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Title: Energy control strategy for a hybrid electric vehicle

Abstract

An energy control strategy (10) for a hybrid electric vehicle that controls an electric motor during bleed and charge modes of operation. The control strategy (10) establishes (12) a value of the power level at which the battery is to be charged. The power level is used to calculate (14) the torque to be commanded to the electric motor. The strategy (10) of the present invention identifies a transition region (22) for the electric motor's operation that is bounded by upper and lower speed limits. According to the present invention, the desired torque is calculated by applying equations to the regions before, during and after the transition region (22), the equations being a function of the power level and the predetermined limits and boundaries.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [3]
  1. Northville, MI
  2. Dearborn, MI
  3. Birmingham, MI
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
874725
Patent Number(s):
6449537
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, MI)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL B60K - ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL B60L - PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-83CH10093
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
energy; control; strategy; hybrid; electric; vehicle; 10; controls; motor; bleed; charge; modes; operation; establishes; 12; value; power; level; battery; charged; calculate; 14; torque; commanded; identifies; transition; region; 22; motors; bounded; upper; speed; limits; calculated; applying; equations; regions; function; predetermined; boundaries; electric motor; electric vehicle; hybrid electric; control strategy; energy control; /701/180/290/

Citation Formats

Phillips, Anthony Mark, Blankenship, John Richard, Bailey, Kathleen Ellen, and Jankovic, Miroslava. Energy control strategy for a hybrid electric vehicle. United States: N. p., 2002. Web.
Phillips, Anthony Mark, Blankenship, John Richard, Bailey, Kathleen Ellen, & Jankovic, Miroslava. Energy control strategy for a hybrid electric vehicle. United States.
Phillips, Anthony Mark, Blankenship, John Richard, Bailey, Kathleen Ellen, and Jankovic, Miroslava. Tue . "Energy control strategy for a hybrid electric vehicle". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874725.
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abstractNote = {An energy control strategy (10) for a hybrid electric vehicle that controls an electric motor during bleed and charge modes of operation. The control strategy (10) establishes (12) a value of the power level at which the battery is to be charged. The power level is used to calculate (14) the torque to be commanded to the electric motor. The strategy (10) of the present invention identifies a transition region (22) for the electric motor's operation that is bounded by upper and lower speed limits. According to the present invention, the desired torque is calculated by applying equations to the regions before, during and after the transition region (22), the equations being a function of the power level and the predetermined limits and boundaries.},
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