Gaining Traction: Thermal Management and Reliability of Automotive Electric Traction-Drive Systems

Author

Moreno, Gines ; Narumanchi, Sreekant ; Bennion, Kevin ; Waye, Scot ; DeVoto, Doug

Volume

2

Issue

2

fYear

2014

fDate

Jun-14

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

49

Abstract

Increasing the number of electric-drive vehicles (EDVs) on America?s roads has been identified by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the federal cross-agency electric vehicle (EV)-Everywhere Challenge, and the automotive industry as a strategy with near-term potential for dramatically decreasing the nation?s dependence on oil. Mass-market deployment will rely on meeting aggressive technical targets, including improved efficiency and reduced size, weight, and cost. Many of these advances will depend on the optimization of thermal management.

Keywords

cost reduction; electric vehicles; optimisation; power system reliability; roads; traction motor drives; America road; DOE; EDV reliability; EV; U.S. Department of Energy; automotive electric traction drive system; automotive industry; cost reduction; federal cross agency electric drive vehicle efficiency; mass market deployment; size reduction; thermal management optimization; weight reduction; Electric motors; Electric vehicles; Energy efficiency; Power electronics; Power systems; Resistance heating; Road vehicles; Stators; Thermal resistance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electrification Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

2325-5897

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MELE.2014.2314501

Filename

6841823