A transportation refrigeration system including: a transportation refrigeration unit; an energy storage device configured to provide electrical power to the transportation refrigeration unit; an electric generation device operably connected to at least one of a wheel and a wheel axle of the transport refrigeration system, the electric generation device being configured to generate electrical power from at least one of the wheel and the wheel axle to charge the energy storage device when the electric generation device is activated; a rotational velocity sensor configured to detect a rotational velocity of the electric generation device; and a power management module in electrical communication with the energy storage device, the electric generation device, and the rotational velocity sensor, wherein the power management module is configured to decrease a torque limit of the electric generation device when the rotational velocity of the electric generation device decelerates greater than a selected deceleration.

A transport refrigeration device, a power management system and a power management method thereof are provided by the present disclosure. The transport refrigeration device includes a power source (110), a compressor (120) and a generator (130) both driven by the power source (110), a refrigerant in a refrigeration circuit which is compressed by the compressor (120), a battery (140) powered by the generator (130), an electrically driven component (150) in the refrigeration circuit which is powered by the generator (130) and/or the battery (140), and a control module (151), and wherein the power management method includes: adjusting an output power of the power source (110) and/or an input power of the compressor (120) and/or charge and discharge statuses of the battery (140), by limiting an upper limit and/or a lower limit of an output power of the generator (130) through the control module (151).

The transportation refrigeration system (100) comprising: a transport container being integrally connected to a vehicle; a transportation refrigeration unit configured to provide conditioned air to the refrigerated cargo space; an energy storage device (350) configured to provide electrical power to the transportation refrigeration unit; an electric generation device (340) configured to generate electrical power from at least one of the wheel (364) and the wheel axle (365) to charge the energy storage device (350) when the electric generation device is activated,; an inertial sensor (360) configured to detect at least one of a deceleration of the vehicle and a downward pitch of the vehicle; and a power management module (310) in electrical communication with at least one of the energy storage device (350), the electric generation device (340), and the inertial sensor (360), wherein the power management module activates the electric generation device when the inertial sensor detects at least one of the deceleration of the vehicle and the downward pitch of the vehicle.

A method and apparatus to control an air conditioning system in a passenger compartment of a road vehicle comprising the steps of detecting a body temperature of at least a part of the body of one or more occupants of the passenger compartment and transmitting the detected body temperature to the air conditioning system, which controls a plurality of ventilation devices arranged inside the passenger compartment. The method comprises the further steps of identifying the number and the position of the one or more occupants seated in the passenger compartment; determining an optimized tuning at least based on the body temperature detected by the sensor member and controlling the ventilation devices as a function of the optimized tuning.

Systems and methods for providing load shedding in a vehicle are provided. Particularly, the vehicle may be an electric vehicle and the loads that are shed may be HVAC or refrigeration loads. The load shedding methods and systems may include a predictive model of energy consumption, determining a predicted energy consumption and comparing it to a stored energy at the vehicle. If the predicted energy consumption exceeds the stored energy, load shedding operations may be performed at a transport climate control system, such as adjusting a set point, adjusting an operating mode of the transport climate control system, increasing a dead band of a compressor of the transport climate control system, utilizing free cooling such as ambient air to provide climate control in the vehicle, or increasing cooling provided by the transport climate control system to an energy storage of the vehicle.

A vehicle equipped with an electric motor includes an electric motor, an electrical storage device, an air-conditioning device, a heat source cooling circuit and a controller. The air-conditioning device includes a heater core, an air conditioning hot liquid circuit that causes a thermal medium liquid to flow through the heater core, and a temperature raising device that raises a temperature of the thermal medium liquid and cause electric power consumption. When regenerative braking is performed by the electric motor when a state of charge of the electrical storage device is a predetermined value or more, the controller raises a temperature of the thermal medium liquid using the temperature raising device and switches connection and shutting between the air conditioning hot liquid circuit and the heat source cooling circuit according to a temperature of the thermal medium liquid in the air conditioning hot liquid circuit and the heat source cooling circuit.

The present disclosure provides a method including determining an operational mode of a vehicle based on data accumulated from at least one vehicle information system associated with the vehicle; selecting one of a plurality of power consumption profiles for the vehicle based on the determined operational mode; and applying the selected one of the power consumption profiles to the vehicle.

Systems and methods for power and thermal management of autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system includes processor(s) and one or more tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media that collectively store instructions that when executed by the processor(s) cause the computing system to perform operations. The operations include obtaining data associated with an autonomous vehicle. The operations include identifying one or more vehicle parameters associated with the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the data associated with the autonomous vehicle. The operations include determining a modification to one or more operating characteristics of one or more systems onboard the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the one or more vehicle parameters. The operations include controlling a heat generation of at least a portion of the autonomous vehicle via implementation of the modification of the operating characteristic(s) of the system(s) onboard the autonomous vehicle.

A method for controlling a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, may include: allowing, by a controller, only the indoor air to be directed into a housing when the HVAC system operates in a cooling mode and an engine is stopped by an Idle Stop and Go (ISG) system; allowing, by the controller, the indoor air directed into the housing to bypass a heater core; and maintaining, by the controller, a flow rate of the air directed into the housing at a minimum flow rate.

Embodiments include a method for controlling a thermal environment inside of a vehicle, the method comprising: determining, by a processor of a climate control system of the vehicle, a plurality of factors influencing the thermal environment inside of the vehicle; calculating, by the processor of the climate control system, an equivalent temperature for each of a plurality of zones inside of the vehicle based on the plurality of factors, each equivalent temperature comprising an indication of a user's perception of the thermal environment at each of the plurality of zones inside of the vehicle; and controlling, by the processor of the climate control system, a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system of the vehicle based on the calculated equivalent temperatures for each of the plurality of zones inside of the vehicle.