Unit
- Course
- Industrial engineering
- Study-unit Code
- A002395
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Jacopo Zembi
- Teachers
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- Jacopo Zembi
- Hours
- 40 ore - Jacopo Zembi
- CFU
- 5
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Ingegneria meccanica
- Academic discipline
- ING-IND/08
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Contents
- Analysis of propulsion systems for sustainable mobility:
- Energy analysis of the vehicle, powertrain operating modes
- Powertrains based on internal combustion engines (ICEs)
- Hybrid powertrains based on interaction between internal combustion engines and electric motors
- Full electric powertrains based on the use of electric motors - Reference texts
- Notes provided in class
- Guzzella, L., Sciarretta, A., Vehicle Propulsion Systems – Introduction to Modeling and Optimization. Springer, 2013, 10.1007/978-3-642-35913-2 - Educational objectives
- It represents a course on innovative energy systems.
The main objective of the course is to provide students with advanced skills for the design analysis and operational verification of components and energy systems for sustainable mobility.
The main acquired knowledge will include:
- Analysis of propulsion systems: innovative internal combustion engines, hybrid and electric powertrains.
- Analysis of vehicle-powertrain coupling issues, with particular attention to energy and environmental impact.
- Analysis and optimization of powertrain control strategies with the execution of the vehicle homologation cycle. - Prerequisites
- The topics covered in the module require to have the ability to solve simple mass and energy balances and the ability to solve simple integrals and derivatives.
- Teaching methods
- Classroom lectures on all course topics.
- Learning verification modality
- - oral exam
- project/case study - Extended program
- - Unit 1: Energy analysis of the vehicle: kinetic, potential, aerodynamics, rolling resistance, inertia. Powertrain operating modes: traction, braking, coasting.
- Unit 2: Powertrains based on internal combustion engines
Historical overview, operating principles. Modeling.
Powertrains based on internal combustion engines (ICEs). Energy and environmental impact, the need for innovation in the context of sustainable mobility. Advantages and disadvantages of different configurations (gasoline, diesel) with various transmission types (manual, automatic, CVT).
- Unit 3: Hybrid powertrains based on interaction between internal combustion engines and electric motors
Historical overview, operating principles. Power diagrams and flows. Modeling.
Energy and environmental impact, necessity in the context of sustainable mobility. Advantages and disadvantages of different configurations: series hybrid, parallel hybrid, complex architectures.
- Unit 4: Powertrains based on electric motors
Historical overview, operating principles. Power diagrams and flows. Modeling.
Energy and environmental impact, necessity in the context of sustainable mobility. Full electric powertrains based on the use of electric motors powered by battery packs or fuel cells. Analysis of power electronics components: DC/AC Converters (Inverters for e-motor), DC/DC Converters for electrical adaptation, AC/DC Converters (battery chargers). - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- 7 - affordable and clean energy
11 - sustainable cities and communities
13 - climate action