Models everywhere: How a fully integrated model-based test environment can enable progress in the future M. Ben Gaid R. Lebas M. Fremovici G. Font G. Le Solliec A. Albrecht
Contributions IFP Energies nouvelles is a public research, innovation and industrial training center, whose mission is to develop efficient technologies, economic, clean and sustainable in energy, transport and environment. D2T Powertrain Engineering is a IFP Energies nouvelles subsidiary focused on the powertrain development from test bed equipment to engineering services. 2
Agenda A look on the simulation-based engineering The simulation environment as a key asset The example of a 6 powertrain target 3
Agenda A look on the simulation-based engineering The simulation environment as a key asset The example of a 6 powertrain target 4
Simulation-based engineering A strong potential... to address the current powertrain technological challenges wide range of technical domains (mechanics, electrics, fluids, chemistry,... high versatility of powertrain solutions (hybrid, additional systems,... all-in in-one requirement of the design process (component sizing, powertrain architecture, energy management,... to support the cost & time reduction expectations high flexibility to virtually investigate a lot of options at low cost efficient complement to the test beds to focus experimentations on high added value tests relevant way to postpone and reduce the hardware supports in the powertrain development process 5
System Components Simulation-based engineering Specifications More initial work to set up the virtual environment FIRST TIME RIGHT DESIGN Product SIMULATION-BASED PROCESS Earlier and faster integration and validation STANDARD PROCESS Product 6 Development time
Simulation-based engineering... but still a lot of obstacles cultural issues to be a profitable investment, simulation has to be involved in the whole development process, from the concept evaluation to the final validation "collaborative platform", "model exchange", "co-simulation"... to set the simulation as a reference development support inevitably impact the engineer day-to to-day practices technical issues the models are not perfect and require specific knowledge to be used in a good way the models are built in heterogeneous software according to the technical domains and goals the simulation environments use modeling expert interface 7
Agenda A look on the simulation-based engineering The simulation environment as a key asset The example of a 6 powertrain target 8
Simulation environment To face and overcome these limitations, the simulation environment can be a key asset if it allows: an efficient heterogeneous model integration high performances simulation execution a user friendly interface 9 an easy combination with current supports and methodologies
Simulation environment The example of xmod/morphee 2 suite Software-in-the-Loop 100% virtual not real time execution ECU Hardware-in-the-Loop Virtual plant / Real ECU+actuators real time execution xmod 10 IFP-D2T Engine Expo 2011 may 17th - Stuttgart Component test bed Virtual system environment / Real component real time execution System test bed Virtual system environment / Real subsystem real time execution MORPHEE 2
Simulation environment The xmod platform: overview multi-model model integration environment stand alone optimized execution platform custom virtual testing interface multi-core multi-solver multi-time step 11
Simulation environment The xmod platform: multi-model integration C A.c C++ B.cpp C. mdl D. ame E.mo F.gtm G.fmu xmod tagret A.xmodel B.xmodel C.xmodel D.xmodel E.xmodel F.xmodel G.fmu A.dll B.dll C.dll D.dll xmod platform E.dll F.dll 12
Simulation environment The xmod platform: stand alone optimized execution control + electric devices thermal engine vehicle Air Path Combustion 1 2 3 4 Runge Kutta 100 µs 1 2 3 4 Euler 100 µs Euler 25 µs 25x faster than standard co-simulation on a 6-core PC 13
Simulation environment The xmod platform: custom virtual testing interface Energy management After-treatment Component sizing Reference simulator Combustion Air path Control design 14
Simulation environment xmod to MORPHEE 2 Hybrid Hardware-in-the-Loop dynamic test bench 15 IFP-D2T Engine Expo 2011 may 17th - Stuttgart
Simulation environment Combining the relevant characteristics, the simulation environment becomes a powerful support to be mixed with experimental facilities to develop powertrain The xmod/morphee 2 suite is an example of such a kind of model-oriented oriented solutions 16
Agenda A look on the simulation-based engineering The simulation environment as a key asset The example of a 6 powertrain target 17
uro 6 powertrain target Multiple ways to reach uro 6? uro 5 thermal engine uro 6 powertrain 18
uro 6 powertrain target Multiple ways to reach uro 6 uro 6 thermal engine raw emission reduction uro 5 thermal engine + DOC/SCR uro 5 thermal engine after-treatment uro 6 powertrain hybridisation 19
uro 6 powertrain target Based on advanced modeling approaches 0.08 0.07 0.06 NOx 0.8 0.7 0.6 CO 0.05 0.5 NOx [mg] 0.04 0.03 CO [mg] 0.4 0.3 0.02 0.2 0.01 0.1 0 250 300 350 400 450 500 Crankshaft angle [CA] 0 250 300 350 400 450 500 Crankshaft angle [CA] Soot [mg] 0.25 0.2 0.15 0.1 Soot Cylinder pressure [bar] 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 Pcyl Experiments Model 0.05 20 10 0 250 300 350 400 450 500 Crankshaft angle [CA] 0 250 300 350 400 450 500 Crankshaft angle [CA] 12 gas pheno. combustion model R. Lebas, G. Mauviot, F. Le Berr and A. Albrecht, A Phenomenological Approach to Model Diesel Engine Combustion and In-Cylinder Pollutant Emissions Adapted to Control Strategy, IFAC Paper, ECOSM'09, 2009 20
uro 6 powertrain target From uro 5 thermal engine (with DOC/DPF Vveh (kmh) 150 100 50 vehicle speed SiL Up Down Software-in-the-Loop NOx [g/h] 0 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 80 Time (s) 60 40 Chassis dynamometer SiL before DOC+DPF SiL after DOC+DPF NOx 20 Chassis dynamometer Soot particles [g/h] 0 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 Time [s] 15 10 5 SiL before DOC+DPF SiL after DOC+DPF Soot Instantaneous soots are available thanks to SiL 21 0 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 Time [s]
uro 6 powertrain target From uro 5 thermal engine (with DOC/DPF Configuration Platform NOx [mg/km] Soot before DPF [mg/km] Soot after DPF [mg/km] SiL xmod 173.9 28.8 - Chassis dyno. Morphée 2 175.9 27.2 - The SiL is representative of vehicle pollutant emissions on NEDC cycle Combining experiments & simulations allows to achieve 1 test at the chassis dyno. in the morning and more than 10 NEDC with SiL in the afternoon 22
uro 6 powertrain target Upgrading 5 engine to 6 configuration Engine capacity Injection strategy EGR Loop Compression ratio EGR levels uro 5 engine 2.2 L pilot + main High Pressure 15.3 up to 50% uro 6 configuration 1.6 L pilot + main or split injections Low Pressure 15.9 up to 65% 23
uro 6 powertrain target Evaluating the uro 6 thermal engine (w/o DeNOx catalyst Vveh (kmh) 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 vehicle speed SiL HiL Up Down Software-in-the-Loop NOx (g/h) -10 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 400 time (s) 25 20 15 10 NOx simulation is not filtered as measurements SiL HiL 5 Conventional HiL dynamic engine bench CO2 (g/h) 0 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 400 12000 time (s) 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 CO 2 0 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 400 time (s) SiL HiL 24
uro 6 powertrain target Evaluating the uro 6 thermal engine (w/o DeNOx catalyst Configuration Platform NOx [mg/km] CO2 [g/km] Fuel cons. [L/100km] SiL xmod 108 118.0 4.42 Conventional HiL dynamic engine bench Morphée 2 109 116.4 4.35 Rk: the results in the paper are different because the engine map is not the same With 6 combustion, the SiL continues to be representative of the experimental results Without DeNOx catalyst, the powertrain hybridization is required to reach the 80mg/km NOx standard 25
uro 6 powertrain target Powertrain hybridization with simulation NOx [g/h] 30 25 20 15 10 Software-in-the-Loop conventional micro-hybrid stop&start NOx on NEDC cycle HEV / PHEV plug-in SiL conventional SiL micro-hybrid (stop & start) SiL full hybrid (HEV) SiL full hybrid (PHEV) 5 26 0 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 Time [s]
uro 6 powertrain target Powertrain hybridization with simulation Software-in-the-Loop conventional micro-hybrid stop&start HEV / PHEV plug-in 30 25 20 15 10 Soot on NEDC cycle SiL conventional SiL micro-hybrid (stop & start) SiL full hybrid (HEV) SiL full hybrid (PHEV) 5 27 0 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 Time [s]
uro 6 powertrain target Powertrain hybridization with simulation Software-in-the-Loop Architecture Platform NOx [mg/km] conventional Soot [mg/km] micro-hybrid stop&start HEV / PHEV plug-in Fuel consumption [L/100km] Conventional xmod 108 14.5 4.4 Micro-hybrid xmod 100 12.7 4.2 Hybrid (HEV) xmod 45.9 11.3 3.6 Hybrid (PHEV) xmod 35.8 Rk: the SOC is not zero on these simulations 8.1 2.3 28
uro 6 powertrain target Powertrain hybridization with hybrid dynamic engine bench Two energy management strategies are investigated: - CO 2 -oriented strategy (Hybrid 1) - NOx-oriented strategy (Hybrid 2) The control optimization is based on a SiL campaign with more than 100 NEDC simulations ( SOC = 0) Architecture Platform NOx [mg/km] HC [mg/km] Fuel cons. [L/100km] Conventional Morphée 2 108 120 4.4 Micro-hybrid Morphée 2 100 111 4.2 Hybrid 1 (HEV) Morphée 2 82 20 3.4 Hybrid 2 (HEV) Morphée 2 67 27 3.5 29
uro 6 powertrain target Powertrain hybridization with hybrid dynamic engine bench Fuel mass flow rate [ kg/h ] 10 8 6 4 2 Hybrid 1 Hybrid 2 Fuel 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 Time [ s ] 70 60 50 Hybrid 1 Hybrid 2 NOx NOx [ g/s ] 40 30 20 10 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 Time [ s ] 30
Conclusion Simulation-based approach has a strong potential to be fully integrated in the powertrain development process but some obstacles are still subsisting To support this approach with adapted and efficient model-based environments is a key asset to overcome these brakes The xmod/morph /Morphée 2 suite is an example of such a kind of platforms which allow to easily mix virtual and real test facilities to develop modern powertrains 31
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