Project Methodology

Year
Work package
Associated activities
I-II
Sizing the supercapacitors

Survey of the actual status of research to select the proper sizing algorithms

Development of the sizing algorithm

II
Design and development of cell voltage equalizer

 

evelopment of real-time simulation model of a complete electric urban vehicle

Design of a dual function power converter

Design of the voltage equalizer system

Testing via simulations the mechanical assemblies of the vehicle

AMESIM based simulation of the supercapacitors

Simulation of the propulsion motor

Simulation of the EV's power electronics

Simulation of the ECU

III
Scaled hardware in the loop (HiL) testing of the urban vehcile

Building the required test bench

Setting the scaling gains for the elements under test

Testing the system as one complete unit