The stringent emission norms have forced automobile manufacturers to shift to alternative sources like Hybrid Electric Vehicles or Fully Electric Vehicles. Until the full market switch to Fully Electric Mobility, Hybrid Electric Vehicles proves to be a promising solution with a sustainable and cleaner environment through a reduction in emission and reduced fossil fuel consumption. The increased optimized efficiency requirements have led to the development of various Energy management Strategies. This project focuses on the Rule-based energy management technique and its implementation on a typical Parallel Hybrid Vehicle (Mercedes- Benz A-Class 170 CDI). The strategy is used for optimizing the fuel consumption for the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) which is widely used in Europe and the Federal Test Procedure (FTP- 75) from the Environmental Protection Agency used in the United States of America. MATLAB and QSS Simulink toolbox are the tools used in the development process. Simulation results illustrate an approximately 23.29 % efficiency improvement in fuel consumption maintaining low deviations from the initial state of charge (SOC).
FTP-75
NEDC
- MATLAB
- Simulink