Applying novel low cost electrical machine and power electronic topologies to Range Extenders

将新型低成本电机和电力电子拓扑应用于增程器

• 批准号: 132767
• 金额: $ 26.39万
• 依托单位: LYRA ELECTRONICS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=132767
• 关键词: Applying; novel; low; cost; electrical

Currently, battery technology represents the major bottleneck to widespread uptake of electric vehicles. Range Extender devices, which combine an internal combustion engine with a generator, provide a vital medium-term solution to reducing tailpipe emissions and facilitate the transition to an electric vehicle infrastructure. There is an industry-wide trend towards faster motor speed, driven by targets from the US Department of Energy and the wider electric vehicle market. These high-speed motors typically perform poorly in the low-speed usage typical of range extenders and a bespoke solution is therefore required in order to reduce vehicle cost as far as possible. This project aims to lower the cost of Range Extenders by using novel, polymer-bonded Halbach generator construction, together with automation of the design optimisation process using a software-driven approach.

目前，电池技术是电动汽车广泛普及的主要瓶颈。增程器设备将内燃机与发电机结合在一起，为减少尾气排放并促进向电动汽车基础设施的过渡提供了重要的中期解决方案。在美国能源部和更广泛的电动汽车市场目标的推动下，整个行业出现了加快电机速度的趋势。这些高速电机通常在增程器的低速使用中表现不佳，因此需要定制解决方案以尽可能降低车辆成本。该项目旨在通过使用新颖的聚合物粘合 Halbach 发电机结构以及使用软件驱动方法实现设计优化过程的自动化来降低增程器的成本。