Optimal Control of Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Hybrid electric vehicles are considered to be an important part of the future vehicle industry,
since they decrease fuel consumption without decreasing the performance compared to a conventional
vehicle. They use two or more power sources to propel the vehicle, normally one combustion
engine and one electric machine. These power sources can be arranged in different topologies
and can cooporate in different ways. In this thesis, dynamic models of parallel and series hybrid
powertrains are developed, and different strategies for how to control them are compared. An
optimization algorithm for decreasing fuel consumption and utilize the battery storage capacity as
much as possible is also developed, implemented and tested.
Emma Strömberg
2003

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