Automotive Hybridisation
and Electrification
WMG MSc Module
The module provides a comprehensive study of vehicle
hybridisation and electrification in the automotive sector.
You will explore industry motivation, legislation, roadmaps,
and customer requirements in detail. Techniques enabling
the derivation of vehicle energy and power requirements
are applied and the enabling technology is introduced from
the perspective of alignment with those requirements. You
will study key issues of component design, with emphasis on
control and integration considerations required for the wide
range of powertrain architectures associated with
these vehicles.
All topics are introduced from a practical viewpoint, allowing
you to be able to interpret and apply the learning to a wide
range of practical hybrid and electric vehicle engineering
challenges.
cc Sub-optimal and optimised supervisory control strategies
for off-line and real-time energy management
What will you study?
cc Regenerative braking systems
The module will be delivered through lectures covering
theory and practical examples, as well as group exercises.
Topics will include:
cc Motivation for hybrid and electric vehicles: engineering
case, legislative push, incentives, market pull
cc Hybrid and electric vehicle component characteristics
and key design attributes of enabling technology: energy
storage, power electronics and electric machines
cc Hybrid vehicle powertrain architectures, contrasting case
studies and the architecture selection process
cc Mathematical derivation of energy and power
requirements for specific vehicle use cases
cc Fuel economy and energy assessment over legislative
and real-world driving cycles
cc Human factors and the human machine interface
cc System integration for whole vehicle requirements-based
design
cc Hybrid and electric vehicle soundscape
What will you gain?
On completion, as a successful participant you should
expect to be able to:
cc Critically evaluate state of the art hybrid and electric
vehicles
cc Make sound proposals for the application and
development of: powertrain architectures, component
technology, simulation requirements and tools for
optimised control, practical design considerations,
integration issues, engineering trade-offs and real
world influences
Duration: 5 days
Assessment: Post module assignment
For more information
www.warwick.ac.uk/wmg/tas
tas@wmg.warwick.ac.uk