Model Based Design approach for Implementation of PHEV Energy Management

Hardware implementation of the Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) control strategy is an important stage of the development of the vehicle electric control unit (ECU). This paper introduces Model-Based Design (MBD) approach for implementation of PHEV energy management. Based on this approach, implementation of the control algorithm on an electronic hardware is performed using automatic code generation. The advantages of the MBD in comparison with the traditional methods are the capability of eliminating the manual coding complexities as well as compiling problems and reducing the test duration. In this study, hardware implementation of a PHEV rule-based control strategy is accomplished using MBD method. Also, in order to increase the accuracy of the results of the implementation, the data packing method is used. In this method, by controlling the primer and end data of the data packet transferred between the electronic board and the computer system, the noisy data is prevented from entering. In addition, to verify the performance of the implemented control strategy, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation is used with the two frequency rates. The results show the effectiveness of the proposed approach in correct and rapid implantation procedure.