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Modeling and simulation analysis on parallel hybrid air-fuel vehicle

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Based on the vehicle simulation software ADVISOR, the model of a parallel air-fuel hybrid vehicle was established, and the modeling of an air powered engine (APE), heat exchanger, braking air tank and control strategy were discussed in detail. Using the vehicle model, a hybrid vehicle refitted from a traditional diesel car was analyzed. The results show that for the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), the Urban Dynamometer Driving Schedule (UDDS) and the Highway Fuel Economy Test (HWFET) driving cycle, the total reductions in fossil fuel consumption of the hybrid vehicle were 48.29%, 48.51% and 22.07%, respectively, and the emissions could be decreased greatly compared with the traditional diesel car, while the compressed air consumptions of the hybrid vehicle were 97.366, 85.292 and 56.358 kg/100 km, respectively. Using the diesel equivalent as the indicator of fuel economy, the hybrid vehicle could improve the fuel economy by 14.71% and 16.75% for the NEDC and the UDDS driving cycles and decrease by 5.04% for the HWFET driving cycle compared with the traditional car. The simulation model and analysis in this paper could act as the theoretical basis and research platform in optimizing the key components and control strategy of hybrid air-fuel vehicles.

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  1. Power Machinery and Vehicular Engineering Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China

    Pinglu Chen, Xiaoli Yu, Xianghong Nie & Yidong Fang

  2. College of Engineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China

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Chen, P., Yu, X., Nie, X. et al. Modeling and simulation analysis on parallel hybrid air-fuel vehicle. Front. Energy Power Eng. China 4, 553–559 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-010-0008-y

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