Electric voltage system and method for distributing electrical power in an electric voltage system
An electrical power supply network for a motor vehicle, including at least one high-voltage battery and one low-voltage battery, wherein at least one DC/DC converter is arranged between the high-voltage battery and the low-voltage battery, which is designed such that the high-voltage battery charges the low-voltage battery, and at least one solar module, which is connected to the low-voltage battery via a DC/DC converter, wherein at least one control device is associated with the low-voltage battery which is designed such that an SOC value of the low-voltage battery is ascertained, wherein during a vehicle standstill, the high-voltage battery is charged from the low-voltage battery via a DC/DC converter until the SOC value of the low-voltage battery reaches a first threshold value. Also disclosed is a method for distributing electrical energy in such a power supply network.
1. An electrical power supply network for a transportation vehicle, the electrical power supply network comprising:
at least one high-voltage battery and one low-voltage battery;
at least one DC/DC converter is arranged between the high-voltage battery and the low-voltage battery such that the high-voltage battery charges the low-voltage battery;
at least one solar module, connected to the low-voltage battery via a DC/DC converter,
wherein at least one control device is in communication with the low-voltage battery and is configured to determine a state of charge (SOC) value of the low-voltage battery, and
wherein during a vehicle standstill, the high-voltage battery is charged from the low-voltage battery via the at least one DC/DC converter until the SOC value of the low-voltage battery reaches a first threshold value,
wherein, in response to a drop in the SOC value of the low-voltage battery below a second threshold value, the at least one control device controls the at least one DC/DC converter between the high-voltage battery and the low-voltage battery to charge the low-voltage battery, wherein the second threshold value is smaller than the first threshold value.
2. The electrical power supply network of claim 1 , wherein, during the vehicle standstill or during travel, the at least one control device controls charging of the low-voltage battery by the solar module via the DC/DC converter, wherein when a third threshold value for the SOC value is reached which is greater than the first threshold value, the high-voltage battery is charged from the low-voltage battery until the first threshold value is reached.
3. The electrical power supply network of claim 1 , wherein the first threshold value for the SOC value is selected so that the remaining capacity is greater than or equal to 28 Ah.
4. The electrical power supply network of claim 1 , wherein the first threshold value for the SOC value is selected so that the remaining capacity is less than 28 Ah.
5. The electrical power supply network of claim 1 , wherein at least one switching element is arranged between the high-voltage battery and the DC/DC converter, which is controlled by a control device associated with the high-voltage battery.
6. A method for distributing electrical energy in an electrical power supply network for a transportation vehicle, by at least one high-voltage battery and one low-voltage battery, the method comprising:
providing at least one DC/DC converter arranged between the high-voltage battery and the low-voltage battery, through which the high-voltage battery charges the low-voltage battery, and a solar module, which is connected to the low-voltage battery via a DC/DC converter;
ascertaining an SOC value of the low-voltage battery using at least one control device that is associated with the low-voltage battery; and
charging the high-voltage battery from the low-voltage battery via a DC/DC converter during a vehicle standstill until the SOC value of the low-voltage battery reaches a first threshold value,
wherein the method further comprises, in the case of a drop in the SOC value of the low-voltage battery below a second threshold value, the at least one control device controlling the at least one DC/DC converter between the high-voltage battery and the low-voltage battery, to charge the low-voltage battery from the high-voltage battery, wherein the second threshold value is smaller than the first threshold value.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises, during the vehicle standstill or during travel, charging the low-voltage battery by the solar module via the DC/DC converter, wherein when a third threshold value for the SOC value is reached which is greater than the first threshold value, the high-voltage battery is charged from the low-voltage battery until the first threshold value is reached.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein at least one switching element is arranged between the high-voltage battery and the DC/DC converter, which is controlled by a control device associated with the high-voltage battery, and the method further comprises, during the vehicle standstill, the control device associated with the low-voltage battery waking the control device associated with the high-voltage battery and the control device associated with the low-voltage battery closing the switching element until the charging process of the high-voltage battery from the low-voltage battery has ended.