Control System And Method For A Vehicle System
AssigneeTransportation IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsGayathri Seenumani, James D. Brooks
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Abstract
A system and method generate a trip plan for a trip of a vehicle system along a route. The usage of an engine during the trip is determined based on engine operational parameters, energy storage device operational parameters, and one or more objectives of the trip desired to be achieved. The usage of the energy storage device during the trip is also determined based on the engine operational parameters, the energy storage device operational parameters, and the one or more objective, including when to charge or discharge the energy storage device during the trip.
Claims20
A method for a vehicle system configured for movement along one or more routes during a trip, comprising:
- determining a change in life of an on-board energy storage device based on operation of a vehicle subsystem during the trip;
- determining a change in fuel usage of an engine based on the operation of the vehicle subsystem during the trip;
- and
- switching an operating mode of the vehicle subsystem based at least in part on one of the change in the life of the on-board energy storage device, or the change in the fuel usage of the engine.
A system comprising:
- a controller configured to:
- determine a change in life of an on-board energy storage device based on operation of a vehicle subsystem during a trip;
- determine a change in fuel usage of an engine based on the operation of the vehicle subsystem during the trip;
- and
- switch an operating mode of the vehicle subsystem based at least in part on one of the change in the life of the on-board energy storage device, or the change in the fuel usage of the engine.
A method for a vehicle system configured for movement along one or more routes during a trip, comprising:
- determining a change in life of an on-board energy storage device based on operation of a cooling subsystem during the trip;
- determining a change in fuel usage of an engine based on the operation of the cooling subsystem during the trip;
- and
- switching an operating mode of the cooling subsystem to reduce thermal characteristics of the on-board energy storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.