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48V Electric Vehicle Powertrain Optimal Model Based Design Methodology
48V Electric Vehicle Powertrain Optimal Model Based Design Methodology
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Abstract—Battery autonomy and drive range of Electric considered in the earlier design phase, especially for battery
Vehicles could be improved by smart control of the power sizing, by adding these new electric consumers (compressor
flows requested by equipped systems. In this paper, the authors and/or electric heater). Furthermore, thermal comfort could
propose two energy-saving strategies, acting respectively in the
electric driveline consumption minimization and in the auxiliary be coupled with electric components cooling systems [13] to
power allocation policy. Developed solutions aim at the reduction balance thermal efficiency and energy balance.
of the power demand, both concerning e-powertrain and sub-
components, not directly related to traction purpose, enhancing
In this work, authors intend to propose specific control
corresponding driveability distance. Evaluation of the result algorithms and policies, devoted to increasing EVs driving
is done through a model-based approach, using a concept e- range and autonomy, by a smart allocation and coordination
car proposed by Valeo and implemented in a co-simulation of the power flows. Developed controller address specific
environment, between Amesim and Simulink. The investigated needs of scalability and portability properties, as well as real-
methodology appears as a useful tool for the optimal design of
the vehicle sub-system and component.
time capability, in order to be easily tested on several vehi-
Index Terms—low voltage electric vehicle, energy efficiency, cles, use cases. The main challenge of the activity is to reach
auxiliary management, thermal management, real driving emis- a 20% efficiency improvement goal, in order to meet the
sion, e-powertrain optimization target of the OBELICS (Optimization of scalaBle rEaltime
modeLs and functIonal testing for e-drive ConceptS) project,
I. I NTRODUCTION of which the authors are partners. Hence, this activity is
Nowadays, Electric Vehicle (EV) market is growing, since focused on 48V EV powertrain optimal design methodology.
CO2 regulations become more stringent, e.g. norm Euro 6 [1]. To fulfill the aim of this activity, an Equivalent Consumption
Moreover, the traffic ban of conventional internal combustion Minimization Strategy (ECMS) for the electric hub-motors
engine vehicles is planned in major cities (Paris, London, Los is performed, implemented using Simcenter Amesim™ tools.
Angeles, etc.) by 2025-2030 [2]. In this context, powertrain’s Also, an Auxiliary Power Management Control (APMC) is
electrification is required, leading to massive development proposed in MATLAB Simulink® environment.
of hybrid and electric cars [3], [4]. Furthermore, the new Paper is organized as follow: at first, the simulation en-
mobility trend, such as car-sharing or urban trip, and cus- vironment is described and the baseline layout characteris-
tomers’ demand for vehicles with low energy consumption, tics are detailed, particularly respect to upgraded parame-
have enhanced EV solution [5], [6]. ters, according to optimization tools. Model refinement is
All these aspects are boosting the development of in- also achieved considering cabin thermal regulation system.
novative torque vectoring and power management strategy, Then, independent control strategies have been introduced,
devoted to increasing vehicle efficiency, as well as driving in order to improve vehicle energy efficiency: on one hand
range [7], [8]. Moreover, newly design solution, e.g. by- an optimized control for the e-machines, on the other an
wire and mechatronics system [9], [10], or In-Wheel Motor auxiliary management strategy, both devoted to reduce the
(IWM) configurations [11], allow the definition of several e- power requirement of Electric Motor (EM) and sub-systems
powertrain architectures and the investigation of alternative not directly related on traction performances, respectively.
traction layout [12], leading to a new perspective in the power Virtual test results, performed using Amesim™/Simulink® co-
management optimization of systems and components. simulation interface [12], are shown, highlighting the im-
Another challenging aspect is thermal comfort. Indeed hot provement obtained from the efficiency perspective. Specific
sources, in conventional vehicles, are available, which are driving scenarios are simulated to accurately reproduce real
not the case for EV. So the thermal management has to be EV behaviours: so standard urban, ARTEMIS [14] and Real
Driving Emission (RDE) cycles are performed [15].
TABLE I
48V E-M ACHINE C HARACTERISTICS
EM Parameters
Name Value Unit
Maximum torque 55 Nm
Maximum power 15 kW
Maximum speed 20 000 rpm
Number of phases 6 (2x3) /
Fig. 1. 48V Valeo concept car
TABLE II of the rules are evaluated through an OR logical operator.
BEV C HARACTERISTICS If verified, ECO-mode will trigger, otherwise, no action on
Desing Criteria 48V 4WD BEV VW e-Up auxiliary systems regulation is performed.
Range WLTC Class 3 280.8 [km] 258 [km]
Max Acceleration 0 – 100 [km/h] 11.96 [s] 11.9 [s]
Max Speed 140 [km/h] 130 [km/h] IV. S IMULATION R ESULTS
Mass of Vehicle with conductor 1094.4 [kg] 1310 [kg]
Battery Capacity 42.5 [kWh] 36.8 [kWh] Proposed campaign tests, performed in the model of Fig.
Gear Ratio 8 unk.
4 and implemented in a co-simulation environment, can be
grouped into two branches:
• Standard Driving Cycles: mainly used for the model ver-
B. Auxiliary Power Management Control (APMC)
ification and the controllers’ calibrations; results concern
Aim of this control strategy is to optimize the usage of these tests are also useful to assess the performances
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system, of proposed ECMS control policy and different thermal
in order to reduce its consumption when critical conditions system solutions, if compared to the output of simula-
occur, e.g. in low State of Charge (SOC) situation, or when tions performed on a baseline 4WD EV;
high levels of power are demanded by the EMs to fulfil the • RDE Cycles: adopted for the purpose of accurately esti-
traction demand. In particular, the APMC will trigger the mated BEV performances and Efficiency Improvement
activation of a so-called ECO-mode, useful to increase the (Eff Imp) allowed by proposed control strategies, ac-
remaining vehicle driving range by minimizing the power counting road slope and external temperature variations.
demanded by the auxiliary system, while ensuring cabin
temperature comfort. The activation of this control method
is based on the following parameters: A. Standard Driving Cycles
• Battery SOC: when the storage system is approaching 1) Model verification: Vehicle model has been verified on
the full discharge condition, this control policy is en- JC08 driving cycle under different initial SOC conditions.
abled; This test is repeated several times to assess the effect of the
• Battery Discharge Current Limit (DCL): once evaluated ECMS controller functionalities. The Eff Imp is calculated
the maximum value of the discharge current the storage according to (3), considering the average energy consump-
system can experience, is evaluated respect to the actual tion (kWh/100km) of the 4WD model without a thermal
request from the DC bus. When demanded current is regulation system, as a reference baseline for the metrical
higher then DCL, which is estimated from SOC and evaluation.
temperature of the battery [20], ECO-mode will trigger.
Based on this information, it is evident that the APMC Ebaseline − EECM S
require a synergetic integration with the vehicle Control Unit η= [%] (3)
Ebaseline
(CU), especially Battery Management System (BMS) and
Motor CU, which estimate specific parameters, fundamental Looking at Table III, could be noticed that a strong
for the strategy application. efficiency improvement is achieved, allowed by the usage
ECO-mode regards the controlling policies of the AC of optimal e-motor controlling method, especially in urban
system. Intervention concern the regulation of the admitted conditions. On investigated standard driving cycles (JC08 and
temperature bandwidth for the cabin and related control WLTP), an increase of more than 10% is reached. Neverthe-
gains, acting on the thermal regulation loops. The involved less, such cycles consider neither the thermal effect nor the
sub-systems are: landscape, e.g. the slope of the road. So these enhancements
• Blower: the device which establishes the mass of mixed should be considered overestimated if compared with a more
air flowing in the cabin. It’s a composition of fresh and realistic operating scenario.
recirculated air. ECO-mode activation enlarge the dead-
zone of the temperature control loop;
• Evaporator: similarly at the blower intervention, in
ECO-mode higher output temperature are tolerated;
• Compressor: its regulation method involves two nested
feedback control loops, temperature and speed. Interven-
tion concern only the first one, reducing the Proportional
Integral Derivative (PID) controller gains and increasing
temperature dead-zone.
A simplified flow chart of the APMC is visible in Fig. 3.
At the vehicle starts, an initialization procedure begins, con-
sisting in the data acquisition from the main vehicle CU. This
task, recursively iterated ad each time steps of the APMC,
allows the verification of two different if statements: (1) the
value of current SOC is below a specified desired value? (2)
The total requested current is above admitted DCL? Results Fig. 3. APMC flow chart
Fig. 4. Fully integrated 48 V electric vehicle model
A non-secondary advantage of this implementation is particular, multiple 48V EV simulation models have been
computational time efficiency, even considering the increas- developed to investigate efficiency improvement within a
ing complexity of the phenomena involved by vehicle sub- short development time.
systems models. Indeed, virtual tests are running 11.5 times
Regarding efficiency improvement, average results are
faster than real-time. So, models can be easily integrated
evaluated with different mission profiles (WLTC, JC08, city
into Hardware in the Loop target to validate the control
cycle). Enhancement related to both ECMS and APMC
algorithms.
strategies have been summed up in Table V. The investigated
V. C ONCLUSIONS AND F UTURE D EVELOPMENTS controlling methods could bring from 4% up to 8% of
In conclusion, e-powertrain architecture, vehicle character- improvement of energy consumption in the performed RDE
istics and components sizing have been investigated through cycles scenario (Barcelona and Gratz).
vehicle model simulation in Amesim. EV performance im- Increasing the complexity of models allows reliable EV be-
provement is reached through optimization of vehicle pa- haviour and provides precise energy consumption estimation,
rameters (HEEDS tool), development of advanced control despite the computation time growth. Therefore, it is worth
strategies (ECMS, APMC) and innovative components (heat noting to proceed according to a methodology that could save
pump): Fig. 8 summarizes the achievement permitted by development time, while ensuring simulation accuracy.
the investigated thermal system solutions. Moreover, real-
Further work could focus either on a more accurate EV
istic conditions are considered employing specific driving
model through implementing a battery cooling system (which
cycles (ARTEMIS, RDE), to refine average consumption. In
is a constant power source reducing battery range) and on
another advanced control strategy, as Brake Blending [7], [8],
[10], [12], to increase energy savings.
TABLE V
I NFLUENCE OF THE AUXILIARIES MANAGEMENT CONTROL ON THE
VEHICLE MODEL WITH OPTIMAL E - MOTOR CONTROL