Energy Management in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Energy Management in Hybrid Electric Vehicles provides the basics of energy management, powertrain configuration, and optimization in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). It begins with an introduction to industry challenges and the state of the art in electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles before moving on to consider in detail critical topics such as HEV architecture, battery technology, and regenerative braking. Providing guidance on different control and simulation models alongside the latest advances in rule-based and optimization-based approaches to energy management, the book offers a rare practical overview of the knowledge needed to work in this fast-moving area. Provides the overview of theory and practical examples needed for engineers to confidently analyze hybrid configurations and control strategies. Brings together into a single resource cutting-edge knowledge from the different fields involved in development of hybrid electric vehicle technology. Offers guidance on different control, simulation and optimization approaches, enabling the selection of appropriate energy management solutions for particular applications.

1: Introduction
Conventional vehicles and the environment
Trends in automotive transportation
Electric vehicles and the environment
A brief history of electric vehicles
Fundamentals of modeling and control of dynamic systems
Fundamental of vehicle system dynamics
2: The State of the Art of Electric, Hybrid, and Fuel Cell Vehicles
3: HEV Architecture
Components in plug-in and conventional HEV
The architecture of a series HEV
The architecture of a parallel HEV
The architectures of a series-parallel HEV
The architecture of a complex HEV
Interdisciplinary Nature of HEVs
4: Batteries
Types of battery
Chemistry and characteristics
Modeling
5: Energy Management
Role of energy management
Effects of energy Management
6: Modeling
Components modeling and sizing
Driving cycle
Controller input and output vectors
State of charge/energy
Power and torque stages
Fuel consumption and exhaust emission
7: Regenerative Braking
8: Exhaust Emissions
Exhaust emissions in conventional vehicles
Exhaust emissions in electric vehicles
Exhaust emissions in hybrid electric vehicles
Exhaust emissions modeling in HEV
9: Rule-based Energy Management Strategies
Types of EMS
Rule-based EMS
The state of the art of rule-based EMS
Advantages and limitations of rule-based EMS
10: Optimization-based EMS
Optimization-based EMS
The state of the art of optimization-based EMS
Advantages and limitations of optimization-based EMS
Formulation of optimization problems
11: Advances in EMS
Optimization-based EMS using GA and its derivatives
Optimization-based EMS using PSO and its derivatives
Optimization-based EMS using other nature-inspired algorithms
Optimization-based EMS using neural networks
Advances in EMS not included above
12: Applications