IEEE VTS motor vehicle challenge 2025 – Energy management and control of a marine electric propulsion system

The topic proposed for the IEEE VTS Motor Vehicle Challenge 2025 (MVC 2025) consists of developing an energy management strategy for a marine Electric Propulsion System (EPS). The key component of the proposed EPS is a Dual Three-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (DTPPMSM), whose windings are supplied by a Battery Pack (BP) and a Supercapacitor Module (SM) through appropriate DC/DC and DC/AC converters. The DTP-PMSM shaft is connected to a marine propeller, which is devoted to develop the thrust force needed to move the vessel. The MVC 2025 participants should propose an energy management strategy that splits the DTPPMSM power demand among its two windings, each of which is supplied by a different energy storage unit, by minimizing a given cost function.