Propulsion Systems for Hybrid Vehicles
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Author(s): J. M. Miller
Publisher: IEE
ISBN: 0863413366
Format: hardback
455pp
Price: £69.00
Review Date: 17 February 2004
Review: Hybrid electric vehicles are one answer to providing less polluting and more fuel-efficient transport. Some manufacturers see hybrid vehicles as supplementary actions or ‘bridging actions’ leading to a fuel cell and hydrogen driven economy. This textbook is for practising engineers. It covers all aspects of hybrid vehicle design: from power plant and energy storage systems, to supporting chassis systems that are needed in hybrid modes of operation. There are sections on: hybrid vehicles; hybrid architectures; hybrid power plant specifications; sizing the drive system; electric drive systems technologies; power electronics for ac drives; drive system control; drive system efficiency; hybrid vehicle characterisation; energy storage technologies; and hybrid vehicle test and validation.