Research on the Energy Management Strategy of a Hybrid Tractor OS-ECVT Based on a Dynamic Programming Algorithm

Kai Zhang, Xiaoting Deng, Zhixiong Lu () and Tao Wang ()
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Kai Zhang: College of Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210031, China
Xiaoting Deng: College of Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210031, China
Zhixiong Lu: College of Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210031, China
Tao Wang: College of Emergency Management, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China

Agriculture, 2024, vol. 14, issue 9, 1-20

Abstract: The multi-degree-of-freedom characteristics of the planetary gear electronic continuously variable transmission (ECVT) configuration in series-parallel hybrid tractors impose more complex requirements for energy management strategies under variable load conditions. For a high-power hybrid tractor, this paper takes the hybrid tractor output-split (OS)-ECVT configuration as the research object and describes the principles of stepless transmission and power-splitting within the configuration. In order to improve the fuel economy of high-power hybrid tractors and the running status of power components, an energy management strategy focused on ploughing conditions based on the Bellman minimum dynamic programming (DP) algorithm is proposed in this paper. Second, equivalent fuel consumption is selected as the performance index for energy-saving control, and the solving principle of the energy management strategy based on the dynamic programming algorithm is established to facilitate the resolution process of the energy management strategy. Finally, the energy-saving control simulation is completed under ploughing conditions. The results show that compared with the energy management strategy based on the optimal operating line (OOL), the energy management strategy based on DP fully utilizes the benefits of low-cost electric energy and enables the hybrid power system to have a wider range of stepless transmission performance. In addition, the hybrid power system has the advantages of enhanced decoupling of speed and torque, higher efficiency, and more economical secondary energy conversion. As a result, the whole machine has enhanced power-split performance, greatly improving the running conditions of the power components. The equivalent fuel consumption values of the energy management strategies based on DP and OOL are about 3.1238 L and 4.2713 L, respectively. The equivalent fuel consumption based on DP is reduced by about 26.87%, which effectively improves the fuel efficiency of hybrid tractors.

Keywords: hybrid tractor; dynamic programming algorithm; continuously variable transmission; output-split; energy-saving control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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