Vehicle Testing in ENEA Drive-train Test Facility

Bianco, Giulia Lo; Pede, G.; Puccetti, A.; Rossi, E.; Mantovani, Giorgio

doi:10.4271/2001-01-0961

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“…The modeling of such a powertrain provides an understanding for component sizing and development of control strategies. Moreover, accurate computer simulations together with real-time simulations and HIL testing of powertrains reduce design time and cost [1][2][3][4]. Therefore, a test bench capable of performing all these three functions and switch among them without timeconsuming changes is essential for fast powertrain designs.…”

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A versatile laboratory test bench for developing powertrains of electric vehicles

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Proceedings IEEE 56th Vehicular Technology Conference

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This paper describes the implementation of a flexible laboratory test bench for developing Electric Vehicle (EV) and Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) powertrains in a university environment. The test bench, which is implemented using relatively low-cost off-the-shelf products, is capable of serving a broad variety of purposes ranging from the design and test of propulsion motor drives to the implementation of Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) powertrain control strategies. This paper illustrates the test bench capabilities by (a) simulating the Jeep Commander II, a fuel cell Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) from Daimler-Chrysler, performing the Urban Dynamometer Driving Schedule (UDDS) driving schedule, (b) simulating the Prius, a commercially available gasoline-electric hybrid compact car from Toyota, performing the Japanese "10-15 mode" driving schedule, and (c) determining the efficiency map of a three-phase Induction Motor (IM). Additionally, the test bench could be also used as a dynamic simulator for renewable energy sources such as wind turbine generators.

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A versatile laboratory test bench for developing powertrains of electric vehicles

Schupbach

Balda

Proceedings IEEE 56th Vehicular Technology Conference

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“…The increasing use of HIL testing is especially useful in applications involving hybrid electric vehicle powertrains [4,[6][7][8][9][10]. The use of HIL can replace, to significant extent, the construction of expensive prototypes to test drivetrain systems.…”

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“…In many cases, the prototype hardware is a reduced-scale surrogate for actual size hardware, built to evaluate performance and feasibility rather than actually power a commercial vehicle. Examples include prototype Manuscript fuel cells, engines, batteries, and electric motors [6][7][8][9][10][11]. In nearly all cases, construction of a full-sized prototype is onerous and unnecessarily expensive.…”

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Scaling of hybrid electric vehicle powertrain components for hardware-in-the-loop simulation

Petersheim

Brennan

2008

2008 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications

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Hardware in the loop (HIL) simulation enables experimental study of prototype hardware systems or control algorithms via real-time interaction between physical hardware and virtual simulations. As a result, this method is a particularly valuable tool for hybrid vehicle powertrain analysis. In the case where novel or prototype hardware is being examined, it is often necessary to scale the signals in and out of the prototype system in order to represent productionsized components. This scaling process is usually done in an adhoc manner. In this work, a formal method is presented that derives appropriate input/output signal conditioning to correctly scale electric vehicle components, namely the electric motor and battery subsystems.

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“…New transport systems and traffic management tools are being developed and tested to reduce polluting emissions, energy consumption and traffic congestion in major Italian urban areas where poor air quality levels are a daily occurrence. Among others, focus has been directed on: electric vehicles of various types (battery powered, hybrid and with fuel cell generator) characterized by the introduction of innovative components (batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors and control systems); dedicated large facilities [10,14] able to test innovative vehicles and subsystems used in European research projects (MATADOR, SCOPE) under different operating conditions; models to verify the design and the effectiveness of control system of innovative vehicles and to evaluate their performances [15]; and quantitative analysis of the overall impact resulting from a large scale deployment of innovative vehicles.…”

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How to Improve Hybrid Vehicles for Environmental Sustainability. A Case Study of Their Impact

Mattucci

Conte

Pede

2001

SAE Technical Paper Series

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ENEA is studying innovative vehicles such as pure electric and hybrid-electric vehicles, aiming to increase their energy efficiency and to reduce pollutant emissions. As part of such activities, a quite large demonstration project for verifying technical and economical viability of hybrid buses under real public transport operation conditions, has been carried out. Furthermore, a controller for an electric hybrid vehicle has been developed that allows to achieve a further 30% fuel economy improvement. The results of such activities are the input information of the TREMOVE model to investigate the potential impact of electric hybrid vehicle deployment in an Italian city, as a case study. The positive effects of new hybrid vehicle introduction for freight transport in terms of fuel saving and emission reduction, have been also investigated.

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Vehicle Testing in ENEA Drive-train Test Facility

Cited by 14 publications

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A versatile laboratory test bench for developing powertrains of electric vehicles

A versatile laboratory test bench for developing powertrains of electric vehicles

Scaling of hybrid electric vehicle powertrain components for hardware-in-the-loop simulation

How to Improve Hybrid Vehicles for Environmental Sustainability. A Case Study of Their Impact

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