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Title: Apparatus and system for controlling power to an air conditioning compressor for a vehicle

Abstract

A climate control system for vehicles includes an internal combustion engine that may be coupled to selectively power a first motor generator, and an air conditioning compressor that may be selectively powered by one or both of the first motor generator and a second motor generator, or by the internal combustion engine. The system may include a rechargeable battery, and a vehicle controller having a vehicle state circuit structured to determine a vehicle operating condition value and a state-of-charge value of the rechargeable battery, and a coupling determination circuit structured to provide an internal combustion engine-first motor generator coupling command in response to the vehicle operating condition value and the state-of-charge value. In response to the internal combustion engine-first motor generator coupling command being provided as coupled, the internal combustion engine may power the first motor generator.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1987116
Patent Number(s):
11577581
Application Number:
15/633,192
Assignee:
Cummins Inc. (Columbus, IN)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; CRADA NFE-13-04402
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 06/26/2017
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Kumar, Mahesh Madurai, Parker, Gary L., Varigonda, Subbarao, Paquette, Joseph E., Padgett, Benjamin David, Fields, William Brent, Muralidhar, Praveen Chitradurga, Sujan, Vivek Anand, Deter, Dean, and Smith, David E. Apparatus and system for controlling power to an air conditioning compressor for a vehicle. United States: N. p., 2023. Web.
Kumar, Mahesh Madurai, Parker, Gary L., Varigonda, Subbarao, Paquette, Joseph E., Padgett, Benjamin David, Fields, William Brent, Muralidhar, Praveen Chitradurga, Sujan, Vivek Anand, Deter, Dean, & Smith, David E. Apparatus and system for controlling power to an air conditioning compressor for a vehicle. United States.
Kumar, Mahesh Madurai, Parker, Gary L., Varigonda, Subbarao, Paquette, Joseph E., Padgett, Benjamin David, Fields, William Brent, Muralidhar, Praveen Chitradurga, Sujan, Vivek Anand, Deter, Dean, and Smith, David E. Tue . "Apparatus and system for controlling power to an air conditioning compressor for a vehicle". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1987116.
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abstractNote = {A climate control system for vehicles includes an internal combustion engine that may be coupled to selectively power a first motor generator, and an air conditioning compressor that may be selectively powered by one or both of the first motor generator and a second motor generator, or by the internal combustion engine. The system may include a rechargeable battery, and a vehicle controller having a vehicle state circuit structured to determine a vehicle operating condition value and a state-of-charge value of the rechargeable battery, and a coupling determination circuit structured to provide an internal combustion engine-first motor generator coupling command in response to the vehicle operating condition value and the state-of-charge value. In response to the internal combustion engine-first motor generator coupling command being provided as coupled, the internal combustion engine may power the first motor generator.},
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