Distributed Model Predictive Controller For Thermal Energy Management System of Battery Electric Vehicles

Paper i proceeding, 2023

This paper proposes a distributed model predictive controller (DMPC) that utilizes the alternating direction method of multipliers for the thermal energy management system of a battery electric vehicle. The system comprises a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit along with a heat pump. Comparison of the optimal results from a centralized model predictive controller (MPC) and DMPC with those obtained through a rule-based strategy indicate that both the centralized MPC and DMPC deliver energy savings of 9.85 % and 2.21 %, respectively.