Description / Abstract:
This document describes a test procedure for rating peak power
of the Rechargeable Energy Storage System (RESS) used in a
combustion engine Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV). Other types of
vehicles with non fossil fuel primary engines, such as fuel cells,
are not intended to use this test procedure.
Purpose
The purpose of this document is to provide a test procedure to
determine RESS peak power so that a vehicle's ratio of RESS peak
power rating to the sum of the Internal Combustion Engine power
rating and the RESS peak power rating can be established. Because
of the vehicle-specific nature of the RESS control and environment,
this test is designed to calculate the RESS peak power for a
specific vehicle. As a result, the same RESS used in a different
vehicle must be retested to determine its peak power rating in the
new HEV environment.