A Contribution to Energy Optimal Thermal Management for Vehicles

Thermal management systems of passenger vehicles are fundamental to provide adequate cabin thermal comfort. However, for battery electric vehicles they can use a significant amount of battery energy and thus reduce the real driving range. Indeed, when heating or cooling the vehicle cabin the thermal management system can consume up to 84% of the battery capacity. This study proposes a model-based approach to design an energy-efficient control strategy for heating electric vehicles, considering the entire climate control system at different ambient conditions. Specifically, the study aims at reducing the energy demand of the compressor and water pumps when operating in heat pump mode. At this scope, the climate control system of the reference vehicle is modelled and validated, enabling a system efficiency analysis in different operating points. Based on the system performance assessment, the optimized operating strategy for the compressor and the water pumps is elaborated and the results show that the demand-based control achieves up to 34% energy reduction when compared to the standard control.

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A Contribution to Energy Optimal Thermal Management for Vehicles

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MPC based Fan Control for Automotive Applications * *This work was supported in part by COMET K2 - Competence Centres for Excellent Technologies Programme.

MPC based Fan Control for Automotive Applications * *This work was supported in part by COMET K2 - Competence Centres for Excellent Technologies Programme.

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