A Component Sizing Oriented On-line Controller for Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle Powertrains based on the Adaptive Equivalent Consumption Minimization Strategy

In this paper is illustrated the development of a flexible and near-optimal on-line controller for parallel hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) powertrains based on the well known Adaptive Equivalent Consumption Minimization Strategy (A-ECMS) approach. Guidelines for the developed A-ECMS are automatically extrapolated from a rapid near-optimal off-line HEV controller. Results demonstrate that the implemented version of A-ECMS can remarkably improve the fuel economy performance of the traditional ECMS converging to the off-line near-optimal control benchmark. Moreover, the successful automated application of the developed A-ECMS to two different vehicles sizes suggests its ease of implementation in HEV component sizing processes.