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A Versatile Computer Simulation Tool for Design and Analysis of Electric and Hybrid Drive Trains
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This paper discusses a new computer simulation tool, V-Elph, which extends the capabilities of previous modeling and simulation efforts by facilitating in-depth studies of any type of hybrid or all electric configuration or energy management strategy through visual programming and by creating components as hierarchical subsystems which can be used interchangeably as embedded systems. V-Elph is composed of detailed models of four major types of components: electric motors, internal combustion engines, batteries, and vehicle dynamics which can be integrated to simulate drive trains having all electric, series hybrid, and parallel hybrid configurations. V-Elph was written in the Matlab/Simulink graphical simulation language and is portable to most computer platforms.
A simulation study of a sustainable, electrically-peaking hybrid-electric vehicle was performed to illustrate the applicability of V-Elph to hybrid and electric vehicle design.
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Butler, K., Stevens, K., and Ehsani, M., "A Versatile Computer Simulation Tool for Design and Analysis of Electric and Hybrid Drive Trains," SAE Technical Paper 970199, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/970199.Also In
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