Week-3 Challenge: ADVISOR Tool

AIM:  

1. For the EV_defaults_in file,if cargo mass is 500 Kg with all other default conditions,can the vehicle for 45 Km with FTP drive Cycle? Conclude your Observations.
2. In the above case,try changing the battery capacity and repeat the simulation.
3. Perform gradeability test with Prius_jpn_defaultsin file.Compare your results in the table and conclude.

CASE I :For the EV_defaults_in file,if cargo mass is 500 Kg with all other default conditions,can the vehicle for 45 Km with FTP drive Cycle? Conclude your Observations.

• In the ADVISOR Vehicle Input GUI select Load File as 'EV_defaults_in file' from the drop down menu.Also change the Cargo mass to 500 Kg in the bottom right corner of the interface.

• Then Select 'continue'.Here from the drop down menu of the Drive Cycle select 'CYC_FTP' driving cycle.

• Then keeping all the parameterss as defaults,select 'RUN' in the bottom right corner of the ineterface.

• In the above results we can see that,Distance(Km) is 17.8 Km. So,the vehicle can't travel a distance of 45 Km in a single recharge.Also,it can seen that,SOC(Second Plot) has fallen to zero after nearly 2500 seconds.

CASE II: In the above case,try changing the battery capacity and repeat the simulation.

• Changing the Energy Storage to 'ESS_PB65_FocusEV' and keeping the other parameters simillar to the last case.
• Then keeping the driving cycle same we RUN the Simulation.
• From the results we can seen that,Distance(Km) is 17.8 and the figure hasn't changed but,SOC % at end of 2500 seconds is 0.83 approximately and not zero like the last case.So this means that,in one FTP Cycle it covered 17.8 Km and charge is still remaining in the battery.So to get how much distance the vehicle will travel in a single charge we need to increase the number of driving cycles for which the simulation is performed.We will perform the simulation for 7 Drive Cycles.
• Change the driving cycle value from 1 to 7 and Run the Simulation.

• From the above results we can seen that,Distance(Km) is 96 Km and also the % of SOC as indicated second plot is 0% by 13000 seconds approximately.So in a single charge the vehicle with this configurations can travel a distance of 96 Km in single charge.

CASE III: Perform gradeability test with PRIUS_Jpn_defualts_in file.Compare ypur results in table and conclude.

• In the load file drop down menu select  PRIUS_Jpn_defualts_in and rest of the parameters are kept default.

  

• Then select 'Continue' in the bottom right corner of the window.

• Select Gradeability,checkbox and then Grade options.

• The speed is kept as 55 mph.

• Thn Gradeabilty is 1.7%.Then speed is changed to 45 mph.

• The Gradeabilty at 45 mph has increased to 2.3%.Now speed is 35 mph.

• The Gradeability at 45 mph has increased to 2.4%.
• So we can conclude by saying that,as speed increases the gradeabilty decreases.