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Energy Management Simulation

GT-SUITE is the trusted integration platform for complex energy systems powered by virtual system integration and integrated energy management optimization.

Solution Overview

Vehicle Energy Management Solutions

Today’s energy systems, spanning passenger vehicles, heavy-duty and off-highway machinery, rail, marine, and aerospace platforms, as well as stationary applications like residential microgrids and data centers, face increasingly complex demands to balance performance, efficiency, emissions compliance, and durability. GT-SUITE offers a comprehensive simulation platform that empowers engineers to conceptualize, design, analyze, and optimize energy flow across any system, regardless of industry or application. By combining physics-based predictive modeling with AI-assisted workflows, modular architecture, and real-time-capable solvers, GT-SUITE accelerates development from early concept through validation, extending system life, minimizing energy consumption, and delivering superior performance across diverse transportation and energy domains.

Application Highlights

GT Solutions for Energy Management

  • Full-System Simulation
    • Analyze energy usage and losses across all integrated systems.
    • All-embracing energy management assessment with scalable model fidelity
  • Real-World Scenarios

    Real-World Scenarios

    • Routing & road traffic data for challenging routes from downtown stop & go to steep mountain passes.
    • Driver model for various driver behaviors impacting overall range and component heating.
    • Weather data for challenging environment conditions for stationary, road and marine applications.
  • Optimal Control for Integrated Energy Flows

    Optimal Control for Integrated Energy Flows

    • Various solution approaches from topology optimization to controls design
    • Integrated energy management optimization powered by online model-based ECMS controller.
    • All energy architectures supported by multi-physics model libraries.
  • Complex Thermal Management

    Complex Thermal Management

    • Integration of thermal with energy management for adaptive optimal controls and for controls design.
    • Physics-based component model integration through thermal and electrical coupling.
  • Balancing Competing Objectives

    Balancing Competing Objectives

    • Find the best balance for fuel and energy consumption, passenger comfort, and battery health by testing different scenarios and control strategies.
    • Integration with detailed cabin model to assess passenger comfort (mean vote)
    • Integration with physics-based battery model to predict cyclic aging.

Advanced Features

Advanced Vehicle Simulation

Platform solution for vehicle drivetrain analysis and vehicle system integration.

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System Architecture (0D/1D)

Identify your optimal drivetrain concept using map-based modeling, multi-objective design optimization and optimal control solution. The modular framework establishes the foundation for any electrified vehicle platform with accurate energy flow representations.

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Subsystem Definition

Derive accurate requirements and relevant duty cycles for all subsystems. The platform enables detailed modeling of technologies, materials, and basic sizing, while maintaining compatibility with the overall system architecture.

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System Verification

GT-SUITE supports homologation and monitoring through ECU integration, Hardware-in-the-Loop testing, and digital twin implementation. This validation ensures the vehicle system performs as expected under real-world conditions.

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Subsystem Integration and Control Validation

Integrate all subsystems seamlessly into the modular framework and test controls software early in your development cycle using Model-in-the-Loop (MiL) and Software-in-the-Loop (SiL) testing.

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System Verification

Validate your ECUs under realistic vehicle system performance scenarios using Hardware-in-the-Loop testing. GT-SUITE models are real-time capable and support the homologation process on many HiL platforms.

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Unified Vehicle Development

GT-SUITE is a system-simulation tool that brings together all vehicle development information in one clear platform. It helps teams work together with the same data from early design to final production, speeding up decisions while ensuring consistent results.

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Digital Twin

Monitor in-field physical assets using digital twins derived from the integrated vehicle model. GT-SUITE supports the creation and deployment of data- and model-based digital twins to IoT cloud services.

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Unified Vehicle Development

Leverage team collaboration by bringing together all your vehicle development information on one platform from early design to final production, speeding up decisions while ensuring consistent results.

Energy Management Simulations FAQs

Frequently asked questions about energy management simulation in GT-SUITE

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