On-board electric systems
Code 806II
Credits 6
Learning outcomes
Purpose
Purpose of the course is to give students an overview of the electric power systems which are found on board vehicles, either conventional (based on Internal-Combustion Engines), or with electric or hybrid propulsion. The course will also be useful to learn electronic converters and electric drives structure and operation.
Prerequisites
Students are supposed to have basic knowledge of electric circuits and electric machinery.
Description.
The course includes an introduction to Power Electronics converters, including diode bridges, DC/DC converters, forced-commutated inverters. Building on these topics, and on the prerequisite knowledge on electric circuits and machinery, electric drives are dealt with: DC drives, induction-machine-based AC drives, permanent-magnet synchronous-machine based AC drives.
Other topics include the architecture of On-Board Electric Systems, On-board Energy Storage technology, systems to generate high voltage on spark plugs.
Most of the topics, in addition to being dealt with theoretically, are also analysed through computer simulations in the classroom. Students will operate on individual computers, and will learn how to simulate the components and systems dealt with in the course using the Modelica Simulation Language.
In this way, students could continue to use the gained know-how (and the models that they have built) in their future careers, using one of the available free tools for simulating Modelica-based models.
Purpose of the course is to give students an overview of the electric power systems which are found on board vehicles, either conventional (based on Internal-Combustion Engines), or with electric or hybrid propulsion. The course will also be useful to learn electronic converters and electric drives structure and operation.
Prerequisites
Students are supposed to have basic knowledge of electric circuits and electric machinery.
Description.
The course includes an introduction to Power Electronics converters, including diode bridges, DC/DC converters, forced-commutated inverters. Building on these topics, and on the prerequisite knowledge on electric circuits and machinery, electric drives are dealt with: DC drives, induction-machine-based AC drives, permanent-magnet synchronous-machine based AC drives.
Other topics include the architecture of On-Board Electric Systems, On-board Energy Storage technology, systems to generate high voltage on spark plugs.
Most of the topics, in addition to being dealt with theoretically, are also analysed through computer simulations in the classroom. Students will operate on individual computers, and will learn how to simulate the components and systems dealt with in the course using the Modelica Simulation Language.
In this way, students could continue to use the gained know-how (and the models that they have built) in their future careers, using one of the available free tools for simulating Modelica-based models.