Electric Based Transportation
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Electric Based Transportation Steven O. Arlint University of Portland student
Why Go Electric? • Cost • Environment • Performance (maintenance)
Electric Vehicles (EV) • Light
What goes in an EV • Batteries • Motor • Power Electronics • Similar vehicle components elsewhere
Batteries • Advantages over gas • Heat problems • Four main types (there are others) • Lead acid • NiCad • NIMH • Lithium
Lead acid • First technology available • High current, low Internal resistance (Ir) • Low efficiency (chemistry issue)
NiCad • Next available technology • High current, extremely rugged • Bad for environment • Expensive
NIMH • Came after NiCad • Environmentally friendly • Heat, price, Ir, charge issues
Lithium • Modern technology • High current, high efficiency, moderate price • Prone to explosion, charging issues
What is the answer then? • Make the best of what we have • New rising technologies (Silicon, NiZn) • Put our hope into the future?
Motor • Limit scope to DC motor (there are others) • Advantages • Disadvantages • Properties
DC motor Advantages • Low cost (old technology) • PM variety has high torque to volume • Easy to control • Rugged
DC motor Disadvantages • Friction • Maintenance • Efficiency
DC motor properties • Speed vs. voltage • Torque vs. current • Power measured in watts or horsepower • Optimum power operating regime
Power Electronics • PWM mode • MOSFETs vs. IGBTs (SCRs also used) • Regenerative braking • Heat dissipation
Similar components • Transmission? • Car itself • Stereo