Renewable energy technologies,particularly in electric vehicles(EVs),have received significant attention in re-cent years.The wasted energy in a vehicle’s shock absorber can be converted into an alternative energy so...Renewable energy technologies,particularly in electric vehicles(EVs),have received significant attention in re-cent years.The wasted energy in a vehicle’s shock absorber can be converted into an alternative energy source by regenerative shock absorbers.In this paper,a high-efficiency regenerative shock absorber considering twin ball screws transmissions is proposed for application in range-extended electric vehicles.The proposed regenerative shock absorber can convert vibrational kinetic energy,which is traditionally dissipated as heat in suspension systems,into electricity.The proposed system is divided into four modules:suspension vibration input module,transmission module,generator module and power storage module.Induced by road roughness,the irregular linear oscillations of the suspension are transmitted to the suspension vibration input module.The reciprocating vibrations are converted into unidirectional rotation of the generator by a pair of ball screws,gears,and two overrun clutches in the transmission module.The utilisation of different screw pitches leads to different damping coefficients for upward and downward progress,enabling the shock absorber to fully utilise elastic elements to im-prove vehicle comfort when compressed and quickly absorb vibrations when stretched.The electricity produced by the generator is stored in supercapacitors to charge the battery and extend the range of EVs.The mechanical properties of the full-scaled fabricated prototype were studied by utilising a mechanical testing and sensing fix-ture.An average power output of 3.701 W in 1Hz-3 mm sinusoidal vibration input and a peak efficiency of 51.1%and average efficiency of 36.4%were achieved in a bench tests.The range can be approximately extended by 1 mile per 100 miles when EV is driving on the road of class B with a speed of 60 km/h,demonstrating that the proposed high-efficiency regenerative shock absorber is beneficial for harvesting renewable energy,and practical and significant for extending the range of EVs.展开更多
文章以某款增程式电动汽车(range-extended electric vehicle,REEV)为研究对象,设计了整车控制策略,借助整车性能仿真软件CRUISE和多学科设计优化软件Isight搭建了整车性能仿真和优化模型,并采用改进的非支配排序遗传算法(non-dominated...文章以某款增程式电动汽车(range-extended electric vehicle,REEV)为研究对象,设计了整车控制策略,借助整车性能仿真软件CRUISE和多学科设计优化软件Isight搭建了整车性能仿真和优化模型,并采用改进的非支配排序遗传算法(non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm,NSGA-Ⅱ)对增程器控制参数进行多目标优化。优化结果表明,在满足整车能量需求的前提下,优化后的增程器总发电量减少了7.34%,汽车百公里燃油消耗量降低了8.28%。展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.51675451 and 51975490Science and Tech-nology Projects of Sichuan and Chengdu under Grant Nos.2016GZ0026,2016CC0027,2017RZ0056,and 18MZGC0272.
文摘Renewable energy technologies,particularly in electric vehicles(EVs),have received significant attention in re-cent years.The wasted energy in a vehicle’s shock absorber can be converted into an alternative energy source by regenerative shock absorbers.In this paper,a high-efficiency regenerative shock absorber considering twin ball screws transmissions is proposed for application in range-extended electric vehicles.The proposed regenerative shock absorber can convert vibrational kinetic energy,which is traditionally dissipated as heat in suspension systems,into electricity.The proposed system is divided into four modules:suspension vibration input module,transmission module,generator module and power storage module.Induced by road roughness,the irregular linear oscillations of the suspension are transmitted to the suspension vibration input module.The reciprocating vibrations are converted into unidirectional rotation of the generator by a pair of ball screws,gears,and two overrun clutches in the transmission module.The utilisation of different screw pitches leads to different damping coefficients for upward and downward progress,enabling the shock absorber to fully utilise elastic elements to im-prove vehicle comfort when compressed and quickly absorb vibrations when stretched.The electricity produced by the generator is stored in supercapacitors to charge the battery and extend the range of EVs.The mechanical properties of the full-scaled fabricated prototype were studied by utilising a mechanical testing and sensing fix-ture.An average power output of 3.701 W in 1Hz-3 mm sinusoidal vibration input and a peak efficiency of 51.1%and average efficiency of 36.4%were achieved in a bench tests.The range can be approximately extended by 1 mile per 100 miles when EV is driving on the road of class B with a speed of 60 km/h,demonstrating that the proposed high-efficiency regenerative shock absorber is beneficial for harvesting renewable energy,and practical and significant for extending the range of EVs.
