A Case Study on the Conversion of an Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle into an Electric Vehicle

Author

Pedrosa, Delfim ; Monteiro, Vitor ; Goncalves, Henrique ; Martins, Julio S. ; Afonso, Joao L.

Author_Institution

ALGORITMI Res. Centre, Univ. of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal

fYear

2014

fDate

27-30 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper presents the conversion process of a traditional Internal Combustion Engine vehicle into an Electric Vehicle. The main constitutive elements of the Electric Vehicle are presented. The developed powertrain uses a three-phase inverter with Field Oriented Control and space vector modulation. The developed on-board batteries charging system can operate in Grid to Vehicle and Vehicle to Grid modes. The implemented prototypes were tested, and experimental results are presented. The assembly of these prototypes in the vehicle was made in accordance with the Portuguese legislation about vehicles conversion, and the main adopted solutions are presented.

Keywords

PWM invertors; battery chargers; electric vehicles; internal combustion engines; machine vector control; power transmission (mechanical); electric vehicle; field oriented control; grid to vehicle modes; internal combustion ergine vehicle; on-board batteries charging system; powertrain; space vector modulation; three-phase inverter; vehicle to grid modes; vehicles conversion; Assembly; Batteries; Electric motors; Mechanical power transmission; Power grids; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Coimbra

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VPPC.2014.7006994

Filename

7006994