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ABSTRACT
In an era where energy conservation has become the latest topic of discussion not
only among the erudite but also among the ordinary responsible denizens, fuel efficiency
along with minimum pollution has become the benchmark for any new automobile.
And in the same context Hybrid Electric Vehicle come as the latest addition. By the
name itself it can be inferred that a Hybrid Electric Vehicle is an improvisation to the
traditional gasoline engine run car combined with the power of an electric motor.
The seminar on the above topic intends to bring to notice the concepts associated
with the hybrid technology through the following topics components and constituents,
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CONTENTS
CHAPTERS
INTRODUCTION
HYBRID STRUCTURE
HYBRID COMPONENT.
ELECTRIC MOTOR
ALTERNATOR
EVOLUTION OF HYBRID
HYBRID PERFORMANCE
HYBRID EFFICIENCY
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
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INTRODUCTION
Have you pulled your car up to the gas pump lately and been shocked by the high
price of gasoline? As the pump clicked past $20 or $30, maybe you thought about trading
in that SUV for something that gets better mileage. Or maybe you are worried that your
car is contributing to the greenhouse effect. Or maybe you just want to have the coolest
Currently, there is a solution for all this problems; it s the hybrid electric
vehicle. The vehicle is lighter and roomier than a purely electric vehicle, because there is
less need to carry as many heavy batteries. The internal combustion engine in hybrid-
electric is much smaller and lighter and more efficient than the engine in a conventional
How does a hybrid car work? What goes on under the hood to give you 20 or 30
more miles per gallon than the standard automobile? And does it pollute less just because
it gets better gas mileage. In this seminar we will study how this amazing technology
works and also discuss about TOYOTA & HONDA hybrid cars.
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Any vehicle is hybrid when it combines two or more sources of power. In fact, many
people have probably owned a hybrid vehicle at some point. For example, a mo-ped (a
motorized pedal bike) is a type of hybrid because it combines the power of a gasoline
Hybrid electric vehicles are all around us. Most of the locomotives we see pulling
trains are diesel-electric hybrids. Cities like Seattle have diesel-electric buses -- these
can draw electric power from overhead wires or run on diesel when they are away from
the wires. Giant mining trucks are often diesel-electric hybrids. Submarines are also
hybrid vehicles -- some are nuclear-electric and some are diesel-electric. Any vehicle
that combines two or more sources of power that can directly or indirectly provide
The most commonly used hybrid is gasoline-electric hybrid car which is just a
cross between a gasoline-powered car and an electric car. A gasoline-electric hybrid car
or hybrid electric vehicle is a vehicle which relies not only on batteries but also on an
internal combustion engine which drives a generator to provide the electricity and may
also drive a wheel. In hybrid electric vehicle the engine is the final source of the energy
used to power the car. All electric cars use batteries charged by an external source, leading
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HYBRID STRUCTURE
You can combine the two power sources found in a hybrid car in different ways.
One way, known as a parallel hybrid, has a fuel tank, which supplies gasoline to the
engine. But it also has a set of batteries that supplies power to an electric motor. Both the
engine and the electric motor can turn the transmission at the same time, and the
Figure 1 shows a typical parallel hybrid. We'll notice that the fuel tank and gas
engine connect to the transmission. The batteries and electric motor also connect to the
transmission independently. As a result, in a parallel hybrid, both the electric motor and
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Another way of combining the power sources found in a hybrid car is by series
hybrid. In a series hybrid (Figure 2 above) the gasoline engine turns a generator, and the
generator can either charge the batteries or power an electric motor that drives the
transmission. Thus, the gasoline engine never directly powers the vehicle. Take a look at
the diagram of the series hybrid, starting with the fuel tank, and you'll see that all of the
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HYBRID COMPONENTS
Gasoline engine - The hybrid car has a gasoline engine much like the one you will find on
most cars. However, the engine on a hybrid will be smaller and lighter, and is more
efficient than the engine in a conventional vehicle, because the engine runs at a relatively
constant speed, and does not need to provide direct power for acceleration, which is the
biggest reason for large engines. Use advanced technologies to reduce emissions.
Fuel tank - The fuel tank in a hybrid is the energy storage device for the gasoline engine.
Gasoline has a much higher energy density than batteries do. For example, it takes about
Electric motor - The electric motor on a hybrid car is very sophisticated. Electric motor
used in hybrid cars are usually dc series motor since its versatile and ease with which a
variety of speed-torque characteristics can be obtained, and wide range of speed control is
also possible in this. Advanced electronics allow it to act as a motor as well as a generator.
For example, when it needs to, it can draw energy from the batteries to accelerate the car.
But acting as a generator, it can slow the car down and return energy to the batteries.
Generator - The generator is similar to an electric motor, but it acts only to produce
electrical power. It is used mostly on series hybrids. Generator used in hybrid electric
vehicle is alternator since cooling is easy and hence maximum output and also the
Power split device The power split device is a clever gearbox that hooks the internal
combustion engine and D.C.motor together. The power split device helps the vehicle to
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accelerate to a speed of about 15km/hr before switching on the gasoline engine. The
engine starts only after the vehicle attains a certain speed. Once the engine starts it
operates on a narrow speed band. The power split device allows the engine to stay in its
Batteries - The batteries in a hybrid car are the energy storage device for the electric motor.
Unlike the gasoline in the fuel tank, which can only power the gasoline engine, the
electric motor on a hybrid car can put energy into the batteries as well as draw energy
from them. The batteries used in HEV is Ni-Cd cells since its lighter than the lead acid
cells and its also mechanically strong and can stand very rough use.
Transmission - The transmission on a hybrid car performs the same basic function as the
transmission on a conventional car. Some hybrids, like the Honda Insight, have
conventional transmissions. Others, like the Toyota Prius, have radically different ones,
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Cylinder
mowers, but most cars have more than one cylinder (four, six and eight cylinders are
common). In a multi-cylinder engine the cylinders usually are arranged in one of three
manufacturing-cost and shape characteristics that make them more suitable in some
vehicles.
Sparkplug
The spark plug supplies the spark that ignites the air/fuel mixture so that combustion can
occur. The spark must happen at just the right moment for things to work properly.
Valves
The intake and exhaust valves open at the proper time to let in air and fuel and to let out
exhaust. Note that both valves are closed during compression and combustion so that the
Piston
A piston is a cylindrical piece of metal that moves up and down inside the cylinder.
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Pistonrings
Piston rings provide a sliding seal between the outer edge of the piston and the inner edge
They prevent the fuel/air mixture and exhaust in the combustion chamber from leaking into
They keep oil in the sump from leaking into the combustion area, where it would be burned
and lost.
Most cars that "burn oil" and have to have a quart added every 1,000 miles are burning it
because the engine is old and the rings no longer seal things properly.
Combustionchamber
The combustion chamber is the area where compression and combustion take place. As
the piston moves up and down, you can see that the size of the combustion chamber
changes. It has some maximum volume as well as a minimum volume. The difference
between the maximum and minimum is called the displacement and is measured in liters
or CCs (Cubic Centimeters, where 1,000 cubic centimeters equals a liter). So if you have
a 4-cylinder engine and each cylinder displaces half a liter, then the entire engine is a "2.0
liter engine." If each cylinder displaces half a liter and there are six cylinders arranged in a
V configuration, you have a "3.0 liter V-6." s. A cylinder that displaces half a liter can
hold twice as much fuel/air mixture as a cylinder that displaces a quarter of a liter, and
therefore you would expect about twice as much power from the larger cylinder (if
everything else is equal). So a 2.0 liter engine is roughly half as powerful as a 4.0 liter
engine. You can get more displacement either by increasing the number of cylinders or by
making the combustion chambers of all the cylinders bigger (or both).
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Connectingrod
Connecting rod connects the piston to the crankshaft. It can rotate at both ends so that
angle can change as the piston moves and the crankshaft rotates.
Crankshaft
The crank shaft turns the pistons up and down motion into circular motion just like a
Sump
The sump surrounds the crankshaft. It contains some amount of oil, which collects in the
accelerate the car quickly. In a small engine, however, the efficiency can be improved by
using smaller, lighter parts, by reducing the number of cylinders and by operating the
There are several reasons why smaller engine are more efficient than big ones:
The big engine is heavier than the small engine, so the car uses extra energy every time it
The pistons and other internal components are heavier, requiring more energy each time
The displacement of the cylinders is larger, so more fuel is required by each cylinder.
Bigger engines usually have more cylinders, and each cylinder uses fuel every time the
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This explains why two of the same model cars with different engines can get
different mileage. If both cars are driving along the freeway at the same speed, the one
with the smaller engine uses less energy. Both engines have to output the same amount of
power to drive the car, but the small engine uses less power to drive itself
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ELECTRIC MOTOR
magnets to create motion. We know the fundamental law of all magnets: Opposites
attract and likes repel. So if you have two bar magnets with their ends marked "north" and
"south," then the north end of one magnet will attract the south end of the other. On the
other hand, the north end of one magnet will repel the north end of the other (and
similarly, south will repel south). Inside an electric motor, these attracting and repelling
machine. It can satisfy the demands of load recurring high starting, accelerating and
retarding torques. A DC machine is also easily adaptable for drives with a wide range of
speed control and fast reversals. In the diagram shown below we can see two magnets in
the motor: The armature (or rotor) is an electromagnet, while the field magnet is a
permanent magnet (the field magnet could be an electromagnet as well, but in most small
motors it isn't in order to save power). Different parts used in a simple DC motor are as
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Part s of
an
electric motor
Armature or rotor
Stator
Commutator
Brushes
Field magnet
(core), the air-gap, field poles and yoke. The yoke of a DC machine is a annular ring to
the middle of which is bolted field poles and the interlopes. The interlopes or
commutation poles are narrow poles fixed to the yoke, midway between the main field
poles. The use of an electric field winding, which supplies electric energy to establish a
magnetic field in the magnetic circuit , result in the great diversity and a variety of
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device for converting the alternating currents and induced emf of the armature to the DC
form.
on the bearing. One or both ends of the shaft act as input or output terminal of the
are used on the rotor (armature winding) surface. The magnetic material between the slots
is the teeth. The slot cross-section influences significantly the performance characteristics
of the machines and parameters such as armature coil inductance, magnetic saturation in
the teeth, eddy-current loss in the stator poles and the cost and complexity of laying
armature winding.
action, eddy current, etc are independent of the motor but sometimes electric braking is
better justified owing to its greater economy and absence of brake wears. The DC motor is
still widely used for traction purpose. One of the main reasons for this is its excellent
braking characteristics and ability of smooth transition from the motor to the generator
mode and vice versa. During the braking period, the motor is operated as a generator and
supply.
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ALTERNATOR
An electric generator is a device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy .it
states that when a coil is rotated about an axis perpendicular to the direction of uniform
magnetic field, an induced emf is produced across it. Alternator requires a magnetic
field as well as a rotating coil. The coil is wound in a special manner know as armature.
To produce current either this armature or magnetic field can be rotated. The only thing is
that it should cut the magnetic field. Usually the armature winding is stationary (called
stator) and the field winding is rotating (know as rotor). An alternator consist of
Frame or housing
Stator
Rotor
Frame or housing: Frame is an important part of alternator. This encloses the entire
alternator assembly and is made of aluminum. Frame is made up of two parts. The front
part of the frame has ball bearing, and the rear part contains roller bearing for supporting
the rotor. The front part usually known as drive end housing and rear part is known as
Stator: The armature is an iron ring framed of laminated special magnetic iron or steel
alloy having slots on its inner periphery to accommodate armature conductors and is
known as stator. Stator is the stationary part of the alternator. Field rotates between the
stator so that the fluxing of the rotating field cuts the core of the stator, which includes the
required emf.
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Rotor: It consists of an iron core around the rotor shaft. Many turns of the copper wire
coated with varnish are wound around the core. On both sides of the rotor winding are the
thick metal plates bent over the winding with triangular fingers called poles. These metal
plates are called pole pieces. The pole pieces are placed interfacing each other so that
when the current flows through the winding, these poles pieces acquire opposite polarity.
This will result in alternating north and south magnetic poles on the pole fingers. This
Slip rings and brushes: Due to the cutting of the magnetic field, an emf and hence a
current is produced in the rotor winding. Since the coil is rotating, its not possible to take
current from the coil using wires. But special arrangements are necessary for carrying
current to outside. The current from the rotor winding is usually carried through the
copper slip rings and the carbon brushes. As these brushes carry only the field current
In conventional cars, the kinetic energy developed during running is wasted as heat
energy while braking which waste a lot of energy as heat. Here the alternator converts the
kinetic energy into useful electric energy, which can be stored in the batteries. The
alternator is connected to the propeller shaft and rotates all the time. When braking is
needed the field of the generator is charged using a rheostat. This produces a flux in the
coils and the electricity is produced. The rheostat can be avoided by using electronic
circuit, which can provide excellent variation in braking as needed. The alternator can also
be employed at light loads when traveling at high speeds when the battery charge is low.
The electric energy thus produced is sufficient to run the motor. This eliminates the need
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1928.since then, hobbyists have built such cars but no such cars can put into production
until the waning year of the 20th century .However hybrid technology has been in use on
railroad ever since 1930s, when the locomotives on early streamliners ran on gasoline-
electric and diesel-electric systems at greater efficiencies than the stream engines of the
days.
Automotive hybrid technology became commercially successful in the 1990s when the
Honda Insight and Toyota Prius became available these vehicles have a direct linkage
from the internal combustion engine to the drive, so that the engine can provide
acceleration power. Prototypes of plug-in hybrid cars, with large battery packs that can be
recharged from the power grid ,have been built in the U.S.,and one production PHEV, the
The hybrid is a compromise. It attempts to significantly increase the mileage and reduce
the emissions of a gas-powered car while overcoming the shortcomings of an electric car.
To be useful for all, a car must meet certain minimum requirements. The
A gasoline car meets these requirements but produces a relatively large amount of
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pollution and generally gets poor gas mileage. An electric car, on the other hand, produces
almost no pollution, but it can only go 50 to 100 miles (80 to 161 km) between charges.
And the problem has been that it is very slow and inconvenient to recharge.
A driver's desire for quick acceleration causes our cars to be much less efficient than
they could be. You may have noticed that a car with a less powerful engine gets better gas
mileage than an identical car with a more powerful engine. Just look at the window
stickers on new cars at a dealership for a city and highway mpg comparison.
The amazing thing is that most of what we require a car to do uses only a small
percentage of its horsepower! When you are driving along the freeway at 60 mph (96.6
kph), your car engine has to provide the power to do three things:
Overcome the aerodynamic drag caused by pushing the car through the air
Overcome all of the friction in the car's components such as the tires, transmission,
Provide power for accessories like air conditioning, power steering and headlights
For most cars, doing all this requires less than 20 horsepower! So, why do you need a car
with 200 horsepower? So you can "floor it," which is the only time you use all that power.
The rest of the time, you use considerably less power than you have available.
HYBRID PERFORMANCE
The key to a hybrid car is that the gasoline engine can be much smaller than the one in a
conventional car and therefore more efficient. But how can this smaller engine provide the
power your car needs to keep up with the more powerful cars on the road?
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Let's compare a car like the Chevy Camaro, with its big V-8 engine, to our hybrid car with
its small gas engine and electric motor. The engine in the Camaro has more than enough
power to handle any driving situation. The engine in the hybrid car is powerful enough to
move the car along on the freeway, but when it needs to get the car moving in a hurry, or
go up a steep hill, it needs help. That "help" comes from the electric motor and battery --
The gas engine on a conventional car is sized for the peak power requirement (those few
times when you floor the accelerator pedal). In fact, most drivers use the peak power of
their engines less than one percent of the time. The hybrid car uses a much smaller engine,
one that is sized closer to the average power requirement than to the peak power.
HYBRID EFFICIENCY
Besides a smaller, more efficient engine, today's hybrids use many other
tricks to increase fuel efficiency. Some of those tricks will help any type of car get better
mileage, and some only apply to a hybrid. To squeeze every last mile out of a gallon of
Recover energy and store it in the battery - Whenever you step on the brake pedal in your
car, you are removing energy from the car. The faster a car is going, the more kinetic
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energy it has. The brakes of a car remove this energy and dissipate it in the form of heat.
A hybrid car can capture some of this energy and store it in the battery to use later. It does
this by using "regenerative braking." That is, instead of just using the brakes to stop the
car, the electric motor that drives the hybrid can also slow the car. In this mode, the
electric motor acts as a generator and charges the batteries while the car is slowing down.
Sometimes shut off the engine - A hybrid car does not need to rely on the gasoline engine
all of the time because it has an alternate power source -- the electric motor and batteries.
So the hybrid car can sometimes turn off the gasoline engine, for example when the
Use low-rolling resistance tires - The tires on most cars are optimized to give a smooth
ride, minimize noise, and provide good traction in a variety of weather conditions. But
they are rarely optimized for efficiency. In fact, the tires cause a surprising amount of drag
while you are driving. Hybrid cars use special tires that are both stiffer and inflated to a
Use advanced aerodynamics to reduce drag - When Figure 4. The frontal area
you are driving on the freeway, most of the work your profile of a small and large
engine does goes into pushing the car through the air. car
This force is known as aerodynamic drag. This drag force can be reduced in a variety of
ways. One sure way is to reduce the frontal area of the car (Figure 5). Think of how a big
SUV has to push a much greater area through the air than a tiny sports car.
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Reducing disturbances around objects that stick out from the car or eliminating them
altogether can also help to improve the aerodynamics. For example, covers over the wheel
housings smooth the airflow and reduce drag. And sometimes, mirrors are replaced with
Use lightweight materials - Reducing the overall weight of a car is one easy way to
increase the mileage. A lighter vehicle uses less energy each time you accelerate or drive
up a hill. Composite materials like carbon fiber or lightweight metals like aluminum and
Two hybrid cars are now available in the world market -- the Honda Insight and
the Toyota Prius Although both of these cars are hybrids, they are actually quite different
in character. The Honda is about $18,000, and the Toyota about $20,000. Both cars have
a gasoline engine, an electric motor and batteries, but that is where the similarities end.
The Honda Insight, which was introduced in early 2000 in the United States, is designed
to get the best possible mileage. Honda used every trick in the book to make the car as
efficient as it can be. The Insight is a small, lightweight two-seater with a tiny, high-
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The Toyota Prius, which came out in Japan at the end of 1997, is designed
to reduce emissions in urban areas. It meets California's super ultra low emissions vehicle
(SULEV) standard. It is a four-door sedan that seats five, and the power train is capable of
accelerating the vehicle to speeds up to 15 mph (24 kph) on electric power alone.
Hybrid maintenance:
Both the Honda and the Toyota have long warranties on the hybrid systems. The Insight
and a three-year/36,000-mile warranty on the rest of the car. The Prius has an
three-year/36,000-mile warranty on everything else. The motors and batteries in these cars
don't require any maintenance over the life of the vehicle. And the engine doesn't require
any more maintenance than the one in any other car. And because both hybrids have
regenerative braking, the brake pads may even last a little longer than those in most cars.
You can get the best mileage from a hybrid car by using the same kind of driving habits
Drive slower - The aerodynamic drag on the car increases dramatically the faster you drive.
For example, the drag force at 70 mph (113 kph) is about double that at 50 mph (81 kph).
So, keeping your speed down can increase your mileage significantly.
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Maintain a constant speed - Each time you speed up the car you use energy, some of
which is wasted when you slow the car down again. By maintaining a constant speed, you
Avoid abrupt stops - When you stop your car, the electric motor in the hybrid acts like a
generator and take some of the energy out of the car while slowing it down. If you give
the electric motor more time to slow the vehicle, it can recover more of the energy. If you
stop quickly, the brakes on the car will do most of the work of slowing the car down, and
CONCLUSION
Using the concept of Hybridization of cars results in better efficiency and also
saves a lot of fuel in todays fuel deficit world. Though at present the concept has
been put in to maximum utilization by Honda & Toyota, it is indeed an important research
avenue for other car manufacturing units as well. A hybrid gives a solution to all the
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problems to some extent. If proper research and development is done in this field,
hybrid vehicle promises a practical, efficient, low pollution vehicle for the coming
era. One can surely conclude that this concept and the similar ones to follow with even
better efficiency & conservation rate are very much on the anvil in todays energy deficit
world.
REFERENCE
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