Vehicular Power Electronics
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Vehicular Power Electronics Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Vehicular Power Electronics (subject code 3172414) as prescribed for PE · Semester 7 divides the course into 6 units, covering 8 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3172414)Unit 1 Introduction
- • Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles – Configuration of Electric Vehicles – Performance of Electric Vehicles – Traction Motor Characteristics – Tractive Effort and Transmission – Requirement – Vehicle Performance – Tractive Effort in Normal Driving • Energy Consumption Concept of Hybrid Electric Drive Trains – Architecture of Hybrid Electric Drive Trains – Series Hybrid Electric Drive Trains – Parallel Hybrid Electric Drive Trains
Unit 2 Electric Propulsion / Automotive Motor Drive
- • EV Consideration – DC Motor Drives and Speed Control – Four Quadrant Operation – Induction Motor Drives – Different Control Schemes • Permanent Magnet Motor Drives – Switch Reluctance Motor Drive for Electric Vehicles – Configuration and Control of Drives – Regenerative Braking of AC & DC Motors
Unit 3 Design of Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles
- • Series Hybrid Electric Drive Train Design: Operating Patterns – Control Strategies – Sizing of Major Components - Power Rating of Traction Motor – Power Rating of Engine/Generator 6 Subject Code: 3172414 w.e.f
- AY 2018-19 • Design of PPS Parallel Hybrid Electric Drive Train Design: Control Strategies of Parallel Hybrid Drive Train – Design of Engine Power Capacity – Design of Electric Motor Drive Capacity – Transmission Design – Energy Storage Design
Unit 4 Energy Storage & Energy Sources for EV and HEV
- • Energy Storage Requirements – Battery Parameters – Types of Batteries – Modelling of Battery • Fuel Cell Basic Principle and Operation – Types of Fuel Cells – PEMFC and Its Operation – Modelling of PEMFC • Ultra-Capacitors – Types of PV Technology – Electrical Characteristics and Performance of PV Cells
Unit 5 Power Electronic Converter for Battery Charging
- • Charging Methods for Battery - Termination Methods – Charging from Grid- Cell balancing
- its importance. • The Z-Converter – Isolated Bidirectional DC-DC Converter – Design of Z-Converter for Battery Charging – High-Frequency Transformer Based Isolated Charger topology – Transformer Less topology
Unit 6 Energy Management Systems for Electric Vehicles
- • Energy Management Strategies: Introduction to Energy Management Strategies Used in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles – Classification of Different Energy Management Strategies – Comparison of Different Energy Management Strategies – Implementation Issues of Energy Management Strategies
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