On Designing of the Main Elements of a Hybrid-Electric Vehicle Driving System

Petre-Marian Nicolae^*, Ileana-Diana Nicolae, Ionuţ-Daniel Smărăndescu

Department of Electrical Engineering, Energetics and Aeronautics University of Craiova, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Craiova, Romania.

DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2014.24016                

Abstract

The paper deals with the designing of an electric drive system used for hybrid electric vehicles. The driving system is realized with an induction motor and a voltage source inverter. Specifically, the application is for a series hybrid vehicle powered by electric storage batteries charged by solar batteries. In the first part of the paper the designing of the electric storage batteries and of the photoelectric system is presented. In the second part of the paper some aspects regarding the designing of the induction motor are presented. Then some aspects concerning the voltage source inverter designing are exposed.

Keywords

Hybrid Electric Vehicle; Drive System; Designing; Electric Storage Batteries; Photoelectric System; Induction Motor; Voltage Source Inverter

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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