Integrated Design by Optimization of Electrical Energy Systems

Preface xi

Chapter 1. Mission and Environmental Data Processing 1
Amine JAAFAR, Bruno SARENI and Xavier ROBOAM

1.1. Introduction 1

1.2. Considerations of the mission and environmental variables 3

1.3. New approach for the characterization of a "representative mission" 6

1.4. Classification of missions and environmental variables 16

1.5. Synthesis of mission and environmental variable profiles 21

1.6. From classification to simultaneous design by optimization of a hybrid traction chain 25

1.7. Conclusion 39

1.8. Bibliography 41

Chapter 2. Analytical Sizing Models for Electrical Energy Systems Optimization 45
Christophe ESPANET, Daniel DEPERNET, Anne-Claire SAUTTER and Zhenwei WU

2.1. Introduction 45

2.2. The problem of modeling for synthesis 46

2.3. System decomposition and model structure 55

2.4. General information about the modeling of the various possible components in an electrical energy system 60

2.5. Development of an electrical machine analytical model 61

2.6. Development of an analytical static converter model 73

2.7. Development of a mechanical transmission analytical model 82

2.8. Development of an analytical energy storage device model 91

2.9. Use of models for the optimum sizing of a system 91

2.10. Conclusions 102

2.11. Bibliography 103

Chapter 3. Simultaneous Design by Means of Evolutionary Computation 107
Bruno SARENI and Xavier ROBOAM

3.1. Simultaneous design of energy systems 107

3.2. Evolutionary algorithms and artificial evolution 113

3.3. Consideration of multiple objectives 119

3.4. Consideration of design constraints 123

3.5. Integration of robustness into the simultaneous design process 126

3.6. Example applications 130

3.7. Conclusions 150

3.8. Bibliography 151

Chapter 4. Multi-Level Design Approaches for Electro-Mechanical Systems Optimization 155
Stéphane BRISSET, Frédéric GILLON and Pascal BROCHET

4.1. Introduction 155

4.2. Multi-level