electric motor is a canned motor and/or is a sensorless motor. The concept of the pump motor as a canned motor allows to hermetically isolate gas/vapor from the motor driving electronics and the static electromagnetic coil so that a high level of electrical reliability can be realized.
"Sensorless" means that no separate position sensor is provided to detect the motor rotor position so that expenses for a position sensor can be saved. As a consequence, no absolute reliable detection of the correct rotational direction, speed etc of the electric motor can be provided.
The vapor pump is provided with an electric connector plug for electrically and electronically connecting the motor driving electronics with an external control unit which can be a part of the engine control unit (ECU) also controlling the internal combustion engine.
The automotive vapor pump is provided with an integrated pressure sensor detecting the fluidic pressure in the outlet volute or in the pump outlet duct. Preferably, the pressure sensor is provided at the pump outlet duct between the outlet volute and the pump outlet opening. The pressure sensor is integrated into the vapor pump so that no separate pressure sensor needs to be provided between the vapor pump and the vapor target downstream of the vapor pump.
The integrated pressure sensor can provide information about the general functionality of the vapor pump and can also provide information about
the absolute and/or relative fluidic pressure downstream of the pumping wheel. After the vapor pump has been electrically activated by an external control unit, the integrated pressure sensor allows to immediately control if the pump wheel rotates into the correct rotational direction. Since the pressure sensor Is provided and located very close to the pumping wheel, namely less than 50 mm, a close causal and real-time relationship is given between the electric motor's activity and the detected fluidic pressure profile.
Preferably, the electric connector plug and the pressure sensor axiaily overlap with each other at least in part. In other words, the pressure sensor and the electric connector plug have a similar or the same orientation with respect to the rotational axis of the motor and the pumping wheel. The pressure sensor and the electric connector lie within the same rotational sector of 60° with respect to the rotational pump axis, More preferably, the axial distance of the pressure sensor and the electric connector plug is relatively small, namely less than one third of the complete axial length between the distal end of the pump wheel and the distal end of the electric motor including motor driving electronics. As a consequence, the pressure sensor is located very close to the electric connector plug.
Preferably, the pressure sensor is electrically directly connected to a contact pin of the electric connector plug via an Integrated electric line. The electric connection line between the pressure sensor and the electric plug is very short so that the relatively low electric signal generated by the pressure sensor can be reliably transferred to the external control unit. This feature is highly relevant if the electric signal provided by the pressure sensor is used in an external control unit to control the functionality of the vapor pump.
According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the pump outlet duct and the electric connector plug axiaily overlap with each other. This means that the pump outlet duct and the electric connector plug have
a similar or the same orientation with respect to the rotational axis of the pump rotor. The pump outlet duct and the electric connector plug both lie within the same sector of 60° with respect to the rotational pump axis. As a consequence, the silhouette of the pump seen in axial direction is relatively compact.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the pump housing Is defined by a fluid housing part defining the pump Inlet opening and the pump outlet duct and by a separate motor housing part comprising the electric motor and the pressure sensor.
Preferably, a sensor chamber comprising the pressure sensor is arranged axially between the pump outlet duct and the electric connector plug. As a consequence, the sensor chamber is arranged axially as close as possible to the electric connector plug.
According to a preferred embodiment, the pump outlet duct is provided with a sensor opening fluidically connecting the interior of the pump outlet duct with the sensor chamber. The pressure sensor provided within the sensor chamber is fluidically connected to the sensor opening so that the pressure sensor detects the static pressure in the outlet duct.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the sensor opening is provided at the fluid housing part, whereas the sensor chamber preferably is substantially but not necessarily completely defined by the motor housing part, preferably the pressure chamber is completely defined by both housing parts.
An automotive vapor pump arrangement according to the invention comprises a fuel tank, a vapor absorption unit and an automotive vapor pump for pumping the vapor to a vapor target. The automotive vapor pump is fluidically arranged between the vapor absorption unit and the vapor target. The automotive vapor pump is provided with the features of one of the claims 1 to 9.
Preferably, the vapor target is an intake section of an internal combustion engine. In this arrangement, the vapor pump is a so-called purge pump for pumping the fuel vapor from the vapor absorption unit, where a particular amount of fuel vapor can be temporarily absorbed, to the combustion engine's intake section where the fuel vapor is led into the engine to be combusted.
One embodiment of the invention is described with reference to the enclosed drawings, wherein figure 1 shows schematically an automotive vapor pump arrangement comprising a vapor pump in longitudinal cross section, figure 2 shows the vapor pump of figure 1 in axia! direction II from the pump inlet side, figure 3 shows the vapor pump of figure 1 in radial direction III from the pump outlet site, figure 4 shows a cross section of the pump outlet duct and the sensor chamber of the vapor pump of figure 1, and figure 5 shows a view into the sensor chamber provided at the motor housing part of the pump housing of the pump of figure 1.
Figure 1 schematically shows an automotive vapor pump arrangement 10 for pumping a pump gas comprising fuel vapor. The vapor pump arrangement 10 comprises an automotive fuel tank 14 which is fluidically connected to a vapor absorption unit 16. The vapor absorption unit 16 can comprise charcoal. The vapor absorption unit 16 Is fluidically connected with a pump inlet 30 of an automotive vapor pump 12. A pump outlet 44 of the vapor pump 12 is fluidically connected to a vapor target 18 which is an intake section of an internal combustion engine (not shown). The vapor pump 12 Is also known as a so-called purge pump.
The vapor pump 12 is designed as a flow pump comprising an impeller-like pumping wheel 34 with an axial gas Inlet. The rotating pumping wheel 34 rotates with high rotational speed of between 10000 to 45000 rpm. The
pump gas is thereby accelerated and radially flows into an outlet volute 32 from where the pump gas flows into a tangential outlet duct 40 with the pump outlet 44 at its distal end. The pressure rise caused by the rotating pumping wheel 34 is in the range 50 and 100 mbar.
The housing of the vapor pump 12 comprises two separate housing parts, namely a fluid housing part 21 defining the pump inlet opening 30 and the pump outlet duct 40, and a separate motor housing part 22 comprising an electric motor 50, two roller bearings 38,39, an electric connector plug 60 and substantially defining a sensor chamber 72.
The rotor assembly comprises the pump wheel 34 supported by a rotor shaft 36 which Is rotatably supported by two roller bearings 38, 39 at the motor housing part 22. The rotor shaft 36 also is provided with a permanently magnetized motor rotor 52 which is surrounded by one or more static motor coils 51. The rotor assembly is rotating around a rotation axis 31.
The motor housing part 22 also defines a motor electronics chamber 54 which comprises a motor driving electronics 53 for driving the rotor coils. The electronics chamber 54 is closed by a separate electronics chamber cover 23.
The fluid housing part 21 defines an axial inlet duct 33 which is axially aligned with the pumping wheel 34 and the rotation axis and also defines a tangential outlet duct 40 which is defined by a tube-like and straight outlet duct wall 42. The outlet duct 40 defines a general outlet duct axis 41.
The motor housing part 22 defines an electric connector plug 60 with a couple of contact pins 62, 64. The electric connector plug 60 has a general plugging axis 61 which is the general " direction for connecting or disconnecting a corresponding plug with/from to the electric connector plug 60. The electric connector plug 60 is electrically connected to an external control unit 19 for controlling the vapor pump 12.
The motor housing part 22 also defines a pressure sensor chamber 72 adjacent to the outlet duct 40 and housing a pressure sensor 70. The pressure sensor 70 Is fiuidicaliy connected via a sensor opening 78 in the outlet duct wall 42 with the interior of the outlet duct 40. The pressure sensor 70 detects the pressure difference between the pressure duct interior and the surrounding atmospheric pressure. The pressure sensor chamber 72 is substantially defined by a pressure chamber wall 76 which is an integral part of the motor housing part 22. The pressure chamber wall 76 is provided with a reference opening 76 which fiuidicaliy connects the pressure sensor chamber 72 with atmospheric pressure.
The pressure sensor 70 is electrically and mechanically fixed to a printed circuit board 74 which is electrically connected via an electric line 64' with a contact pin 64 of the electric connector plug 60. The pressure sensor 70 and the printed circuit board 74 are also electrically connected via a separate electric line 65 with the motor driving electronics 53.
Seen in axial direction, the outlet duct 40, the connector plug 60 and the pressure sensor 70 axially overlap with each other so that these elements are provided in the same sector of about 60° referring to the rotation axis 31. As a consequence, the contour of the vapor pump 12 seen in axial direction is relatively compact, as can be seen in figure 2.
The pressure sensor 70 and the sensor chamber 72 are axially arranged between the outlet duct 40 and the connector plug 60.
As can be seen in figures 4 and 5, an elastic sealing body 80 is provided between the pressure sensor 70 and the opening edge of the sensor opening 78 to provide a gas tight sealing.
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An automotive vapor pump (12), preferably a purge pump for pumping a pump gas comprising fuel vapor, the automotive vapor pump (12) comprising :
a centrifugal pumping wheel (34) for pumping the pump gas from a pump inlet opening (30) into an outlet volute (32) and subsequently into a substantially tangential pump outlet duct (40) fluidlcally connecting the outlet volute (32) with a pump outlet opening (44), an electric motor (50) for driving the pumping wheel (34), the electric motor (50) comprising at least one static motor coil (51), a magnetic rotor body (52) and a motor driving electronics (53) for driving the motor coil (51),
an electric connector plug (60) for electrically connecting the motor driving electronics (53) with an external control unit (19), and an integrated pressure sensor (70) detecting the fluidic pressure in the outlet volute (32) or in the pump outlet duct (40).
The automotive vapor pump (12) of claim 1, wherein the pressure sensor (70) is provided at the pump outlet duct (40) between the outlet volute (32) and the pump outlet opening (44).
The automotive vapor pump (12) of one of the preceding claims, wherein the electric connector plug (60) and the pressure sensor (70) axially overlap with each other.
The automotive vapor pump (12) of one of the preceding claims, wherein the pump outlet duct (40) and the electric connector plug (60) axially overlap with each other.
5. The automotive vapor pump (12) of one of the preceding claims, wherein the pressure sensor (70) is electrically directly connected with a contact pin (64) of the electric connector plug (60) via an integrated electric line (64').
6. The automotive vapor pump (12) of one of the preceding claims, wherein the pump housing is defined by a fluid housing part (21) defining the pump inlet opening (30) and the pump outlet duct (40) and by a separate motor housing part (22) comprising the electric motor (50) and a sensor chamber (72) substantially housing the pressure sensor (70).
7. The automotive vapor pump (12) of one of the preceding claims, wherein a sensor chamber (72) housing the pressure sensor (70) is arranged axially between the pump outlet duct (40) and the electric connector plug (60).
8. The automotive vapor pump (12) of one of the preceding claims, wherein an outlet duct wall (42) of the pump outlet duct (40) is provided with a sensor opening (78) fluidically connecting the interior of the pump outlet duct (40) with the sensor chamber (72).
9. The automotive vapor pump (12) of claim 6 and 8, wherein the sensor opening (78) is provided at the fluid housing part (21).
10. An automotive vapor pump arrangement (10) comprising a fuel tank (14), a vapor absorption unit (16) and an automotive vapor pump (12) for pumping fuel vapor to a vapor target (18), wherein the automotive vapor pump (12) is fiuidicaily arranged between the vapor absorption unit (16) and the vapor target (18) and Is provided with the features of one of the preceding claims.
11. The automotive vapor pump arrangement (10) of claim 10, wherein the vapor target ( 18) is an intake section of an internal combustion engine.
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