Electric and Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles: Advanced Simulation Methodologies

This book is designed as an interdisciplinary platform for specialists working in electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles powertrain design and development, and for scientists who want to get access to information related to electric and hybrid vehicle energy management, efficiency and control. The book presents the methodology of simulation that allows the specialist to evaluate electric and hybrid vehicle powertrain energy flow, efficiency, range and consumption. The mathematics behind each electric and hybrid vehicle component is explained and for each specific vehicle the powertrain is analyzed and output results presented through the use of specific automotive industrial software (AVL Cruise , IPG CarMaker, AVL Concerto). This methodology of electric and hybrid powertrain design serves to broaden understanding of how the energy flow, efficiency, range and consumption of these vehicles can be adjusted, updated and predicted via development processes.

Bogdan Ovidiu Varga is currently Associate Professor at the Automotive and Transport Department, Faculty of Mechanics, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania and is coordinator of the Alternative Propulsion Systems course. He received his PhD in mechanical engineering at Technical University of Cluj-Napoca after studying in Germany (University of Hohenheim), Italy (Università di Bologna) and Greece (National Technical University of Athens). Since 2011, he has been Technical Juridical Expert for the Romanian Ministry of Justice in the field of Automotive and Equipment for Vehicles Control and from 2013 an associate member of Federation International des Experts en Automobile. He also activates as editor in “Automotive Engineering and Transportation Science & Technology ” domains for Central European Journal of Engineering and as reviewer for several mainstream scientific journals. He has published several papers in the peer-review journals including Energy Journal from Elsevier.

Florin Mariasiu is currently Associate Professor at the Automotive and Transport Department, Faculty of Mechanics, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. With relevant activities and research interest are in the impact of renewable sources use in transportation, the effects of emergent and future technologies and related effects on environment, dependence between traffic intensity and pollutant emissions, scenarios of economic and social effects caused by increasing use of renewable sources, consumers’ attitude and perception of renewable sources and bio-technologies used in economy. He activate also as editor of “Energy & Fuels” domain for Central European Journal of Engineering and as reviewer for several mainstream scientific journals.

Dan Moldovanu is currently Senior Lecturer at the Automotive and Transport Department, Faculty of Mechanics, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He is a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, since 2011, after studying for his PhD also in Graz, Austria at AVL List GmbH (Specialized in AVL FIRE). He graduated the Faculty of Mechanics, Mechatronics Department, in 2008. He also had a specialization in MATLAB®, Simulink®, at the Technical University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany (2003).

Calin Iclodean is currently Senior Lecturer at the Automotive and Transport Department, Faculty of Mechanics, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He is a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, since 2013, after studying for his PhD also in Graz, Austria at AVL List GmbH (AVL BOOST and AVL CRUISE specialization). He graduated the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications, Department of Applied Electronics of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, in 1994, has 20 years of working and business experience in IT&C.