Parametric study of alternative EV1 powertrains

Author

Saplin, Adam ; Meintz, Andrew ; Ferdowsi, Mehdi

Author_Institution

Power Electron. & Motor Drives Lab., Missouri Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Rolla, MO

fYear

2008

fDate

3-5 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The General Motors (GM) EV1 is an electric vehicle originally powered by either a PbA or NiMh battery pack. This paper examines the possibility of alternative powertrain configurations. These alternatives include an ultracapacitor (UC) storage system, fuel cell system with UC storage, and a fuel cell system with a NiMh battery pack. The configurations were simulated using ADVISOR. Parametric tests were performed by varying the size of the energy storage systems. The study of these combinations is followed by an examination of the current art of the hybrid energy storage topologies used to combine battery and ultracapacitor storage. These topologies include passive parallel, active parallel, cascade parallel, and multi-input bidirectional converter.

Keywords

electric vehicles; lead; nickel; power transmission (mechanical); secondary cells; supercapacitors; ADVISOR; EV1 powertrains; Ni-JkH; Pb-PbO₂; active parallel connection; battery pack; cascade parallel connection; electric vehicle; fuel cell system; general motors; hybrid energy storage topologies; multi-input bidirectional converter; passive parallel connection; ultracapacitor storage system; Batteries; Energy storage; Fuel cells; Fuel storage; Hybrid electric vehicles; Mechanical power transmission; Parametric study; Supercapacitors; System testing; Topology; ADVISOR; Battery; electric vehicles; hybrid energy storage topologies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, 2008. VPPC '08. IEEE

Conference_Location

Harbin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1848-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1849-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VPPC.2008.4677503

Filename

4677503