UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BECZ070

Electric Vehicle Technology

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2025-26 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Electronics & Computer Engineering · Sem 7 (Departmental Elective-IV)

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Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1

8 hrs

ROTATING POWER CONVERTERS Magnetic circuits- DC machine and AC machine –Working principle of Generator and Motor-DC and AC - Voltage and torque equations – Characteristics and applications. Working principle of special machines like: Brushless DC motor, Switched reluctance motor and PMSM.

Unit2

Unit 2

8 hrs

STATIC POWER CONVERTERS Working and Characteristics of Power Diodes, MOSFET and IGBT. Working of uncontrolled rectifiers, controlled rectifiers (Single phase and Three phase), DC choppers, single and three phase inverters, Multilevel inverters and Matrix Converters.

Unit3

Unit 3

8 hrs

CONTROL OF DC AND AC MOTOR DRIVES Speed control for constant torque, constant HP operation of all electric motors - DC/DC chopper based four quadrant operation of DC motor drives, inverter based V/f Operation (motoring and braking) of induction motor drives, Transformation theory, vector control operation of Induction motor and PMSM, Brushless DC motor drives, Switched reluctance motor (SRM) drives

Unit4

Unit 4

8 hrs

HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE ARCHITECTURE AND POWER TRAIN COMPONENTS History of evolution of Electric Vehicles - Comparison of Electric Vehicles with Internal Combustion Engines - Architecture of Electric Vehicles (EV) and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV) – Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV)- Power train components and sizing, Gears, Clutches, Transmission and Brakes.

Unit5

Unit 5

8 hrs

MECHANICS OF HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND CONTROL OF VEHICLES Fundamentals of vehicle mechanics - tractive force, power and energy requirements for standard drive cycles of HEV's - motor torque and power rating and battery capacity. HEV supervisory control - Selection of modes - power spilt mode - parallel mode - engine brake mode - regeneration mode - series parallel mode

Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1To provide knowledge about electric machines and special machineK1, K2
  2. CO2To understand the basics of power convertersK3
  3. CO3To know the concepts of controlling DC and AC drive systemsK3, K4
  4. CO4To understand the architecture and power train components.K4
  5. CO5To impart knowledge on vehicle control for standard drive cycles of hybrid electrical vehicles (HEVs)K3, K4

Text books

  1. Stephen D. Umans, “Fitzgerald & Kingsley’s Electric Machinery”, Tata McGraw Hill, 7th Edition, 2020
  2. Bogdan M. Wilamowski, J. David Irwin, “The Industrial Electronics Handbook”, Second Edition, Power Electronics and Motor Drives, CRC Press, 2011
  3. Paul C. Krause, Oleg Wasynczuk, Scott D. Sudhoff, Steven D. Pekarek “Analysis of Electric Machinery and Drive Systems”, 3rd Edition, Wiley-IEEE Press, 2013
  4. Rashid M.H., “Power Electronics Circuits, Devices and Applications", Pearson, fourth Edition, 10th Impression 2021
  5. Iqbal Husain, “Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles”, CRC Press, 2021.

Official AKTU syllabus

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