Fuel economy optimization of diesel engine for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle based on equivalent operating points

Hongwen He*, Yiwen Shou, Hao Wang

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Abstract

The plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) has been progressively penetrated in the urban public transport system for its special advantages of energy saving and emission reduction potential. In order to improve the fuel economy of PHEV engine, an optimization study on the engine control parameters is carried out and applied on a PHEV with a rule-based energy management strategy (EMS) in this paper. Firstly, the mathematical model of diesel engine is established on GT-Power platform to accurately reflect the fuel consumption characteristics of engine. Secondly, a control parameter optimization method based on engine equivalent operating point is proposed and four key engine control parameters are optimized by genetic algorithm (GA). Thirdly, the optimization and calibration of the PHEV engine is performed under ChinaCity driving cycle. The results show that the maximum reduction of engine brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) on the optimal operation line is 3.56%, and the equivalent fuel consumption of PHEV under ChinaCity, WVUCITY and WVUSUB driving cycles is reduced by 2.62%, 2.24% and 2.05%, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Article number105162
JournalControl Engineering Practice
Volume123
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2022

Keywords

  • Control parameter optimization
  • Diesel engine
  • Engine calibration
  • Equivalent operating point
  • Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

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