OPTIMIZATION APPROACH FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE POWERTRAIN DESIGN

According to bench test results of fuel economy and engine emission for thereal power-train system of EQ7200HEV car. a 3-D performance map oriented quasi-linear model isdeveloped for the configuration of the powertrain components such as internal combustion engine,traction electric motor, transmission, main retarder and energy storage unit. A genetic algorithmbased on optimization procedure is proposed and applied for parametric optimization of the keycomponents by consideration of requirements of some driving cycles. Through comparison of numericalresults obtained by the genetic algorithm with those by traditional optimization methods, it isshown that the present approach is quite effective and efficient in emission reduction and fueleconomy for the design of the hybrid electric car powertrain.

Method of Electric Powertrain Matching for Battery-powered Electric Cars

The current match method of electric powertrain still makes use of longitudinal dynamics, which can’t realize maximum capacity for on-board energy storage unit and can’t reach lowest equivalent fuel consumption as well. Another match method focuses on improving available space considering reasonable layout of vehicle to enlarge rated energy capacity for on-board energy storage unit, which can keep the longitudinal dynamics performance almost unchanged but can’t reach lowest fuel consumption. Considering the characteristics of driving motor, method of electric powertrain matching utilizing conventional longitudinal dynamics for driving system and cut-and-try method for energy storage system is proposed for passenger cars converted from traditional ones. Through combining the utilization of vehicle space which contributes to the on-board energy amount, vehicle longitudinal performance requirements, vehicle equivalent fuel consumption level, passive safety requirements and maximum driving range requirement together, a comprehensive optimal match method of electric powertrain for battery-powered electric vehicle is raised. In simulation, the vehicle model and match method is built in Matlab/simulink, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Urban Dynamometer Driving Schedule (UDDS) is chosen as a test condition. The simulation results show that 2.62% of regenerative energy and 2% of energy storage efficiency are increased relative to the traditional method. The research conclusions provide theoretical and practical solutions for electric powertrain matching for modern battery-powered electric vehicles especially for those converted from traditional ones, and further enhance dynamics of electric vehicles.

Toward More Electric Powertrains in Aircraft:Technical Challenges and Advancements

The main purpose of this article is to provide an instructive review of the technological challenges hindering the road toward more electric powertrains in aircraft.Hybrid,all-electric,and turboelectric powertrain architectures are discussed as possible fuel consumption and weight reduction solutions.Among these architectures,the short-term implementation of hybrid and all-electric architectures is limited,particularly for large-capacity aircraft due to the low energy/power density levels achievable by state-of-the-art electrical energy storage systems.Conversely,turboelectric architectures with advanced distributed propulsion and boundary layer ingestion are set to lead the efforts toward more electric powertrains.At the center of this transition,power converters and high-power density electric machines,i.e.,electric motors and generators,and their corresponding thermal management systems are analyzed as the key devices enabling the more electric powertrain.Moreover,to further increase the fuel efficiency and power density of the aircraft,the benefits and challenges of implementing higher voltage powertrains are described.Lastly,based on the findings collected in this article,the projected roadmap toward more electric aircraft powertrains is presented.Herein,the individual targets for each technology,i.e.,batteries,electric machines,and power converters,and how they translate to future aircraft prototypes are illustrated.

Powertrain Fuel Consumption Modeling and Benchmark Analysis of a Parallel P4 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Using Dynamic Programming

The goal of this work is to develop a hybrid electric vehicle model that is suitable for use in a dynamic programming algorithm that provides the benchmark for optimal control of the hybrid powertrain. The benchmark analysis employs dynamic programming by backward induction to determine the globally optimal solution by solving the energy management problem starting at the final timestep and proceeding backwards in time. This method requires the development of a backwards facing model that propagates the wheel speed of the vehicle for the given drive cycle through the driveline components to determine the operating points of the powertrain. Although dynamic programming only searches the solution space within the feasible regions of operation, the benchmarking model must be solved for every admissible state at every timestep leading to strict requirements for runtime and memory. The backward facing model employs the quasi-static assumption of powertrain operation to reduce the fidelity of the model to accommodate these requirements. Verification and validation testing of the dynamic programming algorithm is conducted to ensure successful operation of the algorithm and to assess the validity of the determined control policy against a high-fidelity forward-facing vehicle model with a percent difference of fuel consumption of 1.2%. The benchmark analysis is conducted over multiple drive cycles to determine the optimal control policy that provides a benchmark for real-time algorithm development and determines control trends that can be used to improve existing algorithms. The optimal combined charge sustaining fuel economy of the vehicle is determined by the dynamic programming algorithm to be 32.99 MPG, a 52.6% increase over the stock 3.6 L 2019 Chevrolet Blazer.

Systematical Development of NVH Engineering for Vehicle Electrical Powertrain Based on an Optimized V-Model

For systematical NVH development of vehicle (especially for mass-production passenger vehicles) electric powertrain, an optimized V-Model is designed and has been implemented in the entire component-vehicle development, which integrates three individual branches: simulation, validation and optimization. Compared to the V-models in the traditional sense, this optimized V-model is not only driven by requirement and task accomplishment but also maximum optimization of NVH system performance. In this case, developing procedures are capable to be efficiently iterated and the NVH engineering can be expanded into 3D with this V-model.

Power-balancing Instantaneous Optimization Energy Management for a Novel Series-parallel Hybrid Electric Bus

Energy management（EM） is a core technique of hybrid electric bus（HEB） in order to advance fuel economy performance optimization and is unique for the corresponding configuration. There are existing algorithms of control strategy seldom take battery power management into account with international combustion engine power management. In this paper, a type of power-balancing instantaneous optimization（PBIO） energy management control strategy is proposed for a novel series-parallel hybrid electric bus. According to the characteristic of the novel series-parallel architecture, the switching boundary condition between series and parallel mode as well as the control rules of the power-balancing strategy are developed. The equivalent fuel model of battery is implemented and combined with the fuel of engine to constitute the objective function which is to minimize the fuel consumption at each sampled time and to coordinate the power distribution in real-time between the engine and battery. To validate the proposed strategy effective and reasonable, a forward model is built based on Matlab/Simulink for the simulation and the dSPACE autobox is applied to act as a controller for hardware in-the-loop integrated with bench test. Both the results of simulation and hardware-in-the-loop demonstrate that the proposed strategy not only enable to sustain the battery SOC within its operational range and keep the engine operation point locating the peak efficiency region, but also the fuel economy of series-parallel hybrid electric bus（SPHEB） dramatically advanced up to 30.73% via comparing with the prototype bus and a similar improvement for PBIO strategy relative to rule-based strategy, the reduction of fuel consumption is up to 12.38%. The proposed research ensures the algorithm of PBIO is real-time applicability, improves the efficiency of SPHEB system, as well as suite to complicated configuration perfectly.

ENERGY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR PARALLEL HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Energy management strategy (EMS) is the core of the real-time controlalgorithm of the hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). A novel EMS using the logic threshold approach withincorporation of a stand-by optimization algorithm is proposed. The aim of it is to minimize theengine fuel consumption and maintain the battery state of charge (SOC) in its operation range, whilesatisfying the vehicle performance and drivability requirements. The hybrid powertrain bench testis carried out to collect data of the engine, motor and battery pack, which are used in the EMS tocontrol the powertrain. Computer simulation model of the HEV is established in the MATLAB/Simulinkenvironment according to the bench test results. Simulation results are presented for behaviors ofthe engine, motor and battery. The proposed EMS is implemented for a real parallel hybrid carcontrol system and validated by vehicle field tests.

City-Bus-Route Demand-based Efficient Coupling Driving Control for Parallel Plug-in Hybrid Electric Bus

Recently,plug?in hybrid electric bus has been one of the energy?e cient solutions for urban transportation. However,the current vehicle e ciency is far from optimum,because the unpredicted external driving conditions are di cult to be obtained in advance. How to further explore its fuel?saving potential under the complicated city bus driving cycles through an e cient control strategy is still a hot research issue in both academic and engineering area. To realize an e cient coupling driving operation of the hybrid powertrain,a novel coupling driving control strategy for plug?in hybrid electric bus is presented. Combined with the typical feature of a city?bus?route,the fuzzy logic inference is employed to quantify the driving intention,and then to determine the coupling driving mode and the gear?shifting strategy. Considering the response deviation problem in the execution layer,an adaptive robust controller for electric machine is designed to respond to the transient torque demand,and instantaneously compensate the response delay and the engine torque fluctuation. The simulations and hard?in?loop tests with the actual data of two typical driving conditions from the real?world city?bus?route are carried out,and the results demonstrate that the pro?posed method could guarantee the hybrid powertrain to track the actual torque demand with 10.4% fuel economy improvement. The optimal fuel economy can be obtained through the optimal combination of working modes. The fuel economy of plug?in hybrid electric bus can be significantly improved by the proposed control scheme without loss of drivability.

Optimum Driving System Design for Dual-Motor Pure Electric Vehicles

A pure electric vehicle driven by dual motors is taken as the research object and the driving scheme of the driving motor is improved to increase the transmission efficiency of existing electric vehicles.Based on the architecture of the transmission system,we propose vehicle performance parameters and performance indexes of a pure electric vehicle,a time-sharing driving strategy of dual motors.First,the parameters of the battery,motor,and transmission system are matched.Then,the electric vehicle transmission model is built in Amesim and the control strategy is designed in Simulink.With the optimization goal of improving the vehicle’s dynamic performance and driving range,the optimal parameters are determined through analysis.Finally,the characteristics of the motor are tested on the bench.The results show that the energy-saving potential of the timesharing driven double motor is higher,and the driving mileage of the double motor drive is increased by 4%.

Performance and Stability of Supercapacitor Modules based on Porous Carbon Electrodes in Hybrid Powertrain

Hybrid power sources have attracted much attention in the electric vehicle area. Particularly, electric-electric hybrid powertrain system consisting of supercapacitor modules and lithium-ion batteries has been widely applied because of the high power density of supercapacitors. In this study, we design a hybrid powertrain system containing two porous carbon electrode-based supercapacitor modules in parallel and one lithium ion battery pack. With the construction of the testing station, the performance and stability of the used supercapacitor modules are investigated in correlation with the structure of the supercapacitor and the nature of the electrode materials applied. It has been shown that the responding time for voltage vibration from 20 V to 48.5 V during charging or discharging process decreases from about 490 s to 94 s with the increase in applied current from 20 A to 100 A. The capacitance of the capacitor modules is nearly independent on the applied current. With the designed setup, the energy efficiency can reach as high as 0.99. The results described here provide a guidance for material selection of supercapacitors and optimized controlling strategy for hybrid power system applied in electric vehicles.

中国混合动力汽车动力总成技术进展

在国家政策与市场需求的双重驱动下,2021年以来,中国品牌混合动力汽车动力总成技术实现突破,围绕中国市场特点与消费者用车习惯推出一批具有中国特色、世界范围内领先的混合动力汽车产品。近期混合动力汽车市场销量呈爆发式增长,2023年中国市场混合动力乘用车销售超300万辆,同比增长83%。然而,受近年来汽车领域电动化浪潮影响,行业内尚存关于混合动力汽车仅为过渡性技术的观点,部分消费者对国产混动汽车技术产品力仍存质疑。为纠正对混合动力汽车的片面性、偏见性认识,该文围绕中国混合动力汽车动力总成技术路线展开,聚焦多样化的混动架构与专用化的核心部件,提出新的混合度定义作为动力总成电气化程度的统一评价标准,探讨国内外主流混动技术异同,剖析当下中国最前沿的混动技术特点与发展趋势,厘清中国混动汽车动力总成的发展脉络。研究表明:中国式混动汽车以大容量动力电池与插电式混合动力为技术特色,实现发动机、电机两大驱动动力源以及动力电池、增程系统两大动力能量源的灵活混合与优势互补。与纯内燃机车相比,得益于电驱动技术辅助,混合动力汽车聚焦提高发动机热效率、发动机高效区利用率以及整车燃油经济性。与纯电动车相比,混合动力汽车则基于发动机的增程发电,以高性价比和高便利度解决纯电动车的补能焦虑;并通过结合发动机直驱、变速器动力放大等机械驱动技术,以更低的硬件成本实现更稳定的强劲动力输出。混合动力汽车的独特优势使其作为长期性技术路线,将成为带动汽车产业向碳中和方向转型升级的关键,该文对当下市场的深度分析和未来趋势的理性推测将为中国混动技术的进一步发展提供有益参考。

纯电动汽车电驱动系统故障诊断研究进展

为全面梳理纯电动汽车电驱动系统故障诊断的发展现状,明确未来发展趋势,本文首先介绍了纯电动汽车电驱动系统的基本架构、功能及发展历程;然后详细总结了纯电动汽车电驱动系统关键部件的故障类型及原因,分析了纯电动汽车电驱动系统关键部件故障诊断方法的主要研究现状;接着将诊断方法从专家知识驱动、模型驱动、信号驱动和数据驱动4个方面详细综述了纯电动汽车电驱动系统国内外研究进展和发展动态,并针对不同方法的优缺点进行了对比;最后对纯电动汽车电驱动系统故障诊断所面临的问题及发展方向进行了分析和展望,进一步讨论并指出未来纯电动汽车电驱动系统故障诊断研究可以集中在变工况耦合故障诊断、微小故障诊断和前期故障诊断研究、实时在线故障诊断、基于故障诊断的智能运维、未知故障诊断与系统自愈技术等方面。

小型全电/混动飞机技术路线与动力系统综述

该文对小型全电/混动载人飞机的技术发展路线、航空推进电机、动力系统架构进行分析、总结与展望。首先,从载人飞机的气动布局、结构拓扑、动力源和起降形式等方面分析,分出6条技术路线,总结各自的乘客数、最大起飞重量、巡航速度、功率和航程等技术指标。其次,总结已装机或拟装机航空推进电机的技术参数和应用机型。对先进航空推进电机的发展现状,按功率等级分类探讨了三相永磁电机、多相永磁电机、兆瓦级涡轮机驱动的兆瓦级电机/发电机、高温超导电机。最后,对6种动力系统架构的技术路线特点、关键技术进行梳理,分析载人全电/混动飞机未来的发展方向。国内载人电动/混动飞机领域刚起步,该文的研究工作对飞机的总体气动布局设计、功率需求、器件选型、动力系统设计具有重要的参考价值。

复合翼eVTOL电池需求及对动力总成安全性的影响

动力电池是电动化飞行得以实现的重要组成部分,其技术层次和安全水准对电动垂直起降飞行器(Electric Vertical Take off and Landing aircraft,eVTOL)的商业化推广尤为重要。本文在典型飞行任务下,研究电池性能对eVTOL飞行器的运营性能、适航性能和安全性能的影响。利用开源软件SUAVE(Stanford University Aerospace Vehicle Environment,SUAVE)对复合翼eVTOL进行了整机与动力总成的建模,利用故障树分析(Fault Tree analysis,FTA)方法对动力总成进行了安全性分析。通过仿真,发现在现有电池技术水平下,电池的放电倍率约束是决定电池性能需求的关键限制条件,针对本文设计的eVTOL,372 Wh/kg是满足所有安全约束的最低能量密度,在使用过程中电池容量的衰退是设计者选择电池能量密度的重要参考指标。单独改善电池的可靠性对动力总成可靠性的提升是有限的,但电池性能的衰退将使电池成为动力总成失效的主要因素。通过FTA发现本文搭建的典型动力总成失效率为1.524×10^(-7),接近SC-VTOL-01中单座飞行器的基础级灾难性故障率要求。

不同构型电动垂直起降飞行器动力系统的安全性评估

安全性评估对电动垂直起降飞行器的架构开发、安全管理、设计验证及商业化有着至关重要的作用,但目前国内少有对电动垂直起降飞行器整机构型、系统设计等相关的研究。本文针对4种不同构型的电动垂直起降飞行器,包括垂起尾推固定翼构型、四轴八桨多旋翼构型、固定翼加倾转旋翼构型以及倾转机翼构型,使用功能危害分析和故障树分析方法对4种不同构型的动力系统进行了分析比较。分析表明:垂起尾推固定翼电动垂直起降飞行器动力架构在本文的特定使用场景中相对可靠性更优。2种分析方法的结合,增加了对功能危害理解的全面性和深度,并识别了减轻动力系统失效风险的多种潜在途径。安全性评估结果可以为电动垂直起降飞行器动力构型选择和产品开发提供依据。

基于概率模型和数据驱动的动力总成悬置系统可靠性优化

针对电动汽车动力总成悬置系统(PMS)一部分参数为概率变量,一部分参数为离散数据的复杂不确定情形,开展了基于概率模型和数据驱动的电动汽车PMS可靠性优化设计研究。首先,基于任意多项式混沌(APC)展开和广义最大熵原理推导了一种求解该复杂不确定情形下PMS响应不确定性和可靠性的高效方法;然后,基于蒙特卡洛抽样,给出了该复杂不确定情形下求解PMS响应不确定性和可靠性的参考方法;接着,提出了一种基于APC展开法的灵敏度分析方法,进一步提出了一种考虑响应不确定性和可靠性的PMS优化设计方法;最后,通过应用算例验证方法的有效性,并对系统进行了灵敏度分析和可靠性优化。结果表明,所提出的方法可有效地处理电动汽车PMS一部分参数为概率变量、一部分参数为离散数据的复杂不确定情形,并能可靠地优化该情形下的系统固有特性,且方法具有较高的计算精度和计算效率。

Analysis and Optimization of Transient Mode Switching Behavior for Power Split Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Clutch Collaboration

The power split hybrid electric vehicle(HEV)adopts a power coupling configuration featuring dual planetary gearsets and multiple clutches,enabling diverse operational modes through clutch engagement and disengagement.The multi-clutch configuration usually involves the collaboration of two clutches during the transient mode switching process,thereby substantially elevating control complexity.This study focuses on power split HEVs that integrate multi-clutch mechanisms and investigates how different clutch collaboration manners impact the characteristics of transient mode switching.The powertrain model for the power-split HEV is established utilizing matrix-based methodologies.Through the formulation of clutch torque curves and clutch collaboration models,this research systematically explores the effects of clutch engagement timing and the duration of clutch slipping state on transient mode switching behaviors.Building upon this analysis,an optimization problem for control parameters pertaining to the two collaborative clutches is formulated.The simulated annealing algorithm is employed to optimize these control parameters.Simulation results demonstrate that the clutch collaboration manners have a great influence on the transient mode switching performance.Compared with the pre-calibrated benchmark and the optimal solution derived by the genetic algorithm,the maximal longitudinal jerk and clutch slipping work during the transient mode switching process is reduced obviously with the optimal control parameters derived by the simulated annealing algorithm.The study provides valuable insights for the dynamic coordinated control of the power-split HEVs featuring complex clutch collaboration mechanisms.

电动客车动力总成悬置构型设计优化

针对电动客车悬置出现的问题,系统地比较燃油客车、电动客车悬置系统的特性差异,并分析不同悬置构型对系统NVH性能的影响。结果表明,采用三明治悬置软垫、水平布置构型的悬置更适合电动客车。

混合动力汽车动力系统功能分析及仿真研究

在混合动力设计开发前期,利用仿真软件对混合动力系统进行性能仿真和深入研究。通过阐述混合动力汽车动力系统的构型方案,分析了混合动力汽车的动力系统功能、驾驶操作模式以及控制策略。基于AVL CRUISE仿真软件,搭建了某款混合动力汽车的整车及动力系统仿真模型,并进行了整车动力性和经济性的仿真验证。仿真结果表明,混合动力车型性能和功能满足设计要求,为混合动力系统样车试验研究奠定基础。