Design and application of electric oil pump in automatic transmission for efficiency improvement and start–stop function

Abstract

For the purpose of improving efficiency and realizing start–stop function, an electric oil pump (EOP) is integrated into an 8-speed automatic transmission (AT). A mathematical model is built to calculate the transmission power loss and the hydraulic system leakage. Based on this model, a flow-based control strategy is developed for EOP to satisfy the system flow requirement. This control strategy is verified through the forward driving simulation. The results indicate that there is a best combination for the size of mechanical oil pump (MOP) and EOP in terms of minimum energy consumption. In order to get a quick and smooth starting process, control strategies of the EOP and the on-coming clutch are proposed. The test environment on a prototype vehicle is built to verify the feasibility of the integrated EOP and its control strategies. The results show that the selected EOP can satisfy the flow requirement and a quick and smooth starting performance is achieved in the start–stop function. This research has a high value for the forward design of EOP in automatic transmissions with respect to efficiency improvement and start–stop function.

Keywords

automatic transmission / electric oil pump / mechanical oil pump / start–stop function / efficiency improvement / forward driving simulation / control strategy

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