TITLE:
Fuel Saving and Control for Hybrid Electric Powertrains
AUTHORS:
Mohamed Zaher, Sabri Cetinkunt
KEYWORDS:
Hybrid Powertrain; Embedded Control; State of Charge; Downsized Engine
JOURNAL NAME:
Energy and Power Engineering,
Vol.5 No.5,
July
5,
2013
ABSTRACT: This paper focuses on comparing the performance of the embedded control of a hybrid powertrain with the original and downsized engine. The main idea is to store the normally wasted mechanical regenerative energy in energy storage devices for later usage. The regenerative energy recovery opportunity exists in any condition where the speed of motion is in the opposite direction to the applied force or torque. A rule based optimal robust control algorithm is developed and is tuned for different work cycles. A comparison of the fuel savings using the hybrid system with the original and downsized engines is performed.