MRI: Development of Efficient Electric Drive Systems Through Acquisition of a Multidisciplinary Instrumentation Platform

电动车辆（EV）需要高效的电驱动系统，该系统可以最小化功率损耗并利用可再生能源，例如太阳能。这提出了重要的工程挑战，包括转换器系统的设计和开发，电动机、控制系统和用于在电池存储系统中存储能量的充电器的集成和实施。此外，诸如电池组的热源的热分布对于整个EV系统的效率至关重要。 拟议项目的实施将促进下一代电动汽车高效驱动系统的开发，这些电动汽车可以使用混合能源和太阳能，并具有优化的热分布。所收购的设备将用于帮助实现全国范围内的低成本节能运输车辆。作为该多学科研究项目的一部分，将开发的仿真模型将极大地促进电动汽车（EV）组件开发改进方法的分析和实施。所获得的设备将促进几门电气和机械工程课程的教学，并在促进本科生和研究生研究和丰富高级设计项目方面发挥重要作用。 该设备也有潜力被用于基于项目的课程，以加强学习，它应该促进工程专业学生的培训，以帮助满足东北印第安纳州对熟练劳动力的需求。我们建议开发用于电动混合动力车辆的高效驱动系统，该驱动系统使用太阳能作为补充能源，而不是使用化石燃料的传统电动车辆混合动力技术来源与所获设备。该仪器平台是专门为加强目前在四象限转换器拓扑结构领域进行的研究活动而选择的，该拓扑结构可以在动态负载条件下以可变输出电流和电压进行再生操作。所收购的设备将有助于先进控制系统的研究工作，以提高效率，并研究与电动汽车中锂离子和LiFePO 4电池组等热源的传热和热力学相关的物理模型的热分布。该项目还旨在利用现有的知识和设备，建立第一个原型电动混合动力汽车，并在印第安纳州大学-普渡大学韦恩堡（IPFW）进行测试。在这个项目下，我们建议在IPFW园区内建立太阳能充电站，使用固定的太阳能电池板为我们的车辆充电。这些电站将能够为主电网提供电力，并为大学的能源需求做出贡献。该项目非常重要，因为它为使用双向DC-DC转换器的下一代混合动力电动汽车的高效电力驱动系统技术的进步做出了重大贡献。

Electric vehicles (EVs) require highly efficient electric drive systems that can minimize power loss and utilize renewable energy sources such as solar power. This presents important engineering challenges including design and development of converter systems, integration and implementation of electric motors, control systems, and chargers for storing the energy in battery storage systems. Furthermore, the thermal profile of the heat sources such as battery packs are critical to the efficiency of the overall EV system. Implementation of the proposed project will enhance the development of highly efficient drive systems for the next generation electric vehicles that can use hybrid energy and solar power with an optimized thermal profile. The acquired equipment will be used to contribute to the realization of low cost energy efficient transportation vehicles across the nation. The simulation models that will be developed as part of this multidisciplinary research project will greatly facilitate the analysis and implementation of improved methods for development of components for electrical vehicles (EVs). The acquired equipment will facilitate teaching and learning in several electrical and mechanical engineering courses, and play an important role in fostering undergraduate and graduate research and enriching senior design projects. The equipment also has the potential of being utilized for project-based courses to enhance learning and it should facilitate training of engineering students to help meet the demand for a skilled work force in Northeast Indiana.In this project, we propose to develop high efficient drive systems for electrical hybrid vehicles that use solar power as a supplemental energy source instead of conventional electrical vehicle hybrid technology that uses fossil based sources with the acquired equipment. The instrumentation platform is chosen specifically to enhance the research activities currently conducted in the field of four quadrant converter topologies that can operate under dynamic load conditions with variable output current and voltage for regenerative operation. The acquired equipment will contribute to research efforts in advanced control systems for improved efficiency, and to investigation of thermal profiles of the physical models associated with heat transfer and thermodynamics of the heat sources such as lithium-ion and LiFePO4 battery packs in EVs. The project also aims to use existing knowledge and equipment to build the first prototype electrical hybrid vehicle and test it at Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW). Under this project, we propose to establish solar charge stations using fixed solar panels across the IPFW campus to charge our vehicles. These stations will be able to provide power back to the main power grid and contribute to energy demands of the university. The proposed project is important as it contributes significantly to the advancement of the technology for efficient electric drive systems using bi-directional dc-dc converters for next generation hybrid EVs which can operate on solar energy.