PLAN PREPARATION SYSTEM AND PLAN PREPARATION APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20230001825A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17809795

    申请日:2022-06-29

    摘要: A server prepares a charging plan for a travel route to a destination. The server obtains an outside air temperature and a battery temperature. The server reads a map from a storage, and calculates an amount of required heat required for increasing the battery temperature to a target temperature by collating the outside air temperature and the battery temperature with the map. The server prepares the charging plan such that an SOC of a battery at the time of arrival at the destination attains to a prescribed SOC and a sum of an amount of heat generation by charging of the battery at a charging point and an amount of heat generation by charging and discharging of the battery with travel of a vehicle is equal to the amount of required heat.

    Smart battery backup system
    52.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11539233B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US16885863

    申请日:2020-05-28

    摘要: In an example, a smart battery backup system is disclosed. The system is configured to be installed on or within a vehicle and connected to a main battery of the vehicle. The system includes a housing, a lithium-ion battery disposed at least partially within the housing, and a controller disposed at least partially within the housing and including a set of momentary switches. The controller is configured to jump start the main battery using the lithium-ion battery. The controller is also configured to maintain the lithium-ion battery such that, based on a charge state of the lithium-ion battery and a charge state of the main battery, the lithium-ion battery is charged using the main battery.

    CHARGER PEAK POWER OPTIMIZATION FOR FLEET DEPOT

    公开(公告)号:US20220348105A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-03

    申请号:US17246605

    申请日:2021-05-01

    申请人: Cummins Inc.

    摘要: A system for charging electric vehicles is disclosed, comprising: vehicle chargers coupled to an electric power grid; and a controller in communication with the chargers and vehicles and configured to execute software to cause the controller to: determine characteristics of each vehicle, the characteristics including a charge capacity of a battery system of each vehicle and a mission schedule; determine characteristics of each charger, the characteristics including a type of each charger and a charging capacity; process the characteristics of each vehicle and each charger to identify charging opportunities for each vehicle over the course of a time period; and perform a peak power optimization analysis to generate a vehicle charging profile configured to activate a minimum number of chargers simultaneously and to minimize downtimes of the plurality of chargers to thereby distribute the power demand from the electric power grid and result in an initial peak power demand.

    A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL CONNECTION OF BATTERY PACKS

    公开(公告)号:US20220314835A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-06

    申请号:US17597257

    申请日:2019-07-04

    IPC分类号: B60L58/19 B60L58/13 G01R31/36

    摘要: A method for controlling electrical connection of at least two battery packs (202, 203) of an energy storage System (200) of a vehicle (201) to a common load during operation of the vehicle, each one of the battery packs being connectable to the load via at least one respective switching device, the method comprising: —receiving measurement data relating to current operating conditions of the energy storage System, —based on at least the measurement data, estimating at least one battery state of each one of the battery packs, wherein said at least one battery state is at least one of an open circuit voltage and a state of charge, —based on the estimated at least one battery state of each one of the battery packs, controlling electrical connection of each battery pack to the load via the at least one respective switching device.

    Vehicle control device
    58.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11458861B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-04

    申请号:US16814075

    申请日:2020-03-10

    摘要: Provided is a vehicle control device that prevents a specific function of a traveling vehicle from being not able to operate due to a failure of a battery. The vehicle control device includes: a control section configured to execute predetermined function control for a vehicle system; a discharge performance determination section configured to determine whether or not a battery is able to discharge a predetermined amount of current in accordance with a predetermined function before the predetermined function control is started; and an execution availability determination section configured to permit the control section to execute the predetermined function when it is determined that the predetermined amount of current is able to be discharged and inhibit the control section from executing the predetermined function when it is determined that the predetermined amount of current is not able to be discharged.

    METHOD FOR ESTIMATING OR PREDICTING AN INTERNAL BATTERY STATE OF A BATTERY UNIT

    公开(公告)号:US20220305952A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-29

    申请号:US17655927

    申请日:2022-03-22

    摘要: A method for estimating or predicting an internal battery state of at least one battery unit within an electric energy storage system, such as in a vehicle. The method includes obtaining operational data of the electric energy storage system relating to operating conditions of the electric energy storage system, feeding the obtained operational data to a non-linear state observer adapted to estimate and/or predict the internal battery state of the at least one battery unit in a series of time steps, such that an observer error of the non-linear state observer converges towards zero, or towards a value close to zero, based on at least the obtained operational data, estimating or predicting the internal battery state using the non-linear state observer.

    Systems and methods for controlling energy generation in a hybrid powertrain

    公开(公告)号:US11453382B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US16609383

    申请日:2017-05-01

    申请人: Cummins Inc.

    摘要: An apparatus includes an energy storage circuit, an input circuit, and a hybrid management circuit. The energy storage circuit is structured to receive a state of charge (SOC) and a state of health (SOH) of an energy storage device. The input circuit is structured to receive an indication of a torque demand. The hybrid management circuit is structured to determine a first torque output for a genset including an engine and a first motor-generator based on the torque demand and the SOC of the energy storage device; determine an adjustment factor based on the SOH of the energy storage device; determine an adjusted torque output for the genset based on the adjustment factor and the first torque output; operate the genset to provide the adjusted torque output and to generate an amount of energy; and operate a second motor-generator at a second torque output to meet the torque demand.