Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Engineering

Opublikowano: 05.05.2014 13:46

Subject name Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Engineering
Type of subject               Specialized
Summary ECTS 4
Form of course 30h lecture, 15h laboratory
Lecturer                           Prof. Antoni Szumanowski, Ph.D., D.Sc.
A brief outline:
Lecture
  • Overview of structures and hybrid electric drives. Characteristics, advantages, disadvantages.
  • Components of multisource drives.
  • Control of multisource drives.
  • The design of electric and hybrid vehicles.
  • Design rules for electric and hybrid vehicles.
  • Determination of parameters of components of multisource drives.
  • Selection of drive structure to the requirements of the vehicle.
  • Primary and secondary power sources - an overview of the technology.
  • Electrochemical batteries - different technologies, acid, gel, NiCd, NiMH, LiIon, bipolar, characteristics, emf, internal resistance, charging characteristics, SOC, SOH, load and battery life, active and passive systems for load leveling, charging systems and battery replacement in vehicles.
  • Monitoring and measurement data acquisition - terminology, systems architecture, the types of signals and transducers.
Laboratory
  • Electric drive with asynchronous motor controlled by pulse frequency inverter.
  • The drive system with low-speed PM motor.
  • Drive using a three-phase induction motor controlled inverter.
  • The study of hydrogen PEM fuel cell.
  • Determination of the electrical parameters of ultracapacitors.
  • Tests and measurements of the vehicle braking energy (recuperation of energy).