A Novel Smart Energy Management System in Pure Electric Motorcycle Using COA

Todays, Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions, densely populated urban areas air quality problems, and depleting fossil fuel concerns motivated motorcycle producers in crowded countries to explore electric propulsion systems. Due to energy storage system constraints, Pure Electric Motorcycles (PEM) range is restricted, so an effective Energy Management System is required to optimize PEM consumed energy. As road curvature is an inevitable part of real roads, this article, proposes a novel Smart Energy Management System (SEMS) based on road geometry which first analyses road data to identify curvature and straight parts. Then, SEMS solves optimization problems separately and optimal speed is calculated in direct and curvature parts independently. The proposed SEMS can communicate to the driver as an eco-driving system by receiving trip time importance and presenting each road point optimal speed. Because of fast response necessity, Cuckoo Optimization Algorithm (COA) is used in this article to solve SEMS optimization problem. For evaluation purposes, three scenarios are defined: The test road is travelled at motorcycle maximum allowable speed in the first scenario. In the 2nd one, PEM speed is also constant but it equals to direct road optimal speed instead of max. speed. Independent optimal speed in direct and curvature parts is considered in 3rd scenario. Simulation results show the significant effect of road curves on consumed energy and SEMS good performance in optimization of PEM consumed energy.