JSAE-SICE Benchmark problem2: Fuel Consumption Optimization of Commuter Vehicle Using Hybrid Powertrain

“The Technical Committee on Vehicle Control and Modeling” was established by JSAE (Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan) and SICE (The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers) in order to promote collaboration between automotive industry and academics. The committee provides “Benchmark problem 2: Fuel Consumption Optimization of Commuter Vehicle Using Hybrid Powertrain” for academics. This is a research to design energy management control to minimize fuel consumption of a hybrid electric vehicle. The vehicle is used under commuting condition with traffic jam. This paper describes a simulation environment, a vehicle model and driving condition of the benchmark problem. Furthermore, the energy management control using onboard optimization algorithm is introduced as an example of research of benchmark problem in this paper.