ELEC-2913 - Motors & Controls for Electric Vehicles & Industrial Applications

Program Description:

The Center for Advanced Automotive Technology (CAAT) and Macomb Community College have developed curriculum for two Electric Vehicle Technology Certificate programs, one in product development, and the other in service, to prepare individuals with the fundamental skills and abilities for careers in these fields. These certificate programs are sequences of technical and professional courses that are industry focused and designed for workforce preparation. These courses may also apply toward other technical certificates and associate degree programs

Course Description:

This three credit ELEC-2913, Motors and Controls for Electric Vehicles & Industrial Applications course, offered at Macomb Community College, provides an introduction to alternating current (AC) motors, AC motor controls, and AC motor applications to battery electric and hybrid electric vehicles (BEVs and HEVs). Topics include fundamental concepts of electricity and magnetism, AC motors, traction motors, AC synchronous permanent magnet motors, HEV/BEV energy storage and control systems, adjustable frequency drives, and modeling of various components associated with electric drive vehicles in MatLab and Simulink software. Included educational materials for this course are a syllabus and PowerPoint presentations.

The course is broken up into 9 units:  1) Introduction to single-phase motors, 2) Motor operation theory, 3) Basic motor controls, 4) Introduction to three phase motors, 5) Three-phase motor controls, 6) Theory of operation for adjustable frequency drives, 7) Configuring drive parameters, 8) Simulation of parameters using MatLab software, and 9) Simulation of electric vehicle parameters using Simulink software.

For orientation purposes, viewers should begin with the ‘ELEC 2913’ syllabus document, which offers a description of the course as well as an overview of topics covered.

Program Contents:

The 2-page course syllabus includes a short description of the course, states 3 course outcomes and their associated objectives, common degree outcomes, course assessments, and a course content outline.

11 PowerPoint presentations are included in this course. These are: Introduction to Electric Vehicles, Vehicle Mechanics, EV/HEV Batteries, Alternative Energy Sources, DC and AC Electric Machines, Permanent Magnet Machines, Power Electronics and Motor Drives, AC and SR Motor Drives, Electric Vehicle Drivetrain, Hybrid Electric Vehicles, and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Architectures. Two additional PowerPoint presentations were used in the course and are not included in the .zip attachment. These are "Electric Motor" by Princess Barcega of APG School and "Electric Motors" from the Energy Efficiency Guide for Industry in Asia published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 

Below is a list of the files contained within the .zip attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.

ELEC 2319 - Motors and Controls for Electric Vehicles & Industrial Applications  (12 files, 8.5 MB)

• ELEC 2913 Syllabus (ELEC 2913.doc 58KB)
• Introduction to Electric Vehicles Presentation (Topic 1 Intro[1].ppt 67KB)
• Vehicle Mechanics Presentation (Topic 2 EV Mechanics[1].ppt 671 KB)
• EV/HEV Batteries Presentation (Topic 3 Batteries[1].ppt 753 KB)
• Alternative Energy Sources Presentation (Topic 4 Alt Energy[1].ppt 463 KB)
• DC and AC Electric Machines Presentation(Topic 5 DCAC motors[1].ppt 1.4MB)
• Permanent Magnet Machines Presentation (Topic 6 PMSRM[1].ppt 1.1MB)
• Power Electronics and Motor Drives Presentation (Topic 7 DC Drives[1].ppt 788KB)
• AC and SR Motor Drives Presentation (Topic 8 AC Drives[1].ppt 1MB)
• Electric Vehicle Drivetrain Presentation (Topic 9 PowerTrain[1].ppt 473KB)
• Hybrid Electric Vehicles Presentation (Topic 10 HEV[1].ppt 671 KB)
• Hybrid Electric Vehicle Architectures Presentation (Topic HEV Architectures[1].ppt 387 Kb)