Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: Design Fundamentals
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Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Fuel Cell Vehicles: Fundamentals, Theory, and Design, Second Edition (Power Electronics and Applications Series) $103.96 Air pollution, global warming, and the steady decrease in petroleum resources continue to stimulate interest in the development of safe, clean, and highly efficient transportation. Building on the foundation of the bestselling first edition, Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Fuel Cell Vehicles: Fundamentals, Theory, and Design, Second Edition updates and expands its detailed coverage of the ve... |
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Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: Design Fundamentals, Second Edition $79.96 Thoroughly updated to encompass the significant technological advances since the publication of the first edition, Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: Design Fundamentals, Second Edition presents the design fundamentals, component sizing, and systems interactions of alternative vehicles. This new edition of a widely praised, bestselling textbook maintains the comprehensive, systems-level perspective of ... |
This book is very hard to follow. The author presents examples (and sometimes answers) without outlining how to solve the problems. This is very frustrating! Most of the work in the book is calculus-based which would not be a problem if the steps for deriving the equations were more explicit. The information is very theoretical with little practical relevance to electric car design. The author starts out by explaining generic vehicle mechanics and then jumps right into battery chemistry and motors. Very little effort is spent on the interrelationships between these elements. The author does a decent job describing motor fundamentals, but he does not spend much time discussing the practical limitations of the technology. The hybrid discussion is relegated to the last chapter of the book, and then only a few pages are devoted to explaining this technology. Most of the chapter is spent describing various thermodynamic cycles such as the Otto cycle and Rankine cycle. Curiously,at this point the author resorts to a very high level discussion of these cycles, using very little math to show the effects of the electric motor on the function and efficiency of the traditional ICE vehicle.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Too Academic
Very academic. A lot of electrical theory not much practical advice for building an EV. The book is designed for university students I think.
Dr. Husain is an Electrical Engineer, therefore his book focuses primarily on the electrical, magnetic, electromagnetic & electromechanical aspects of EV & HEV vehicle design. From this perspective, his book is very solid on fundamental EV & HEV design considerations and component analyses. However, the continuously variable transmission (CVT)… including planetary gearsets (used in CVTs to combine/split torque) is a key HEV component. Consequently, I view omitting their discussion as dissapointing. On the other hand, Dr. Husain’s text is very well written/edited and his style of explaining technical details is conversational, yet professional. I recommend this book without hessitation.
Neatly organized into chapters but seldom comes close to solving the actual design problem or even attempts at doing so. Better your understanding but read some SAE research papers instead to get a deeper understanding.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Question the MF Momen review…
One must temper the fact that M. F. Momen has written papers with the author. Such as “Lightly Ferromagnetic Rotor Bars for Three-Phase Squirrel-Cage Induction Machines”…
5.0 out of 5 stars
A timely and valuable book in EV
This book is very helpful for an extensive overview of all the design perspectives regarding EV and HEVs.