Special Session #2 – EMR and Other Graphic Descriptions

Co-chair: Ayoub Aroua, University of Lille, France
Co-chair: Nassim Noura, University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières, Canada

Abstract: One of the key issues in the development of electrified vehicles is the control design of such complex systems, which are composed of multi-sources and multi-subsystems. Model-based control design approaches provide an efficient means to meet the challenges in front of designers, such as reducing development time and growing design complexity. At the system modeling step, different graphical modeling formalisms can be used, such as Bond Graph, Power Oriented Graph (POG), and Energetic Macroscopic Representation (EMR). These graphical formalisms are grounded in various principles and highlight different properties of multi-physical systems. As an energy-based graphical tool, EMR respects integral causality, highlights energy properties of the power components such as energy storage, energy conversion, and energy distribution, and provides a global energetic view of systems. Due to these features, inversion-based control can be deduced from EMR (https://emr-website.univ-lille.fr/).
This special session aims to present different graphical descriptions, including EMR, applied to electrified vehicles (xEV) to highlight the interest of each one.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
✓ Graphical tools for modeling;
✓ Graphical tools for control design;
✓ Graphical toolbox or software for electric or/and hybrid vehicles;
✓ Graphical interface for simulation of electrical or/and hybrid vehicles.

 

Co-chair bios:

Ayoub Aroua received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electromechanical engineering, from both the University of Lille, France, and Ghent University, Belgium, respectively, in 2023. Since 2024, Ayoub Aroua has held the position of postdoctoral fellow at the University of Lille, where he is engaged in a collaborative research project with the national French railway company SNCF, focusing on the energy management strategies of electrified trains. His main research interests include the graphical representation of complex systems using the Energetic Macroscopic Representation, system-level design of electrified vehicles, scaling laws of electrified powertrains, and energy management strategies.

Nassim Noura received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières where he is now a professor since 2023. Nassim Noura is a member of the Hydrogen Research Institute and the Quebec network for smart energy (RQEI). His research interests focus on the modeling and control of hybrid systems in stationary and vehicular applications. Since 2022, Nassim has been coordinating a specific mandate from the Quebec Ministry of Energy to accelerate the development of the state’s hydrogen sector including collaborative research in hydrogen energy and hydrogen academic training. His main research interests include energy management, Hybrid systems, Power sources, and Energetic Macroscopic Representation.

 

Deadlines:
• Paper submission deadline: 10 May 2024
• Acceptance notification: 17 June 2024
• Final paper submission deadline: 5 August 2024