阅读说明：本技术 一种高效混动发动机冷却系统及发动机冷却方法 (Efficient hybrid engine cooling system and engine cooling method ) 是由 冉景旭 梁德浦 毛龙归 刘益军 何化 于 2020-07-23 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及汽车发动机技术领域,具体是一种高效混动发动机冷却系统及发动机冷却方法,包括主电子水泵、缸盖水套、缸体水套、调温器、散热器、增压器水套、机油冷却器和EGR冷却器、副电子水泵,所述副电子水泵和所述增压器水套连通,所述副电子水泵入口连通所述缸盖水套,所述增压器水套出口连通所述EGR冷却器的入口。本发明采用两个电子水泵,电子水泵不受发动机转速限制,可以通过电控策略调整转速与流量,使发动机保持最佳工作温度,提高系统效率,提高燃油经济性,节能减排。(The invention relates to the technical field of automobile engines, in particular to a high-efficiency hybrid engine cooling system and an engine cooling method. The invention adopts two electronic water pumps which are not limited by the rotating speed of the engine, and the rotating speed and the flow can be adjusted through an electric control strategy, so that the engine keeps the optimal working temperature, the system efficiency is improved, the fuel economy is improved, and the energy conservation and the emission reduction are realized.)

1. A high-efficiency hybrid engine cooling system comprises a main electronic water pump (1), a cylinder cover water jacket (2), a cylinder body water jacket (3), a temperature regulator (4), a radiator (5), a supercharger water jacket (6), an engine oil cooler (7) and an EGR cooler (8); the main electronic water pump (1), cylinder cover water jacket (2), cylinder body water jacket (3), EGR cooler (8), thermoregulator (4) and radiator (5) are communicated in sequence at first position to form a circulation loop, and the device is characterized in that: two ends of the engine oil cooler (7) are respectively connected with an outlet of the main electronic water pump (1) and an outlet of the EGR cooler (8), and two outlets of the thermostat (4) are respectively connected with the radiator (5) and the main electronic water pump (1); the EGR cooler is characterized by further comprising an auxiliary electronic water pump (9), wherein the auxiliary electronic water pump (9) is communicated with the supercharger water jacket (6), an inlet of the auxiliary electronic water pump (9) is communicated with the cylinder cover water jacket (2), and an outlet of the supercharger water jacket (6) is communicated with an inlet of the EGR cooler (8); still include ECU (10), speed sensor (12) and water temperature sensor (11), water temperature sensor (11) set up in radiator (5), speed sensor (12) are used for acquireing engine speed, water temperature sensor (11) are used for acquireing the temperature, water temperature sensor (11) speed sensor (12) main electronic water pump (1) with vice electronic water pump (9) all with ECU (10) electric connection.

2. The high efficiency hybrid engine cooling system according to claim 1, wherein: and a circulation gap is formed between the impeller and the blade of the auxiliary electronic water pump (9).

3. A high-efficiency hybrid engine cooling system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the water temperature sensor (11) is arranged at the central part of a water outlet pipe of the radiator (5).

4. A high-efficiency hybrid engine cooling system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the calibrated flow of the main electronic water pump (1) is larger than that of the auxiliary electronic water pump (9).

5. A high efficiency hybrid engine cooling system as set forth in claim 3, wherein: the auxiliary electronic water pump (9) and the main electronic water pump (1) are both of variable-speed structures, and the auxiliary electronic water pump (9) and the main electronic water pump (1) adopt one communication type of CAN, PWM or LIN.

6. An engine cooling method characterized by using the high-efficiency hybrid engine cooling system according to claim 4, comprising the steps of:

s1, detecting whether the rotating speed of the engine is zero by the rotating speed sensor (12), and acquiring the water temperature T of the engine by the water temperature sensor (11); if the engine speed is not zero, the process proceeds to step S2; if the engine speed is zero, the routine proceeds to step S3.

S2, the water temperature sensor (11) transmits the water temperature T to the ECU (10), the engine state is judged after the calculated water temperature T and the temperature thresholds T1, T2 and T3, and T1 is less than T2 and less than T3; if T < T1, judging the cold start state, and entering S201; if T1 < T2, determining the state is normal, and entering S202; if T is greater than T2, the engine is in an abnormal state, and the process goes to S203;

s201, the ECU (10) sends out an instruction to control a main electronic water pump (1) of the engine to operate at a low rotating speed N1, the water temperature T gradually rises to T1, and the operation returns to S2;

s202, the ECU (10) sends out an instruction to control a main electronic water pump (1) of the engine to operate at a medium rotating speed N2, the water temperature T gradually rises to T2, and the operation returns to S2;

s203, the ECU (10) sends out a command, a main electronic water pump (1) of the engine is controlled to operate at a calibrated speed N3, if the temperature continues to continuously rise to T3, the ECU (10) controls the engine to stop oil injection until the water temperature is reduced to T2, and the operation returns to the step S2.

S3, detecting that the rotation speed of the engine is zero by a rotation speed sensor (12), transmitting water temperature T to an ECU (10) by a water temperature sensor (11), calculating the residual heat quantity of the engine by the ECU (10), converting the residual heat quantity into cooling flow, forming a mapping relation between the water temperature T and the rotation speed of an auxiliary electronic water pump (9), and comparing the water temperature T with temperature thresholds T1, T2 and T3; if T > T2, go to S301; if T1 < T2, the process proceeds to S302. If T is less than T1, entering S303;

s301, the ECU (10) sends out a command to control the auxiliary electronic water pump (9) to operate according to the calibrated speed n1, the water temperature T is gradually reduced to T2, and the operation returns to S3;

s302, the ECU (10) sends out a command to control the auxiliary electronic water pump (9) to operate at a rotating speed n2, the n2 value is one half of n1, and the water returns to S3 as the water temperature T is gradually reduced to T1;

and S303, the ECU (10) gives a command to control the auxiliary electronic water pump (9) to stop working, and the operation returns to the step S1.

7. An engine cooling method according to claim 6, characterized in that: in the step S202, the operation speed N2 of the main electronic water pump (1) is obtained by querying through a preset pulse spectrum table according to the engine speed and the water temperature T.

8. An engine cooling method according to claim 6, characterized in that: in step S201, the value of the speed N1 of the main electronic water pump (1) is one third of the calibrated speed N3 of the main electronic water pump (1).

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of automobile engines, in particular to a high-efficiency hybrid engine cooling system and an engine cooling method.

Background

The cooling system is an important component of the engine. During engine operation, the parts in contact with the hot gases or exhaust gases are heated strongly, requiring cooling systems to dissipate the excess heat from these parts, which can have various undesirable consequences, such as: deterioration of the lubricating oil and damage of a normal oil film; the heated parts expand to destroy the normal clearance of the kinematic pair; the part is reduced in thermal mechanical property and even fails, and the like. In addition, the cooling cannot be excessive, otherwise, poor combustion and increased emission can be caused, and the fuel economy is reduced; the viscosity of the engine oil is increased, the friction loss of a kinematic pair is aggravated, the engine works roughly, the power of the engine is reduced, and the service life is shortened.

The water pump is the engine cooling system power source. Generally, the cooling system of the automobile engine is of a water-cooled type, that is, the cooling system takes cooling liquid as a cooling medium, and is a forced closed type circulating water cooling system, and the cooling liquid is forcedly and circularly conveyed to each part of the engine to be cooled through the operation of a water pump. The mechanical centrifugal water pump is driven by a crankshaft pulley through a belt according to a certain speed ratio, and when the engine is started, the engine runs, and when the engine is stopped, the engine stops running.

For example, chinese patent CN 108343500 a discloses a high-efficiency hybrid engine cooling system, which includes a water pump, a cylinder cover water jacket, a cylinder water jacket, a first thermostat, a radiator, an electronic water pump, a supercharger, an expansion tank, an engine oil cooler, a second thermostat, a warm air blower, and an engine degassing pipeline. The main water pump is a mechanical water pump.

As another example, chinese patent CN 207004624U discloses a water-cooled and medium-cooled intake air cooling system for an engine, which includes a radiator, a supercharger, a water pump, and a second electronic water pump, wherein an output end of the water pump is communicated to an input end of the water pump through a pipeline sequentially via the supercharger, the second electronic water pump, the radiator, and an electronic thermostat; the system also comprises an expansion kettle which is respectively communicated to the input end of the intercooling radiator, the input end of the first electronic water pump, the input end of the radiator and the input end of the water pump through pipelines. The main water pump adopted by the device is also a mechanical water pump.

The two technical schemes have certain defects, because the engine is properly cooled, the optimal working temperature of the engine is maintained to obtain the optimal economy, and the mechanical water pump is designed with a certain matching speed ratio and cannot realize variable speed operation, the mechanical water pump is designed according to the worst working condition of a cooling system, and under other rotating speeds and loads, the flow demand of cooling liquid is reduced, the capacity of the water pump is surplus, and the water pump cannot be well matched with the working condition of the engine.

In addition, if the engine is stopped due to uncertain factors, the water pump is immediately stopped, but all parts of the engine cooling system also have waste heat emission, so that a normal oil film is deteriorated, the mechanical performance of the heated part is reduced due to lack of cooling, the damage of parts is accelerated, and particularly, the parts with strong waste heat emission, such as a cylinder cover, a supercharger, an EGR cooler and the like, even the engine cannot normally run.

Under normal conditions, the engine can have idle transition before shutting down, makes the engine cool off gradually, and the mixed engine type does not have idle transition because of the engine frequently opens and stops, gives off because of shutting down the waste heat and lacks effective cooling, leads to the engine reliability to reduce.

Disclosure of Invention

The method provides a high-efficiency hybrid engine cooling system, wherein the cooling system is not provided with a mechanical water pump, but two electronic water pumps are used, the electronic water pumps are not limited by the rotating speed of the engine, and the rotating speed and the flow can be adjusted through an electric control strategy, so that the engine can keep the optimal working temperature, the system efficiency is improved, the fuel economy is improved, and the energy conservation and emission reduction are realized.

A high-efficiency hybrid engine cooling system comprises a main electronic water pump, a cylinder cover water jacket, a cylinder body water jacket, a temperature regulator, a radiator, a supercharger water jacket, an engine oil cooler and an EGR cooler; the main electronic water pump, the cylinder cover water jacket, the cylinder body water jacket, the EGR cooler, the temperature regulator and the radiator are sequentially communicated at the first position to form a circulating loop.

And two ends of the engine oil cooler are respectively connected with the outlet of the main electronic water pump and the outlet of the EGR cooler, and a cooling loop of the engine oil cooler and the engine body form a parallel water path.

Two outlets of the thermostat are respectively connected with the radiator and the main electronic water pump; to control the switching of the engine size cycle.

The invention also comprises an auxiliary electronic water pump, wherein the auxiliary electronic water pump is communicated with the supercharger water jacket, an inlet of the auxiliary electronic water pump is communicated with the cylinder cover water jacket, and an outlet of the supercharger water jacket is communicated with an inlet of the EGR cooler; the EGR cooler and the engine body form a series waterway structure, and the water jacket of the supercharger takes water from the cylinder cover and returns the water to the front of the EGR cooler.

The invention also comprises an ECU, a rotating speed sensor and a water temperature sensor, wherein the water temperature sensor is arranged in the heat dissipation, the rotating speed sensor is used for acquiring the rotating speed of an engine, the water temperature sensor is used for acquiring the water temperature, and the water temperature sensor, the rotating speed sensor, the main electronic water pump and the auxiliary electronic water pump are all electrically connected with the ECU. An engine control unit ECU is adopted to control a cooling system, the automatic fault diagnosis function is achieved, the heat dissipation requirement of an engine is calculated through an ECU control strategy and is converted into the cooling flow requirement, then the working power and the rotating speed of a water pump are output, and meanwhile closed-loop control is achieved through feedback regulation;

preferably, a flow gap is provided between the impeller and the blade of the auxiliary electric water pump. The cooling liquid flows through the circulation gap between the water pump impeller and the blades of the auxiliary electronic water pump, so that the water jacket of the supercharger can also flow when the auxiliary electronic water pump is not started, and the cooling of the water jacket of the supercharger is ensured.

Preferably, the water temperature sensor is arranged at the central part of the water outlet pipe of the radiator, collects water temperature data of the position and can reflect the working temperature of the engine in real time.

Preferably, the calibrated flow of the main electronic water pump is larger than that of the auxiliary electronic water pump, the auxiliary electronic water pump with a smaller size can be adopted, the waste heat emission is important, but the flow demand is not large, only a cooling system is required to be circulated at a lower flow, the heat emission demand after shutdown can be met, and the cost is reduced,

preferably, the auxiliary electronic water pump and the main electronic water pump are both of variable-speed structures, and the auxiliary electronic water pump and the main electronic water pump are of communication types of CAN, PWM or LIN. Through an ECU control strategy, the heat dissipation requirement of the engine is calculated and converted into a cooling flow requirement, then the working power and the rotating speed of the water pump are output, and meanwhile, closed-loop control is achieved through feedback adjustment.

The invention also provides an engine cooling method, which adopts the high-efficiency hybrid engine cooling system, wherein the rotating speed unit is r/min, the water temperature unit is ℃, T1 is more than T2 and more than T3, N1 is more than N2 and more than N3, and N1 is more than N2, and the method comprises the following steps:

s1, detecting whether the rotating speed of the engine is zero by the rotating speed sensor, and acquiring the water temperature T of the engine by the water temperature sensor; if the engine speed is not zero, the process proceeds to step S2; if the engine speed is zero, the routine proceeds to step S3.

S2, the water temperature sensor transmits the water temperature T to the ECU, the engine state is judged after the calculated water temperature T and temperature thresholds T1, T2 and T3, T1 is more than T2 and more than T3; if T < T1, judging the cold start state, and entering S201; if T1 < T2, determining the state is normal, and entering S202; if T is greater than T2, the engine is in an abnormal state, and the process goes to S203;

s201, the ECU sends out a command to control a main electronic water pump of the engine to operate at a low rotating speed N1, the main electronic water pump gradually rises to T1 along with the water temperature T, and the operation returns to S2;

s202, the ECU sends out a command to control a main electronic water pump of the engine to operate at a medium rotating speed N2, the water temperature T gradually rises to T2, and the operation returns to S2;

and S203, the ECU sends out a command to control a main electronic water pump of the engine to operate at a calibrated speed N3, if the temperature continues to rise to T3, the ECU controls the engine to stop oil injection until the water temperature is reduced to T2, and the step returns to the step S2.

S3, detecting that the rotating speed of the engine is zero by the rotating speed sensor, transmitting the water temperature T to the ECU by the water temperature sensor, calculating the residual heat quantity of the engine by the ECU, converting the residual heat quantity into cooling flow, forming a mapping relation between the water temperature T and the rotating speed of the auxiliary electronic water pump, and comparing the water temperature T with temperature thresholds T1, T2 and T3; if T > T2, go to S301; if T1 < T2, entering S302; if T is less than T1, entering S303;

s301, the ECU sends out a command to control the auxiliary electronic water pump to operate according to the calibrated rotating speed n1, the water temperature T is gradually reduced to T2, and the operation returns to S3;

s302, the ECU sends out a command to control the auxiliary electronic water pump to operate at a rotating speed n2, the value of n2 is one half of n1, and the auxiliary electronic water pump returns to S3 as the water temperature T is gradually reduced to T1;

and S303, the ECU sends out an instruction to control the auxiliary electronic water pump to stop working, and the operation returns to the step S1.

The method meets the requirement of adopting the main electronic water pump and the auxiliary electronic water pump to radiate heat of the engine, adopts the auxiliary electronic water pump to cool after the engine is stopped, solves the problem that the parts of the system are damaged in an accelerated way due to frequent starting and stopping of a hybrid engine type, and solves the problem of water temperature alarm under the action of waste heat when the engine is stopped.

Preferably, in step S202, the operation speed N2 of the main electronic water pump is obtained by querying through a preset pulse spectrum table according to the engine speed and the water temperature T. The heat dissipation of the supercharger water jacket and the EGR cooler can be controlled well under all working conditions, and the water temperature of the engine is guaranteed to be normal.

Preferably, in the step S201, the value of the rotation speed N1 of the main electronic water pump is one third of the calibrated rotation speed N3 of the main electronic water pump, and a lower rotation speed of the main electronic water pump is adopted at a lower temperature, so that the engine can be quickly warmed up.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

1. the electronic water pump is directly used as the main water pump, the electronic water pump is not limited by the rotating speed of the engine, and the rotating speed and the flow can be adjusted through an electric control strategy, so that the engine can keep the optimal working temperature, the system efficiency is improved, the fuel economy is improved, and the energy conservation and emission reduction are realized.

2. The auxiliary electronic water pump is added on the water inlet pipe of the water jacket of the supercharger, when the engine is stopped and the main electronic water pump is powered off and stops working, the auxiliary electronic water pump is powered on and started to run at a lower power and a lower rotating speed, the engine body, the cylinder cover, the supercharger and the EGR cooler can still be effectively cooled, the engine body, the cylinder cover, the supercharger and the EGR cooler cannot be damaged in an accelerated mode due to waste heat, and the running reliability of the engine is kept.

3. When the engine is stopped, waste heat emission is important, but the flow demand is not large, and the cooling system is only required to be circulated at a lower flow rate, so that the wall surface is prevented from being overheated due to the existence of dead zones, and thus the two electronic water pumps, one large electronic water pump and the other small electronic water pump, are matched for use and alternately operate, so that the electronic water pumps operate at higher efficiency, the total operating power of the system is reduced, and energy conservation and emission reduction are realized.

4. The main electronic water pump and the auxiliary electronic water pump are communicated through CAN, PWM or LIN, have a fault automatic diagnosis function and are convenient for users to use, maintain and overhaul.

5. The main electronic water pump and the auxiliary electronic water pump do not need to be connected with the power output end of the engine, are flexible in arrangement, can be arranged on the engine body, and can also be arranged at any suitable position outside the engine and in the engine room and connected through a pipeline.

6. The invention solves the problem that the system parts are damaged in an accelerated way due to frequent start and stop of a hybrid engine, avoids customer complaints and complaints, and solves the problem of water temperature alarm caused by the action of waste heat when an engine is stopped.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a high efficiency hybrid engine cooling system according to the present invention, with large arrows and dashed lines indicating the direction of electrical connections.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the operation state of the cooling system of the high-efficiency hybrid engine according to the present invention in the normal operation state of the engine, wherein the black large arrows and the broken lines indicate the directions of electrical connection, and the black small arrows indicate the directions of coolant flow.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the operation of the cooling system of the high-efficiency hybrid engine according to the present invention in an engine stop state, in which black large arrows and broken lines indicate directions of electrical connection, and black small arrows indicate directions of coolant flow.

In the figure: the system comprises a main electronic water pump 1, a cylinder cover water jacket 2, a cylinder body water jacket 3, a thermostat 4, a radiator 5, a supercharger water jacket 6, an engine oil cooler 7, an EGR cooler 8, an auxiliary electronic water pump 9, an ECU10, a water temperature sensor 11 and a rotating speed sensor 12.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.