Anand Pitchaikani
Emmeskay, Inc, USA
Kingsly Jebakumar S.
Emmeskay, Inc, USA
Shankar Venkataraman
Emmeskay, Inc, USA
S. A. Sundaresan
Emmeskay, Inc, USA
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp09430007Published in: Proceedings of the 7th International Modelica Conference; Como; Italy; 20-22 September 2009
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 43:99, p. 839-846
Published: 2009-12-29
ISBN: 978-91-7393-513-5
ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
Technologies like hardware-in-the-loop simulation (HILS) can play a significant role in reducing the product development life cycle. An essential requirement for HILS is the availability of system models that are capable of running in real-time. This paper demonstrates a closed loop real-time simulation of a vehicle with a climate control system model developed in Modelica. This paper details the modeling aspects of the vehicle system and climate control system using the object-oriented; acausal modeling language Modelica. To demonstrate the real-time simulation capabilities of the developed models; they were integrated with a controller model developed in the Simulink environment and the integrated model was then simulated in an Opal-RT real-time environment. This paper describes the models developed and the tool-chain used to achieve real-time simulation. The real-time simulation results as well as the performance results are also presented. This paper demonstrates Modelica’s capabilities in creating models for real-time vehicle climate control system simulations.
Climate control system; vapor cycle; closed-loop simulation; real-time simulation
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