Electronic horizon: road information used by Energy Management strategies. (15th May 2008)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kessels, J.T.B.A.; Van Den Bosch, P.P.J.
• Is Part Of: International journal of intelligent information and database systems. Volume 2:Number 2(2008)
• Page Start: 187
• Page End: 203
• Publication Date: 2008-05-15
• Subjects: energy management -- vehicle navigation -- telematics information -- quadratic programming -- optimisation -- hybrid electric vehicles -- HEVs -- road information -- navigation databases -- preferred reference trajectory -- battery energy -- energy scheduling; Database management -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Information retrieval -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Information storage and retrieval systems -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Artificial intelligence -- Periodicals; Expert systems (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Intelligent agents (Computer software) -- Periodicals; 006.33
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-5858

Abstract

Road information from a navigation database system is incorporated into existing EM strategies and translated into a preferred reference trajectory for the battery energy. The EM system can schedule energy among different road segments, optimising the energy efficiency of the vehicle. It turns out that, in many driving situations, the potential fuel benefits from the e-horizon are restricted, due to the excellent performance of existing EM strategies. Driving cycles using a larger range of the battery capacity benefit more from an e-horizon. Nevertheless, the potential gains are limited and will decrease if errors appear in the telematics information.