EPE Electric and Hybrid
Vehicles Chapter (EPE-E&HV)
Chapter Chair
Prof. Dr. Ir. Joeri Van Mierlo, Vrije Universiteit
Brussel - Department of
Electrical Engineering and Energy Technology (ETEC) - MOBI – Mobility and
Automotive Technology Research Group
Mission
The Electric
and Hybrid Vehicles Chapter provides a collection of interesting material
concerning power electronics and drives for automotive applications. If you
want to contribute, please contact us.
Furthermore, we want to inform on a regular base about trends, news and
interesting publications in the area of electric, hybrid and
fuel cell vehicles.
New trends in the
automotive industries lead to an increasing demand to use more electrical
systems. The coming 10 to 20 years drastic changes in the automotive power
systems are to be expected. Power electronics and drives will play an
important role in:
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hybrid
propulsion systems reducing fuel consumption
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fuel
cell electric and battery electric vehicles with potentially zero emissions
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high
efficient converters for peak power units like supercapacitors
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in-wheel
hub motors, drive by wire
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steering
wheels, electric driven air-conditioning systems
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etc…
Finite oil resources and
their political and economic effects are leading to the need to reduce
dependency on imported oil and consequently to the development of alternative
energy sources. Beside these economic and political aspects, there are major
environmental reasons for changing our transport systems. Electrically driven
vehicles like battery, hybrid or fuel cell electric vehicles can play an
import role in this context.
Battery electric vehicle
The battery-electric vehicle is an available
solution allowing energy savings and emission reductions up to 50% compared
with equivalent conventional vehicles. Fitted with Lithium or NaNiCl batteries, it can cover a range of 150 to 250 km,
which gives it a market share of 20 to 35%. This suits the need of most
commuters and/or second family cars, as well as a majority of light utility
vehicles.
Hybrid electric vehicle
The hybrid electric vehicle is an available
solution allowing an energy saving of 20 to 30% compared with equivalent
conventional vehicles. This saving can even be increased when the batteries
are charged from the electricity grid. Significant emission reductions are
possible. It is fitted with NiMH or Lithium batteries, and/or supercapacitors, and has no limitation in range except in
pure electric mode. It appeals to the same market as the conventional
vehicle, and can thus, in complement with the battery-electric vehicle, cover
the whole market.
Fuel cell electric vehicle
The fuel cell electric vehicle is a long term
solution, not available on a commercial basis for the next 15 to 20 years. It
follows the continuity of electric vehicle development, the battery being
replaced wholly or partially by a fuel cell associated or not with supercapacitors. This technology is interesting since it
makes use of hydrogen as an energy source. However, its energetic and
environmental performances will be inferior to those attained by battery-electric
vehicles, and can probably be compared to those of hybrid electric vehicles.
Recent
activities
Upcoming
collaboration
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EPE'13 ECCE Europe - "15th European Conference on Power
Electronics and Applications"
3-5 September 2013, Lille, France (http://www.epe2013.com)
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EVS - “World Battery, Hybrid and Fuel
Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition”.
17-20 November 2013, Barcelona, Spain; 2000 participants expected (http://www.evs27.org)
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Past
activities
The EPE Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Chapter
collaborated with:
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EEVC - “European Electric Vehicle
Conference”. 20-22 November 2012,
Brussels, Belgium; 400 participants expected (http://www.eevc.eu)
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EVS24, The
International Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium,
13-16 May 2009, Stavanger, Norway, www.evs24.org
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EET-2008, 3rd European Ele-Drive Transportation
Conference, March 11-13, 2008, Geneva, Switzerland, www.ele-drive.com
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APE-2007, International
Conference AUTOMOTIVE POWER
ELECTRONICS; 26-27 September 2007; Salons de l’Aveyron, Paris, France
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EET-2007, European Ele-Drive Conference, 30th
May - 2nd June 2007, Brussels, Belgium "On the Way to sustainable
Development and Market Opening" www.ele-drive.com
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EPE-E&HV
Advisory board:
- Prof. Rik DE DONKER, Univ. Aachen, Germany
- Prof. Peter Van den Bossche, Erasmushogeschool Brussel, Belgium
- Prof. Nigel SCHOFIELD, Manchester University, UK
- Prof.
Walter SCHUMACHER, Tenische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
- Prof. Tore UNDELAND, Norwegian University of Science and Tencology, Norway
- Prof. Joeri VAN MIERLO, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
- Prof. Andrea VEZZINI, Bern University of Applied Science, Switzerland
- Prof. Alain Bouscayrol, University of Lille 1, France. Coordinator of
MEGEVH French network on HEVs
- To be extended
Useful information
Topological overview
of hybrid electric and fuel cell vehicular power system architectures and
configurations
Emadi, A.; Rajashekara,
K.; Williamson, S.S.; Lukic, S.M.,
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular
Technology, Volume: 54 Issue:
3 May 2005, Page(s): 763- 770,
Power
electronics intensive solutions for advanced electric, hybrid electric, and
fuel cell vehicular power systems
Emadi, A.; Williamson, S.S.; Khaligh,
A.
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics,
Volume: 21 Issue: 3 May 2006, Page(s): 567- 577
Which energy source for road
transport in the future? A comparison of battery, hybrid and fuel cell
vehicles
Van Mierlo J., Maggetto
G., Lataire Ph.
International Journal on Energy
Conversion and Management, 47 (2006), 2748-2760
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suggestions can be send to us
Vehicle Simulation Programme
(VUB)
The Vehicle
Simulation Programme, VSP, allows simulating the behaviour of electric (battery,
hybrid and fuel cell) as well as internal combustion vehicles (petrol,
diesel, CNG, etc.). VSP is developed in LabVIEW by
the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
ADVISOR
(AVL)
ADVISOR is designed for rapid analysis of the
performance and fuel economy of conventional and advanced vehicle models as
well as hybrid electric and fuel cell vehicle models. ADVISOR
is written in MATLAB/Simulink
software environment.
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Additional
suggestions can be send to us
EPE Association Home
The homepage of the European Power Electronics
(EPE) Society with links to the conferences and workshops.
AVERE
The European Association of Road Electric,
Hybrid Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles
CITELEC
The European Association of Cities Interested
in Electric, Hybrid Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles
IEEE
Power Electronics Society
They provide some material automotive power
electronics and motor drives.
IEEE
Vehicular Technology Society
They provide some material automotive
electronics.
Last Change: 18 February 2013
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