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Hybrid Systems, Optimal Control and Hybrid Vehicles

Theory, Methods and Applications

  • Enhances the depth of system models for hybrid vehicles and renders them feasible for practitioners using novel hybrid control methods
  • Demonstrates that optimal control of hybrid systems are unbeatable when applied to currently key-areas in fuel and emission control of hybrid electric vehicles
  • Gives the automotive practitioner a systematic insight into the modeling and analysis of complex vehicle configurations consisting of physical processes, software artifacts and network communication
  • Facilitates the in-project engineering and management decision-making process of a project by providing solutions in terms of requirements, benefits and risks
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Industrial Control (AIC)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxiii
  2. Introduction

    • Thomas J. Böhme, Benjamin Frank
    Pages 1-23
  3. Theory and Formulations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
    2. Introduction to Nonlinear Programming

      • Thomas J. Böhme, Benjamin Frank
      Pages 27-77
    3. Hybrid Systems and Hybrid Optimal Control

      • Thomas J. Böhme, Benjamin Frank
      Pages 79-115
    4. The Minimum Principle and Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman Equation

      • Thomas J. Böhme, Benjamin Frank
      Pages 117-163
  4. Methods for Optimal Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
    2. Dynamic Programming

      • Thomas J. Böhme, Benjamin Frank
      Pages 199-214
    3. Indirect Methods for Optimal Control

      • Thomas J. Böhme, Benjamin Frank
      Pages 215-231
    4. Direct Methods for Optimal Control

      • Thomas J. Böhme, Benjamin Frank
      Pages 233-273
  5. Numerical Implementations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 275-275
    2. Practical Implementation Aspects of Large-Scale Optimal Control Solvers

      • Thomas J. Böhme, Benjamin Frank
      Pages 277-306
  6. Modeling of Hybrid Vehicles for Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 307-307
    2. Modeling Hybrid Vehicles as Switched Systems

      • Thomas J. Böhme, Benjamin Frank
      Pages 309-398
  7. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 399-399
    2. Advanced Vehicle Calibration

      • Thomas J. Böhme, Benjamin Frank
      Pages 401-428
    3. Predictive Real-Time Energy Management

      • Thomas J. Böhme, Benjamin Frank
      Pages 429-480
    4. Optimal Design of Hybrid Powertrain Configurations

      • Thomas J. Böhme, Benjamin Frank
      Pages 481-518
  8. Appendix

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 519-519

About this book

This book assembles new methods showing the automotive engineer for the first time how hybrid vehicle configurations can be modeled as systems with discrete and continuous controls. These hybrid systems describe naturally and compactly the networks of embedded systems which use elements such as integrators, hysteresis, state-machines and logical rules to describe the evolution of continuous and discrete dynamics and arise inevitably when modeling hybrid electric vehicles. They can throw light on systems which may otherwise be too complex or recondite.
Hybrid Systems, Optimal Control and Hybrid Vehicles shows the reader how to formulate and solve control problems which satisfy multiple objectives which may be arbitrary and complex with contradictory influences on fuel consumption, emissions and drivability. The text introduces industrial engineers, postgraduates and researchers to the theory of hybrid optimal control problems.  A series of novel algorithmic developments provides tools for solving engineering problems of growing complexity in the field of hybrid vehicles.
Important topics of real relevance rarely found in text books and research publications—switching costs, sensitivity of discrete decisions and there impact on fuel savings, etc.—are discussed and supported with practical applications. These demonstrate the contribution of optimal hybrid control in predictive energy management, advanced powertrain calibration, and the optimization of vehicle configuration with respect to fuel economy, lowest emissions and smoothest drivability. Numerical issues such as computing resources, simplifications and stability are treated to enable readers to assess such complex systems. To help industrial engineers and managers with project decision-making, solutions for many important problems in hybrid vehicle control  are provided in terms of requirements, benefits and risks.

Authors and Affiliations

  • IAV GmbH Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr, Gifhorn, Germany

    Thomas J. Böhme, Benjamin Frank

About the authors

Dr. Thomas Böhme is currently working as a technical consultant at the iav automotive engineering company. He has over 15 years industrial experience in modeling and control of chemical processes and embedded systems. His research interests are vehicle control and optimal control of hybrid systems. He published over 30 peer-reviewed papers, journal contributions and patents.
Benjamin Frank is mathematician and working at the iav automotive engineering company. He published several papers and contributions in the field of control and optimizations.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hybrid Systems, Optimal Control and Hybrid Vehicles

  • Book Subtitle: Theory, Methods and Applications

  • Authors: Thomas J. Böhme, Benjamin Frank

  • Series Title: Advances in Industrial Control

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51317-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51315-7Published: 10 February 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84618-7Published: 13 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51317-1Published: 01 February 2017

  • Series ISSN: 1430-9491

  • Series E-ISSN: 2193-1577

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXIII, 530

  • Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 113 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Control and Systems Theory, Automotive Engineering

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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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Hardcover Book USD 199.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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