Vehicle Mechanics:
Roadway Fundamentals, Laws of Motion, Vehicle Kinetics, Dynamics of Vehicle Motion, Propulsion Power, Force-Velocity Characteristics, Maximum Gradability, Velocity and Acceleration, Constant FTR, Level Road, Velocity Profile, Distance Traversed, Tractive Power, Energy Required, Nonconstant FTR, General Acceleration, Propulsion System Design.
Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles:
Configuration of Electric Vehicles, Performance of Electric Vehicles, Traction motor characteristics, Tractive effort and Transmission requirement, Vehicle performance, Tractive effort in normal driving, Energy consumption Concept of Hybrid Electric Drive Trains, Architecture of Hybrid Electric Drive Trains, Series Hybrid Electric Drive Trains, Parallel hybrid electric drive trains.
Energy storage for EV and HEV:
Energy storage requirements, Battery parameters, Types of Batteries, Modelling of Battery, Fuel Cell basic principle and operation, Types of Fuel Cells, PEMFC and its operation, Modelling of PEMFC, Supercapacitors.
Electric Propulsion:
EV consideration, DC motor drives and speed control, Induction motor drives, Permanent Magnet Motor Drives, Switch Reluctance Motor Drive for Electric Vehicles, Configuration and control of Drives.
Design of Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles:
Series Hybrid Electric Drive Train Design: Operating patterns, control strategies, Sizing of major components, power rating of traction motor, power rating of engine/generator, design of PPS Parallel Hybrid Electric Drive Train Design: Control strategies of parallel hybrid drive train, design of engine power capacity, design of electric motor drive capacity, transmission design, energy storage design.
Course outcomes:
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
Question paper pattern:
Textbooks
1 Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: Design Fundamentals Iqbal Husain CRC Press 2003
2 Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Fuel Cell Vehicles: Fundamentals, Theory, and Design M. Ehsani, Y. Gao, S.Gay and Ali Emadi CRC Press 2005
Reference Books
1 Energy Management Strategies for Electric and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles Sheldon S. Williamson Springer 2013
2 Modern Electric Vehicle Technology C.C. Chan and K.T. Chau OXFORD University 2001
Hybrid Electric Vehicles Principles And Applications With Practical Perspectives Chris Mi, M. Abul Masrur, David Wenzhong Gao Wiley Publication 2011