Construction of simulation models for AECV energy systems

An All Electric Combat Vehicle (AECV) is a combat vehicle in which all important functions, such as propulsion, use of weapons and protective measures, have been electrified. This means that either a non-electric form of energy has been replaced by electric energy, or that electric energy is used to improve the function of non-electric equipment. To generate, store and distribute the electric energy on board a combat vehicle, a well thought-out and efficient common energy system is needed for the various applications. With a computer model of an AECV energy system it is possible to investigate how different continuous and pulsed electric energy consumers can be integrated in one energy system and examine different system concepts. This document constitutes a status report in December 2004 for the work with construction of simulation models for an AECV energy system in the simulation environment MATLAB / Simulink. The report presents an initial simplified system model and describes the work with implementation of a model published in the literature, giving valuable insights into how electric propulsion can be modelled and how control functions can be implemented. Furthermore, the report sketches how these different models can be integrated and how the system models can be improved and developed.