Research on energy management of hybrid energy storage system for electric bus

• Main Authors: Xiaogang Wu, Weixiang Hou, Zhibin Shuai
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-10-01
• Series: Advances in Mechanical Engineering
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1177/1687814017732897

This article presents an energy management approach for the hybrid energy storage system in an electric bus at different temperatures. An electric bus equipped with a semi-active hybrid energy storage system is considered as the research object. According to the urban climatic characteristics of the vehicle running, the convex optimization approach considering temperature factors is proposed. The purpose of this study is to minimize the energy loss and maximize the discharge and charge depth of the super capacitor. Simulation results show that the comprehensive energy efficiency of the proposed method is 83.31% and the comprehensive energy efficiency is improved by 2.42% at 25°C, which is compared with the rule-based power allocation method based on urban driving cycle in Harbin, China. When the ambient temperature is −5°C, the comprehensive energy efficiency of the proposed method is 81.03%. This result is improved by 1.45% and the battery power variance at −5°C is reduced by 20.11% compared with the rule-based power allocation method. Therefore, the proposed power distribution method can effectively improve the functioning of an electric bus at different temperatures.