1. Technical Assessment of Utilizing an Electrical Variable Transmission SystEm in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
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Joeri Van Mierlo, Florian Verbelen, Peter Sergeant, Majid Vafacipour, Omar Hcgazy, Kurt Stockman, Mohamed El Baghdadi, Faculty of Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Power Electronics, and Electromobility research centre
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Battery (electricity) ,Computer science ,020209 energy ,Modeling ,Energy Engineering and Power Technology ,Transportation ,Topology (electrical circuits) ,02 engineering and technology ,Transmission system ,Network topology ,Automotive engineering ,Vehicle dynamics ,parallel ,Energy Management Strategy ,Automotive Engineering ,Path (graph theory) ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Fuel efficiency ,Hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) ,Electrical Variable Transmission (EVT) ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Series ,Simulation ,Continuously variable transmission - Abstract
Electrical Variable Transmission (EVT), an electromechanical device, can be considered as an alternative solution to the conventional transmission system utilized in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs). This paper presents a comparison, in terms of fuel consumption of a HEV containing an EVT, a conventional parallel topology and a series topology. To this end, corresponding simulations of these topologies are performed in presence of control strategies enabling battery charge-sustaining and efficient power split. The power flow through the components of the vehicle are attained and fuel consumption results of the considered cases are compared. The investigation of the results indicates suitability of utilizing EVT in HEV configurations with further optimization. The outcome of the current research paves its path for implementation of design optimization approaches on such systems in further research directions.
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- 2018
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