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Energies 2017,10, 437 Bdoesnotmeet therequirements. Inaddition, it is foundthat theengineneeds tobe locatedat the centernodeof leverA, i.e., at carrierC, since theorderof thePGnodeshouldbeS,C,RorR,C,S (fromcondition(b)). (a) (b) 2XWSXW 0* E L D 0* ,QSXW (QJLQH 2XWSXW 0* L D ,QSXW (QJLQH 0* E Figure1.Ageneralizedsingle levermodel for the inputsplitplug-inhybridelectricvehicle (PHEV). (a)LeverA; (b)LeverB. D L F B A Figure2.Speedratioat themechanicalpoint [20]. Now,wedeterminethepositionofMG2(output).MG2canbelocatedatthesungear,S(Figure3a), or theringgear,R(Figure3b). Fromthespeedleveranalogy, it is foundthatMG2ispositionedat the ringgearwhen a/i isgreater than2;meanwhile it ispositionedat thesungear for1< a/i<2. Fromthe leveranalogyof thespeedandtorque,wecanobtain thepowerofeachnodeusing a/i. Defining thepower ratioPRas the ratioof theMG1power (electricalpower) to theengine (input) power, thepowerratio is representedas PR= PMG1 Pe = ωout ωe ( 1 (a/i)−1 ) +1 (3) InFigure4, thepowerratio isshownfora/ibetween1and3.5whentheenginespeedis1500rpm, theengine torque is100Nm,andtheoutputspeed is2000rpm. It is seenfromFigure4 that thepower ratiodecreasesasa/i increases. SincethePSTefficiencyincreasesas thepowerratiodecreases, inother words, thepower throughMG1(electricalpath)decreases,wefindthatMG2needs tobepositionedat theringgear. 267