Class Period 01 Date Jan 13 2014 Page 1 MEEM ECE 5295 Advanced Propulsion for Hybrid Electric Vehicles Class Period 01 Introduction and Syllabus Jeffrey D Naber Professor MEEM Department Michigan Tech University Email jnaber mtu edu Tel 906 487 1938 News Class Period 01 Date Jan 13 2014 Page 2 Analysis Boeing problems put spotlight on battery technology Reuters 2013 An electrical fire on Boeing s new 787 Dreamliner is drawing renewed scrutiny for lithiumion batteries an increasingly important component in planes and hybrid cars NEW YORK CNNMoney 2014 Tesla will provide owners of its cars with new charger adapters in an effort to fix an overheating issue the electric automaker said Friday A fire that started in a garage in Irvine Calif in November was attributed to an overheating Tesla charger according to reports Tesla has denied that its charger was the cause Copyright 2014 Michigan Tech Course Introduction Class Period 01 Date Jan 13 2014 Page 3 Overview of the course and syllabus Reading and group discussion preparation assignments Assignment Group 01 Unit Conversions Copyright 2014 Michigan Tech Jeffrey D Naber Class Period 01 Date Jan 13 2014 Page 4 2004 Prs Michigan Technological University Mechanical Eng Eng Mechanics Director Advanced Power Systems Research Center 1995 04 Motorola Automotive Systems Engineering Center Dearborn MI 1992 95 Sandia National Laboratory Combustion Research Center 1992 PhD Mechanical Engineering University of Wisconsin Madison Engine Research Center Copyright 2014 Michigan Tech Class Period 01 Date Jan 13 2014 Page 5 COURSE SYLLABUS Copyright 2014 Michigan Tech Library Resources Class Period 01 Date Jan 13 2014 Page 6 SAE Technical Documents www sae org Searches SAE Digital Library Found under S databases on the library website includes full pdf s of most papers www lib mtu edu eresources eressearch eressearch aspx Proceedings of IEEE IEEE Conference Vehicle Power and Propulsion VPPC Electronic Searches and Documents specific to 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Energy Focus on impacts of transportation Discussions Wednesday 1 22 2 Engine Technologies Liquid fuels including renewable 3 Energy storage with a focus on batteries needs performance cost for vehicle electrification Friday 1 24 4 Electrical generation and transmission impact of electrifying the vehicle fleet 5 Well to Wheels Comparison of powertrain technologies for reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions Monday 1 27 5 CAFE and CO2 regulations for vehicles US and world 6 Trends and future of LDV Electrification US and world Group Presentations continued Class Period 01 Date Jan 13 2014 Page 10 Wednesday 1 29 7 8 Summary Powertrain and Vehicle Technologies Fuel consumption reduction cost and payback TBD Presentation Details 15 minute presentation with 5 minutes for questions This means 10 slides Focus on quality and not quantity Develop summary tables and charts Give summary and conclusions Use course template and follow guidelines for presentations All material must be 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01 Unit Conversions Copyright 2014 Michigan Tech Example Unit Conversion Class Period 01 Date Jan 13 2014 Page 15 A It takes approximately 2 minutes to fill your car truck up with 20 gallons of gasoline Determine in units of power the rate of filling your gas tank in kilowatts B The L Anse power plant operates with biomass and other renewable resources Its peak output is 17MW using this a unit of power give the answer in part A in units of LPP where 1 LPP 17MW Copyright 2014 Michigan Tech Perhaps the biggest barrier to communication is the assumption that it has taken place Ron Meiss Communications Consultant