Co-Simulation Methodology for PHEV Thermal System Development

Thermal development of automotive applications is a lot more complex than it used to be in the past. Specifically, for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), all the sub-systems are so intertwined that it’s hard to analyze them as sub-systems only. A system level solution is needed for proper sizing of components. For early thermal development, a co-simulation method can ensure that we take into account the inter-dependency of all the thermal features in the car. As for example, a large PHEV battery may need to be passively cooled by refrigerant, which is also associated with the interior Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) cooling system. For proper sizing of the condenser, chiller etc., one has to account for the battery cooling and cabin cooling as one system. There are also many thermal actuators on a PHEV, e.g. control valves, pulse-width-module (PWM) pumps, electric compressor, electric coolant heaters etc. Smart controls and calibration development early in the product development can impact sizing of front end cooling modules and other heat exchangers significantly. The design of hardware and software has to be simultaneous and synchronous in order to devise a properly optimized thermal system. This paper is going to explain the methodology for co-simulation for a PHEV and also illustrate some simulation results.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.4271/2020-01-1392
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/01487191
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of SAE International.
• Authors:
  • Rahman, Rezwanur
  • Biswas, Auvi
  • Lindquist, Craig
  • Khandaker, Masuma
  • Rahman, Sadek
• Conference:
  • WCX SAE World Congress Experience
  • Location: Detroit Michigan, United States
  • Date: 2020-4-21 to 2020-4-23
• Publication Date: 2020-4-14

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 2969-2973
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cooling systems; Electric vehicles; Fluid dynamics; Heating systems; Plug-in hybrid vehicles; Product development; Simulation; Subsystems; Systems engineering; Vehicle design
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01740663
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: SAE International
• Report/Paper Numbers: 2020-01-1392
• Files: TRIS, SAE
• Created Date: May 26 2020 10:42AM