Virtual laboratories on energy management systems: the Hybrid Electric Vehicle case

Due to environment and social needs, energy management is becoming a key easy which must be transversely introduced to engineering students. Unfortunately most of this topics are difficult to analyze in traditional laboratories, this paper presents a virtual laboratory on Hybrid Electrical Vehicles specially designed to illustrate the power flow and the energy management algorithms involved in this type of device. The paper describes the models behind the interactive virtual laboratory, the different configurations which can be taken into account and the implementation technology.