Electric Vehicle Research @ Swinburne University

Professor Ajay Kapoor Akapoor@swin.edu.au

Acknowledgements
Professor John Beynon, Professor Chris Berndt, Professor Syed Masood, Professor Romesh Nagarajah, Professor Z Man, Professor Jun Han, A/Professor Soullis Tavrou, A/Professor Hai Vu, Dr Mehran Ektesabi, Dr Weixiang Shen, Dr Zhenwei Cao, Dr Clint Steele, Dr Dong Ruan, Dr Yat Choy, Dr Nasser Hosseinzadeh, Dr Ismat Hijazin, Dr Yvonne Durandet, Mr Ambarish Kulkarni,

Plus PhD Students

AMERION, Mohsen, AMIRIBAVANDPOUR, Parisa, CHEN, Xiaopeng, DADASHNIALEHI, Amir, HAQUE, Rezwanul, HASAN, Mehedi, KASHEM, Saad, KINOSHITA, Shigeaki, MAZUMDER, Himani, NIKPANAH, Hossein, RATHNAWEERA, Gayan Dileepa, TASHAKORI ABKENAR, Alireza, VCELKA, Martin, VO, Thanh Tu, Stefan Smolenaers

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/engineering/electric-vehicle/

Electric Vehicle Research Group

> Lightweighting and Manufacturing > Battery Charging and Infrastructure Integration > Controls and Energy Management Systems in Electric Vehicles > Electric Vehicle Architecture > Electric Vehicle Drivetrain technologies

Lightweighting and Manufacturing Dr Yvonne Durandet, Dr Dong Ruan, Dr Yat Wong

Lightweight Module Vehicle Platform

Adhesive Bonded

Not Bonded

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Images Courtesy of Stuart Blacket, Henrob (UK) Pty. Ltd. and Michael Hajj, Henkel Australia Pty. Ltd.

Self- Pierce riveting

Self pierce riveting is a mechanical technique for joining two or more sheets it is an alternative to spot welding for joining Al sheets.

Self-pierce riveting process (www.boellhoff.com)

Final Joint

Battery Charging and Infrastructure Dr Weixiang Shen, Dr Nasser Hosseinzadeh

Battery Charger & indicator Infrastructure

Current EVs in the world

Electric Vehicle (EV) Charger

On-board charger (normal power source >6hours)

Off-board charger (30 minutes - 80% capacity)

Battery Available Capacity Indicator for Electric Vehicles

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Electrical infrastructure to support Charging station infrastructure

Utility Supply

Utility Transformer

Switchgear

Switchboards And Panel boards

Sub-metering

General Purpose Transformers Load Centers

EV Charger

Courtesy of GE

Power Electronics & Control

Dr Mehran Ektesabi
Motors Inverters Chargers Controllers

Electric Vehicle Drivetrain Controller with Regenerative Braking

Drivetrain Controller of Motor in EV Fault Detection Analysis Stabilizing Motor for Different Faults Regenerative Braking in EV

Electronic Stability Controller for Electric Vehicle with 4 In-wheel Electric Motor
Electronic stability control helps to control the car in sudden manoeuvre like Braking on slick surface Emergency avoidance Over and under steering

Working on all sections of EV

Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Regenerative Braking Internal Combustion Engine

Regenerative Braking

+ Electric Motor
Regenerative Braking Regenerative Braking

Continuously variabletransmissions (CVT)

CVT

Electric Motor

EV Architecture Dr Clint Steele, A/Prof Soullis Tavrou

Structural design Packaging Thermal analysis Load distribution Safety

Motor High Voltage Battery Pack

Aux. Batter y Charg er Aux. Batter y Pack

Super Controlle r
Wiring Arrangement through the Silencer Pipe

Battery Charger

Motor Controller Motor Controller

Battery Contactor

BMS

Motor

Product Design Engineering

In wheel motor

Ambarish Kulkarni

In Wheel Design

Electric Motor Packaging

Intelligent Transport System

A/Professor Hai Vu, Professor Jun Han

V2V and V2I

Traffic simulator

V2 V & V2I communication system developed by FICT

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