Advanced Vehicle Simulator (ADVISOR)
Project Summary
| Full Title: |
Advanced Vehicle Simulator (ADVISOR) |
| Project ID: |
108 |
| Principal Investigator: |
Matthew Thornton |
| Brief Description: |
ADVISOR is used to simulate and analyze conventional, advanced, light, and heavy vehicles, including hybrid electric and fuel cell vehicles. |
| Keywords: |
Hybrid electric vehicles (HEV); vehicle characteristics; vehicle performance; fuel consumption |
Purpose
ADVISOR was designed as an analysis tool to assist the DOE in developing and understanding hybrid electric vehicles through the Hybrid Vehice Propulsion Systems contracts with Ford, GM, and DaimlerChrysler.
Performer
| Principal Investigator: |
Matthew Thornton |
| Organization: | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) |
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| Address: | 1617 Cole Blvd.
Golden, CO 80401 |
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| Telephone: | 303-275-4273 |
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| Email: | matthew_thornton@nrel.gov |
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Sponsor(s)
Project Description
| Type of Project: |
Model |
| Category: |
Vehicle Options |
| Objectives: |
Evaluate fuel consumption and performance trade-offs; assess the impact of component changes on the overall vehicle performance and efficiency |
| Hardware/Software Requirements: |
MATLAB version 7, Simulink version 6 |
| User Interface: |
MATLAB/Simulink |
| Outputs: |
When used to follow a driving cycle, the main outputs of ADVISOR are fuel use and tailpipe emissions. It can also be used to simulate the vehicle maximum effort acceleration, where outputs are 0-60 mph or 4-60 mph time, or to determine the maximum road grade the vehicle can climb at a sustained speed. |
| Assumptions Inherent in Model: |
Components are assumed to be at steady state. This assumption allows the ise of power usage or efficiency maps for the components, which are dervived from steady state tests in the laboratory. This main assumption does not allow investigation of detailed, short-duration drivetrain dynamics. |
| Timeframe Studied: |
2006 - 2020 |
Products/Deliverables
| Notes/Comments: |
ADVISOR approximates the contiunuous behavior of a vehicle as a series of discrete steps. |
Date Last Updated: 12/08/2006
