MAESTrO-a software tool for the design and evaluation of advanced automotive electrical power systems

Author

Afridi, Khurram K.

Author_Institution

Lab. for Electromagn. & Electron. Syst., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

24-25 Oct. 1996

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

46

Abstract

The electrical load and fuel efficiency requirements of the next generation of automobiles are challenging the capabilities of the 12-V point-to-point architecture. It is quite possible that the automotive industry will undergo a transition to a new standard in the near future. However, selecting the new standard requires a rigorous comparison of the available options. MAESTrO is a software tool designed specifically for this purpose. This paper describes the features of MAESTrO and the models it uses to calculate the cost, weight and efficiency of automotive electrical power systems. To demonstrate the utility of the tool, a family of remote-switching dual-voltage architectures is analyzed.

Keywords

automobiles; power system CAD; power system analysis computing; software packages; MAESTrO; automotive electrical power systems; automotive electrical power systems design; electrical load requirements; fuel efficiency requirements; remote-switching dual-voltage architectures; software tool; Automobiles; Automotive engineering; Computer architecture; Costs; Fuels; Power system analysis computing; Power system modeling; Power systems; Software design; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics in Transportation, 1996., IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3292-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PET.1996.565908

Filename

565908