Advanced thermal management system (TMS) has the potential to increase the life of the vehicle’s propulsion, and meanwhile, decrease fuel consumption and pollutant emission. In this paper, an advanced TMS which is suitable for a series-parallel hybrid electric vehicle (SPHEV) is presented. Then a numerical TMS model which can predict the thermal responses of all TMS components and the temperatures of the engine and electric components is developed. By using this model, the thermal response of the TMS over a realistic driving cycle is simulated. The simulation result shows that the TMS can fulfill the heat dissipation requirement of the whole vehicle under different driving conditions. It also demonstrates that a numerical model of TMS for SPHEV is an effective tool to assess design concepts and architectures of the vehicle system during the early stage of system development.

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Silent watch operation is a typical driving condition of power-split hybrid electric vehicle (PSHEV) which has advantages of both series and parallel HEVs. Because of the complicated structure and operations of PSHEV, an advanced thermal management system with effective control strategy is needed urgently. Properly-adopted heat transfer regulations under different vehicle driving conditions are the basis of TMS control strategy establishment. In this study, we begin this work from the typical vehicle operation-silent watch operation. Then, the heat transfer regulation of PSHEV under silent watch operation is researched and analyzed with the present advanced TMS. The results can provide theory and data bases for the future research of TMS control strategy for PSHEV.