Design of a Dedicated Range Extender Engine MAHLE Powertrain Limited

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Bassett, Bassett, author.

Contributor:

Bisordi, Andre

Fraser, Neil

Hall, Jonathan

Thatcher, Ian

Warth, Marco

Conference Name:

SAE 2011 World Congress & Exhibition (2011-04-12 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2011

Summary:

Current focus on techniques to reduce the tailpipe CO₂ emissionsof road vehicles is increasing the interest in hybrid and electricvehicle technologies. Pure electric vehicles require bulky, heavy,and expensive battery packs to enable an acceptable drive-ablerange to be achieved. Extended-range electric vehicles (E-REV)partly overcome the limitations of current battery technology byhaving a "range extender" unit, which consists of anonboard fuel converter that converts a liquid fuel, such asgasoline, into electrical energy whilst the vehicle is driving.This enables the traction battery storage capacity to be reduced,whilst still maintaining an acceptable vehicle driving range.In a previous paper the power requirement of a range extenderfor a typical C segment passenger car was investigated usingdrive-cycle modeling over real-world cycles. This paper presentsthe detailed design of the range extender engine. Key attributesfor the engine have been identified, these being minimum packagevolume, low weight, low cost, and good NVH. The selection of theappropriate engine technology to enable the final design to fulfillthese attributes is described. The resulting design is highlightsare presented and the final design is presented

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Publisher Number:

2011-01-0862

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Restricted for use by site license