Recorded Webinar: Using MathWorks Tools to Design Hybrid Vehicle Systems

Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) have proven they can substantially improve fuel economy and reduce emissions. Because HEVs combine an electric drive with the internal combustion engine (ICE) in the powertrain, the vehicle’s kinetic energy can be captured during braking and transformed into electrical energy in the battery. The dual power source also means that the ICE can be reduced in size and can operate at its most efficient speeds.

The process of designing HEV technology benefits greatly through an accurate and complete model of the mechanical and electrical power components, and the controller, which manages the interaction of these components.

This recorded webinar will introduce the products SimDriveline and SimPowerSystems and show how to:

• Model in detail an internal combustion engine
• Build efficient models of the powertrain with SimDriveline that will include gears, clutches and shaft dynamics
• Build models of the electric drive with SimPowerSystems

This webinar will also show how these products integrate tightly within Simulink, which enables the benefits of one environment for simulating the controller and plant, and full access to the control system development and testing tools that are available through Simulink.

SimDriveline and SimPowerSystems enable creation of rich, multidomain plant models that integrate tightly within Simulink. This brings together the controller and plant model in one environment and provides better design of the entire control system through access to the MathWorks tools for developing and testing control systems.