Power usage planning system and method for vehicle air compressor
A system and method to control operation of an air compressor of a vehicle is disclosed. The system may include a transceiver and a processor communicatively coupled with each other. The transceiver may be configured to receive vehicle information from a vehicle control unit. The vehicle information may include a vehicle type and real-time vehicle operational parameters. The processor may obtain the vehicle information from the transceiver and determine that a predefined condition may be met based on the vehicle type and the real-time vehicle operational parameters. The processor may further control an air compressor operation based on the vehicle type and the real-time vehicle operational parameters, responsive to determining that the predefined condition may be met.
1 . A method to control operation of an air compressor of an electric vehicle, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a processor, vehicle information from the electric vehicle, wherein the vehicle information comprises real-time vehicle operational parameters;
determining, by the processor, that a predefined condition is met based on a determination that the electric vehicle is connected to an electric charger that is external to the electric vehicle;
controlling an air compressor operation to fill an air storage tank of the electric vehicle with compressed air to a maximum storage tank capacity of the air storage tank responsive to determining that the electric vehicle is connected to the electric charger;
determining, by the processor, that the electric vehicle is no longer connected to the electric charger that is external to the electric vehicle; and
controlling the air compressor operation to fill the air storage tank of the electric vehicle to a level sufficient for operating a tool using compressed air from the air storage tank responsive to determining that the electric vehicle is no longer connected to the electric charger, wherein the level is less than the maximum storage tank capacity.
2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:
obtaining an air compressor activation request;
responsive to obtaining the air compressor activation request, determining that the predefined condition is met when a vehicle battery state of charge (SoC) is less than a predefined SoC threshold, based on the real-time vehicle operational parameters; and
causing the air compressor to fill an air storage tank of the electric vehicle with compressed air at a second predefined pressure responsive to determining that the vehicle battery SoC is less than the predefined SoC threshold.