Conceptual design and optimal power control strategy for an eco-friendly hybrid vehicle

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Conceptual design and optimal power control strategy for an eco-friendly hybrid vehicle

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Title: Conceptual design and optimal power control strategy for an eco-friendly hybrid vehicle
Author(s): Mir-Nasiri, N.; Chieng, Frederick T. A.
Abstract: This paper presents a new concept for a hybrid vehicle using a torque and speed splitting technique. It is implemented by the newly developed controller in combination with a two degree of freedom epicyclic gear transmission. This approach enables optimization of the power split between the less powerful electrical motor and more powerful engine while driving a car load. The power split is fundamentally a dual-energy integration mechanism as it is implemented by using the epicyclic gear transmission that has two inputs and one output for a proper power distribution. The developed power split control system manages the operation of both the inputs to have a known output with the condition of maintaining optimum operating efficiency of the internal combustion engine and electrical motor. This system has a huge potential as it is possible to integrate all the features of hybrid vehicle known to-date such as the regenerative braking system, series hybrid, parallel hybrid, series/parallel hybrid, and even complex hybrid (bidirectional). By using the new power split system it is possible to further reduce fuel consumption and increase overall efficiency.
Publication type: Conference paper
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology
Source: AIP Conference Proceedings: proceedings of the Fourth Global Conference on Power Control and Optimization, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 02-04 December 2010 / Nader Barsoum, Jeffrey Frank Webb and Pandian Vasant (eds.), Vol. 1337 (Jun 2011), pp. 140-145
Publication year: 2011
FOR Code(s): 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering; 0913 Mechanical Engineering; 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering
Keyword(s): Epicyclic gearing train; Complex Hybrid; Power Split
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
ISBN: 9780735408937, 0735408939
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3592456
Peer reviewed