Chongqing Chaoli Develops Vehicle Thermal Management Control Software Using Model-Based Design
Workflow Integrates AUTOSAR Architecture for Efficient Heat Management in Modern Vehicles
“MATLAB and Simulink tools help us understand the physical behavior of the thermal management system and the effectiveness of control strategies, as well as explore new optimized control schemes.”
Key Outcomes
- Simulink enables the modeling of thermal management behavior, allowing the team to iterate design parameters
- Simulink facilitates closed-loop control system simulation and automated tests
- Model-Based Design helps improve design accuracy, optimize system performance, and shorten product development lifecycle
Chongqing Chaoli Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of automotive component giant DENSO Corporation, specializes in the R&D, manufacturing, and sales of heat tech equipment. With the rapid introduction of new vehicles featuring complex energy-saving functionalities, there is a growing need for efficient heat management systems. In vehicles, thermal management control software accounts for temperature adjustment, monitoring, thermal modeling, minimizing energy consumption, data analytics, and various other functions.
Chongqing Chaoli is using Simulink® to build a vehicle thermal management system, focusing on the control algorithm design. The team will employ Model-Based Design to optimize the system, simulating and verifying thermal solutions through control algorithms. They also plan to use Embedded Coder® to automatically generate code from the control algorithm model. Next, Chongqing Chaoli will accelerate complex system analysis and algorithm development to build a thermal management control software based on AUTOSAR® architecture.
