Syllabus - Fundamentals of Electric Vehicles (EV 304)

Electric Vehicles

Fundamentals of Electric Vehicles (EV 304)

III

UNIT 1

HEV Fundamentals: Vehicle Basics, vehicle model, Vehicle Resistance: Rolling Resistance, Aerodynamic Drag, Grading Resistance, Dynamic Equation Tire–Ground Adhesion and Maximum Tractive Effort, Power Train Tractive Effort and Vehicle Speed, EV Power train Component Sizing.

Hybridization of the Automobile

UNIT 2

Basics of the EV, Basics of the HEV, Basics of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) and vehicle architectures: Series Hybrid Vehicle, Parallel Hybrid Vehicle, Basics of Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs).

UNIT 3

Power Electronics in HEVs: Power electronics circuits used for control and distribution of electric power HEV. DC-AC converters DC-DC, AC-DC, used for in

Electric Machines and Drives in HEVs: Fundamental of Drives and Control of EV Using DC motor, Induction Motor, Permanent Magnet Motor, Switched Reluctance Motor, BLDC motor, Design and Sizing of Traction Motors.

UNIT 4

Batteries, Ultra capacitor, Fuel Cells, and Controls: Introduction, Different batteries for EV, Battery Characterization, Comparison of Different Energy Storage Technologies for HEVs, Battery Charging Control, Charge Management of Storage Devices, Flywheel Energy Storage System, Fuel Cells and Hybrid Fuel Cell Energy Storage System and Battery Management System.

UNIT 5

EV Charging Technologies: Classification of different charging technology for EV charging station, introduction to Grid-to-Vehicle, Vehicle to Grid (V2G) or Vehicle to Buildings (V2B) or Vehicle to Home (V2H) operations, bi-directional EV charging systems, energy management strategies used in hybrid and electric vehicle, Wireless power transfer (WPT) technique for EV charging.

Course Objective

Explain electric, hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), their architecture, technologies and fundamentals

Course Outcome

After completing the course, the students will be able to: 1: Explain the basics of electric and hybrid electric vehicles, their architecture, technologies and fundamentals. 2: Analyze the use of different power electronics converters and electrical machines in hybrid electric vehicles. 3: Able to interpret the working of different configurations of electric vehicles and its components, hybrid vehicle configurations 4: Explain the use of different energy storage systems used for hybrid electric vehicles, their control techniques, and select appropriate energy balancing technology 5: Ability to understand the control and configurations of HEV charging stations.

Practicals

Reference Books

  • Mehrdad Ehsani, Yimi Gao, Sebastian E. Gay, Ali Emadi, Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles: Fundamentals, Theory and Design, CRC Press , 2004

  • Iqbal Hussein, Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: Design Fundamentals, CRC Press , 2007

  • James Larminie, John Lowry, Electric Vehicle Technology Explained, Wiley , 2003

  • Chris Mi, M. Abul Masrur, David Wenzhong Gao, Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Principles and Applications with Practical Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. , 2011