Experimental Validation of Innovative Control Concepts for Powertrain Test Beds in Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Configuration
Power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) testing has become indispensable for the rapid, modular, and cost-saving development of automotive components. This article focuses on PHIL tests composed of entire powertrains that exchange speed and torque signals with vehicle simulations. Previous studies pointed...
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| author | Dennis Erdogan Zhang Peng Du Stefan Jakubek Franz Holzinger Christian Mayr Christoph Hametner |
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| description | Power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) testing has become indispensable for the rapid, modular, and cost-saving development of automotive components. This article focuses on PHIL tests composed of entire powertrains that exchange speed and torque signals with vehicle simulations. Previous studies pointed out the importance of promptly following the references from the virtual simulation environment to replicate realistic driving conditions and introduced control strategies to cope with the challenges associated with this setup. However, a comprehensive comparison of the different control strategies has not yet been carried out. To fill this gap, the concepts are first investigated in-depth in simulations and are then, rigorously validated on a state-of-the-art powertrain test bed under highly dynamic driving scenarios, including full-braking. Furthermore, an improvement of existing shaft torque control approaches, which are mainly based on feedforward control, is proposed to better compete with the other methods. The proposed extension shows higher resilience to low accuracy of torque actuators, while the other concepts exhibit greater robustness against time delays. The results from the direct comparisons are summarized and allow the appropriate selection of control strategies for specific use cases. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-754de68431cb4d6896ecba7690e112382024-04-15T23:01:15ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications2644-12412024-01-01512814210.1109/OJIA.2024.336652410438857Experimental Validation of Innovative Control Concepts for Powertrain Test Beds in Power Hardware-in-the-Loop ConfigurationDennis Erdogan0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5953-2234Zhang Peng Du1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3567-2264Stefan Jakubek2Franz Holzinger3Christian Mayr4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0779-366XChristoph Hametner5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2912-4771Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Control and Monitoring of Automotive Powertrain Systems, TU Wien, Vienna, AustriaInstitute of Mechanics and Mechatronics, TU Wien, Vienna, AustriaInstitute of Mechanics and Mechatronics, TU Wien, Vienna, AustriaAVL List GmbH, Graz, AustriaAVL List GmbH, Graz, AustriaChristian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Control and Monitoring of Automotive Powertrain Systems, TU Wien, Vienna, AustriaPower hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) testing has become indispensable for the rapid, modular, and cost-saving development of automotive components. This article focuses on PHIL tests composed of entire powertrains that exchange speed and torque signals with vehicle simulations. Previous studies pointed out the importance of promptly following the references from the virtual simulation environment to replicate realistic driving conditions and introduced control strategies to cope with the challenges associated with this setup. However, a comprehensive comparison of the different control strategies has not yet been carried out. To fill this gap, the concepts are first investigated in-depth in simulations and are then, rigorously validated on a state-of-the-art powertrain test bed under highly dynamic driving scenarios, including full-braking. Furthermore, an improvement of existing shaft torque control approaches, which are mainly based on feedforward control, is proposed to better compete with the other methods. The proposed extension shows higher resilience to low accuracy of torque actuators, while the other concepts exhibit greater robustness against time delays. The results from the direct comparisons are summarized and allow the appropriate selection of control strategies for specific use cases.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10438857/Power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL)powertrain test bedspeed controltorque control |
| spellingShingle | Dennis Erdogan Zhang Peng Du Stefan Jakubek Franz Holzinger Christian Mayr Christoph Hametner Experimental Validation of Innovative Control Concepts for Powertrain Test Beds in Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Configuration IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications Power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) powertrain test bed speed control torque control |
| title | Experimental Validation of Innovative Control Concepts for Powertrain Test Beds in Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Configuration |
| title_full | Experimental Validation of Innovative Control Concepts for Powertrain Test Beds in Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Configuration |
| title_fullStr | Experimental Validation of Innovative Control Concepts for Powertrain Test Beds in Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Configuration |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental Validation of Innovative Control Concepts for Powertrain Test Beds in Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Configuration |
| title_short | Experimental Validation of Innovative Control Concepts for Powertrain Test Beds in Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Configuration |
| title_sort | experimental validation of innovative control concepts for powertrain test beds in power hardware in the loop configuration |
| topic | Power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) powertrain test bed speed control torque control |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10438857/ |
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