Introduction to Pruis Powertrain 普锐斯混合动力车传动系统介绍.docx

Introduction to Pruis PowertrainA frustrated automotive engineer once claimed that you had to have a doctorate to understand the Prius transaxle. Learning how it works can lead to a headache but it is understandable. Hopefully, the following charts and data will clear things up.Power Split DeviceThe key to understanding is how the planetary gear, power-split device works. The ICE powers the planetary gear carrier and the planetary gears are in a computer controlled dance between MG1 driving the sun gear, and MG2 driving the ring gear.(I edited in the ICE power shaft from images of these parts found at:?/01-03MGs%20%20PSD.jpg)/01-03MGs%20%20PSD.jpg)Normal Power ModeIn this mode, MG1 provides the counter torque to the engine, always 28%. This counter torque generates power that electrically passes to MG2. The remaining 72% of torque passes to the ring gear and via the chain drive to the reduction gears and differential.?In order to make the power schematic easier to understand, I have shown MG2 connected to the chain drive pickup. In fact, it is connected to the ring gear in an very compact arrangement. However, this does not change the basic power flow.Energy Re-Circulation (heretical or overdrive)Unfortunately, normal mode leads to higher engine power settings and speeds. To put the engine in a lower-speed, highly efficient region, the transaxle can use MG2 as a generator and pass power back to MG1. MG1 then combines this with the ICE power and it re-circulates via the chain back towards the wheels.When some of the earliest Prius owners noticed this it was called heretical mode. Toyota engineers published a paper and called it energy re-circulation mode. Regardless, it provides a very efficient operating mode.Transition Between Normal and Re-Circulate ModeThe following data was captured from a Graham miniscanner and shows the transition from normal mode, used for higher power operations, to energy re-circulate. Acceleration and hill climbing are high-power, normal m