Global Methodology to Integrate Innovative Models for Electric Motors in Complete Vehicle Simulators

Abdenour Abdelli (1) , Fabrice Le Berr (1)

1 IFPEN - IFP Energies nouvelles

By what means the greenhouse gas emissions of passenger cars can be reduced to 120 g/km in 2012 and 95 g/km in 2020 as the European Commission and the automotive manufacturers are stated? This question with multi answers preoccupies at the moment the whole automobile world. One of the most promising solutions which receive attention is the electrification of the vehicle. It is this idea that has prompted the automobile manufacturers to envisage increasingly innovative hybrid vehicles. However, this theoretically interesting solution makes more complex the powertrain, which requires the use of simulation tools in order to reduce the cost and the time of system development. System simulation, which is already a crucial tool for the design process of internal combustion engines, becomes indispensable in the development of the Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV). To study the complex structures of HEV, following the example of the physical models developed for the internal combustion engine, system simulation has to provide itself of the same predictive models for electric machines. From their specifications, these models have to take into account the strict constraint on the time simulation. This constraint guarantees the wide use of simulators, notably to help the development and the validation of control strategies. This paper aims to present a global methodology to develop innovative models of electrical machines. The final objective of these models is to be integrated in a global vehicle simulator. This methodology includes several types of models and tools, as Finite Elements Models (FEM), characterization and simulating models. This methodology was applied successfully to model an internal permanent magnet synchronous motors. At the end of the modelling process of the electric motor, the latter has been integrated in a complete global hybrid vehicle. This guarantees the good operation and integration in the global process of a new vehicle concept.

Domaines: Chimie-Physique [physics.chem-ph]

Abdenour Abdelli, Fabrice Le Berr. Global Methodology to Integrate Innovative Models for Electric Motors in Complete Vehicle Simulators. Oil & Gas Science and Technology - Revue d'IFP Energies nouvelles, 2011, 66 (5), pp.877 - 888. ⟨10.2516/ogst/2011143⟩. ⟨hal-00653582⟩