摘要:
To provide a catalytic converter that reduces non-uniformity of temperature of a catalyst support and that can approach a uniform temperature distribution, and a structural body for supporting a catalyst that structures this catalytic converter. At a catalyst support (14), gradually decreasing width portions (14D), at which a width W thereof gradually decreases toward electrode centers (16C), are formed at regions where electrodes (16A), (16B) are contactingly disposed, as seen in a cross-section orthogonal to a direction in which exhaust flows. The width W is shorter than a length L1 of a center line CL at a given position. Heat generation and heat dissipation of the catalyst support (14) are balanced overall.
摘要:
An electronic control unit (70) according to the invention calculates a utilization index of charging of a battery (50) by a battery charger (60) based on a ratio of an electric traveling utilization level to a hybrid traveling utilization level or a ratio of the electric traveling utilization level to a total traveling utilization level; and stores the calculated utilization index. The electronic control unit calculates the utilization index based on at least one of a) a ratio of the number of times that the battery charger charges the battery to the number of trips, and b) a ratio of total time of connecting the battery charger to an external power supply to total vehicle stop time with a system of a vehicle being turned off, c) a ratio of total electric traveling time achieved without involving operation of an engine to total hybrid traveling time achieved involving operation of the engine, d) a ratio of the total electric traveling distance to a total traveling distance, e) a ratio of the total electric traveling time to total traveling time, f) a ratio of an integrated value of energy used to charge the battery by the battery charger to an integrated value of energy consumed for traveling, g) a ratio of a total charge amount of the battery charged by the battery charger to a total fuel supply quantity to a fuel tank, and h) a ratio of the total traveling distance to total emission of carbon dioxide. In a first embodiment, the electronic control unit calculates the utilization index such that influence of a vehicle utilization status on the utilization index is smaller in a trip with a large traveling distance than in a trip with a small traveling distance, based on at least one of c) the ratio of the total electric traveling time to the total hybrid traveling time, d) the ratio of the total electric traveling distance to the total traveling distance, e) the ratio of the total electric traveling time to the total traveling time, and g) the ratio of the total charge amount of the battery charged by the battery charger to the total fuel supply quantity to the fuel tank. In a second embodiment, the electronic control unit is configured to calculate the utilization index such that influence of a vehicle utilization status on the utilization index is smaller in a case where a state of charge of the battery when the system is turned off is larger than in a case where the state of charge of the battery when the system is turned off is small, based on at least one of a) the ratio of the number of times that the battery charger charges the battery to the number of trips, and b) the ratio of the total time of connecting the battery charger to the external power supply to the total vehicle stop time with a system of the vehicle being turned off. In a third embodiment, the electronic control unit is configured to calculate the utilization index based on the ratio of the number of times that the battery charger charges the battery to the number of trips, without counting the number of times that the battery charger is connected to the external power supply without change in a state of charge of the battery as the number of times that the battery charger charges the battery, and without counting the number of times of trips without change in the state of charge of the battery as the number of trips.
摘要:
A hybrid vehicle (100) in which at least two shift ranges can be selected for a single running direction includes an engine (160), a motor generator (135), an EHC (180) raising the temperature of a catalyst for cleaning up an exhaust gas from the engine (160), and an ECU (300). While the vehicle (100) is running, if the engine (160) is stopped and, of the two shift ranges, a shift range where larger decelerating force is produced by regenerative braking of the motor generator (135) has been selected, the ECU (300) causes the EHC (180) to raise the temperature of the catalyst using electric power generated by the motor generator (135).
摘要:
An electrically heated catalyst (EHC) device has a catalyst that purifies exhaust gas from an engine, and is configured to heat the catalyst with electric power that is supplied from an electric storage device. A current sensor detects a current that is supplied to the EHC device. A current sensor detects an input/output current of the electric storage device. An electric control unit executes failure determination control to determine whether the current sensor has a failure. In the failure determination control, the ECU estimates a current that is supplied to the EHC device using a detection value of the current sensor and compares the estimated current with a detection value of the current sensor to determine whether the current sensor has a failure.
摘要:
A vehicle (1) includes: an engine (10); an electrically heated catalyst (EHC) (140) electrically heatably configured for purifying exhaust gas of the engine (10); a temperature sensor (125) for sensing the temperature of the EHC (140); and an ECU (150) that controls the EHC (140) in temperature. The ECU (150) performs a first estimation process (an estimation process A) and a second estimation process (estimation processes B and C) to estimate the temperature of the EHC (140) and accordingly controls electric power applied to energize the EHC (140), the first estimation process being performed to estimate the temperature of the EHC (140) based on an output of the temperature sensor before the engine (10) starts, the second estimation process being performed to estimate the temperature of the EHC (140) based on the temperature of the exhaust gas emitted by the engine (10) after the engine (10) is started.
摘要:
A hybrid vehicle (100) in which at least two shift ranges can be selected for a single running direction includes an engine (160), a motor generator (135), an EHC (180) raising the temperature of a catalyst for cleaning up an exhaust gas from the engine (160), and an ECU (300). While the vehicle (100) is running, if the engine (160) is stopped and, of the two shift ranges, a shift range where larger decelerating force is produced by regenerative braking of the motor generator (135) has been selected, the ECU (300) causes the EHC (180) to raise the temperature of the catalyst using electric power generated by the motor generator (135).
摘要:
An electronic control unit (70) according to the invention is configured to count the number of times of charging opportunities that a hybrid vehicle is in a state where external charging is available in a predetermined period, as the number of times of opportunities, the number of times of the external charging that the vehicle performed in the predetermined period, as the number of times of charging, and to calculate and store a ratio of the number of times of charging to the number of times of opportunities, as a charging frequency.
摘要:
An electronic control unit (70) according to the invention is configured to count the number of times of charging opportunities that a hybrid vehicle is in a state where external charging is available in a predetermined period, as the number of times of opportunities, the number of times of the external charging that the vehicle performed in the predetermined period, as the number of times of charging, and to calculate and store a ratio of the number of times of charging to the number of times of opportunities, as a charging frequency.
摘要:
The number of opportunities where external charging of a vehicle parked in a residential parking space or a charging station in a predetermined period is available is counted as the number of opportunities (S200), and the number of times of the external charging performed in the opportunities in the same predetermined period is counted as the number of times of charging (S210). The number of times of charging is then divided by the number of opportunities to calculate and store a charging frequency (S220). Since the charging frequency is a ratio of the number of times that the external charging was performed to the number of opportunities where the external charging is available in the predetermined period, the ratio is used as an index that can offer more accurate determination regarding an external charging utilization status. As a result, various processing to promote external charging can be executed more properly.
摘要:
An EHC (140) is configured to electrically heat a catalyst that purifies exhaust gas from an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine mounted on an electrically-powered vehicle, when a current passes through the EHC (140). A charger (120) converts AC electric power supplied from an external power supply (210) to a charging port into charging power of a power storage device (70) by a power conversion path including an insulating transformer (330). The EHC (140) is electrically connected to power lines (352p, 352g) which are provided on the primary side of the insulating transformer (330) on the power conversion path, and to which a DC voltage is output. In a case where the EHC (140) is operated when the vehicle travels, the charger (120) converts the electric power from the power storage device (70) into the DC voltage output to the power lines (352p, 352g) connected to the EHC (140), by a part of inverse conversion of power conversion at the time of external charging.