ECE 59500 - Hybrid Electric Vehicles (copy)

Course Details

Lecture Hours: 3 Credits: 3

Counts as:

  • EE Elective
  • CMPE Special Content Elective

Experimental Course Offered:

Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016

Requisites:

ECE 32100 and 43300 or Graduate Standing

Requisites by Topic:

Graduate Standing or Instructor Permission

Catalog Description:

Introduction to architectures and technologies associated with electric and hybrid electric vehicles including their constituent components. Specific topics include electric and hybrid electric drive trains, energy storage (batteries/ ultracapacitors, fuel cells), electromechanical energy conversion (induction and permanent magnet motors and generators), power electronics, vehicle-level modeling and control, and optimization

Required Text(s):

  1. Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Principles and Applications with Practical Perspectives , Chris Mi, M. Abul Masrur, and David Gao , John Wiley & Sons , 2017 , ISBN No. 978-1-1189-7053-9

Recommended Text(s):

None.

Lecture Outline:

Lectures Major Topics
3 Introduction to architectures (series, parallel, split torque)
5 Powertrain fundamentals
5 Battery characteristics, limitations, and management
3 Ultra capacitors and fuel cells
6 Power train electronics
6 Motor drives (induction, permanent magnet)
6 Vehicular control and overall energy management
3 Sizing and optimization
3 Regenerative braking
3 Advanced modeling and simulation tools
1 Midterm exam

Engineering Design Content:

  • Establishment of Objectives and Criteria
  • Synthesis
  • Analysis

Engineering Design Consideration(s):

  • Economic
  • Environmental
  • Health/Safety
  • Manufacturability

Assessment Method:

Satisfactory completion of four projects using Matlab/Simulink