Course Title and Code
Electric Vehicle Product Development (EE5607)
Course Credit
3-0-0-3 (Lecture-Tutorial-Practical-Total Credits)
Course Category
Elective
Target Programme
PG
Target Discipline
Electrical Engineering
Prerequisite
Undergraduate level course or higher in Electrical Machines is required.
Undergraduate level course or higher in the area of Power Electronics is required.
Course Content for Electric Vehicle Product Development (EE5607)
| Module No. | Topic | Lectures |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Requirement Engineering & System Engineering | 6 |
| 1 | Electric Vehicle (EV) Basics | |
| 1 | Electric Vehicle Powertrain Dimension | |
| 1 | Component Selection | |
| 1 | Requirement Elicitation: Battery, Motor, Inverter, DC-DC, OBC (On-board charger) | |
| 2 | Introduction to Power Electronics for EV Applications | 17 |
| 2 | Power Electronic Converters for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles | |
| 2 | Power Electronic Converters for EV Motor Drives | |
| 2 | Power Electronics for Energy Storage Systems | |
| 2 | EV Charging Infrastructure including types of chargers and charging protocols | |
| 3 | Advanced Electric Drives for EV | 17 |
| 3 | Overview of Different Motor Drives for EV Applications | |
| 3 | Motors with Permanent Magnets - PMSM and Brushless DC Motors | |
| 3 | Motors without Permanent Magnets - Induction Motor Drives, Switched Reluctance Motor Drive | |
| 3 | Other Motor Drives - Axial Flux, Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Reluctance Motor | |
| 3 | Examples of different motor drives and ratings used for different EV applications | |
| 3 | Control strategy for motor drives | |
| 3 | Model Based Development - Introduction to simulation tools, illustration and design of select EV components | |
| 3 | Case Studies - Case studies on select topics to illustrate aspects like efficiency requirements, component selection, and practical design considerations |
Learning Outcomes
- Develop a broad understanding of the different components of an EV.
- Develop practical exposure to aspects of drive product development.
- Be able to carry out a virtual design of electric vehicle components through simulations.
Text Books
- Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: Design Fundamentals, Second Edition, Iqbal Husain, CRC Press, ISBN-10: 143981175X, ISBN-13: 978-1439811757
- Advanced Electrical Drives - Analysis Modeling Control, Rik De Doncker, Andre Veltman, Duco Wj Pulle, Springer, ISBN-10: 8132214536, ISBN-13: 978-8132214533
- Electric Motor Drives: Modeling, Analysis and Control, R. Krishnan, Pearson, ISBN-10: 9789332549715, ISBN-13: 978-9332549715
Reference Books
- Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Robert W Erickson, Dragan Maksimovic, Springer, ISBN-10: 8181283635, ISBN-13: 978-8181283634
- Power Electronics: Converters, Applications and Design, Ned Mohan, Tore M. Undeland, and William P. Robbins, Wiley, ISBN-10: 9788126510900, ISBN-13: 978-8126510900
- Advanced Electric Drive Vehicles, Ali Emadi, CRC Press, ISBN-10: 1138072850, ISBN-13: 978-1138072855