Tudor, DenisPaolone, Mario2020-02-072020-02-072020-02-072020-01-0910.1109/VPPC46532.2019.8952497https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/165180The paper assesses the influence of equivalent circuit battery models on the optimal design of the propulsion system of an energy-autonomous Hyperloop capsule. By knowing a pre-determined payload to be transported along pre-determined trajectories, the problem minimizes the total number of battery cells supplying the capsule propulsion along with the maximization of its performance. The constraints of the problem embed numerically- tractable models of the main components of the electrical propulsion systems and of the battery. Although the optimization problem is non-convex, its constraints are formulated to exhibit a good numerical tractability. After having determined the solutions influenced by a weighting factor with two different battery models, dominant solutions are identified using specific metrics with the purpose of assessing the impact of the battery model on the determined solutions.HyperloopPropulsionOptimal designBatteryEnergy autonomous vehicletext::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper