Power supply control system and power supply control method
A power supply control system includes: an electric device; an inverter; a first drive unit including a first fuel cell system, a first voltage converter, and a first battery; a second drive unit including a second fuel cell system, a second voltage converter, and a second battery; and a control unit that controls the inverter and/or the first fuel cell system so that a first current value flowing through the first battery reaches a target value of the first current value and controls the second voltage converter and/or the second fuel cell system so that a second current value flowing through the second battery reaches the target value of the first current value.
1. A power supply control system comprising:
an electric device;
an inverter connected to the electric device to perform conversion from DC power to AC power;
a first drive unit including a first fuel cell system that includes a first fuel cell and supplies DC power to the inverter, a first voltage converter that controls a voltage of a DC-side terminal of the inverter, and a first battery connected to the first voltage converter;
a second drive unit including a second fuel cell system that includes a second fuel cell and supplies DC power to the inverter, a second voltage converter that controls a current in the inverter, and a second battery connected to the second voltage converter; and
a control unit that controls the inverter and/or the first fuel cell system so that a first current value flowing through the first battery reaches a target value of the first current value and controls the second voltage converter and/or the second fuel cell system so that a second current value flowing through the second battery reaches the target value of the first current value,
wherein
the control unit performs torque limit control to reduce a torque generated in the electric device by the inverter when the first current value and the second current value exceed a predetermined first threshold current value which is a threshold value of a discharge current for the first battery and the second battery, and
wherein
the control unit reduces DC power generated by the first fuel cell system when the first current value exceeds a predetermined second threshold current value set in advance and reduces DC power generated by the second fuel cell system when the second current value exceeds the second threshold current value.
2. The power supply control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit performs current control on the second voltage converter such that an acquired value of the first current value in the first voltage converter is used as a target value of the current control.
3. The power supply control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit is a first control unit in the first drive unit and a second control unit in the second drive unit, the power supply control system further comprising:
a first current sensor that acquires the first current value used for controlling the first current value of the first voltage converter and outputs an acquired value to the first control unit;
a third current sensor that acquires the first current value used for the current control of the second voltage converter and outputs the acquired value to the second control unit; and
a second current sensor that acquires the second current value and outputs the acquired value to the second control unit.
4. The power supply control system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first current sensor that acquires the first current value and outputs an acquired value to the control unit; and
a second current sensor that acquires the second current value and outputs the acquired value to the control unit.
5. A power supply control method for driving a power supply control system including:
an inverter connected to an electric device to perform conversion from DC power to AC power;
a first drive unit including a first fuel cell system that includes a first fuel cell and supplies DC power to the inverter, a first voltage converter that controls a voltage of a DC-side terminal of the inverter, and a first battery connected to the first voltage converter;
a second drive unit including a second fuel cell system that includes a second fuel cell and supplies DC power to the inverter, a second voltage converter that controls a current in the inverter, and a second battery connected to the second voltage converter; and
a control unit, wherein
the control unit controls the inverter and/or the first fuel cell system so that a first current value flowing through the first battery reaches a target value of the first current value and controls the second voltage converter and/or the second fuel cell system so that a second current value flowing through the second battery reaches the target value of the first current value, wherein
the control unit performs torque limit control to reduce a torque generated in the electric device by the inverter when the first current value and the second current value exceed a predetermined first threshold current value which is a threshold value of a discharge current for the first battery and the second battery, and
wherein
the control unit reduces DC power generated by the first fuel cell system when the first current value exceeds a predetermined second threshold current value set in advance and reduces DC power generated by the second fuel cell system when the second current value exceeds the second threshold current value.