UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BOE092

Electric Vehicles

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2025-26 TypeTheory
Appears in 36 semesters · 36 branches

B.Tech Civil Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Mechanical Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Information Technology · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Artificial Intelligence & Data Science · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech CSE (Artificial Intelligence) · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech CSE (AI & ML) · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech CSE (Data Science) · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech CSE (Cyber Security) · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech CSE (Internet of Things) · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Computer Science & Design · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Computer Science (Hindi) · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Computer Science & Business Systems · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Electrical Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Electrical & Electronics Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Electrical & Computer Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Electronics & Instrumentation / Instrumentation & Control · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Electronics & Computer Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech ECE (Advanced Communication Technology) · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design & Technology) · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Automobile Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Aeronautical Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Mechanical & Industrial Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Production & Industrial Production Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Manufacturing Technology · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Mining Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Chemical Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Plastic Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Food Technology · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Textile Technology · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Handloom & Textile Technology · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Carpet & Textile Technology · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Biotechnology · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III) · B.Tech Agricultural Engineering · Sem 8 (Open Elective-III)

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Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1: Introduction of Electric Vehicles

8 hrs

Concept of Electrified transportation, Past, present status of electric vehicles, Recent developments and trends in electric vehicles, Comparison of EVs and IC Engine vehicles, Understanding electric vehicle components, Basic EV components and architecture, Autonomy and vehicle computing needs.

Unit2

Unit 2: Electric Motor Drives for EV applications

8 hrs

Concept of EV motors, Classification of EV motors, Comparison of Electric motors for EV applications, Recent EV motors, BLDC and SRM, axial flux motor. Introduction to power electronics converters, DC-DC converter, speed control of dc motor, BLDC motor driving schemes.

Unit3

Unit 3: EV Batteries and Battery Management System

8 hrs

EV batteries, Lead Acid batteries – Basics, Characteristics, Lithium batteries- Basics, Characteristics, Selection of battery for EVs, Smart battery pack design, Mechanical and reliability aspects of Li Ion packs, UN38 regulation familiarity, Cell balancing in Li Ion, Battery second life and usage in BESS (energy storage systems). BMS - Global price trends, volumetric and gravimetric efficiency trends

Unit4

Unit 4: Charging system design technology for EV applications

8 hrs

Charging system design considerations, AC & DC Charging, Charging methods, On-board/Off-board chargers,Vehicle to charger communication system, OCPP familiarity cloud and device side, metrology, billing and authentication types, understand the computing needs in a charging system, Understand internal major block diagrams and subsystems of low and high power chargers. IEC61850 and 61851 familiarities, IEC61000, 60950/51, IEC62196 key highlights.

Unit5

Unit 5: EV Charging Facility Planning

8 hrs

Identification of EV demand, Impact of EV charging on power grid, Energy generation scheduling, different power sources, centralized charging schemes, Energy storage integration into micro-grid, Overview and applicability of AI for the EV ecosystem, design of V2G aggregator, case studies.

Reference

  1. C.C. Chan, K.T. Chau. Modern Electric Vehicle Technology, Oxford University Press, NY 2001
  2. M.Ehsani, Y.Gao, S.E.Gay, A.Emadi, Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles – Fundamentals, Theory and Design, CRC Press, 2004
  3. James Larminie, John Lowry. Electric Vehicle Technology Explained. Wiley 2012
  4. NPTEL Course on Electric Vehicles – Part 1 by Dr. Amit Jain, IIT Delhi
  5. Tests on Lithium-ion batteries. Available at: https://www.lithium-batterie-service.de/en/un-38.3-testseries
  6. Handbook on Battery Energy Storage Systems- ADB, 2018 Addition Practical Hand (Lab works):
  7. BLDC motor control experiment
  8. E-rickshaw commercial BLDC and driver based live demo
  9. Charge discharge characteristics of Li-Ion batteries and cells
  10. BMS function SoC, SoH and cell balancing demo
  11. PFC demo and waveform capture
  12. LLC (DCDC) demo and waveform capture
  13. CV, CC operation
  14. Tear down analysis of DC fast charger and AC fast charger

Official AKTU syllabus

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