CIC341 Electric Vehicle Technology Syllabus:
CIC341 Electric Vehicle Technology Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. General aspects of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles (EHV), including architectures, modelling, sizing, subsystem 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 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 Refuelling Systems.
UNIT III ENERGY SOURCES
Battery Parameters- – Different types of batteries – Lead Acid- Nickel Metal Hydride – Lithium-ion Sodium based- Metal Air. Battery Modelling- Equivalent circuits, Battery charging- Quick Charging devices. Fuel Cell- Fuel cell Characteristics- Fuel cell typesHalf 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 SUBSYSTEMS 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
SKILL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES (Group Seminar/Mini Project/Assignment/Content Preparation / Quiz/ Surprise Test / Solving GATE questions/ etc)
1. Driving cycle development for electric vehicle simulation
2. Selection of components for electrical vehicle applications.
3. Familiarization of any one relevant software tool (MATLAB/ SCILAB/ LABVIEW/ Proteus/Equivalent open-source software)
4. Design and verification of electric vehicle through simulation
5. Analysis of recent trend in electric vehicles
6. Introduction to other advanced electric vehicle system not covered in the above syllabus
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1 Outline of electric and hybrid vehicle operation and architectures.
CO2 Design of hybrid and electric vehicles.
CO3 Summarize the energy requirement for vehicles.
CO4 Illustrate the vehicle characteristics, operating modes, and performance parameters of the vehicle.
CO5 Analyze the different subsystems of hybrid and electric vehicles.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Iqbal Husain, “Electric and Hybrid Vehicles-Design Fundamentals”, CRC Press, 2010
2. Mehrdad Ehsani, “Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles”, CRC Press, 2018
REFERENCES:
1. James Larminie and John Lowry, “Electric Vehicle Technology Explained “John Wiley &Sons, 2012
2. Lino Guzzella, “Vehicle Propulsion System” Springer Publications, 2012
3. Ron HodKinson, “Light Weight Electric/ Hybrid Vehicle Design”, Butterworth Heinemann Publication, 2005