scholarly journals Lifetime Model Development for Integration in Power Management of HEVs By Terms of Minimizing Fuel Consumption and Battery Degradation

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nejra Beganovic ◽  
Bedatri Moulik ◽  
Ahmed Mohamed Ali ◽  
Dirk S¨offker

Along with increasingly frequent use of electric and hybrid electric vehicles, the constraints and demands placed on the them become stricter. The most noticeable challenge considering Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) is to provide an optimalpower flow between multiple electric sources alongside provided as less as possible aging of energy storage components. To provide efficient battery usage with respect to batteries lifetime, it becomes unavoidable to develop battery lifetime models, which do not only reflect the State-of-Heath (SoH) but also allow battery lifetime prediction. The lifetimeoriented battery models have to be integrated in power management. To be used efficiently and to provide optimal power split ensuring mitigation of battery degradation without sacrificing desired power consumption, accurate modeling of battery degradation is of utmost importance. This implies that gradual battery degradation, which is directly affected by applied loading profiles, has to be monitored and used as additional control input. Moreover, the lifetime model developed in this case has to provide model outputs also in the timeframe of power management. In this contribution, a machine state-based lifetime model for electric battery source is developed. In this particular case, different degradation states as well as machine state transitions are identified in accordance to current operating conditions. Here, the change in charging/ discharging rate (C-rate), overcharging/undercharging of the battery (depth-of-discharge), and the temperature are taken in consideration to define machine model states. The End-of-Lifetime (EoL) is defined as deviation between nominal and current ampere-hour (Ah)-throughput. The proposed machine state-based lifetime model is verified based on existing battery lifetime models using simulation setup. The developed lifetime model in this way serve as a prerequisite forits integration into power management with an aim to provide the trade-off between aforementioned conflicting objectives; fuel consumption and battery degradation.

Author(s):  
Volkan Sezer

As a classical definition, the main aim of hybrid electric vehicle technology is to decrease the fuel consumption and emissions with the assistance of its power management algorithm. However, hybrid electric vehicles could also be optimized for fatigue minimization of the driving shaft to enhance its lifetime. To the best of our knowledge, there are no studies on hybrid electric vehicles regarding this concept. In this study, we model a conventional vehicle, convert it into hybrid electric vehicle in simulation environment, and optimize the power management algorithm by considering its driving shaft lifetime enhancement. The optimization is done by redesigning one of the previous equivalent cost minimization strategy studies, which includes a new state of charge sustaining approach. In this work, we reformulate the solution considering the assumptive torque–cycle life curve of the driving shaft instead of fuel consumption or emissions. Longitudinal vehicle model is prepared for simulations and the performance of the new strategy is compared with the conventional vehicle under the real driving cycle data. The results demonstrate a significant enhancement potential of 26% in driving shaft’s lifetime. Finally, we show the additional electric motor’s optimum torque tracking performance under a real driving cycle using the experimental testbed.


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