Realization and Analysis of Good Fuel Economy and Kinetic Performance of a Low-cost Hybrid Electric Vehicle

By using high-power and high-efficiency propulsion systems,current hybrid electric vehicles（HEVs） in market can achieve excellent fuel economy and kinetic performance.However,it is the cost of current HEVs that hinders HEVs coming into widespread use.A novel hybrid electric propulsion system is designed to balance HEV cost and performance for developing markets.A battery/supercapacitor-based hybrid energy storage system（HESS） is used to improve energy conversion efficiency and reduce battery size and cost.An all-in-one-controller（AIOC） which integrates engine electronic control unit（ECU）,motor ECU,and HESS management system is developed to save materials and energy,and reduce the influence of distribution parameters on circuit.As for the powertrain configuration,four schemes are presented：belt-driven starter generator（BSG） scheme,four-wheel drive HEV scheme,full HEV scheme,and ranger-extender electric vehicle（EV） scheme.Component selection and parameter matching for the propulsion system are performed,and an energy management strategy is developed based on powertrain configuration and selected components.Forward-facing simulation models are built,comprehending the control strategy based on the optimal engine torque for the low-cost hybrid electric propulsion system.Co-simulation of AVL CRUISE and Matlab/Simulink is presented and the best scheme is selected.The simulation results indicate that,for the best design,fuel consumption in urban driving condition is 4.11 L/（100 km） and 0-50 km/h accelerating time is 10.95 s.The proposed research can realize low-cost concept for HEV while achieving satisfactory fuel economy and kinetic performance,and help to improve commercialization of HEVs.

Value assessment of hydrogen-based electrical energy storage in view of electricity spot market

Hydrogen as an energy carrier represents one of the most promising carbon-free energy solutions.The ongoing development of power-to-gas(Pt G)technologies that supports large-scale utilization of hydrogen is therefore expected to support hydrogen economy with a final breakthrough.In this paper,the economic performance of a MW-sized hydrogen system,i.e.a composition of water electrolysis,hydrogen storage,and fuel cell combined heat and power plant(FCCHP),is assessed as an example of hydrogen-based bidirectional electrical energy storage(EES).The analysis is conducted in view of the Danish electricity spot market that has high price volatility due to its high share of wind power.An economic dispatch model is developed as a mixed-integer programming(MIP)problem to support the estimation of variable cost of such a system taking into account a good granularity of the technical details.Based on a projected technology improvement by 2020,sensitivity analysis is conducted to illustrate how much the hydrogen-based EES is sensitive to variations of the hydrogen price and the capacity of hydrogen storage.

Coordination of battery energy storage and power-to-gas in distribution systems

Concerning the rapid development and deployment of Renewable Energy Systems(RES)and Energy Storage System(ESS)including Power-to-Gas(PtG)technology can significantly improve the friendliness of the integration of renewable energy.The purpose of this paper is to develop a coordination strategy between a battery energy storage and a PtG system.A simulation case is created with an electrical and a natural gas grid as well as steady-state models of RES and PtG.Charging strategies are developed accordingly for the ESS as well as production strategies for the PtG system.The size of the ESS is then observed with regards to the RES and PtG systems.As a result,it is found that surplus energy from RES can be stored and then used to support the electrical grid and the natural gas grid.It is also concluded that the capacity of the ESS can be affected,given a proper charging and production strategy,which needs to be tailored to each system.As shown in the paper,due to an improper charging strategy in the first quarter of a month,the ESSPC size has increased from its optimal size of 314 MWh to roughly 576 MWh.It can also be seen that given a proper charging strategy,this capacity can be less than 200 MWh.

Energy storage systems:a review

The world is rapidly adopting renewable energy alternatives at a remarkable rate to address the ever-increasing environmental crisis of CO_(2) emissions.Renewable energy system offers enormous potential to decarbonize the environment because they produce no greenhouse gases or other polluting emissions.However,the RES relies on natural resources for energy generation,such as sunlight,wind,water,geothermal,which are generally un-predictable and reliant on weather,season,and year.To account for these intermittencies,renewable energy can be stored using various techniques and then used in a consistent and controlled manner as needed.Several researchers from around the world have made substantial contributions over the last century to developing novel methods of energy storage that are efficient enough to meet increasing energy demand and technological break-throughs.This review attempts to provide a critical review of the advancements in the energy storage system from 1850-2022,including its evolution,classification,operating principles and comparison.

Advanced inorganic/polymer hybrid electrolytes for all-solid-state lithium batteries

Solid-state batteries have become a frontrunner in humankind’s pursuit of safe and stable energy storage systems with high energy and power density.Electrolyte materials,currently,seem to be the Achilles’heel of solid-state batteries due to the slow kinetics and poor interfacial wetting.Combining the merits of solid inorganic electrolytes(SIEs)and solid polymer electrolytes(SPEs),inorganic/polymer hybrid electrolytes(IPHEs)integrate improved ionic conductivity,great interfacial compatibility,wide electrochemical stability window,and high mechanical toughness and flexibility in one material,having become a sought-after pathway to high-performance all-solid-state lithium batteries.Herein,we present a comprehensive overview of recent progress in IPHEs,including the awareness of ion migration fundamentals,advanced architectural design for better electrochemical performance,and a perspective on unconquered challenges and potential research directions.This review is expected to provide a guidance for designing IPHEs for next-generation lithium batteries,with special emphasis on developing high-voltage-tolerance polymer electrolytes to enable higher energy density and three-dimensional(3D)continuous ion transport highways to achieve faster charging and discharging.

High-performance nitrogen and sulfur co-doped nanotube-like carbon anodes for sodium ion hybrid capacitors

Sodium ion hybrid capacitors are of great concern in large-scale and cost-effective electrical energy storage owing to their high energy and power densities,as well as natural abundance and wide distribution of sodium.However,it is difficult to find a well-pleasing anode material that matches the high-performance cathode materials to achieve good energy and power output for sodium ion hybrid capacitors.In this paper,nitrogen and sulfur co-doped nanotube-like carbon prepared by a simple carbonization process of high sulfur-loaded polyaniline nanotubes is introduced as the anode.The assembled sodium ion half cell based on the optimal nanotube-like carbon delivers a high reversible capacity of ~304.8 mAh/g at 0.2 A/g and an excellent rate performance of ~124.8 mAh/g at 10 A/g in a voltage window of 0.01-2.5 V(versus sodium/sodium ion).For the hybrid capacitors assembled using the optimal nanotube-like carbon as the anode and high-capacity activated carbon as the cathode,high energy densities of ~100.2 Wh/kg at 250 W/kg and ~50.69 Wh/kg at 12,500 W/kg are achieved.