Recent advances on the energy management of a Hybrid Electric vehicle

Author

Efstathiou, D.S. ; Petrou, A.K. ; Spanoudakis, P. ; Tsourveloudis, N.C. ; Valavanis, K.P.

Author_Institution

Intell. Syst. & Robot. Lab., Tech. Univ. of Crete, Chania, Greece

fYear

2012

fDate

3-6 July 2012

Firstpage

896

Lastpage

901

Abstract

This paper presents new innovative subsystems of the ER11 prototype urban vehicle which is powered by hydrogen fuel cells and ultra-capacitors. The subsystems described here are: 1) the energy management system, which is responsible for the optimization of the fuel efficiency and the increased mileage of the vehicle, 2) the driver´s monitoring and control panel and 3) the power transmission system, which offers the possibility of continuous change of gear. The powertrain of the test-bed vehicle consists of an electric motor, a fuel (H₂) cell system, an ultra-capacitor bank and a DC/DC converter. Testing verified that the proposed energy management system is benefitted by the variable transmission of power leading to less fuel consumption.

Keywords

electric motors; energy management systems; fuel cell vehicles; gears; hybrid electric vehicles; innovation management; power transmission (mechanical); supercapacitors; ER11 prototype urban vehicle; control panel; driver monitoring; electric motor; energy management system; fuel cell system; fuel consumption; gear; hybrid electric vehicle; hydrogen fuel cells; innovative subsystems; power variable transmission; powertrain; test-bed vehicle; ultracapacitor bank; Energy management; Fuel cells; Fuels; Gears; Hydrogen; Software; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control & Automation (MED), 2012 20th Mediterranean Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2530-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2529-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MED.2012.6265752

Filename

6265752