The use of alternative fuels and advanced powertrain technologies has been increasing over the past few years as vehicle emissions and fuel economy have become prominent in both manufacturer needs and consumer demands. With more hybrids emerging from all automotive manufacturers, the use of computer modeling has quickly taken a lead in the testing of these innovative powertrain designs. Although on-vehicle testing remains an important part of the design process, modeling and simulation is proven to be an invaluable tool that can be applied anywhere from preliminary powertrain design to controller software validation. The Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team (HEVT) of Virginia Tech is applying for participation in the next Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition. EcoCAR 3 is a new four year competition sponsored by the Department of Energy and General Motors with the intention of promoting sustainable energy in the automotive sector. The goal of the competition is to guide students from universities in North America to create new and innovative technologies to reduce the environmental impact of modern day transportation. EcoCAR 3, like its predecessors, will give students hands-on experience in designing and implementing advanced technologies in a setting similar to that of current production vehicles. The primary goals of the competition are to improve upon a provided conventional, internal combustion engine production vehicle by designing and constructing a powertrain that accomplishes the following: • Reduce Energy Consumption • Reduce Well-to-Wheel (WTW) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions • Reduce Criteria Tailpipe Emissions • Maintain Consumer Acceptability in the area of Performance, Utility, and Safety • Meet Energy and Environmental Goals, while considering Cost and Innovation This paper presents a systematic approach in selecting a powertrain for HEVT to develop in the upcoming competition using model-based design. Using a base set of powertrain component models, several powertrain configurations are modeled and tested to show the progression from a basic conventional vehicle to several advanced hybrid vehicles. Each model is designed to generate energy consumption data, efficiency, emissions, as well as many other parameters that can be used to compare each of the powertrain configurations. A powertrain design is selected to meet the goals of the competition after exploring many powertrain configurations and energy sources. Three parallel powertrains are discussed to find a combination capable of meeting the target energy consumption and WTW GHG emissions while also meeting all of the performance goals. The first of these powertrains is sized to model a typical belted alternator starter (BAS) system and shows small improvements over a conventional vehicle. The next design is a parallel through the road hybrid that is sized to meet most power needs with an electric motor and a smaller IC engine. This case comes closer to the design goals, but still falls short on total energy consumption. Lastly, the battery and motor size are increased to allow a charge depleting mode, adding stored grid electricity to the energy sources. This electric energy only mode is able to displace a large amount of the fuel energy consumption based on the SAE J1711 method for determining utility factor weighted energy consumption of a plug-in hybrid vehicle. The final design is a Parallel Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle using E85 fuel and a 7 kWh battery to provide an all-electric charge depleting range of 34 km (21 mi). / Master of Science

Mississippi State University was selected for participation in the EcoCAR 3 Advance Vehicle Technology Competition. The team designed its architecture around the use of two UQM electric motors, and a Weber MPE 850cc turbocharged engine. To combine the three inputs into a singular output a custom gearbox was designed with seven helical gears. The gears were designed to handle the high torque and speeds the vehicle would experience. The use of this custom gearbox allows for a variety of control strategies. By optimizing the torque supplied by each motor, the overall energy consumption of the vehicle could be reduced. Additionally, studies were completed on the engine to understand the effects of injecting water into the engine’s intake manifold at 25% pedal request from 2000-3500 rpm. Overall, every speed showed an optimum at 20% water to fuel ratio, which obtained reductions in brake specific fuel consumption of up to 9.4%.

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Ein wichtiger Aspekt bei der Beurteilung und Gegenüberstellung von Fahrzeugantriebskonzepten sind Prognosen zu deren zukünftigen Entwicklung hinsichtlich gesellschaftlicher, ökonomischer und technischer Kriterien. Zukünftige technologische Potenziale von Fahrzeugantriebskonzepten und damit verbundene technologische Begleitaspekte nehmen hierbei eine wichtige Rolle im Rahmen der Antriebskonzipierung der frühen Konzeptphase ein. In dieser Arbeit wird eine in weiten Teilen simulationsbasierte Methodik für die Ermittlung und Analyse entsprechender Potenziale entwickelt. Die Methodik bildet dabei eine Kombination aus Expertenbefragungen und einer Metaanalyse für die Identifikation von Prognosen zu Antriebsstrangkomponenten sowie Verfahren der Modellierung und Simulation für die Ermittlung von Prognosen zu Fahrzeugantriebskonzepten. Die Praxistauglichkeit sowie der Nutzen der Methodik werden anhand von zwei exemplarischen Anwendungen präsentiert. Die erste Anwendung umfasst die Analyse eines beispielhaften PHEVs hinsichtlich der zukünftigen Potenziale im Bereich des Kraftstoffverbrauchs und der rein elektrischen Reichweite. Die zweite Analyse stellt ein exemplarisches BEV und ein FCHEV in Bezug auf die zukünftigen Potenziale hinsichtlich der Reichweite und der Antriebsstrangherstellkosten gegenüber. Darüber hinaus erfolgen in beiden Anwendungen Analysen zu Grenzpotenzialen, technologischen Ursachen, Fehlereinflüssen und weiteren technologischen Fragestellungen.:1 Einleitung 2 Forschungsumfeld, Handlungsbedarf und Vorgehensweise 3 Grundlagen, technischer Stand und Perspektiven der Fahrzeugantriebstechnologien 4 Methodisches Vorgehen und Methodikaufbau 5 Anforderungsspezifische Modellierung im Simulationsmodell 6 Prognosen zu Antriebsstrangkomponenten 7 Systematische Analyse der zukünftigen Potenziale von Antriebskonzepten 8 Anwendung und Ergebnisdiskussion 9 Zusammenfassung und Ausblick A Programmiertechnische Umsetzung B Bewertung von Antriebskonzepten C Datenbasis und Ergebnisse der Methodikanwendung / An important aspect in the assessment and comparison of vehicle powertrain concepts are forecasts with respect to the future development of these concepts regarding societal, economical as well as technological criteria. In this context, future technological potentials of vehicle powertrain concepts and related technological issues and effects play an important role, especially within the early powertrain conception phase. This work presents a mainly simulation-based methodology for the evaluation und analysis of respective technological potentials. The methodology comprises a combination of expert surveys and a meta-analysis for the identification of powertrain component forecasts and methods in the field of modelling and simulation for the evaluation of powertrain concept forecasts. Two exemplary applications are conducted to present the practicability and utility of the methodology. The first one comprises the analysis of an exemplary PHEV regarding its future potentials with respect to the fuel consumption and the purely electric range. Within the second one, an exemplary BEV and an exemplary FCHEV are compared with regard to future range and powertrain costs potentials. In addition to that, within both methodology applications, analyses with respect to technological limits, technological reasons, fault effects and further technological issues are conducted.:1 Einleitung 2 Forschungsumfeld, Handlungsbedarf und Vorgehensweise 3 Grundlagen, technischer Stand und Perspektiven der Fahrzeugantriebstechnologien 4 Methodisches Vorgehen und Methodikaufbau 5 Anforderungsspezifische Modellierung im Simulationsmodell 6 Prognosen zu Antriebsstrangkomponenten 7 Systematische Analyse der zukünftigen Potenziale von Antriebskonzepten 8 Anwendung und Ergebnisdiskussion 9 Zusammenfassung und Ausblick A Programmiertechnische Umsetzung B Bewertung von Antriebskonzepten C Datenbasis und Ergebnisse der Methodikanwendung

This research introduces a high-performance electric taxiing system (ETS) as a modern solution to improve the on-ground operations of today’s aircraft, which are conventionally powered through the main engines. The presented ETS is propelled by electric motors, integrated into the main landing gear of a state-of-the-art midsize commercial aircraft, and powered by an additional not quantified electrical energy storage system. The proposed system can therefore operate autonomously from any aircraft-internal power source, i.e. Auxiliary Power Unit or equivalent. The main objective of this work is to assess the energy consumption of the introduced ETS while considering energy recuperation due to regenerative braking. The ETS powertrain is sized to match modern conventional taxi performances that were seen in 36 self-recorded takeoff- and landing taxi driving profiles. A custom ETS simulation model was developed and simulated across all available driving profiles to confirm the desired powertrain performance and to predict the system’s energy consumption. For the purpose of enhancing the validity of these energy consumption predictions, a suitable motor controller is then designed by the use of MATLAB Simulink. An easy-to-implement switch loss model was created to predict the ETS motor controller efficiency map. Finally, the former energy consumption predictions were revised for the implementation of the motor controller and an estimated traction motor efficiency map. The results exhibit that the revised ETS simulation model was capable of refining the energy consumption. It was found that the ETS will consume up to 9.89 kWh on average if the full potential of the traction motors energy recuperation capabilities are being used. The simulation outcomes further demonstrate that regenerative braking offers great potential in ETS applications since more than 14 % of required traction energy could be regenerated to yield the above mentioned average energy consumption. / Thesis / Master of Applied Science (MASc)