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Porto Bello Hotel Resort & Spa, Antalya
- Free hot/cold buffet breakfast, free WiFi, and free parking
Main amenities
- 346 guestrooms
- Private beach
- 4 restaurants and 4 bars/lounges
- Full-service spa
- Indoor pool and outdoor pool
- Nightclub
- Rooftop terrace
- Free children's club
- 2 outdoor tennis courts
- Beach umbrellas
- 8 meeting rooms
- Airport shuttle
What's around
- Antalya Aquarium (2.9 mi / 4.7 km)
- Dolphin Park (3.1 mi / 4.9 km)
- Antalya Trade Port (2.6 mi / 4.1 km)
- Minicity (2.7 mi / 4.4 km)
- Arapsu Bridge (3 mi / 4.9 km)
Wifi is terrible Aircondition is closed for more than six hours a day???? Why in July…
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Hotel Info: 866-539-8117from $56
- Junior Suite
- Senior Suite
- Standard Double Room
- Family Room
- Economy Room
- Standard Single Room
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 346 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 9 floors
- Check-in time starts at 2 PM
- Check-out time is noon
- Express check-in/out
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Babysitting/childcare
- Free children's club (ages 5 - 12)
- No pets or service animals allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available on request) *
- Free valet parking
- Accessible parking
Other information
- All-inclusive rates available
Nearby Five Star Antalya hotels
In the hotel
- Children's club (free)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Free hot/cold buffet breakfast daily
- 4 restaurants
- 4 bars/lounges
- Coffee shop/café
- Beach bar
- Poolside bar
- 24-hour room service
- Coffee/tea in the lobby
- Barbeque grills
- Beach sun loungers
- Beach umbrellas
- Indoor pool
- Outdoor pool
- Health club
- Outdoor tennis courts 2
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Nightclub
- Beach towels
- Children's pool
- Tennis on site
- Waterslide
- Pool sun loungers
- Pool umbrellas
- Arcade/game room
- Number of meeting rooms - 8
- Meeting rooms
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Hair salon
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Year Built 2002
- Elevator/lift
- Designated smoking areas
- Rooftop terrace
- Disabled parking
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
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- Climate control
- Minibar
- Turndown service
- Balcony
- Private bathroom
- Bathtub only
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Satellite TV channels
- Desk
- Free newspaper
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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Special features
All inclusive
All-inclusive room rates at Porto Bello Hotel Resort & Spa are available. These rates are higher because they include onsite food and beverages in the room rate (some restrictions may apply).
Gratuities and taxes
Taxes are included.
Food and beverages
- Buffet and à la carte meals, snacks, and local beverages included
- Limited gourmet or à la carte dining
Activities and facilities/equipment
Land activities
- Fitness facilities
- Tennis
- Volleyball
Kids' club
- Supervised activities for children between 5 and 12 years old
- Onsite entertainment and activities
- Onsite live performances
Not included
- Motorized water sports
- Premium or imported alcoholic beverages
- Room service
- Airport transfers
- Childcare
- Spa/beauty facilities and services
- Activities and services offered by independent operators
Guests can pamper themselves with a trip to the onsite spa, which has 6 treatment rooms. Services include hot stone massages, Thai massages, massages, and facials. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a spa tub, and Turkish bath/hammam. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and Ayurvedic.
DiningPalm Restaurant - This poolside buffet restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
A second restaurant - This restaurant specializes in seafood and serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Reservations are required.
A la Carte - This restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Reservations are required.
Mangal Snack Restaurant - This restaurant serves lunch and light fare. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
Porto Bello Hotel Resort & Spa, Antalya's small print
Also known as
- Porto Bello Antalya
- Porto Bello Hotel Resort
- Porto Bello Hotel Resort Antalya
- Porto Bello Hotel Antalya
- Porto Bello Hotel Resort And Spa
- Porto Bello Turkey
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
For transfers, guests must contact the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- New Year's Day (1 January) Gala Dinner per adult: TRY 150
- New Year's Day (1 January) Gala Dinner per child: TRY 75 (from 6 to 12 years old)
Optional extras
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of TRY 250 per vehicle (one way)
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.


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Nathaniel Mayer ('Natty') de Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild; Alfred Charles de Rothschild
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 22 September 1861
3 3/8 in. x 2 1/4 in. (86 mm x 57 mm) image size
Purchased, 1904
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- Alfred Charles de Rothschild (1842-1918), Banker; Director of the Bank of England; Trustee of the National Gallery and the Wallace Collection; son of Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild. Sitter in 7 portraits.
- Nathaniel Mayer ('Natty') de Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840-1915), Merchant banker. Sitter in 3 portraits.
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2008 Ex-Cub Factor Update
Here is this year's Ex-Cub Factor update:
Philadelphia Phillies: 3 -- Scott Eyre, Jamie Moyer, Matt Stairs
Milwaukee Brewers: 1 -- Jason Kendall
Chicago Cubs: None
Los Angeles Dodgers: 3 -- Nomar Garciaparra, Greg Maddux, Juan Pierre
Chicago White Sox: None
Tampa Bay Rays: 1 -- Cliff Floyd
Boston Red Sox: None
Los Angeles Angels Etc.: 2 -- Gary Matthews Jr., Justin Speier
A quick reminder: the Ex-Cub Factor, as coined by Ron Berler, popularized by Mike Royko, and brought to the Web by yours truly, says that no team with three or more ex-Cubs can win the World Series. Based on the numbers, then, only the Phillies and Dodgers are out of luck this year.
But I've been thinking abut the Factor recently and I wonder if it is as strong (and unfailing) as it used to be. The factor was originally born out of the idea that there is an ineffable "Cubness" (these days some might call it "Cubbery"), a stink of loserdom that works its way into the psyche of any player who toils on the North Side. Even after they leave the Friendly Confines, the theory goes, those players carry this Cubbie essence with them, and if you get a critical mass of ex-Cubs on one team, their combined futility is enough to deny their team the ultimate prize.
The Factor has been pretty strong; only twice (in 1960 and 2001) has it been defeated, and in each case it took walk-off hits in the bottom of the 9th of the 7th game (both times against the Yankees, no less) to overcome it.
The thing is, though, that I wonder if what it means to be a Cub hasn't changed over the last few years. After decades of management that ranged from boneheaded to non-existent, the team's corporate overlords seemed to wake up and realize they owned a baseball team in a major media market. They started increasing payroll to attract free agent talent; they hired some smart people to work on drafting and in the minor leagues; and they started bringing in proven talent at manager: first Dusty (a disaster, but still) and now Uncle Lou.
The net result has been three playoff appearances in the last six years. A casual fan might not think that's a big deal, but any Cub fan knows that's equal to the number of playoffs appearances the team had made in the previous 57 years.
It's more than just the playoff appearances, though. There has been a change in the feeling that surrounds the team. It's not like we're all suddenly, automatically, expecting the Cubs to be winners; it's hard to shake a hundred years of futility. But I think most Cub fans feel differently about the team's general prospects now than they did even a decade ago -- while we still acknowledge the problems of the past, and worry about them out of proportion with reality, we (or at least I) no longer default to the worst possible outcome when I start thinking about what's ahead.
As far as I know, Ron Berler never talked about what it would take to end the reign of the Ex-Cub Factor. I think a World Championship this year would probably do it; a pennant might be even be enough. But even if neither of those things happen, I feel like the Factor is on its way out. Being traded to the Cubs no longer means years of toiling for a second-division team, playing meaningless games in the best park in baseball and hoping for a ticket out of purgatory; I don't think it's a stretch to think that players can leave the employ of the Chicago National League Base Ball Club and no longer be branded losers from there on out.
Maybe the factor will come into play this year (although I hope it doesn't, because that would mean the Cubs aren't in the Series). If it does, it's possible that the Dodgers or Phillies will lose the Series, and the Factor will be said to have claimed another victim. But whether or not that happens, I have a feeling that, as time goes by, we'll hear less and less about the Lovable Losers and the effect playing for them has on the rest of players' careers.
Go Cubs!
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I have to say that I am not sure that I buy the ex-Cub factor at all. There is only one World Series champion every year, each with a 25-man roster. A lot of the players on the roster are probably not ex-anyteam, but home grown. This would particularly be the case in the pre-Free Agency era. And as players started switching teams more we also had more teams.
So I wonder how many teams that won the World Series had 3 or more ex-players of any team? Probably not that many. Also, have their been cases of World Series Champions with 3 or more ex-players from all other 29 teams? If that is the case and it has never happened for ex-Cubs I might buy it. But I am guessing this ex-factor holds true for almost all of the 30 MLB teams.
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Players changed teams just as often in the pre-free agency period as they have since free agency, btw.
It might be that the same thing holds true for other teams. I invite you to do the research. I and many others have done the research for the Cubs, and the facts are unavoidable. Whether or not you buy it, it exists...
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Do you have proof that players switched teams just as often pre-free agency as after? I'd like to see it, because that seems counter intuitive to me.
Also, "it" is what is in dispute I think. I think "it" is a meaningless correlation that likely exists for many other teams and thus actually predicts nor means anything. So I don't buy that "it" is something causal or meaningful. A quirky correlation sure, I'll give you that. Anything more, I'm not buying it.
TBS Mocks New York
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Am I the only person (other than my wife) who thinks Frank Calliendo is the worst impressionist in the history of 'comedy'? This dude is terrible. It takes have of the joke for me to even realize who he's impersonating. Stop putting this fucker in commercials!
Also, I use more hyperbole than anyone in the world.
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I agree. He is an idiot. I mute the commercials just because of him.
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He made a career because of his great Madden impersonations. They rest are garbage.
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Yeah, it wasn't bad. I'll take Will Sasso's Kenny Rogers any day, though. Why is Kenny a drunken moron? I don't know, and I don't care.
Actually, Aries Spears is a fantastic impressionist. He might not be white enough for the public, though. http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1723774
Oh yeah, baseball. Phillies look really good. Brewers look beatable, but I hate them. Tough to know what to root for...other than a long series.
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I actually think some of his impressions are quite good. For my money, his George W Bush is the best I've heard.
My problem with him is that he is not the slightest bit funny. More to the point, his writers aren't the slightest bit funny.
It's a problem with every mimic I can think of, from Rich Little to that asshole on SNL who does Trump and McCain, etc. There's a sense of, "This guy can do the voices, so there's no need to come up with any decent material." The voices are the reason people pay attention, so no one bothers going further than that.
In conclusion, go Cubs.
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I think the only ones with talent...his Bush is terrible in my personal opinion...is his wardrobe dept. That's the only way I know for sure who he's doing. Oh, that's Trump's hair, so he's (probably) doing Trump.
But you're right, the jokes are really really bad. I could probably ignore the bad impersonations if it's funny. Bush not being able to come up with the word "Apple Pie" = non-comedic gold.
Cubs Game 1 Lineup
1 Alfonso Soriano LF
2 Kosuke Fukudome RF
3 Derrek Lee 1B
4 Aramis Ramirez 3B
5 Geovany Soto C
6 Jim Edmonds CF
7 Mark DeRosa 2B
8 Ryan Theriot SS
9 Ryan Dempster RHP
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Fukudome second? Interesting... but I kinda' like it.
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Bring it on, Dodgers! I am so pissed I am going to miss this game! I will be in a computer class... I'll have Gameday on in the background...
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You can watch it on P2P, like me. You do have to download small-sized software though.
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Joe - Please elaborate... Call me a dummy, but I have no idea what you're talking about, and it sure sounds intriguing....
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Oh sure. Sorry. Go here:
I think you need to sign up...like in a forum...but I'm not sure.
Click on sports then baseball, or whatever. There'll be a list of games. Select the little TV on the right. It'll take you to a page where there's a list of different places which are broadcasting this game.
In my experience, the ones that are labeled "My P2P" are the actual US broadcasts. The ones that say ESPN China, etc. are actual broadcasts there. So today, I started watching the game which actually had chinese announcers...
Ok, choose which one you want to watch. I use Brewcrew ball for mlb. Good bitrate and rating. Under it you'll see 'software'. For brewcrew it says "TV Ants". This is the videoplayer that you'll need to watch it. At the very top of the screen are tabs...click on 'software' and find 'tvants'. Download and install. Then come back to this page and click play under the game. You're good to go. It's like mlb.tv except without the blackouts/money.
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Wow. Thanks! I'm a little afraid that if I have this up on the screen, I may be prone to random outbursts... I'll have to be careful...
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No problem. I just wish I'd known about it before wasting money on constantly blacked out mlb.tv.
Yeah, you'll have to be careful. It's really nice because the player is just slightly bigger then the screen and is fully resizeable. As small or large as you like. Easy to hide. You'll probably want to go to options and uncheck "always on top of other windows" for quick hiding.
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Phillies seem to be coasting in this one... Hamels pitches 8 good ones, 101 pitches... 3-0 lead... Time for Lidge!
Gallardo just looked rusty...
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Ok, one more commercial complaint:
Bank of America
Keifer Sutherland: "This is America, passion was invented here."
Really? Seriously? Does this count as pandering?
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Madden won't announce lineups but Stella is practicing at 3rd and Bryant in LF today. I'd rather see Bryant at 3rd but I guess Stella has been hotter than Coghlan.
/edit. Though I guess they could be practicing this with the idea Stella would come in as a PH then double switch him to 3rd base and Bryant to LF. Hope that's the plan instead
I really like the sound of that idea about expanding the AFL to ten teams. Each org. gets to field more players.
They should do that anyway, regardless of Adv. Instructs.
Dallas Beeler, Corey Black, David Garner, Pierce Johnson, Steve Perakslis, James Pugliese, Duane Underwood Jr, and Rob Zastryzny threw early-morning bullpen side-sessions at Riverview yesterday.
Underwood threw last, and received specific one-on-one instruction from pitching coach Mike Mason.
HAGSAG: There are only five advanced instructs squads left, and presently the only "co-op" team operating is the Angels/Cubs.
The league was originally established as a "parallel" league to the AFL (a sort of "junior AFL"), for players too advanced for traditional ("basic") instructs but who were unable to get placed on AFL rosters due to AFL player-limits.
He is but I would think it'd be better to start out with offense and then bring in Jackson and LaStella once they have a lead. Stella has very good PH #s too.
most likely cost sharing + the league is short on players anyway. not many teams are chipping in on 'advanced instructional.'
I'm glad this is a one game playoff coming up, because McCutchen is one of my favorite MLB players. And as a baseball fan, I rather like the Pirates. I hope we beat them bad, of course. No mixed feelings here. And, I don't want a nail biter. Too old for that shit. The team of moran fans is easy to hate, though, and more suitable for a longer series.
A Jurickson Profar sighting!!!!???
I'd guess Jackson over Coghlan for the defense.
EDIT: Now that I think about it, is Jackson a better defender?
Less stress on the pitching staff?
I recall earlier this season when the Cubs played Bryant in center instead of left due to the weirdness that is the PNC outfield.
AZ Phil, what is the reason the Cubs are co-oping this team? They seem to have plenty of talent that would fill a roster.
RF is actually easier to play than LF in PNC so I'd guess Schwarber is there and that's why he was playing it Friday but yeah I'd say that's hopefully accurate.
Guess for Wednesday's lineup: Fowler (CF), Schwarber (LF), Bryant (3B), Rizzo (1B), Castro (2B), Montero (C), Russell (SS), Arrieta (P), Coughlan (RF)
Dusty already has blue and red wrist bands.
/cmon dude
a day old, but fwiw...
Carrie Muskat @CarrieMuskat · Oct 4
Theo and Jed at Miller Park to talk to #Cubs Maddon and staff. Playoff roster to be finalized by Wednesday morning


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1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates generally to a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), and specifically to a strategy to stop an engine in an HEV with minimal torque disturbance to the powertrain.
2. Discussion of the Prior Art
The need to reduce fossil fuel consumption and pollutants from automobiles and other vehicles powered by internal combustion engines (ICEs) is well known. Vehicles powered by electric motors have attempted to address these needs. However, electric vehicles have limited range and limited power coupled with the substantial time needed to recharge their batteries. An alternative solution is to combine both an ICE and electric traction motor into one vehicle. Such vehicles are typically called hybrid electric vehicles (HEV's). See generally, U.S. Pat. No. 5,343,970 to Severinsky.
The HEV has been described in a variety of configurations. Some HEV patents disclose systems where an operator is required to select between electric and internal combustion operation. In other configurations the electric motor drives one set of wheels and the ICE drives a different set.
Other, more useful, configurations have developed. A series hybrid electric vehicle (SHEV) is a vehicle with an engine (most typically an ICE), which powers a generator. The generator, in turn, provides electricity for a battery and motor coupled to the drive wheels of the vehicle. There is no mechanical connection between the engine and the drive wheels. A parallel hybrid electrical vehicle (PHEV) is a vehicle with an engine (most typically an ICE), battery, and electric motor combined to provide torque to power the wheels of the vehicle.
A parallel/series hybrid electric vehicle (PSHEV) has characteristics of both the PHEV and the SHEV. The PSHEV is also known as a torque (or power) splitting powertrain configuration. Here, the torque output of the engine is given in part to the drive wheels and in part to an electrical generator. The generator powers a battery and motor that also provides torque output. In this configuration, torque output can come from either source or both simultaneously. The vehicle braking system can even deliver torque to drive the generator to produce charge to the battery (regenerative braking).
The desirability of combining the ICE with an electric motor is clear. The ICE's fuel consumption and pollutants are reduced with no appreciable loss of performance or vehicle range. A major benefit of parallel HEV configurations is that the engine can be turned off during periods of low or no power demand from the driver (e.g., waiting for a traffic light). This improves fuel economy by eliminating wasted fuel used during idle conditions. The motor can then propel the vehicle under conditions of low power demand. In some configurations, the engine can be disconnected from the motor and powertrain when it is not running by opening a disconnect clutch. As power demand increases, the engine can be restarted and reconnected to provide the requested torque.
Developing a strategy to stop an HEV engine and transfer primary torque production of the powertrain from the engine to the motor or to set the vehicle to idle conditions with minimal torque disturbance is needed for successful implementation of a parallel HEV. If the engine is connected to the powertrain, stopping the engine would involve maintaining the vehicle's response to the driver's demand using the motor while simultaneously opening a clutch that connects the engine to the powertrain (disconnect clutch) and stopping the engine. Torque supply to the powertrain should be transferred from the engine to the motor smoothly in order to avoid any disturbance to the driver.
Strategies to turn off an HEV's engine are known in the prior art. See generally, U.S. Pat. No. 5,789,881 to Egami et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,993,351 to Deguchi et al., U.S. Pat. No. 6,067,801 to Harada et al., and U.S. Pat. No. 6,083,139 to Deguchi et al. Unfortunately, no simple and cost sensitive strategy is known to stop a parallel HEV engine while maintaining a smooth vehicle response to driver demand using the motor while simultaneously opening a clutch that connects the engine to the powertrain (disconnect clutch).
Accordingly, the present invention provides a strategy to stop a parallel HEV engine while maintaining a smooth vehicle response to driver demand using the motor while simultaneously opening a clutch that connects the engine to the powertrain. In the preferred embodiment, the HEV powertrain has an engine, a motor/generator, a power transfer unit (such as an automatic transmission, planetary gear set, or an electronic converterless transmission), and an engine disconnect clutch.
The strategy stops the engine (based on, for example, driver demand) by predicting and commanding a desired motor/generator speed, halting fuel to the engine, and opening the disconnect clutch to the powertrain. Next the strategy calculates a desired motor/generator torque.
The prediction of a desired motor/generator speed can be a trajectory comparison based on, for example, vehicle velocity and deceleration at a present time and at some past time or on a vehicle acceleration controller (such as an accelerator or brake) position. Predicting the desired motor/generator speed can also include a determination of whether the vehicle is in speed following control mode.
The system can also add additional strategies such as a termination strategy if the acceleration control is applied aggressively.
Other objects of the present invention will become more apparent to persons having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying figures.
The foregoing objects, advantages, and features, as well as other objects and advantages, will become apparent with reference to the description and figures below, in which like numerals represent like elements and in which:
FIG. 1 shows a general parallel hybrid electric vehicle configuration with an engine disconnect clutch.
FIG. 2 shows the strategy of the present invention to stop the engine and smoothly disconnect the engine from the vehicle powertrain.
FIG. 3 shows vehicle speed over time for desired and actual vehicle speed.
The present invention generally relates to hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). Although the preferred embodiment described is for a parallel HEV, the invention could be applied to any vehicle using a motor and an engine as the drive source having an engine disconnect clutch.
FIG. 1 shows general components of a parallel HEV powertrain with an engine disconnect clutch. An engine 20, is linked to a motor/generator 22, via a disconnect clutch 24. The powertrain has a vehicle system controller (VSC) 18, and the motor/generator 22 has an additional motor control unit and inverter (MCU) 16. A battery 26 connects to the motor/generator 22 to allow the flow of electrical current to and from the two components. The motor/generator 22 is connected to a powertrain power transfer unit 28 (such as an automatic transmission, a planetary gear set (power-split), or an electronic converterless transmission), that is connected to the vehicle's wheels 30. Thus, torque and energy flow from the engine 20 and motor/generator 22 through the power transfer unit 28 to the wheels 30.
In this configuration, both the engine 20 and the motor/generator 22 can be directly coupled to the wheels 30, so that both power sources can independently provide torque to the vehicle powertrain. The configuration shown in FIG. 1 employs the disconnect clutch 24 between the engine 20 and the motor/generator 22 to allow a temporary disconnection of the engine 20 from the motor/generator 22 and the wheels 30. The motor, in addition to propelling the vehicle, can also be operated as a generator for use in charging the battery 26 using the engine 20 or through regenerative braking. Regenerative braking uses the motor/generator 22 to recover vehicle braking energy to charge the battery.
The present invention is a strategy to stop a parallel HEV engine, while maintaining a smooth vehicle response to driver demand or other vehicle conditions, using the motor/generator 22 and simultaneously opening the disconnect clutch 24 that connects the engine 20 to the vehicle powertrain. The preferred embodiment of the strategy of the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 2. It is noteworthy at the outset that the strategy can be configured to accelerate completion at any point if a vehicle brake system is applied (such as when a brake pedal is depressed) or abort at any point if vehicle acceleration control is aggressively applied (not shown).
FIG. 2 shows the preferred strategy for stopping the engine 20 in an HEV parallel powertrain configuration. Initially, the motor/generator 22 is commanded to be in speed following control mode. At the same time, a desired angular speed command is also sent to the motor/generator 22. If the power transfer unit 28 is engaged, the desired motor/generator 22 angular speed (ωmot
In this formula: "v(t0)" is the vehicle speed when an engine stop mode 34 is entered (i.e., at time="t0"); "T" is a sample time between measurements of vehicle speed; "k" is a number of measurement sample intervals since t0; and "C" is the kinematic conversion factor from vehicle speed to motor/generator angular speed and can include wheel radius, final drive ratio, and gear ratio. The constant "C" converts linear vehicle speed at the wheels to angular motor/generator speed. This method effectively uses the vehicle's velocity and acceleration at the beginning of the engine stop event to estimate the vehicle's velocity at some future time (t0)+kT.
Though not shown here, an alternative algorithm for calculating the desired speed trajectory could utilize a map from accelerator or brake position to desired vehicle speed, which could then be translated to desired motor/generator speed.
In general, the strategy compares actual vehicle speed (as translated to motor/generator speed) to the desired value once the motor/generator 22 is under speed control. When the speed error falls below a calibratable tolerance (Tolerance 1), the strategy directs the vehicle system controller (VSC) 18 to halt fuel to the engine 20 and the controller commands the disconnect clutch 24 to open. Although not shown in the flowchart, the speed error could also be required to stay below the calibratable tolerance for a fixed amount of time in order to guarantee that the speed control has stabilized the system at the desired speed.
While the engine 20 is decelerating, it could still impart an undesirable torque on the vehicle powertrain if the disconnect clutch 24 is even partially closed. Therefore the shutdown strategy does not end until the disconnect clutch 24 is completely open. Since the motor/generator 22 is in speed following control mode during the engine stopping strategy, the strategy compensates for any torque disturbances caused by the engine 20 by modifying its torque output in order to maintain the vehicle at the desired speed. In FIG. 2, a disconnect clutch position sensor 52 is shown as the measurement signal used for determining whether or not the clutch is still partially closed. Other signals (e.g., clutch apply pressure) could also be used for this purpose.
During the entire engine stopping strategy of the present invention, a vehicle braking system status (such as brake position) can be monitored for any changes. At any point when the vehicle brakes are applied, the engine stopping strategy can be accelerated by immediately halting fuel to the engine 20 and commanding the disconnect clutch 24 to open completely. The engine stop strategy is then immediately exited to one of several alternative vehicle states, depending on the vehicle operating status.
Specifically, FIG. 2 illustrates a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The strategy begins with a command from an engine controller such as the vehicle system controller (VSC) 18 to enter the engine stop mode at Step 34. Initially, the motor/generator 22 is commanded to run in speed following control mode in Step 36 (as opposed to torque following mode). During speed following control mode, the motor/generator applies whatever torque is necessary to achieve a desired speed set point. On the other hand, in torque following mode, the motor/generator tries to achieve the desired torque set point, allowing the speed to change. The motor/generator 22 remains in speed following control mode until the disconnect clutch 24 is fully open. Next, a desired angular speed command is also sent to the motor/generator 22 at Step 38 based on the desired motor/generator speed 40 described above.
After the command for desired motor/generator 22 speed is sent in Step 38, an actual motor/generator speed 42 is received by a vehicle sensor and is compared to the desired motor/generator speed 40 at Step 44 to produce an motor/generator speed error. The strategy then determines whether an absolute value of the actual motor/generator speed 42 error falls below a calibratable tolerance (Tolerance I) at Step 46. If the speed error is not below Tolerance 1 at Step 46, the strategy returns to Step 38. If the speed error is below Tolerance 1 at Step 46, the strategy directs the VSC 18 to halt fueling the engine 20 at Step 48 based on its own separate stopping strategy and then commands the disconnect clutch 24 to open at Step 50.
As the strategy proceeds, the disconnect clutch 24 disengages over a calibratable period of time. The engine 20 speed will begin to decrease. Since the motor/generator 22 is in speed following control mode, it will continue to apply whatever torque is necessary (within its capability) to maintain the desired vehicle speed.
The prediction of a desired motor/generator speed can be a trajectory comparison based on, for example, vehicle velocity and deceleration at a present time and at some past time or on a vehicle acceleration controller (such as an accelerator or brake) position. Predicting the desired motor/generator 22 speed can also include a determination of whether the vehicle is in speed following control mode.
The motor/generator gradually takes over the necessary torque to propel the vehicle by proportionally decreasing the actual engine torque in Step 48 and Step 50 until engine 20 torque is zero while maintaining vehicle velocity using, for example, a proportional plus integral controller.
At Step 54 the strategy determines whether the disconnect clutch 24 is disengaged from the vehicle powertrain from a disconnect clutch position sensor 52. If the disconnect clutch 24 is disengaged, the strategy continues. When the disconnect clutch position sensor 52 indicates it is disengaged from the powertrain the strategy ends.
FIG. 3 shows vehicle speed (velocity) 60 (Y-axis) over time 62 (X-axis) for desired vehicle speed 64 and actual vehicle speed 66. Desired vehicle speed 64 can be calculated using vehicle speed and acceleration at the beginning of the engine stop event 68 and vehicle speed and acceleration at some past time 70 to estimate the vehicle's velocity at some future time.
An alternative strategy for calculating the desired speed trajectory shown in FIG. 3 could instead utilize a map from accelerator or brake position to predict desired vehicle speed, which could then be translated to desired motor/generator speed. As stated above for any implementation, the vehicle brake system status (such as brake position) can still be monitored for any changes so that the overall strategy can be accelerated if the brake is applied.
The above-described embodiment of the invention is provided purely for purposes of example. Many other variations, modifications, and applications of the invention may be made.
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|European Classification
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Wales pay price for selection 'arrogance' - JJ Williams
"Arrogance" led to Wales' historic 23-8 defeat by Japan, according to JJ Williams, star of the 1970s Golden Era.
The ex-British and Irish Lions wing said Wales "had it coming" after a side shorn of 15 current Lions went to Japan without the experienced Ryan Jones, James Hook and Paul James.
"It's a little bit of arrogance to take such a weak side out there," he said.
"I mean, some of these boys have only played one or two or half a dozen provincial games in Wales."
With Wales coach Warren Gatland in charge of the Lions and his 2012-13 stand-in Rob Howley alongside him as an attack coach in Australia, forwards coach Robin McBryde took charge of the two-Test trip to Japan.
The tourists fought back from 11-6 down at half-time to win the first Test in Osaka 22-18.
But Eddie Jones's Japan earned their first Test win over a tier-one nation by beating Wales in Saturday's second Test.
In addition to the absences of Ospreys' Jones, Perpignan's Hook and Bath's James, McBryde also chose not to ask former Wales captain and 2009 Lions hooker Matthew Rees to tour.
Experienced players such as 2005 Grand Slam and Lions scrum-half Dwayne Peel, Ospreys prop Duncan Jones, Worcester-bound forward Jonathan Thomas and Clermont Auvergne full-back Lee Byrne were also overlooked.
Jones was also a Lion in 2005 in New Zealand while Hook and Byrne toured South Africa with the 2009 Lions.
However, McBryde chose to take a host of fresh faces to Japan and defended his side following their defeat in Tokyo.
"I made the decisions, I backed this group of young men," McBryde said.
"We've fallen short but hopefully the experience these young men will have gained will put them in good stead."
But Williams, who won two Grand Slams in his 30 caps for Wales and also made seven Lions Test appearances on tours to South Africa in 1974 and New Zealand in 1977, took issue with McBryde's view - and with the style of Wales' play in Japan.
"To throw them into a Test match in somewhere like Japan where it's really hot and they are improving, it was always going to happen," he told The Back Page.
"They could have taken Ryan Jones, James Hook - they could have taken those boys to stiffen up the team and then put some youngsters around them.
"But what's most of all disappointing is the way we've played over the two games. We've hardly shown any excitement at all.
"We've had plenty of possession but all we've done is pass the ball across the field with no flair or imagination at all. And we want a bit more than that because it's only Japan, after all."
And Williams said the performances by Wales' inexperienced tourists offered an ominous glimpse of the country's next generation.
"There's hardly a player there where you say 'well that boy's going to come through' and set Wales alive in the next few years. We didn't see that at all on this tour," he said.
"So I think the way we're coaching them has to be asked questions [of]."
"We haven't got enough players at the top, really.
"We know we've got an outstanding international team at the moment, but I would expect these professional players to step up to the mark better than they did in the last two weeks."
Comment number 237. Posted by Steveon 17 Jun 2013 23:06
For me the most exciting wing in the NH with huge potential. Really looking forward to seeing him hopefully make his breakthrough this coming season with a few others.
Samson Lee etc.
Another season or two and some of the following should start to break though, some really exciting talent there.
Jordan Williams, H Amos, Corey Allen, Rhodri Williams, I Thomas, S Bennett, I Jones.
Comment number 236. Posted by Valleywonderon 17 Jun 2013 23:05
At first I was livid that Welsh rugby gets made a laughing stock at by WRU's greed, but its the reality of modern day era you can't always field your best. It would have cost a fortune to send the likes of hook et al and for what purpose. Merely for a calling them Wales, though clearly a developmental team its blooded a few youngsters and put a few much needed coffers in the Welsh rugby bank...
Comment number 235. Posted by Judgeon 17 Jun 2013 21:16
JJ talking utter garbage again....what a surprise! If young up and coming players are not given a chance to develop on tours, where on earth does he think the next generation will materilaise from? Shows he is living in the past......harry robinson is clearly a future star, as is Liam Williams. Go back to sleep JJ and do us all a favour and be quiet. P.s i'm Welsh!
Comment number 234. Posted by Owain ap Gruffuddon 17 Jun 2013 20:37
@223. Steve
Would be great to see Eli Walker break through into the Welsh team next year. He is lightning quick with a 100m of 10.8. Shame about his back injury though. Hopefully he will back fit again next season?
Comment number 233. Posted by Gedcro_from_Pontyon 17 Jun 2013 19:21
232 You're no rugby fan!! Is it only me who thinks that sending a third string Welsh squad to tour Japan was an insult to the host and an insult to all those Japanese Rugby fans who paid the price of a ticket?!!! What if the AB's sent a third string squad to the UK, would we be happy to see our home nations beat an unrepresentative NZ team? I suspect some would, but not me pal.
Comment number 232. Posted by Magic_Dragonon 17 Jun 2013 18:56
@220, and considering Wales completely dismantled your precious England, then Japan would easily put them to the sword ;-)
Comment number 231. Posted by martymorgon 17 Jun 2013 18:50
Great to see Japan winning that game because they were the best side on the pitch and they deserved every point. It's not as if Wales will never get over it. A young Welsh side lost but they can take a lot from the tour and I think JJ is just trying to make headlines. A poor game plan poorly executed but those talented lads will mature and I'm sure JJ's scorn will help with that. Wales will be OK
Comment number 230. Posted by LandOfHopeAndGloryon 17 Jun 2013 18:30
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Comment number 229. Posted by 0rwellon 17 Jun 2013 18:09
Well just in case no one else has said it yet, well done Japan - you beat us.
Comment number 228. Posted by disillusionedon 17 Jun 2013 17:40
im not welsh but watched the game...japan beat a 3rd string welsh team...so what...can't see anything else here other than japan playing well..why is that an issue for the great JJ
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Hunk and the rest of the Voltron Force face a big surprise in Yellow Lion's lair – Draco. It turns out that the robotic dragon wants a new place to call home. With his selection made, he promptly evicts Yellow Lion. Turning the tables on Draco certainly won't be easy for the Voltron Force. However, a dimension where Voltron can become more powerful may hold the answer.
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The alternate dimension key Allura receives in this episode is from an ancient race. What their name one is unknown. There has been one mention of an ancient alien race from the original series, the Darians who populated the underground citites of Zaul and then inexplicably left. There may or may not be a connection. It at least opens up a question of how many unknown ancient races have there been in the Denubian Galaxy.
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otfe - On The Fly Encryption virtual disk drive for windows GPL0 weekly downloads
Windows Events Recuperator
The goal of the project is a system client server to help administrators to have a large view of a group of computer. It work on windows os. It is writed in .net and it uses SqlServer.0 weekly downloads
X2 (X Quadro)
Mailserver for Win* Platform.0 weekly downloads
You Play It
Project for a new board gaming site0 weekly downloads
fang (First ASP News Grabber) gives you the ability to grab xml (rss) news streams, format in wich many sites give their news or headlines (Slashdot, Newsforge, betanews etc.), and put it on your page, using asp.0 weekly downloads
gSDOTools provides a gui front-end written in perl, for automatization of several sdcmd command line istructions. sdcmd is a part of Unicenter TNG SDO (Copyright Š 2004 Computer Associates International, Inc. All rights reserved.).0 weekly downloads
a cross-platform framework and environment for haplotype analysis with a special focus on human and medical genetics in python/wxpython0 weekly downloads
koala IDE for kids
children programming languages, logo like language, children programming environment IDE, language in several languages for kids0 weekly downloads
qtadb0 weekly downloads
vbGore Italia
Il progetto vbGore Italia consiste nel tradurre, migliorare e distribuire vbGore in lingua Italiana0 weekly downloads
www.libero.pop3 is a Visual Basic application that permit to simulate a POP3 server on localhost reading e-mails from libero.it via http0 weekly downloads
A-shop is an ASP-based online shop. Multiple languages, online management of your products. You can order your products online and even place a productreview on the site.1 weekly downloads
Filmo è un plugin per AutoWikiBrowser (https://sourceforge.net/projects/autowikibrowser/) che permette di utilizzare diversi script. Maggiori informazioni su http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:B3t/Filmo1 weekly downloads
Temperature Monitor
Program to monitor CPU and Motherboard Temperatures and Fan speed on ASUS motherboards; includes an alarm which notifies when the temperatures are too high.9 weekly downloads