Modeling and Simulation of a Series Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle Using REVS

This paper discusses a simulation and modeling package developed at University of Manitoba, REVS: renewable energy vehicle simulator. REVS assists in detail studies of hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and plug in HEV (PHEV) configurations or energy management strategies through visual programming by creating components as hierarchical subsystems. REVS is composed of detailed models of seven major types of components: electric motors, internal combustion engines, batteries, chemical reactions, fuzzy control strategies, renewable energy resources and support components that can be integrated to model and simulate hybrid drive trains in different configurations. REVS was developed in the Matlab/Simulink graphical simulation language as well as IDEAS package and is portable to most computer platforms. A series parallel hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) with a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) and a power split device have been designed using the simulation package. Fuzzy controllers have been developed to track the desired vehicle velocity and manage the energy flow of the vehicle. Simulation results of the energy management system and dynamic responses of the system are discussed for proposed vehicle.