An Adaptive Stochastic Model Predictive Control Strategy for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Bus During Vehicle-Following Scenario

Abstract

Vehicle-following operation is a typical scenario in the future intelligent transportation environment. Keeping a safe distance is the most important goal in the vehicle-following scenario. For a plug-in hybrid electric bus (PHEB) running in a specific urban route, the challenge will become how to realize the optimal power split in hybrid powertrain under the premise of maintaining driving safety. Considering the above issues, this paper proposes a stochastic model predictive control (SMPC) strategy for PHEBs during vehicle-following scenario. Firstly, Markov chain-based stochastic driving model is built using real-world bus driving condition data, which is applied to predict future demand torque over a finite receding horizon. And then, a sequential quadratic programming (SQP) algorithm is adopted to solve the rolling optimization problem. Meanwhile, brake specific fuel consumption and electric motor efficiency are fitted offline to match the SMPC strategy. Furthermore, a piecewise function is given to adjust the adaptive factor that balancing fuel economy and vehicle-following in the pre-set cost function. Finally, to verify the control performance of the proposed strategy, a nonlinear model predictive control strategy with dynamic programming optimization (DP-MPC) and a rule-based (RB) strategy are employed for comparison study. Results indicate that the proposed strategy is effectiveness to the given driving condition with excellent fuel economy and vehicle-following performance. Under the driving condition of Chongqing 303 bus line in China and China typical, the fuel consumption is reduced by 20.58% and 37.89% compared with RB strategy, respectively. It is closer to the fuel consumption reduction of 16.77% and 13.11 optimized by DP-MPC. Driving safety during vehicle-following also be demonstrated in the driving condition of Chongqing 303 bus line and China typical. INDEX TERMS Plug-in hybrid electric bus, energy management, vehicle-following, stochastic model predictive control, sequential quadratic programming optimization.

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