Title: Assessment and Development of Integrated Systems for Electric Vehicles Starting Date: April 1st, 2009 Expected Completion Date: March 31st 2012 PI: Jorge José Gomes Martins Institutions/Research Centers involved: Universidade do Minho, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Instituto Superior Técnico Companies involved: Simoldes, Efacec, Inteli, CEIIA Keywords: Electric vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles, Smart Grids, Range extenders, Sustainability, Motor-in-Wheel, Flexible Design, electric mobility Abstract: The Portuguese government is committed to promote the development of sustainable vehicles as part of a strategy to accomplish new paradigms of mobility. This gives the opportunity to the MIT-Portugal Program to develop research activities in relevant technological areas. The MOBI-MPP project includes various tasks, based on specific partnerships between industrial companies and research/technological centres, developed under an integrated engineering approach in terms of reference specifications and benchmarking, design philosophy and manufacturing constraints: - Modelling of the Energy Management System (EMS)
- Laboratory Implementation of the EMS
- Prototype Implementation
- Hybridization of the Electrical Vehicle
- Design of a Motor-in-Wheel Unit
- Sustainable Automotive Components
- Smart Grids
- Flexible Design Concepts and Sustainability Assessment
The work is based on 3 universities and 4 industrial partners: SIMOLDES, EFACEC, CEIIA and INTELI.
During the project prototypes will be built, based on the previous development program involving numeric modelling: the control system of the vehicle; the connection for fast/slow re-charging; and a motor-in-wheel unit. This design will also be incorporated into the test of a (mule) vehicle. The testing will take place at a test track facility near Braga.
The potential use of biocomposites materials in automotive components, based in biodegradable polymers and natural reinforcements is being made and a case study, involving an interior door module, will be carried out.
A wide study of sustainability will be conducted, with the global electric vehicle concept in mind. Studies of the effect of different concepts will be carried out in order to evaluate the compromises at different scenarios of use. A life cycle analysis will be conducted, as well as an analysis of car owner behaviour concerning battery recharging periods and electric energy needs. Overall objectives: Development of innovative integrated systems for concepts of green vehicles, based on he use of sustainable motorization and environmentally friendly materials, including: - new functional concepts
- reliable and low cost manufacturing solutions
- functional prototype modules to be tested
- life cycle assessment and impact evaluation of concepts
The outcome of this project is the design, assembly, test and evaluation of sustainability and manufacturability of prototypes of various systems to be included in Electric Vehicles. For this objective, the following tasks will be completed: - Development of theoretical models for powertrain and energy generation/storage system
- Laboratory/prototype implementation/test of that system
- Mechanical design, design for manufacture and test of unit motor-in-wheel
- Design of manufacturing solutions enabling the use of (green) bio-composites
- Assessment, design and implementation of a prototype of power grid – electric vehicle connection
- Sustainability assessment (including life cycle analysis) of different design solutions of different electrical vehicles
Highlights to date: - Database on electric/hybrid vehicles and systems built (> 600 entries); results published.
- Equipment selected and acquired: test vehicle (VW Polo), engine for range extender adaptation (BMW K75) after simulation tests performed by engine model built previously by the group, electric motors, raw materials for sustainable components.
- Studies on Flexible Design Concepts and Sustainability Assessment published.
- Design, simulation and construction of power/command systems for the motors and of Smart Grid system: intelligent charging and discharging (vehicle-to-grid) of batteries.
Researchers involved: PT Institutional Research Members: Jorge José Gomes Martins, Adriano da Silva Carvalho, António José de Pina Martins, Armando Luís Sousa Araújo, Carla Alexandra Monteiro da Silva, Fernando Gomes de Almeida, Gonçalo Nuno Antunes Gonçalves, João Luiz Afonso, José Carlos Pimenta Claro, José Luís Soares Esteves, José Manuel Ferreira Duarte, Júlio César Machado Viana, Luís Alberto Gonçalves de Sousa, Luís António de Sousa Barreiros Martins, Luís Filipe Galrão dos Reis, Manuel João Sepúlveda Mesquita de Freitas, Rui Manuel Esteves Araújo, Tiago Alexandre Abranches Teixeira Lopes Farias, Francisco Carrusca Pimenta de Brito, João Carlos Aparício Paulo Fernandes
MPP PhD/Master Students:
João Pedro, Nuno Loureiro
Other Portuguese Researchers (PhD, Master, Post-Docs) in collaboration:
Jorge Ribeiro, Cezar Codau, Vítor Duarte Fernandes Monteiro, Sara Rodrigues, João Miguel Guerra Toscano Bravo, Patrícia de Carvalho Baptista, João Ferreira, Paulo David da Silva Simões, Bernardo Rodrigues Sousa Ribeiro, António Torres Marques Publications: Bernardo RIBEIRO, Francisco BRITO, Jorge MARTINS
"A Survey on Electric/Hybrid Vehicles", in 'Transmission and Driveline 2010', SAE International Publ., Warrendale, USA, ISBN 978-0-7680-3425-7, pg 133-146, 2010, http://books.sae.org/book-sp-2291 L.A.S.B. MARTINS, J.M.O. BRITO, A.M.D. ROCHA and J.J.G. MARTINS
"Regenerative Braking Potential and Energy Simulations for a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle under Real Driving Conditions", Proceedings of IMECE09: 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, 2009 http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/9906/1/IMECE2009-13077%28PlugIn%29.pdf Jorge MARTINS, Senhorinha TEIXEIRA and Stijn COENE
"Design of an Inlet Track of a Small I. C. Engine for Swirl Enhancement", Proceedings of COBEM 2009 20th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, November 15-20, Gramado, RS, Brazil, 2009 http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/9909/3/paper%20Fluent%20COBEM.PDF Jorge MARTINS, Bernardo RIBEIRO and Senhorinha TEIXEIRA
"In-Cylinder Swirl Analysis of Different Strategies on Over-Expanded Cycles", Proceedings of COBEM 2009 20th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, November 15-20, Gramado, RS, Brazil, 2009 http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/9907/1/COBEM2009%28Fluent-Cycles%29.pdf Rodrigo MELO, António A.C MONTEIRO, Jorge J.G. MARTINS, Stijn COENE, Hélder F. PUGA, José J.C. BARBOSA "Miniaturised Cylinder Head Production by Rapid Prototyping" , Proceedings of COBEM 2009 20th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, November 15-20, Gramado, RS, Brazil, 2009 http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/9905/1/COBEM2009%28RapidProt%29.pdf P. BAPTISTA, C. ROLIM, , C. SILVA, Plug-in vehicle acceptance and probable utilization behavior, submitted to Transportation Research Part A, February 2010 (Submitted) P.BAPTISTA, C. SILVA and T. FARIAS. Impacts in the Portuguese light-duty road transportation sector of increasing market electrification scenarios. Fisita 2010-Automobiles and Sustainable Mobility, 30 May – 4 June, Budapest. J. RIBAU, C. SILVA and T. FARIAS. Electric and hydrogen consumption analysis in plug-in road vehicles. International Journal of Energy and Environment. Volume 1, Issue 2, 2010, pp.199-220 João RIBAU. Análise de factores de consumo eléctrico e de hidrogénio em veículos puramente eléctricos e Plug-in eléctricos. Master thesis, IST, 2009. V. MONTEIRO, J. FERREIRA, J. AFONSO, "iV2G Charging Platform", 13th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2010. (submitted). D. PEDROSA, V. MONTEIRO, H. GONÇALVES, J. AFONSO, J. MARTINS, "Conversion of a Combustion Engine Car into an Electric Vehicle", 13th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2010. (submitted). |
