|Numéro de publication||US7275518 B1|
|Type de publication||Octroi|
|Numéro de demande||US 11/380,793|
|Date de publication||2 oct. 2007|
|Date de dépôt||28 avr. 2006|
|Date de priorité||28 avr. 2006|
|État de paiement des frais||Payé|
|Numéro de publication||11380793, 380793, US 7275518 B1, US 7275518B1, US-B1-7275518, US7275518 B1, US7275518B1|
|Inventeurs||Paul Gartner, Douglas Martin, Ryan McGee, Chris Kapolnek, Carol Okubo, Kenneth Miller|
|Cessionnaire d'origine||Ford Global Technologies, Llc|
|Exporter la citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Citations de brevets (25), Référencé par (37), Classifications (16), Événements juridiques (3)|
|Liens externes: USPTO, Cession USPTO, Espacenet|
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to systems and methods for controlling a vehicle powertrain.
2. Background Art
Vehicle manufacturers continually strive to improve fuel economy and reduce emissions while meeting customer expectations for performance and drivability. The availability of increasingly more powerful powertrain control computers has enabled more precise control of the vehicle powertrain and more efficient use of available energy to power the vehicle and related accessories. While the use of closed-loop or feedback control is generally preferred for lower feedgas emissions and best utilization of energy provided by conventional or alternative fuels, fuel cells, and/or batteries, the availability and accuracy of the sensors or estimators used to provide feedback to the controller may limit the operating conditions where closed-loop control is feasible. In addition, various compromises may be necessary to accommodate manufacturing and assembly variation and component wear over the vehicle lifetime of the vehicle.
For vehicle powertrains that include an internal combustion engine, either alone or in combination with other power sources as in a hybrid vehicle, accurate control of the combustion process is desirable to achieve emissions and fuel economy goals. To maintain stable combustion under varying engine, vehicle, and accessory operating conditions for desired fuel economy and emissions, the airflow and fuel supplied to the engine cylinders must be accurately controlled, particularly when the engine is operated at low load, such as during decelerations and/or idling. Precise airflow control is generally more problematic than fuel control under low load conditions. Conventional vehicles may operate in low-load conditions using closed-loop control of engine speed using airflow and spark to maintain stable combustion. The combustion stability limit may be defined in terms of airflow, or a corresponding engine torque value. Thus, a minimum engine torque may be set to ensure stable combustion. This torque value, also referred to as the “misfire torque limit,” is the lower bound of the engine torque production. In many vehicles, a buffer or error margin is provided such that the misfire torque limit is set above the true combustion stability limit. This buffer helps to ensure that the vehicle will not operate in the unstable combustion region, despite various factors such as throttle valve variability, engine friction losses that vary with temperature, variability in combustion efficiency associated with fuel variability, age and wear of the engine components, varying engine, vehicle, and ambient operating conditions, etc.
In a vehicle such as a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) where the engine is operated in a torque control mode rather than an engine-speed control mode, the engine speed is generally independent of the combustion cylinder air mass and the spark ignition angle, and is therefore unsuitable for use in maintaining combustion stability. Excess torque produced by the engine in an HEV may translate into a charging current for the battery, which must be controlled to manage the battery performance and useful life. As such, it is desirable to set the misfire torque limit as accurately as possible while accommodating changes in the combustion stability limit from vehicle-to-vehicle as well as changes in operating conditions of a particular vehicle.
Systems and methods for adapting or adjusting the misfire torque limit to accommodate manufacturing variations and changing operating conditions are disclosed in US Pat. App. 2006/0025904, commonly owned by the assignee of the present invention. While suitable for many applications, the systems and methods disclosed adapt the misfire torque limit only under specific conditions that may require the engine to run longer or at higher speeds than otherwise required for current driving conditions. In addition, some extreme variations in operating conditions may not be accommodated if the specific entry conditions are not satisfied.
A system and method for controlling a vehicle powertrain having an internal combustion engine include determining a difference between a desired engine torque and a current engine torque, adjusting the difference based on a stored torque offset corresponding to a current engine speed, and controlling the engine to produce a torque corresponding to the adjusted torque difference. The stored torque offset is adjusted when the engine is operating in a predetermined engine speed range based on a steady-state difference between the desired and current engine torque to reduce the steady-state difference to zero. The adjusted torque difference may be limited by a maximum-engine-torque-available parameter and a minimum-engine-torque-available parameter, which is based on an operating temperature, such as the engine coolant temperature. The system and method may also include monitoring the rate of change of the desired engine torque and controlling spark to rapidly reduce current engine torque to the adjusted torque difference value.
Embodiments of the present invention include a controller implementing proportional-integral (PI) feedback control of engine torque with anti-windup integrator control logic where the controller determines a difference between a torque feedback signal from an electrical machine and a desired engine torque, limits the difference term to a calibratable range, and adjusts the integral term of the PI control using a learned torque offset value corresponding to a current engine speed range.
The present invention provides a number of advantages. For example, the present invention provides a more robust closed-loop engine torque control strategy that allows operation of the engine nearer the combustion stability under varying ambient and operating conditions while accommodating component variation and wear. The present invention provides more frequent updates of learned torque offset values to improve torque control when operating under low-load or idle conditions. Additional robustness for rapid accelerator pedal changes (tipout) and idling is provided using dynamic spark retard to more rapidly achieve a desired engine torque, which avoids overcharging the battery in HEV applications.
The above advantages and other advantages, objects, and features of the present invention will be readily apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.
The present invention is described with reference to a representative HEV embodiment having a vehicle powertrain including an internal combustion engine, a battery, and an electrical machine. However, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the present invention may also be used in other applications including other hybrid vehicle configurations and conventional vehicles having an internal combustion engine with a measured or estimated torque feedback signal provided to the powertrain controller to implement closed loop torque control as described herein. Similarly, while the present invention is described with respect to representative embodiments, various features of the invention illustrated and described with respect to any one embodiment may be combined with features in any other embodiment(s) to form embodiments within the scope of the invention that are not explicitly illustrated or described.
Referring now to
Electrical machine 14 can be used as a generator to provide electric current to charge battery 46 or operate motor 40, or as a motor to provide an output torque to shaft 26 connected to sun gear 24. Similarly, operation of engine 12 supplies torque to shaft 28, which is connected to carrier 20. A brake 30 is provided for selectively stopping rotation of shaft 26, thereby locking sun gear 24 in place. Because this configuration allows torque to be transferred from electrical machine 14 to ICE 12, a one-way clutch 32 is provided so that shaft 28 rotates in only one direction. Electrical machine 14 can be used to control the rotational speed of engine 12 via planetary gearset 16 and shaft 28 when and if desired.
As also illustrated in the embodiment of
As shown in
Any or all of the various controllers or control modules, such as VSC 50 and BCM 54 may include a microprocessor based central processing unit (CPU) 70 in communication with a memory management unit (MMU) 72 that manages various computer-readable storage media 74. The computer readable storage media preferably include various types of volatile and non-volatile memory such as a read-only memory (ROM) 76, a random-access memory (RAM) 78, and a keep-alive memory (KAM) 80. The computer-readable storage media may be implemented using any of a number of known temporary and/or persistent memory devices such as PROMs, EPROMs, EEPROMs, flash memory, or any other electric, magnetic, optical or combination memory capable of storing data, code, instructions, calibration information, operating variables, and the like used by CPU 70 in controlling the engine, vehicle, or various subsystems. For controller architectures that do not include MMU 72, CPU 70 may communicate directly with one or more storage media 74. CPU 70 communicates with the various sensors and actuators of the engine, vehicle, etc. via an input/output (I/O) interface 82.
Vehicle 10 may also include one or more emission control devices, generally represented by block 56. For example, vehicle 10 may include a carbon canister associated with the vehicle fuel system and configured to collect fuel vapors to reduce emissions. From time to time, the carbon canister may be purged, such that collected vapors are taken into the engine air intake system and combusted. Emission control devices 56 may also include one or more catalysts or catalytic reactors in various configurations to treat exhaust gases of engine 12.
In addition to an emissions control or treatment system 56, vehicle 10 may also include one or more engine or motor driven accessories (ACC) 58. Because accessories 58 use torque produced by engine 12 and/or electrical energy from battery 46 and/or electrical machines 14, 40, one or more of the accessories 58 may be selectively controlled by VSC 50 to more accurately control torque production of engine 12 when operating near the combustion stability limit. For example, an air conditioning system may include a compressor 59 that is selectively controlled by VSC 50 during selected operating modes to more accurately control operation of engine 12.
The vehicle system controller determines a desired engine torque as represented by block 100. Determination of a desired engine torque will depend on a number of considerations that may be application and implementation specific. For the representative embodiment of an HEV illustrated in
The filtered or delayed desired torque value is compared to a current engine torque feedback signal or value 108 determined from transmission 38 and/or motor 40 to generate a torque difference signal or value at block 106. The torque difference value is then clipped or limited to a calibratable range as represented by block 110. The resulting torque value is then acted on by a proportional-integral (PI) controller 112 that includes a proportional term 120, an integral term 122, and an offset 124 applied to integral term 122. PI controller 112 may include anti-windup (and/or wind-down) integrator control logic 150 that limits the integrator value to improve transient performance and transitions between operating modes. For example, integrator anti-windup logic may be used to prevent undesirable integrator values resulting from the requested torque exceeding the maximum available engine torque limit or when the throttle valve reaches an open or closed stop position.
Torque offset 124 includes logic 152 for continuously updating a corresponding offset value based on an engine speed range when the engine is operating at steady-state within a predetermined region or range of the minimum engine torque line. In one embodiment, a torque offset is stored in a table in persistent memory, such as KAM 80, indexed by one of four engine speed ranges. The torque offset value is based on a rolling average of the previously stored value and a new value corresponding to a steady-state difference of the integral term 122. When the value is updated, integral term 122 is reset. During subsequent operation in the region near the minimum torque line, a torque offset corresponding to the current engine speed operating range is retrieved from memory and added to integral term 122. The torque offset value may be adjusted or ramped before being combined with the integral term with the adjustment or ramp based on the distance between the desired torque and the minimum torque as represented by block 152. Operation of one embodiment for the torque offset logic is illustrated and described in greater detail with reference to
The output of PI controller 112 is clipped or limited by maximum positive and maximum negative limits as represented by block 130. The output of block 130 is then combined with a desired engine torque feed forward (FF) term 134 at block 132. The output of block 132 is again compared to upper and lower limits and clipped or limited accordingly as represented by block 140. The lower limit represents the engine torque at minimum airflow, which is preferably a function of temperature. In the embodiment illustrated in
The adjusted and limited engine torque determined by block 140 is then used to control operation of the engine to produce the desired torque. In general, this includes fuel metering and spark or ignition timing (not shown) in addition to airflow control. In the embodiment illustrated in
As also illustrated in
While the present invention is described with a torque feedback signal supplied by the transmission and/or motor of a hybrid vehicle, the invention may also be applied to conventional powertrain implementations with an estimated or measured torque feedback signal. Although currently available torque sensors are not commercially viable for automotive applications, a number of methods have been developed to accurately estimate an “actual” torque based on other sensors in combination with ambient and engine operating conditions and parameters as known by those of ordinary skill in the art.
A desired engine torque is determined as represented generally by block 200. The desired engine torque may be determined using various vehicle and operator sensors and/or actuators and take into consideration a number of engine, vehicle, and ambient operating conditions. The desired torque is compared to a feedback signal or value representing the current torque being produced by the engine to generate a difference signal or value as represented by block 210. The difference torque is then clipped or limited to an acceptable range as determined by corresponding calibration values that determine an upper and lower limit with the limited value supplied to a controller, such as a PI controller as represented by block 220. Although the embodiments selected to illustrate the present invention utilize a PI controller, various other control strategies may be used within the scope of the present invention. For example, the present invention may be adapted for use with a proportional-integral-differential (PID) controller if desired.
When the engine is operating within a predetermined range of the minimum torque line (for example +/−5 nm), a stored torque offset value is retrieved based on current engine rotational speed as represented by block 230 and applied to the integral term of the PI controller as represented by block 240. In one embodiment, four engine speed ranges are used with a torque offset stored in persistent or non-volatile memory in a one-dimensional table or array indexed by the engine speed range, which spans 1000 rpm increments. Depending upon the particular application and implementation, a greater or lesser number of torque offset values may be stored and/or indexed by a different operating parameter and/or multiple engine or vehicle operating parameters, for example.
The resulting output torque value from the PI controller is clipped or limited and combined with a feed-forward desired engine torque term as represented by block 250. The resulting total desired engine torque term is again clipped or limited with the lower limit based on temperature, such as engine coolant temperature, as represented by block 260. This clipped or limited value is then used to control one or more of the airflow, fuel, and spark so the engine produces the total desired torque as represented by block 270.
A flowchart illustrating operation of a torque offset for use in closed loop torque control for a vehicle powertrain according to one embodiment of the present invention is shown in
Block 320 determines whether the engine is operating in steady state, the definition of which may vary depending upon the application and implementation. In one embodiment, block 320 indicates steady state operation when the rate of change of desired torque and the absolute value of desired torque are less than corresponding thresholds for a predetermined period of time. When the engine is operating steady state as determined by block 320, block 330 selects an appropriate stored value for updating or learning based on the current engine speed and corresponding engine speed range. The selected memory or table location is then updated with a new torque offset value as represented by block 340 and described in greater detail with reference to blocks 342-348.
As represented by block 342 of
As such, the present invention provides a robust closed-loop torque-based powertrain control for operation of an internal combustion engine that accurately controls torque, particularly under low load near the combustion stability limit. The present invention uses a learned or adaptive torque offset value based on an engine speed range to control engine torque when operating near the combustion stability limit, in addition to spark control to rapidly respond to accelerator pedal tipout and avoid overcharging the battery in HEV applications. The minimum operating torque parameter is selected based on temperature to account for weaker combustion at cold engine temperatures and improve combustion stability.
While the best mode for carrying out the invention has been described in detail, those familiar with the art to which this invention relates will recognize various alternative designs and embodiments for practicing the invention as defined by the following claims.
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|16 juin 2006||AS||Assignment|
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