Vehicle development process for EcoCAR: The next challenge competition

Author

Patil, Kunal ; Maxwell, Timothy ; Bayne, Stephen ; Gale, Richard

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

1-3 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Present work investigates development of the vehicle design in the Texas Tech University EcoCAR program with industry standard vehicle development process (VDP). The three different architectures considered are fuel cell, GM two-mode hybrid and belt alternator/starter system (BAS+). The design process started from the architecture selection with the use of PSAT software. Based on results, best choice of vehicle architecture among the three considered is two-mode hybrid. With Matlab/Simulink environment vehicle model is developed. The plant model and controller model is tested with software-in-loop (SIL) and hardware-in-loop (HIL) simulations. The testing of this stage is done with NI PXI and dSPACE MicroAutoBox.

Keywords

alternators; fuel cell vehicles; starting; Texas Tech University EcoCAR program; belt alternator starter system; design process; fuel cell; hardware in loop simulation; software in loop simulation; vehicle development process; Biological system modeling; Computer architecture; Engines; Gears; Synchronous motors; Torque; Vehicles; EcoCAR the Next Challenge; HIL; MicroAutoBox; PSAT; PXI;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Lille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8220-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VPPC.2010.5729177

Filename

5729177