OME434 Electric Vehicle Technology Syllabus:

OME434 Electric Vehicle Technology Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

UNIT I NEED FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES

History and need for electric and hybrid vehicles, social and environmental importance of hybrid and electric vehicles, impact of modern drive-trains on energy supplies, comparison of diesel, petrol, electric and hybrid vehicles, limitations, technical challenges

UNIT II ELECTRIC VEHICLE ARCHITECHTURE

Electric vehicle types, layout and power delivery, performance – traction motor characteristics, tractive effort, transmission requirements, vehicle performance, energy consumption, Concepts of hybrid electric drive train, architecture of series and parallel hybrid electric drive train, merits and demerits, mild and full hybrids, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and range extended hybrid electric vehicles, Fuel cell vehicles.

UNIT III ENERGY STORAGE

Batteries – types – lead acid batteries, nickel based batteries, and lithium based batteries, electrochemical reactions, thermodynamic voltage, specific energy, specific power, energy efficiency, Battery modeling and equivalent circuit, battery charging and types, battery cooling, Ultracapacitors, Flywheel technology, Hydrogen fuel cell, Thermal Management of the PEM fuel cell

UNIT IV ELECTRIC DRIVES AND CONTROL

Types of electric motors – working principle of AC and DC motors, advantages and limitations, DC motor drives and control, Induction motor drives and control, PMSM and brushless DC motor -drives and control , AC and Switch reluctance motor drives and control – Drive system efficiency – Inverters – DC and AC motor speed controllers

UNIT V DESIGN OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Materials and types of production, Chassis skate board design, motor sizing, power pack sizing, component matching, Ideal gear box – Gear ratio, torque–speed characteristics, Dynamic equation of vehicle motion, Maximum tractive effort – Power train tractive effort Acceleration performance, rated vehicle velocity – maximum gradability, Brake performance, Electronic control system, safety and challenges in electric vehicles. Case study of Nissan leaf, Toyota Prius, tesla model 3, and Renault Zoe cars.

REFERENCES:

1. Iqbal Hussein, Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: Design Fundamentals, 2nd edition CRC Press, 2011.
2. Mehrdad Ehsani, Yimi Gao, Sebastian E. Gay, Ali Emadi, Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles: Fundamentals, Theory and Design, CRC Press, 2004.
3. James Larminie, John Lowry, Electric Vehicle Technology Explained – Wiley, 2003.
4. Ehsani, M, “Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles: Fundamentals, Theory and Design”, CRC Press, 2005