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Acknowledgements vi
8.5 System simulation ................................ 91
8.6 Optimiser algorithm parameters ........................ 91
8.6.1 Population size ............................. 91
8.6.2 Other settings .............................. 92
9 The MUTE project 94
9.1 The electric car MUTE ............................. 94
9.2 Climatisation in the MUTE car ........................ 95
10 Hardware and characteristics of the MUTE prototype 97
10.1 The car interior ................................. 97
10.2 The HVAC-unit ................................. 99
10.3 The heating unit ................................101
10.4 The sensors ...................................103
10.5 Other available information ..........................104
10.6 The user interface ................................106
10.7 Computer and electrics . . . ..........................107
10.8 Parameterisation for the MUTE car......................108
11 Matlab implementation 109
11.1 Model structure .................................109
11.2 Automatic mode ................................111
11.3 Programming ..................................114
11.4 Real-time requirements . . . ..........................115
12 Controller evaluation 116
12.1 Hardware-in-the-loop test ...........................116
12.2 Optimiser performance evaluation .......................117
12.3 Simulation test layout .............................119
12.4 The test cases ..................................120
12.5 Simulation results ................................123
12.6 Stability and robustness ............................126