摘要 |
<p>A compressed air system for a vehicle, the compressed air system comprising at least one compressor for compressing air, at least one clutch via which the compressor is drivable by means of an engine of the vehicle, at least one air dryer for drying the air compressed by the compressor, and preferably at least two solenoid valves for independently initiating the clutch to open or close and the air dryer to purge. A control device capable of independently controlling the clutch and a purging of the air dryer is also used along with a control strategy intelligently shifting charge events based on current system states and prediction of future system states based on map data comprising information about a route along which the vehicle travels. Control of the clutch operation may be based on three operating ranges of the engine which are themselves based on the respective drive torques provided by the engine.</p> |