An energy management system for a battery ultracapacitor Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Abstract

In this paper, a simple and efficient power split rule based energy management algorithm is designed for optimal sharing of energy between different energy sources in parallel HEV. This algorithm is simulated in MATLAB for Indian driving cycle (urban drive cycle) and Indian express highway drive cycle. The results indicate that the split of power can allow the engine to operate at its best efficiency and the life of battery can also be improved significantly with the introduction of ultracapacitor by maintaining the battery state of charge (SOC) within desired limits.