Strategy Design and Performance Analysis of an Electromechanical Flywheel Hybrid Scheme for Electric Vehicles

Binbin Sun, Tianqi Gu, Mengxue Xie, Pengwei Wang, Song Gao () and Xi Zhang
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Binbin Sun: School of Transportation and Vehicle Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China
Tianqi Gu: School of Transportation and Vehicle Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China
Mengxue Xie: School of Transportation and Vehicle Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China
Pengwei Wang: School of Transportation and Vehicle Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China
Song Gao: School of Transportation and Vehicle Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China
Xi Zhang: School of Transportation and Vehicle Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255000, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 17, 1-17

Abstract: Energy management strategies are one of the key factors affecting the working efficiency of electric vehicle energy power systems. At present, electric vehicles will develop real-time and efficient energy management strategies according to the topology of on-board energy power system to improve the driving performance of vehicles. In this paper, a new electromechanical flywheel hybrid system is studied. Firstly, the characteristics of the topological scheme of the electromechanical flywheel hybrid system are analyzed, and the working modes are designed. Secondly, in order to improve the efficiency of vehicles’ energy utilization and ensure the real-time performance of the management strategy, an energy management strategy based on fuzzy rules is designed with the flywheel’s state of energy (SOE) as the key reference parameter. Then, considering the directional stability in the braking process, the braking force distribution strategy between the front axle and the rear axle is designed. In order to improve the braking energy recovery efficiency, the secondary distribution strategy consisting of a mechanical braking force and regenerative braking force on the front and rear axles is designed. Finally, the bench test of a electromechanical flywheel hybrid system is carried out. Experiments show that compared with the original dual-motor four-wheel drive scheme, the electromechanical flywheel hybrid four-wheel drive system scheme developed in this paper can reduce the current variation range of lithium batteries by 43.16%, increase the average efficiency by 1.04%, and increase the braking energy recovery rate by 40.61% under the Japan urban cycle conditions. In addition, taking advantage of the energy and power regulation advantages of the electromechanical flywheel device, the power consumption of the lithium battery is reduced by 1.82% under cycling conditions.

Keywords: electric vehicles; electromechanical flywheel hybrid system; sustainable transportation; energy management; fuzzy control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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