Vehicle Propulsion Systems Introduction to Modeling and Optimization /

• Main Authors: Guzzella, Lino. (Author), Sciarretta, Antonio. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2013.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Electric engineering.; Automotive Engineering.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Transportation.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Energy Technology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35913-2

This text provides an introduction to the mathematical modeling and subsequent optimization of vehicle propulsion systems and their supervisory control algorithms. Automobiles are responsible for a substantial part of the world's consumption of primary energy, mostly fossil liquid hydrocarbons...

Table of Contents:

• Vehicle Energy and Fuel Consumption - Basic Concepts
• IC-Engine-Based Propulsion Systems
• Electric and Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems
• Non-electric Hybrid Propulsion Systems
• Fuel-Cell Propulsion Systems
• Supervisory Control Algorithms.