A comparative study energy consumption and costs of battery electric vehicle transmissions

Ruan, J; Walker, P; Zhang, N

A comparative study energy consumption and costs of battery electric vehicle transmissions

Ruan, J

Walker, P

Zhang, N

Permalink

Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Applied Energy, 2016, 165 pp. 119 - 134
Issue Date:: 2016-03-01

Open Access

Copyright Clearance Process

Recently Added
In Progress
Open Access

This item is open access.

Adobe PDF

Download Accepted Manuscript VersionAdobe PDF (2.79 MB)

View on publisher's site

View statistics

Full metadata record

Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Ruan, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4481-4893	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Walker, P https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3988-3966	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zhang, N https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6408-0044	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-03-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Applied Energy, 2016, 165 pp. 119 - 134	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0306-2619	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/122645
dc.description.abstract	© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Despite the long-term benefit of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) to customers and environment, the initial cost and limited driving range present significant barriers for wide spread commercialization. The integration of multi-speed transmissions to BEVs' powertrain systems in place of fixed ratio reduction transmissions is considered as a feasible method to improve powertrain efficiency and extend limited driving range for a fixed battery size. The aim of this paper is to enable the researchers or BEV manufacturers, especially for transmission systems, to estimate whether their products are worthwhile for the customer in terms of the price/performance relationship of others' design solutions. To do so a generic battery electric vehicle is modelled in Matlab/Simulink® to predict motor efficiency and energy consumption for single reduction, two speeds Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) and simplified Continuous Variable Transmission (CVT) equipped battery electric vehicles. A credible conclusion is gained, through experimental validation of single speed and two speeds DCT scenarios and reasonable assumptions to support the CVT scenario, that both two speeds DCT and simplified CVT improve the overall powertrain efficiency, save battery energy and reduce customer costs. However, each of the configurations has unique cost and energy consumption related trade-offs.	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150102751
dc.relation.ispartof	Applied Energy	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.12.081	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Energy	en_US
dc.title	A comparative study energy consumption and costs of battery electric vehicle transmissions	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	165	en_US
utslib.for	0902 Automotive Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	09 Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	14 Economics	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	165	en_US

Abstract:

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Despite the long-term benefit of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) to customers and environment, the initial cost and limited driving range present significant barriers for wide spread commercialization. The integration of multi-speed transmissions to BEVs' powertrain systems in place of fixed ratio reduction transmissions is considered as a feasible method to improve powertrain efficiency and extend limited driving range for a fixed battery size. The aim of this paper is to enable the researchers or BEV manufacturers, especially for transmission systems, to estimate whether their products are worthwhile for the customer in terms of the price/performance relationship of others' design solutions. To do so a generic battery electric vehicle is modelled in Matlab/Simulink® to predict motor efficiency and energy consumption for single reduction, two speeds Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) and simplified Continuous Variable Transmission (CVT) equipped battery electric vehicles. A credible conclusion is gained, through experimental validation of single speed and two speeds DCT scenarios and reasonable assumptions to support the CVT scenario, that both two speeds DCT and simplified CVT improve the overall powertrain efficiency, save battery energy and reduce customer costs. However, each of the configurations has unique cost and energy consumption related trade-offs.

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:

http://hdl.handle.net/10453/122645