Week-3 Challenge: ADVISOR Tool

AIM 1 : For EV_defaults_in file, if cargo mass is 500 kg with all other default conditions, can the vehicle travel for 45 km with FTP drive cycle? Conclude your observations.

Load the ADVISOR tool form the MATLAB command window and select the the metric system and load EV_default_in file and change the cargo weight to 500 and keeping the remaining variables same and hit continue to load the drive cycle page.

for our requirement we need to use FTP based cycle select the following hit 'run'

as we can see an error as the EV ran out of battery for this type of drive cycle

as we need total distance covered to be 45 kilometers and this drive cycle can only complete 17.8 so we need more than 1 drive cycle to complete more than 45 kilometers. so we can use 3 drive cycles.

as we can see a warning sign pops up which means that distance is more than the range of the current battery pack so the vehicle can not travel 45 kilometers but will short by 3.2 kilometers

AIM 2 : In the above case, try changing the battery capacity and repeat the simulation.

the current battery capacity is kept as 25 we need to increase the battery pack capacity so that the vehicle can run more than 45 kms. so for this we will increase the battery capacity from 25 to 45.

AIM 3 : Perform gradeability test with PRIUS_Jpn_defaults_in file

Compare your results in table and conclude.

select PRIUS_Jpn_defaults_in file from the load file option to load the prius model

hit continue and select the grade options to open the grade test options in this we need to cahnge the option which will include both fuel and energy storage system hence we will select all systems to enable and in basic parameters the speed of the vehicle can be controlled we need to change the speed from 5-35 mph with an increment of 5 mph to check the gradeability at different speeds

after running prius model with different speeds we can check the percentage

Speed (MPH)	GRADEABILITY
5	32.8
10	30.2
15	24.4
20	19.8
25	16.5
30	14.7
35	13

From the above table we can see that the gradeability decreases with increase in speed the maximum gradeability during 5mph and lowest during 35mph