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Adresse | Université de LILLE Avenue Paul langevin 59655 VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ | |
Téléphone | +33 (0)3-20-43-41-57 | |
ronan.german@univ-lille.fr | ||
Observation / Thématique de recherche | Systèmes de stockage d'énergie | |
Publications |
ACLI Revue internationale avec comité de lecture |
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[1] Real-time Energy Management of Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicles Using Linear Quadratic Regulation Energies, Vol. 13, N°. 21, pages. 1-19, 11/2020, Abstract NGUYỄN Bảo-Huy, TROVAO Joao, GERMAN Ronan, BOUSCAYROL Alain |
DOI: 10.3390/en13215538 |
[2] Dynamical Coupling of a Battery Electro-Thermal Model and the Traction Model of an EV for Driving Range Simulation IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 69, N°. 1, pages. 328-337, 01/2020 GERMAN Ronan, SHILI S, DESREVEAUX Anatole, SARI A, VENET Pascal, BOUSCAYROL Alain |
[3] Real-Time Energy Management of Battery/Supercapacitor Electric Vehicles Based on an Adaptation of Pontryagin’s Minimum Principle IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 68, N°. 1, pages. 203 - 212, 01/2019, URL, Abstract NGUYỄN Bảo-Huy, GERMAN Ronan, TROVAO Joao, BOUSCAYROL Alain |
The combination of batteries and supercapacitors is promising in electric vehicles context to minimize battery aging. Such a system needs an energy management strategy (EMS) that distributes energy in real-time for real driving cycles. Pontryagin’s minimum principle (PMP) is widely used in adaptive forms to develop real-time optimization-based EMSs thanks to its analytical approach. This methodology leads to an off-line optimal solution which requires an extra adaptive mechanism for real-time applications. In this paper, a simplification of the PMP method is proposed to avoid the adaptation mechanism in real-time. This new EMS is compared to well-known conventional strategies by simulation. Furthermore, experimental results are provided to assess the real-time operation of the proposed EMS. Simulation and experimental results prove the advantages of the proposed approach by a reduction up to 50% of the batteries rms current on a real-world driving cycle compared to a battery-only EV. |
ACT Conférence internationale avec acte |
[1] HiL Testing of a High C-Rate Battery For the Nissan Leaf VPPC, 11/2022, URL FADILI Salma, GERMAN Ronan, BOUSCAYROL Alain |
[2] Full Power Constraints HiL Setup for Battery Module Testing in Electric Vehicles 2021 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Gijon, Spain, pages. 1-6, 10/2021, Abstract GERMAN Ronan, TOURNEZ Florian, DESREVEAUX Anatole, BOUSCAYROL Alain, HUSAR Calin, CIOCAN Marius, GENIC Adrien, ZUBER Dragan |
he aim of this paper is to validate the compliance between an EV and a battery with a reference driving cycle. The Hardware in the Loop methodology is used. It is based on the interactions between the different EV subsystems. In this paper, a 35 kWh battery pack is studied. A 5 kWh module from this pack is tested with the same power constraints when used in the real EV. The developed power Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) test bench is composed of a model of the traction chain and a controllable current source. A driving velocity cycle is used as an input. The HiL test is achieved at full power scale for a module. It is shown that the tested battery could be used in the studied EV as the limits of the battery operation are not crossed for a WLTC velocity cycle. |
[3] Comparison of equivalent circuit battery models for energetic studies on electric vehicles 2020 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), pages. 1-5, 09/2020, Abstract RAMSEY David, GERMAN Ronan, BOUSCAYROL Alain, BOULON Loïc |
Equivalent circuit models are widely used to describe the electrical behavior of batteries. They are also prioritized for energetic studies and driving range estimations of electric vehicles. This is mainly due to their simplicity and acceptable accuracy. This paper presents a comparison of the accuracy of two equivalent circuit models (Rint and Thevenin) under a driving scenario. For this, a Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation of a traction subsystem is used to impose a current profile into a real Li-ion battery module. This current profile is deduced from a reference velocity profile. Then, the measured battery voltage and current are compared to those of the simulated models, by imposing the same reference velocity. Results show a small error difference between the two models. |
[4] Impact of Supercapacitors on Fuel Consumption and Battery Current of a Parallel Hybrid Truck Conférence, 10/2019, URL, Abstract NGUYỄN Bảo-Huy, TROVAO Joao, GERMAN Ronan, BOUSCAYROL Alain |
Parallel hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) are suitable for heavy-duty applications like trucks. Yet there is an issue of this power configuration that the electrical drives have to work with many fluctuations which can degrade the batteries. Supercapacitors (SCs) can be added to save the batteries life-time. However, it also adds more losses to the system which can increase the engine fuel consumption. This paper aims to study the impact of SCs subsystem on fuel consumption and batteries life-time of a hybrid truck. Energetic Macroscopic Representation (EMR) is used to deal with the complexity of the studied system. A fair comparison is achieved by using dynamic programming due to its global optimal solutions. Simulation results figure out that the SCs subsystem causes 14% decrease of the maximum optimal saved fuel but can reduce up to 49% of batteries rms current for a specific hybrid truck. A positive effect of using hybrid energy storage subsystems for HEVs can be therefore concluded. |
[5] Driving Range Evolution of an EV Regarding Cumulated Hours of Operation 2019 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 10/2019, URL, Abstract GERMAN Ronan, MONDOHA Abouzede, TROVAO Joao, BOUSCAYROL Alain |
This study deals with the driving range evolution of an EV as a function of the cumulated hours of operations. The studied vehicle is a three-wheel electric vehicle (e-TESC 3W platform) developed and instrumented at the University of Sherbrooke. The system model is built and organized using the Energetic Macroscopic Representation. A current cycle is applied with a programmable source on one cell to emulate the driving current constraints. The cell model parameters are characterized periodically. Then, the EV simulation is performed with the battery parameters corresponding to different cumulated driving hours. It is shown that the driving ranges is reduced by about 12% after 200 h of operations. |
[6] Bi-level Optimal Energy Management of a Hybrid Truck Supplied by Batteries and Supercapacitors IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (IEEE-VPPC'18), Chicago, USA, 08/2018, URL, Abstract NGUYỄN Bảo-Huy, GERMAN Ronan, BOUSCAYROL Alain, TROVAO Joao |
Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) can be supplied by hybrid energy storage systems (H-ESSs). Such kind of system needs to be handled by complex energy management strategies (EMSs) considering several objectives. Besides, to evaluate such EMSs, an optimal benchmark could be developed. Dynamic programming (DP) is suitable for that purpose because of its ability to obtain the optimal solution. However, it is non-trivial to address a multi-objective energy management problem by using DP because of the complexity of the system and computational issues. This paper develops a DP-based optimal EMS for a hybrid truck supplied by battery/supercapacitor H-ESS using a bi-level optimization approach. This approach decomposes the EMS into optimal sub-strategies regarding the structure of the studied system. The validation of the optimal strategy is demonstrated by simulation results. |
[7] Single Cell Electro-Thermal Model for Simulation of an Electric Vehicle 2018 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 08/2018, URL, Abstract GERMAN Ronan, DESREVEAUX Anatole, BOUSCAYROL Alain |
Battery operation is influenced by the temperature. Thus, thermal modelling is an important aspect for battery electric vehicles (EVs). Generally the electro-thermal parameters are identified for one single cell. In EVs the battery is divided into several modules (groups of cells side by side). The objective of this paper is to quantify the accuracy by using the electro-thermal parameters of one single cell to model the behavior of a module. The temperature of a cell inside a module and the voltage of this module are recorded during a real driving cycle in an instrumented commercial EV. Considering the module as a group of identical single cells leads to an error of 7% for module voltage and 4.8% on the self-heating. |
[8] Optimal Energy Management of a Parallel Hybrid Truck for Fuel Consumption Comparative Study 2018 IEEE 87th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring) Porto, Portugal, 06/2018, URL, Abstract NGUYỄN Bảo-Huy, TROVAO Joao, GERMAN Ronan, BOUSCAYROL Alain |
Fuel consumption is a critical issue of hybrid vehicles, especially the heavy-duty ones. Studies on energy saving ability considering different power and energy capabilities of the electrical components are therefore of interest. This paper aims to compare the maximal fuel saving of the hybrid truck with different hybridizations. Modeling, control, and energy management of the system are carried out using Energetic Macroscopic Representation formalism. Dynamic programming is employed as a global optimization-based strategy for energy management of the vehicle. An 8.5-ton parallel hybrid truck primarily driven by a 147-kW internal combustion engine is under study. Simulation results point out a preferred hybridization option by using a 120-kW electrical machine supplied by a 19.4-kWh Li-ion battery pack. A respective 21.6% reduction of fuel consumption is reported for USA FTP Highway driving cycle. |
[9] Merging Control of a Hybrid Energy Storage System using Battery/Supercapacitor for Electric Vehicle Application IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (IEEE-ICIT'18), Lyon (France), pages. 2066 - 2071, 02/2018, URL, Abstract NGUYỄN Bảo-Huy, GERMAN Ronan, TROVAO Joao, BOUSCAYROL Alain |
Hybrid energy storage systems (H-ESSs), as hybridizations of batteries and supercapacitors (SCs), need to be handled by appropriate energy management systems (EMSs). Smoothness of battery current to reduce their degradation are normally the aim of the EMSs. The evolutions of SC voltage however also need to be addressed. Various approaches for handling SC voltage while managing battery current can be found in the literature. Most of the time, their limitations are achieved directly or indirectly in the EMS. This paper aims to develop a merging control scheme to include the SC control outside the EMS. This control scheme based on the inversion principle of the Energetic Macroscopic Representation is proposed for a battery/SC subsystem. Two control schemes are thus systematically deduced and then merged. The battery current reference is generated regarding their aging behavior. Meanwhile, the SC voltage reference is deduced concerning the required SCs stored energy as a function of the vehicle velocity. The proposed approach is validated by simulation in Matlab/Simulink®. |
[10] Hybrid Energy Storage System for a CVT-based hybrid-electric truck IEEE-VPPC'17, 12/2017 CASTAINGS Ali, MAYET Clément, BOUSCAYROL Alain, LHOMME Walter, GERMAN Ronan |
[11] Campus of University with Mobility based on Innovation and carbon Neutral IEEE-VPPC'17, 12/2017 BOUSCAYROL Alain, CASTEX Elodie, DELARUE Philippe, DESREVEAUX Anatole, FERLA Olivier, FROTEY Julia, GERMAN Ronan, KLEIN John, LHOMME Walter, SERGENT Jean-François |
[12] Characterization Method for Electrothermal Model of Li-ion Large Cells IEEE-VPPC'17, 12/2017 GERMAN Ronan, SHILI Seima, SARI Ali, VENET Pascal, BOUSCAYROL Alain |
[13] An Optimal Control–Based Strategy for Energy Management of Electric Vehicles using Battery/Supercapacitor IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (IEEE-VPPC'17), Belfort (France), 12/2017, URL, Abstract NGUYỄN Bảo-Huy, TROVAO Joao, GERMAN Ronan, BOUSCAYROL Alain |
Energy management strategies are mandatory for hybrid energy storage systems in applications for electric and hybrid vehicles. Optimization–based real–time strategies are of interest since they are straightforward to optimize performance criteria. The available methods are often the combinations of adaptive mechanisms with solutions deduced by optimal control techniques such as Pontryagin’s minimum principle (PMP). This paper proposes an approach to develop a real–time strategy for battery/supercapacitor systems based on PMP and Energetic Macroscopic Representation without any need of adaptive mechanism for the co-state variable. Performances of the proposed strategy are validated by simulation. |
[14] Coupled Electric and Thermal Batteries Models using Energetic Macroscopic Representation (EMR) for Range Estimation in Electric Vehicles EPE'17, 09/2017 GERMAN Ronan, SOLIS Nicaols, REYES Lara, SILVA Luis, LEBEL F-A, TROVAO Joao, BOUSCAYROL Alain |
[15] Energy Management of Hybrid Energy Storage Systems for Electric Vehicles: A Multi-objective Approach ELECTRIMACS 2017, July 2017, Toulouse, France, 07/2017, Abstract NGUYỄN Bảo-Huy, TROVAO Joao, GERMAN Ronan, BOUSCAYROL Alain |
Using supercapacitors (SCs) to configure the hybrid energy storage system (H-ESS) to extend battery life-time is promising for electric vehicles (EVs). Energy management strategy (EMS) is mandatory for such systems. Most of previous works develop improved EMS with the only one objective, normally on battery life-time. However, at least the costs on SCs operation also need to be taken into account. Generally, a methodology to develop multi-objective EMS is demanded. This paper presents a procedure to develop multi-objective EMS of H-ESS for an EV. SCs system losses are considered as the second cost function. Dynamic programming is used to give the benchmark in order to evaluate the performance of the other strategies. Simulation results validate the effectiveness of the developed off-line EMS. The dynamic programming generates a Pareto front to be used in order to compare with other on-line EMS. |
[16] Multi-Source EV Reduced-Scale Demonstrator for Awareness of E-Mobility VPPC 2016, Hangzhou, China, 10/2016, URL, Abstract GERMAN Ronan, BOUSCAYROL Alain, FERLA Olivier, NIANG Thiella |
Nowadays energy storage is the keypoint of the development of electrical vehicles (EV) for charging time, autonomy and cost reasons. The main energy storage system for electrical vehicles is the battery and can cost up to one third of the vehicle price. Nevertheless the battery has limited power features and can be damaged by EV peak power requirements. Thus higher power density energy storage systems (such as supercapacitors) are used in combination with batteries (multisource EV). A reduced-scale EV demonstrator has been developed to present the concept of multi-source EV to high school and undergraduate students. The aim of this demonstrator is to highlight the interest of research on electric vehicle to attract students in this research topic. |
[17] Improved Voltage Limitation Method of Supercapacitors in Electric Vehicle Applications IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (IEEE-VPPC'16), Hangzhou (China), 10/2016, URL, Abstract NGUYỄN Bảo-Huy, GERMAN Ronan, TROVAO Joao, BOUSCAYROL Alain |
In electric vehicles, supercapacitors (SC) are commonly used to perform a hybrid energy storage system (H-ESS). This approach, correctly coordinated and designed, can extend battery lifetime by limiting the battery current stress. SC are often coupled to DC/DC converters. To use the maximum energy stored in SC, high variability of the SC voltage is mandatory. Several time, the associated converter voltage ratio becomes too high and can produce instability of the system. Thus, at each time there is a minimal value for the SC voltage. This article proposes a dynamical limitation method for the SC voltage. The dynamic method is compared with a traditional constant limitation technique. Both are tested under the urban part of New European Driving Cycle with slope. The results point out that the dynamical limitation can ensure a better stability of the system regardless environment disturbance. |
OS Ouvrage scientifique |
[1] Real-Time Energy Management of Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicles Using Linear Quadratic Regulation Electric Vehicle Efficient Power and Propulsion Systems, MDPI Base, Vol. 13, N°. 21, pages. 5538, 01/2022, URL NGUYEN Bao Huy, TROVAO Joao, GERMAN Ronan, BOUSCAYROL Alain |
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