Inverter-based exhaust aftertreatment thermal management apparatuses, methods, systems, and techniques

    公开(公告)号:US11952930B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US17169898

    申请日:2021-02-08

    申请人: Cummins Inc.

    摘要: One exemplary embodiment is a vehicle system comprising an engine, an exhaust aftertreatment system including a heating element, an electric machine configured to selectably operate as a motor or a generator, an inverter module including a plurality of inverter phase legs and an auxiliary leg, and an electronic control system in operative communication with the inverter module and the exhaust aftertreatment system. The electronic control system is configured to evaluate whether the electric machine is operating as a generator, selectably operate the plurality of inverter phase legs to rectify AC power received from the electric machine, evaluate whether to heat one or more components of the exhaust aftertreatment system, and selectably operate the auxiliary leg to provide rectified power from the inverter legs to one or more electrical heating elements thermally coupled with the one or more components exhaust aftertreatment system effective to heat the one or more components.

    METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING MULTIPLE ELECTRIC AXLES

    公开(公告)号:US20240109423A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-04

    申请号:US18274432

    申请日:2021-02-17

    申请人: Cummins Inc.

    IPC分类号: B60L3/10 B60L15/20

    摘要: A system for controlling a plurality of electric axles of a vehicle is disclosed, comprising: the plurality of electric axles, one or more motor generators associated with one or more of the plurality of electric axles, and a multi-axle controller communicatively coupled to the one or more motor generators and configured to execute software to cause the multi-axle controller to: determine a power demand of the vehicle based at least in part on one or more parameters of each electric axle and current and/or future road grade; generate a performance cost function associated with one or more performance metrics, the power demand, and/or the vehicle information; determine a power distribution among the plurality of electric axles by optimizing the performance cost function; and transmit a traction command to the one or more motor generators to control the operation of the plurality of electric axles.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING COMPONENT FAILURE

    公开(公告)号:US20240077010A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-07

    申请号:US18236577

    申请日:2023-08-22

    申请人: Cummins Inc.

    IPC分类号: F01N11/00 F01N3/20 F02D41/02

    摘要: Systems and methods for diagnosing at least one component in an exhaust aftertreatment system are provided. The system includes an exhaust aftertreatment system coupled to an engine system, at least one sensor, and at least one processing circuit structured to: receive initial sensor data; determine an initial parameter value based on the initial sensor data; determine that the initial parameter does not satisfy an initial threshold; perform operations to diagnose at least one component of the exhaust aftertreatment system comprising: causing the engine system to operate through a sequence of a plurality of engine outputs; receiving a plurality of sensor data, each of the plurality sensor data corresponding to at least one of the plurality of engine outputs; comparing each of the plurality of sensor data to a corresponding threshold; and diagnosing the at least one component based on the comparison.