Enhancing the Hybrid-Electric Vehicle Efficiency through Advanced Configuration Strategies

Abstract

Fuel consumption will play an important role with the recent rapid expansion of hybrid electric vehicles in the transportation sectors due to the progressive depletion of oil sources. It indicates changing the conventional usage of vehicles into alternative solutions. To optimise the fuel consumption in hybrid electric vehicles, the well-predefined configurations of the powertrain will be introduced to precise coordination between the actuators and the sources of energy required to save the benefits of energy. This proposed methodology concentrates on the design and development of the hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) that targets the optimisation of fuel consumption. The parallel HEV configuration will be adopted for the dynamic model of the HEV to estimate the vehicle response for medium-range frequency. This parallel configuration gives an idea of the different modes of driving like engine or electric or a combination of both. To define the HEV drive system characteristics, a special control approach has been developed to smoothen the operation of the electric vehicle during the changes of modes in terms of switching conditions. In the context of the HEV control issue, this goal typically entails reducing fuel usage.