Title: Thermal management system modelling and component sizing for heavy duty series hybrid electric vehicles

Authors: Sungjin Park, Andreas A. Malikopoulos, Michael Kokkolaras, Dohoy Jung

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan, 1231 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA. ' General Motors Research & Development, Propulsion Systems Laboratory, 30500 Mound Road, 327A REB Warren, MI 48090, USA. ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan, 2350 Hayward Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA. ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Michigan-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Michigan 48128, USA

Abstract: A thermodynamics-based Vehicle Thermal Management System (VTMS) model for a heavy-duty, off-road vehicle with a series hybrid electric powertrain is developed for analysing thermal behaviour and investigating power consumption under different vehicle driving conditions. The developed model is first used to define an acceptable and reasonable VTMS configuration; design space exploration techniques are then applied to determine optimal component sizes subject to performance and geometry constraints.

Keywords: VTMS; vehicle thermal management; SHEV; series hybrid electric vehicles; HEVs; modelling; design optimisation; hybrid vehicles; thermodynamics; heavy-duty vehicles; off-road vehicles; heavy vehicles; electric powertrains; hybrid powertrains; power consumption; optimal component size.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHVS.2011.041591

International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems, 2011 Vol.18 No.3, pp.272 - 287

Published online: 29 Jan 2015 *

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