Author:
Shubham Patil,Ganguly Aritra
Abstract
Abstract
The present paper intends to discuss the architectural structure and the different modes of operation of a series parallel hybrid electric vehicle during a drive cycle. Here an attempt has been made to simulate a standard series parallel HEV using the MATLAB and SIMULINK software to estimate the consumption of fuel for the different drive cycles. The results obtained from the model in terms of the fuel consumption have also been compared with that of a conventional internal combustion engine based vehicle. The study thus reinforces the need and viability of the use of hybrid electric vehicles as an intermediate transition and a pre-requisite to the full electric vehicle for the developing countries like India.