Design studies of a series hybrid heavy-duty transit bus using V-ELPH 2.01

Author

Rahman, Z. ; Butler, K.L. ; Ehsani, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

36342

Firstpage

2268

Abstract

Series hybrid transit buses reduce significant fuel consumption and exhaust emissions as a result of regenerative braking and uniform engine operation. This study discusses the steps involved in designing series hybrid propulsion for a full-sized transit bus with simulation results for fuel consumption and emissions for urban drive cycle. The HEV research group in Texas A&M University has developed a computer simulation tool, V-ELPH, to facilitate the design and analysis of electric and hybrid vehicles. In this paper a design example for a 40´ series hybrid heavy-duty transit bus is given in detail, from design specifications to complete design, using V-ELPH with supporting illustrative graphs

Keywords

automobiles; digital simulation; electric generators; electric motors; electric vehicles; electrical engineering computing; internal combustion engines; lead acid batteries; regenerative braking; software packages; HEV research group; Texas A&M University; V-ELPH 2.01 software package; computer simulation tool; design specifications; electric vehicle; energy converters; exhaust emissions reduction; fuel consumption reduction; hybrid vehicle; regenerative braking; series hybrid heavy-duty transit bus; series hybrid propulsion; simulation results; uniform engine operation; urban drive cycle; Acceleration; Batteries; Design methodology; Fuels; Hybrid electric vehicles; Hybrid power systems; Ice; Internal combustion engines; Power generation; Propulsion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1999 IEEE 49th

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5565-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1999.778469

Filename

778469