Assessment of fuel-ecology effect of using of alternative motor fuel for reciprocating ICE of hybrid vehicle

Abstract

In a electric vehicle with hybrid driving of propulsion, there are several ways of combined operating all the major components – a reciprocating internal combustion engine (RICE), an electric generator, a traction electric motor (TEM) and a battery – both individually and in any combination. These methods are implemented in different modes of motion of the same vehicle [1]. In the first approximation, it is established that the RICE can drive the vehicle propulsion in one of two ways (thus the combined operation of TEM and RICE is not implemented, the battery from the RICE does not charge and does not transmit the accumulated energy of TEM): A) through mechanical transmission (as in a traditional vehicle); B) through electrical transmission; C) combination of ways A and B. Significant scientific and technical interest is the solution of the issues, firstly, the evaluation of the fuel-ecological efficiency of the exploitation process of hybrid vehicle on its inherent exploitation models and, secondly, the complex energy and ecological effect of the transfer of such RICE to the consumption of alternative motor fuel.