AM4204 Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Syllabus:

AM4204 Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES:

The course should enable the students to:
1. General aspects of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles (EHV), including architectures, modeling, sizing, sub-system design and hybrid vehicle control.
2. Understand about vehicle dynamics,
3. Design the required energy storage devices,
4. Select the suitable electric propulsion systems and
5. Understand of hybrid electric vehicles.

UNIT I NEED FOR ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM

Need for hybrid and electric vehicles – main components and working principles of a hybrid and electric vehicles, Different configurations of hybrid and electric vehicles .Comparative study of diesel, petrol, hybrid and electric Vehicles. Advantages and Limitations of hybrid and electric Vehicles. Case study on specification of electric and hybrid vehicles.

UNIT II DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Design requirement for electric vehicles- Range, maximum velocity, acceleration, power requirement, mass of the vehicle. Various Resistance- Transmission efficiency- Electric vehicle chassis and Body Design, Electric Vehicle Recharging and Refueling Systems

UNIT III ENERGY SOURCES

Battery Parameters- – Different types of batteries – Lead Acid- Nickel based-Sodium based Lithium based- Metal Air based. Battery Modeling- Equivalent circuits, Battery charging- Quick Charging devices. Fuel Cell- Fuel cell Characteristics- Fuel cell types-Half reactions of fuel cell. Ultra capacitors. Battery Management System

UNIT IV MOTORS AND CONTROLLERS

Types of Motors, Characteristic of DC motors, AC single phase and 3-phase motor, PM motors, Switched reluctance motors, Motor Drives and speed controllers, Torque Vectoring, Regenerative Braking. Rectifiers, Inverters, DC/DC converters.

UNIT V SUBSYTEMS OF HYBRID AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Power Split devices for Hybrid Vehicles – Operation modes – Control Strategies for Hybrid Vehicle – Economy of hybrid Vehicles. Steering and Suspension system. Choice of Tires.

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:

The students will able to
 Understand working of different configurations of hybrid and electric vehicles
 Design and develop basic schemes of electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles.
 Choose proper energy storage systems for vehicle applications
 Choose a suitable drive scheme for developing an electric hybrid vehicle depending on resources
 Understand basic operation of power-split device in hybrid electric vehicle.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Iqbal Husain, “Electric and Hybrid Vehicles-Design Fundamentals”, CRC Press,2003
2. Mehrdad Ehsani, “Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles”, CRC Press,2005.

REFERENCES:

1. James Larminie and John Lowry, “Electric Vehicle Technology Explained “John Wiley & Sons,2003
2. Lino Guzzella, “Vehicle Propulsion System” Springer Publications,2005
3. Ron HodKinson, “Light Weight Electric/ Hybrid Vehicle Design”, Butterworth Heinemann Publication,2005