ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES (BEE755A)

ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES

Course Code BEE755A 
CIE Marks 50
Teaching Hours/Week (L:T:P: S) 2:2:0:0 
SEE Marks 50
Total Hours of Pedagogy 40 
Total Marks 100
Credits 03 
Exam Hours 03
Examination type (SEE) Theory

Module-1

Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles:

History of Electric Vehicles, Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Fuel Cell Vehicles, Performance of EVs -

Traction Motor Characteristics, Tractive Effort and Transmission Requirement, Vehicle performance,

Energy Consumption

Hybrid Electric Vehicles Concept of Hybrid Electric Drive Trains, Architectures of Hybrid Electric

Drive Trains

Module-2

Design Principle of Series and parallel Hybrid Electric Drive Train

Operation Patterns, Control Strategies-Max. SOC-of-PPS and Engine On–Off

Series Hybrid Electric Drive Train Design Electrical Coupling Device, Power Rating Design of the

Traction Motor, Power Rating Design of the Engine/Generator, Design of PPS, Power Capacity of PPS,

Energy Capacity of PPS.

Parallel Hybrid Electric Drive Train Design

Drive Train Configuration and Design Objectives, Control Strategies, Max. SOC-of-PPS Control

Strategy Engine On–Off (Thermostat) Control Strategy, Constrained Engine On–Off Control Strategy.

Module-3

Batteries in Electric and Hybrid vehicles

Basics of Battery-Battery cell Structure and Chemical reactions. Battery Parameters -Battery capacity,

Open circuit voltage, Terminal voltage, Practical capacity, Discharge rate, State of charge, Battery

energy, Battery power, Specific power,

Fuel Cells

Operating Principles, Fuel Cell System Characteristics, Fuel Cell Technologies, Proton Exchange

Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC)Types of fuel cells-Alkaline,, Phosphoric Acid, Molten Carbonate, Solid

Oxide, Direct Methanol.

Module-4

Power Grid of Electric Vehicles

Vehicle grid interface -electric vehicle charging -dc fast chargers,480 V Fast Charger, MV Fast Charger,

Electric vehicle Charging station, Grid impact of fast chargers, Electric vehicles in micro grids. Micro

grid and controls --Primary- and Secondary-Level Controls, Droop-Based Controls, Oscillator-Based

Controls, Tertiary control,V2G and G2V power converter, Solar generation Integration with electric

Vehicles --Coordinated Control of Solar PV Generation, Storage and PEV

Module-5

Strategy of Hybrid Vehicle Control

vehicle supervisory controller, Mode selection strategy--Mechanical power-split hybrid modes,

Electric Only (Low Speeds, Reverse, Battery Charging), Parallel Mode, Power-Split Mode, Engine Brake

Mode, Regeneration mode. Modal control strategies --series and parallel control.

Suggested Learning Resources:

Books

1. Mehrdad Ehsani, Yimin Gao, sebastien E. Gay and Ali Emadi, “Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric

and Fuel Cell Vehicles: Fundamentals, Theory and Design”, CRC Press, 2009.

2. Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: Design Fundamentals by Iqbal Husain, CRC Press, 2003.