Tecnologie Elettriche per i Veicoli

TEACHERS

Giuseppe Buja, giuseppe [dot] bujaunipd [dot] it (lecturer and examiner)

Manuele Bertoluzzo, manuele [dot] bertoluzzounipd [dot] it (teaching assistant and examiner)

EDUCATION OBJECTIVE

After discussing the reasons that motivate the introduction of the electric road vehicles, the course illustrates apparatuses and devices used for the electric traction and for the electric energy generation and energy storage onboard the vehicles. Architecture and operation of the electric and hybrid propulsion systems are presented and methodologies for their sizing are provided. The course also addresses the systems for the stability control and the by-wire driving of the road vehicles.

LECTURE PLAN

Environmental and energy challenges for road transportation. Fundamentals of road propulsion (longitudinal and lateral dynamics, driving cycles, energy analysis). Motivations for the electric propulsion. Classification of the electric vehicles. Characteristics of the electric drives for traction. Technology and characteristics of the onboard-vehicle devices for the electric energy generation and energy storage: rechargeable batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, hydrogen tanks. Fully electric vehicles: architectures of the propulsion system, sizing of the storage and traction apparatuses. Hybrid electric vehicles: architectures of the propulsion systems, sizing of the storage and traction apparatuses, power management. Charging infrastructures and V2G capabilities. Stability control systems. Drive-by-wire systems. Dependability issues.

ORGANIZATION

The lectures, exercises and project included, are given in the first semester along 12 weeks and are organized in blocks of 2 hours, with 4 hours per week. Total hours are 48. The course has 6 CFUs.

TEXTBOOKS

M.Ehsani, Y.Gao, S.Gay and A.Emadi, “Modern Electric, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Vehicles. Fundamentals, Theory and Design”, CRC Press, 2005.

R.Bosch, “Automotive Book”, 5^thEdition, SAE International, 2002.

J.Larminie and J.Lowry, “Electric vehicle technology”, J.Wiley & Sons, 2003.

Further reference books and selected articles will be announced during the course. Handouts material will be given.

EXAMINATION

Examination is oral and regards either the subject of the lectures or the discussion of a project.

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