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Educational Project for the Teaching of Control of Electric Traction Drives

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  • Pablo Moreno-Torres

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28006 Madrid, Spain)

  • Marcos Blanco

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), 28037 Madrid, Spain)

  • Marcos Lafoz

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), 28037 Madrid, Spain)

  • Jaime R. Arribas

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28006 Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

Electric vehicles constitute a multidisciplinary subject that involves disciplines such as automotive, mechanical, electrical and control engineering. Due to this multidisciplinary technical nature, practical teaching methodologies are of special relevance. Paradoxically, in the past, the training of engineers specializing in this area has lacked the practical component represented by field tests, due to the difficulty of accessing real systems. This paper presents an educational project specifically designed for the teaching and training of engineering students with different backgrounds and experience. The teaching methodology focuses on the topology of electric traction drives and their control. It includes two stages, a simulation computer model and a scaled laboratory workbench that comprises a traction electrical drive coupled to a vehicle emulator. With this equipment, the effectiveness of different traction control strategies can be analyzed from the point of view of energy efficiency, robustness, easiness of implementation and acoustic noise.

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  • Pablo Moreno-Torres & Marcos Blanco & Marcos Lafoz & Jaime R. Arribas, 2015. "Educational Project for the Teaching of Control of Electric Traction Drives," Energies, MDPI, vol. 8(2), pages 1-18, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:8:y:2015:i:2:p:921-938:d:45214
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