PX4291 Electric Vehicles and Power Management Syllabus:

PX4291 Electric Vehicles and Power Management Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES:

 To understand the concept of electric vehicles and its operations
 To present an overview of Electric Vehicle (EV), Hybrid Electric vehicle (HEV) and their architecture
 To understand the need for energy storage in hybrid vehicles
 To provide knowledge about various possible energy storage technologies that can be used in electric vehicles

UNIT I ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND VEHICLE MECHANICS

Electric Vehicles (EV), Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV), Engine ratings- Comparisons of EV with internal combustion Engine vehicles- Fundamentals of vehicle mechanics.

UNIT II ARCHITECTURE OF EV’s AND POWER TRAIN COMPONENTS

Architecture of EV’s and HEV’s – Plug-n Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV)- Power train components and sizing, Gears, Clutches, Transmission and Brakes.

UNIT III POWER ELECTRONICS AND MOTOR DRIVES

Electric drive components – Power electronic switches- four quadrant operation of DC drives – Induction motor and permanent magnet synchronous motor-based vector control operation – Switched reluctance motor (SRM) drives- EV motor sizing.

UNIT IV BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM

Battery Basics- Different types- Battery Parameters-Battery life & safety impacts -Battery modeling-Design of battery for large vehicles.

UNIT V ALTERNATIVE ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS

Introduction to fuel cell – Types, Operation and characteristics- proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell for E-mobility– hydrogen storage systems –Super capacitors for transportation applications.

TOTAL : 60 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:

After the completion of this course, students will be able to
CO1: Understand the concept of electric vehicle and energy storage systems.
CO2: Describe the working and components of Electric Vehicle and Hybrid Electric Vehicle
CO3: Know the principles of power converters and electrical drives
CO4: Illustrate the operation of storage systems such as battery and super capacitors
CO5: Analyze the various energy storage systems based on fuel cells and hydrogen storage

REFERENCES:

1. Iqbal Hussain, “Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: Design Fundamentals, Second Edition” CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Second Edition (2011).
2. Ali Emadi, Mehrdad Ehsani, John M.Miller, “Vehicular Electric Power Systems”, Special Indian Edition, Marcel dekker, Inc 2010.
3. Mehrdad Ehsani, YiminGao, Sebastian E. Gay, Ali Emadi, ‘Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles: Fundamentals, Theory and Design’, CRC Press, 2004.
4. C.C. Chan and K.T. Chau, ‘Modern Electric Vehicle Technology’, OXFORD University Press, 2001.
5. Wie Liu, “Hybrid Electric Vehicle System Modeling and Control”,Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2017.