The main purpose of this paper is to conduct the critical technologies and design procedures of a versatile software platform for Taiwan's electric vans established by Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan. To raise the development efficiency and to reduce the cost, a Matlab/Simulink-coded software, named "E-Van-Sim", was designed for the purpose of evaluating the vehicle/subsystem performance and for preliminarily studying prototype vehicle control strategies. By adopting forward/backward simulation approach, E-Van-Sim is able to accommodate both the real-time simulation and the high model accuracy. It consists of subsystems (key components) such as the traction motors, lithium batteries, high-power transformers (DC/DC converter, charger, etc.), auxiliary components, transmission, and longitudinal vehicle dynamics. The modules of drive behaviour, standard testing cycles and vehicle control strategy were also integrated. This study demonstrates the results of vehicle/subsystem dynamics, energy consumption and energy recovery, and vehicle control rules (operation modes) under specific driving cycles. It proves that the effective research is accessible by using the developed E-Van-Sim. An on-line version of E-Van-Sim will be established in order to complete the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) platform in the near future.


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    Title :

    Development of a software platform for Taiwan's electric van


    Contributors:
    Wu, C.H. (author) / Hung, Y.H. (author) / Chen, B.R. (author) / Sung, P.T. (author) / Chu, K.C. (author) / Chen, L.T. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2012


    Size :

    8 Seiten, 17 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 6 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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