Automotive Thermal Systems
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The official GTU curriculum for Automotive Thermal Systems (subject code ME02064031) as prescribed for EVT · Semester 2 divides the course into 4 units, covering 42 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 (ME02064031)Unit 1 Refrigeration system
- Vapor compression refrigeration system
- Automobile air conditioning
- Air conditioning for passengers
- isolated &transport vehicles
- Applications related with very low temperatures
- properties and selection criteria of commonly used refrigerants for automobiles
- eco-friendly refrigerants for mobile AC, Automatic Climate Control System
Unit 2 Air Conditioning Systems and Load Analysis
- Classification and layouts of mobile air conditioning systems
- Components like compressors
- expansion devices
- fan blowers
- heating systems etc
- Load Analysis: Load calculations for automobiles
- Effect of air conditioning load on engine performance Air Distribution Systems Distribution duct system
- supply / return ducts - Types of grills
- air noise level - Layout of duct systems for automobiles and their impact on load calculations
Unit 3 Battery Thermal Management and Power Electronics
- Electric vehicle technology trends
- Requirement of thermal management system for electrical system
- Effect of temperature on battery performance
- Requirement of battery thermal management system
- Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Branch: Electric Vehicle Technology Subject Code: ME02064031 Subject Name : Automotive Thermal Systems Failure of battery due to temperature - a case study Thermal resistance concept
- Series thermal layers
- parallel thermal layers
- General resistance networks
- Thermal contact resistance
- Different battery construction
- battery module design parameters Types of battery cooling system for HEV and EV, Active cooling and passive cooling
- Air cooling system (Natural / Force)
- liquid cooling system (Channel- Fin Size and shapes)
- Phase change material
- Heat pipe
- hybrid cooling system Battery thermal parameters
- Impact of SOC, Voltage and Current effects
- Chagrining and Discharging cycles
- cycle life analysis
- battery capacity degradation
- Different battery testing Battery Heat Transfer
- Introduction to battery modeling: tracking current demand
- voltage, and State of Charge as functions of time for given drive cycles Development of thermodynamic relationships for cell heat generation
- Lumped cell and pack models for transient temperature response to drive cycles
- Model parametric study results
Unit 4 Thermal Management of Motors
- Motor Sizing vs Heat Generation - Operational Temperature Limitations of Electrical Insulation - Design concepts for Heat Extraction in Motors for EV systems - Modelling and simulation of heat transfer in motors - Rendering of Heat extraction solutions - Sensors and Protection solutions
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