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Energy-Efficient Direct Yaw Moment Control for In-Wheel Motor Electric Vehicles Utilising Motor Efficiency Maps

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  • Peikun Sun

    (KTH Vehicle Dynamics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Annika Stensson Trigell

    (KTH Vehicle Dynamics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
    Centre for ECO2 Vehicle Design, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Lars Drugge

    (KTH Vehicle Dynamics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
    Centre for ECO2 Vehicle Design, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Jenny Jerrelind

    (KTH Vehicle Dynamics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
    Centre for ECO2 Vehicle Design, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

An active energy-efficient direct yaw moment control (DYC) for in-wheel motor electric vehicles taking motor efficiency maps into consideration is proposed in this paper. The potential contribution of DYC to energy saving during quasi-steady-state cornering is analysed. The study in this paper has produced promising results which show that DYC can be used to reduce the power consumption while satisfying the same cornering demand. A controller structure that includes a driver model and an offline torque distribution law during continuous driving and cornering is developed. For comparison, the power consumption of stability DYC is also analysed. Simulations for double lane change manoeuvres are performed and driving conditions either with a constant velocity or with longitudinal acceleration are designed to verify the effectiveness of the proposed controller in different driving situations. Under constant velocity cornering, since the total torque demand is not high, two rear wheels are engaged and during cornering it is beneficial to distribute more torque to one wheel to improve energy efficiency. In the simulated driving manoeuvres, up to 10% energy can be saved compared to other control methods. During acceleration in cornering, since the total torque demand is high, it is energy-efficient to use all the four in-wheel motors during cornering.

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  • Peikun Sun & Annika Stensson Trigell & Lars Drugge & Jenny Jerrelind, 2020. "Energy-Efficient Direct Yaw Moment Control for In-Wheel Motor Electric Vehicles Utilising Motor Efficiency Maps," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-25, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:3:p:593-:d:313919
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