scholarly journals Torque coordinated control in engine starting process for a single-motor hybrid electric vehicle

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 168781401770596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minghui Hu ◽  
Guochang Jiang ◽  
Chunyun Fu ◽  
Datong Qin

To tackle the excessive output torque ripple during engine starting process of parallel hybrid electric vehicles, the engine starting process is divided into three phases in this study: engine cranking phase, speed synchronization phase, and after synchronization phase. The expressions of the vehicle jerk are derived from the vehicle dynamic formula in each phase, and the influences of various parameters on the jerk are analyzed. The coordinated control strategy for the clutch pressure and motor torque and that for the motor torque and engine torque are proposed. The simulation model for the single-motor parallel hybrid electric vehicle is established using MATLAB/Simulink, and the effectiveness of the proposed control algorithms is verified. Besides, a bench test is conducted and the test results show that the selected change rates of clutch pressure, motor torque, and engine torque can effectively coordinate the relation between clutch, motor, and engine. It can be concluded that the proposed control strategy satisfies the requirement of vehicle ride performance in engine starting in-motion process.

Author(s):  
Dengfeng Shen ◽  
Clemens Gühmann ◽  
Tong Zhang ◽  
Xizhen Dong

Due to the direct connection between the engine and the compound power split hybrid transmission (CPSHT) in hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), engine ripple torque (ERT) can result in obvious jerks in engine starting process (ESP). In order to improve the riding comfort, two wet clutches are mounted in this novel CPSHT. This research developed a new coordinated control strategy and its effectiveness was verified in simulation. Firstly, the mechanical and hydraulic parts of the CPSHT were introduced, and the riding comfort problem during ESP in primary design was illustrated. Secondly, the dynamic plant model including ERT, driveline model and clutch torque was deduced. Thirdly, a coordinated control strategy was designed to determine the target engine torque, motor torque, clutch torque and the moment of fuel injection. A Kalman filter based clutch torque estimator was applied with the help of electric motors information. The simulation result indicates that proposed coordinated control strategy can indeed suppress vehicle jerk and improve the riding comfort in ESP.


2011 ◽  
Vol 228-229 ◽  
pp. 951-956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Bing Yan ◽  
Fu Wu Yan ◽  
Chang Qing Du

It is necessary for Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) to distribute energy between engine and motor and to control state-switch during work. Aimed at keeping the total torque unchanging under state-switch, the dynamic torque control algorithm is put forward, which can be expressed as motor torque compensation for engine after torque pre-distribution, engine speed regulation and dynamic engine torque estimation. Taking Matlab as the platform, the vehicle control simulation model is built, based on which the fundamental control algorithm is verified by simulation testing. The results demonstrate that the dynamic control algorithm can effectively dampen torque fluctuations and ensures power transfer smoothly under various state-switches.


2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 224-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shichun Yang ◽  
Ming Li ◽  
Haoyu Weng ◽  
Bao Liu ◽  
Qiang Li ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Sun ◽  
Guojing Xing ◽  
Xudong Liu ◽  
Xiaoling Fu ◽  
Chenghui Zhang

The torque coordination control during mode transition is a very important task for hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) with a clutch serving as the key enabling actuator element. Poor coordination will deteriorate the drivability of the driver and lead to excessive wearing to the clutch friction plates. In this paper, a novel torque coordination control strategy for a single-shaft parallel hybrid electric vehicle is presented to coordinate the motor torque, engine torque, and clutch torque so that the seamless mode switching can be achieved. Different to the existing model predictive control (MPC) methods, only one model predictive controller is needed and the clutch torque is taken as an optimized variable rather than a known parameter. Furthermore, the successful idea of model reference control (MRC) is also used for reference to generate the set-point signal required by MPC. The parameter sensitivity is studied for better performance of the proposed model predictive controller. The simulation results validate that the proposed novel torque coordination control strategy has less vehicle jerk, less torque interruption, and smaller clutch frictional losses, compared with the baseline method. In addition, the sensitivity and adaptiveness of the proposed novel torque coordination control strategy are evaluated.


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