US 10,174,690 B2Granted

Auxiliary-machine control device, control system, turbocharger, control method, and program

AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

InventorsYukio Yamashita, Hiroyoshi Kubo, Mitsufumi Goto, Musashi Sakamoto

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Abstract

An auxiliary-machine control device equipped with: a command-value acquisition unit for acquiring an operation command value for a device to be controlled and an allowable range for the operation amount of control means for controlling the operating state of the device to be controlled; an operation-amount calculation unit for calculating the operation amount for the control means on the basis of the acquired operation command value; and an operation-amount determination unit for outputting the calculated operation-amount signal to the device to be controlled if the operation amount calculated by the operation-amount calculation unit falls within the allowable range, and outputting an upper-limit value or a lower-limit value for the operation-amount allowable range if the calculated operation amount falls outside of the allowable range.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A control system comprising:

a main-machine control device for controlling a main machine as a power source, and
an auxiliary-machine control device for controlling an auxiliary machine for assisting an output of the main machine,
wherein the auxiliary-machine control which includes
an operation-amount calculation unit that acquires an operation command value, which is calculated by a main-machine control device that controls a main machine that is a power source, for an auxiliary machine which assists output of the main machine, and calculates an operation amount of control to control an operation state of the auxiliary machine on the basis of the acquired operation command value;
and
an operation-amount determination unit that acquires an allowable range of the operation amount, which is calculated by the main-machine control device based on the operation amount, selects the calculated operation amount in a case where the operation amount calculated by the operation-amount calculation unit is within the allowable range, selects an upper limit value of the allowable range in a case where the calculated operation amount exceeds the allowable range, and selects a lower limit value of the allowable range in a case where the calculated operation amount falls below the allowable range,
wherein the main-machine control device which includes
an operation-command value calculation unit calculates the operation command value on the basis of a prediction of a control performed by the auxiliary-machine control device,
an operation-amount detection unit that detects an operation amount output from the operation-amount determination unit, and
an allowable-range calculation unit that calculates an allowable range of the operation amount of the control means on the basis of the operation command value and a change rate of the detected operation amount.

7 more elements

A turbocharger comprising:

a control system,
wherein the control system includes a main-machine control device for controlling a main machine as a power source and an auxiliary-machine control device for controlling an auxiliary machine for assisting an output of the main machine,
wherein the auxiliary-machine control device which includes
an operation-amount calculation unit that acquires an operation command value, which is calculated by the main-machine control device, for an auxiliary machine, on the basis of a prediction of control performed by the auxiliary-machine control device, and calculates an operation amount of control to control an operation state of the auxiliary machine on the basis of the acquired operation command value and a prediction of a change in the operation command value;
and
an operation-amount determination unit that acquires an allowable range of the operation amount, which is calculated by the main-machine control device on the basis of a control performed by the auxiliary-machine control device, selects the calculated operation amount in a case where the operation amount calculated by the operation-amount calculation unit is within the allowable range, selects an upper limit value of the allowable range in a case where the calculated operation amount exceeds the allowable range, and selects a lower limit value of the allowable range in a case where the calculated operation amount falls below the allowable range,
wherein the main-machine control device which includes
an operation-command-value calculation unit calculates the operation command value on the basis of a prediction of a control performed by the auxiliary-machine control device,
an operation-amount detection unit that detects an operation amount output from the operation-amount determination unit, and
an allowable-range calculation unit that calculates an allowable range of the operation amount of the control means on the basis of the operation command value and a change rate of the detected operation amount, and
wherein the main-machine control device is a control device that performs control of an engine and the auxiliary-machine control device is a control device that performs control of the turbocharger which supplies compressed air to the engine.

8 more elements

A control method for an auxiliary machine in a control system including a main-machine control device for controlling a main machine as a power source and the auxiliary-machine control device for controlling an auxiliary machine for assisting an output of the main machine, the auxiliary-machine control device, the control method comprising:

an operation-amount calculation step of acquiring an operation command value, which is calculated by the a main-machine control device, for an auxiliary machine, on the basis of a prediction of control performed by the auxiliary-machine control device, and calculating an operation amount of control to control an operation state of the auxiliary machine on the basis of the acquired operation command value and a prediction of a change in the operation command value;
an operation-amount determination step of acquiring an allowable range of the operation amount, which is calculated by the main-machine control device on the basis of a control performed by the auxiliary-machine control device, selecting the calculated operation amount in a case where the calculated operation amount is within the allowable range, selecting an upper limit value of the allowable range in a case where the calculated operation amount exceeds the allowable range, and selecting a lower limit value of the allowable range in a case where the calculated operation amount falls below the allowable range;
an operation-command-value calculation step of calculating the operation command value on the basis of a prediction of a control performed by the auxiliary-machine control device;
a step of detecting the operation amount of the control means;
and
an allowable-range calculation step of calculating an allowable range of the operation amount of the control means on the basis of a change rate of the detected operation amount,
wherein determination of the operation amount is performed on the basis of the operation command value and an allowable range calculated in the step of calculating an allowable range of the operation amount, and
wherein acquiring the operation command value which is calculated in the operation-command-value calculation step is performed in the operation-amount calculation step, and
wherein acquiring the allowable range calculated in the allowable-range calculation is performed in the operation-amount determination step.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/521,437Filed 5 Feb 2015
Priority: JP 2014-21943528 Oct 2014
Published: US 2017/0314479 A12 Nov 2017
Granted: 8 Jan 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

F02D 41/0007
Controlling intake air: for control of turbo-charged or super-charged engines
F02B 37/18
Control of the pumps: by bypassing exhaust from the inlet to the outlet of turbine or to the atmosphere
F02D 23/00
Controlling engines characterised by their being supercharged
F02D 41/26
Characterised by the use of digital means: using computer, e.g. microprocessor