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Electric Hybrid Powertrain for Armored Vehicles

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  • Luca Piancastelli

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy)

  • Marco Toccaceli

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy)

  • Merve Sali

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy)

  • Christian Leon-Cardenas

    (Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy)

  • Eugenio Pezzuti

    (Engineering Department “Mario Lucertini”, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico, 1, 00133 Roma, Italy)

Abstract

The performance of modern, new generation-armored vehicles would greatly benefit from overall engineering, optimization, and integration techniques of advanced diesel engines-electrified transmissions. Modern axial flux electric motors and controllers are perfectly able to replace the classical automatic gearbox and complex steering system of traditional Main Battle Tanks. This study shows a possible design of a serial hybrid electric power pack for very heavy tanks with a weight well over 50 tons. The result is a hybrid power system that improves the overall performance of armored vehicles off-road and on-road, improving the acceleration and the smoothness of the ride. In addition, fuel consumption will be reduced because the internal combustion engine operates at fixed rpm. The electric motors will outperform the traditional engines due to their very high torque output even at “zero speed”. The weight of a hybrid system has also been calculated. In fact, in many cases, it is possible to use all off-the-shelf components. The on-board diagnosis of the subsystems in the hybrid powertrain makes it possible to achieve a Time Between Overhaul (TBO) of 4500 h with a failure probability inferior to one in 10,000.

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  • Luca Piancastelli & Marco Toccaceli & Merve Sali & Christian Leon-Cardenas & Eugenio Pezzuti, 2023. "Electric Hybrid Powertrain for Armored Vehicles," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-27, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:6:p:2605-:d:1092802
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