Slide 1: Electrification Library Overview
ELECTRIFICATION LIBRARY Overview
Slide 2: Agenda
AGENDA ❑ About ❑ Key Benefits ❑ Key Capabilities ❑ Key Applications ❑ Library Contents ❑ Modelon Compatibility ❑ Latest Release
Slide 3: About Electrification Library
ABOUT ELECTRIFICATION LIBRARY • Modelica library for multi-purpose modeling of electrified systems. • A common solution for design, analysis, verification and control, spanning electrical, thermal, mechanical and software domains. • Suitable for a wide range of applications, including: - Automotive
Slide 4: Key Capabilities
KEY CAPABILITIES ©2021 Modelon 4
Slide 5: Key Capabilities
KEY CAPABILITIES • Scalable architecture with compatible component models for systems modeling • Multi-purpose: different simulation use cases within the same model framework • Scalable fidelity levels • Thermal support for all components • Multi-physics component models • Batteries • Machines • Pow
Slide 6: Key Capabilities
KEY CAPABILITIES • Extendable • Adapts to customer specific interfaces • Allows implementation of custom implementations and IP that plug into system architecture • Supports integration of models from 3rd party libraries • Adaptable • Model topology that can reflect customer system topology and deco
Slide 7: Key Benefits
KEY BENEFITS ©2021 Modelon 7
Slide 8: Key Benefits
KEY BENEFITS • Accurate, computationally-efficient representation of electrical, mechanical, thermal, and control (software) dynamics • Support for a wide range of electrification applications with a common, collaborative approach • Native configuration management to handle multi-purpose use cases (
Slide 9: Key Applications
KEY APPLICATIONS ©2021 Modelon 9
Slide 10: Key Applications
KEY APPLICATIONS • Virtual system design and validation • Predicting component usage for system sizing • Predicting system performance, and evaluating component limits • Predicting system efficiency and energy consumption • Thermal management • Analyzing transient dynamics, including normal and off-
Slide 11: Example: Hybrid Vehicle Drive Cycle
EXAMPLE: HYBRID VEHICLE DRIVE CYCLE Series hybrid vehicle with integrated cooling • System sizing • Component usage • Energy losses • Thermal management • System limits and control • Long drive cycles ©2021 Modelon 11
Slide 12: Example: Electric Vehicle Range
EXAMPLE: ELECTRIC VEHICLE RANGE Maximum range of a battery electric vehicle • Energy efficiency • Long drive cycles • Boundary conditions ©2021 Modelon 12
Slide 13: Example: Electric Powertrain Start-up Control
rotor inertia + dog clutch EXAMPLE: ELECTRIC POWERTRAIN synchronizing speed of rotor and engine START-UP CONTROL before closing the clutch 1. Battery pack voltage pre-charge 2. Machine clutch speed synchronization • Verify control functions (Model-in-the-Loop) • Robust transient dyanamics • Custom c
Slide 14: Example: Battery Charging
EXAMPLE: BATTERY CHARGING Charger respecting limits reported by battery • Battery management • Battery power limits • Communicating between controllers • Robust load models (charger) • Thermal power de-rating ©2021 Modelon 14
Slide 15: Example: Battery Imbalances
EXAMPLE: BATTERY IMBALANCES Imbalances between cells in a battery pack: • Impedance • Charge capacity Balancing of cells during charging • State of charge (SOC) • Thermal • Random imbalances as statistical distributions • Balancing circuits and control (BMS) SOC imbalances between cells (due to para
Slide 16: Example: Battery (Thermal)
EXAMPLE: BATTERY (THERMAL) Battery pack with individual cylindrical cells and passive cooling • Thermal management • Imbalances between cells • Controls ©2021 Modelon 16
Slide 17: Example: Battery (Thermal)
EXAMPLE: BATTERY (THERMAL) Battery pack with individual prismatic cells and active cooling • Thermal management • Imbalances between cells • Controls ©2021 Modelon 17
Slide 18: Example: Battery (Aging)
EXAMPLE: BATTERY (AGING) Battery aging model (both calendar and cyclic) • Cell capacity degradation • Aging of battery physical parameters (resistance, capacitance) ©2021 Modelon 18
Slide 19: Example: AC Machines and Inverters
Control of inverter + machine EXAMPLE: AC MACHINES AND INVERTERS Detailed electrical simulations of three-phase machines and inverters • Electro-magnetic circuit models • Examples of common machine types (PMSM, SynRM, AIM) Multi-phase AC connections • Different phase representations (abc vs dq0) • I
Slide 20: Library Contents
LIBRARY CONTENTS ©2021 Modelon 20
Slide 21: Library
LIBRARY • Suite of components for electrification systems: Batteries Machines Converters Inverters Loads Routing • The components cover multiple physical domains: electrical, thermal, mechanical and controls (software) ©2021 Modelon 21
Slide 22: Batteries
BATTERIES • From battery cell to module to pack • Scalable fidelity: from lumped packs to individual cells • Separate scaling of physical domains: core battery, thermal dynamics, electrical connections, controls • Modular core battery models • Charge capacity • Voltage • Impedance • Self discharge •
Slide 23: Battery Thermal
BATTERY THERMAL • Scalable discretization: Individual cells to full pack • Example thermal models • Lumped pack • Discretized pack (3 nodes) • Multi-node (individual cells) • Cylindrical (discretized cells) • Prismatic (discretized cells) • Create custom thermal models based on common templates/inte
Slide 24: Machines
Component architecture with separation of domains: MACHINES • Models of different levels of fidelity: • Generalized machines (ideal power flow, robust limits, empirical losses) • Electro-magnetic circuits (multi-phase AC) (detailed dynamics that scale with physical parameters) • Examples of common m
Slide 25: Converters
Component architecture with separation of domains: CONVERTERS • Modular converters with separation of domains: core, electrical, thermal, controller. • Averaged and switched DCDC converter models: • Averaged: for fast and robust simulations • Switched: with detailed high frequency dynamics • Bi-dire
Slide 26: Inverters
Component architecture with separation of domains: INVERTERS • Modular inverters with separation of domains: core, electrical, thermal, controller. • Averaged and switched inverter models: • Averaged: for fast and robust simulations • Switched: with detailed high frequency dynamics • Ideal or with h
Slide 27: Loads
Example: Charger load “listens” to limits reported by battery via control bus LOADS • General-purpose electrical loads: • Constant power loads • Dynamic and time series loads • Battery charger • Battery cycler (power de-rating) • Possible to control via external signals and limits • Support for ther
Slide 28: Routing
ideal ROUTING • Represent cables in systems with scalable fidelity lossy • Modular architecture support separation of electrical cable model, connector model, and thermal model. • Example cable model with geometry based losses. • Extendable with custom cable models, based on common interfaces/templa
Slide 29: Modelon Compatibility
MODELON COMPATIBILITY ©2021 Modelon 29
Slide 30: Recommended Modelon Library Compatibility
RECOMMENDED MODELON LIBRARY COMPATIBILITY • Electrification Library integrates with the Modelon Library Suite • Vehicle Dynamics Library • Aircraft Dynamics Library • Liquid Cooling Library • Heat Exchanger Library • Vapor Cycle Library • Air Conditioning Library • Fuel Cell Library • Electric Power
Slide 31: Example: Battery Thermal Management
EXAMPLE: BATTERY THERMAL MANAGEMENT Battery integrated with Liquid Cooling Library • System sizing • Cooling concept development • Thermal constraints • Thermal-electrical interactions • BMS development ©2021 Modelon 31
Slide 32: Example: Battery with Cold Plate
EXAMPLE: BATTERY WITH COLD PLATE Battery integrated with Liquid Cooling Library • Cooling concept design • Thermal constraints • Thermal-electrical interactions • BMS development ©2021 Modelon 32
Slide 33: Example: Vehicle Dynamics
EXAMPLE: MultiBody3D powertrain with a battery and two electric machines VEHICLE DYNAMICS Electrified powertrains with the Vehicle Dynamics Library • Co-simulation of powertrain dynamics with chassis dynamics. • Electric powertrain with mechanical 3D reaction forces. • Simulate handling and performa
Slide 34: Example: Fuel Cell Vehicle
EXAMPLE: FUEL CELL VEHICLE Electric powertrain integrated with Fuel Cell Library and Vehicle Dynamics Library • Powertrain concept development • System sizing • System efficiency and range 34
Slide 35: Example: NASA X-57 Electric Aircraft
EXAMPLE: NASA X-57 ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT Electric powertrain integrated with Aircraft Dynamics Library • Powertrain concept development • System sizing • System efficiency and range ©2021 Modelon 35
Slide 36: Latest Release
LATEST RELEASE ©2021 Modelon 36
Slide 37: Release: 2021.2 New Features
RELEASE: 2021.2 NEW FEATURES Separate inverter and machine with AC interface AC machines and inverters • Electro-magnetic models of common three phase AC machines. • Discrete and switched models of DC/AC inverters. • AC interface with individual phases or Park/Clarke (dq0). • Modular cascaded contro