Week 3 - Assignment Solutions
Q 2.5. a. Prepare a spread sheet for 2-wheeler IDC using data in slide 39. Obtain the
traction Force, traction Power, and the torque required every second. Compute the
total energy consumed and the distance travelled. Obtain Wh/km for the vehicle.
Assume R=0.3
Ans.
Total energy consumed (Wh) = 10.75
Distance travelled (m) = 657.91
Wh/km for the vehicle = 16.35
Solution: Solution in spreadsheet shared
b. Now assume that at 100 seconds in the drive cycle, the vehicle moves at constant
speed, but climbs a slope of 5° for 10 seconds. The vehicle then goes to zero speed in
the next eight second, just like it does from 100 sec to 108 sec in IDC. Now compute
energy required, distance travelled and Wh/km, again assuming R=0.3
Ans.
Energy required (Wh) = 13.15
Distance travelled (m) = 701.96
Wh/km = 18.74
Solution: Solution in spreadsheet shared
Que 3.1) Assume a vehicle has rwheel of 0.3 m. Covert speeds of
a) 1000 rpm into kmph and m/sec
b) 2 m/sec into kmph and rpm
c) 80 kmph into m/sec and rpm
Ans:
a) 1000 rpm in kmph --- 113.0 to 113.1
1000 rpm in m/sec --- 31.4 to 31.5
b) 2 m/sec in kmph --- 7.2
2 m/sec in rpm --- 63.6 to 63.7
c) 80 kmph in m/sec --- 22.2 to 22.3
80 kmph in rpm --- 707 to 708
Solution:
(a) rwheel = 0.3 m; Rotations = 1000rpm = 16.67rps
Speed (mps) = rps * 2π rwheel = 31.42 mps
Speed (kmph)= Speed(mps)*3.6 = 113.09 kmph
(b) Speed (mps) = 2 mps
Speed (kmph) = Speed(mps)*3.6 = 7.2 kmph
rps = Speed(mps)/(2π rwheel ) = 1.06 rps
rpm = Speed(rps) * 60 = 63.66 rpm
(c) Speed (kmph) = 80 kmph
Speed (mps) = Speed (kmph)/3.6 = 22.22 mps
rpm = (Speed(mps)/rwheel ) * 9.55 = 707 rpm
Que 3.2) a) A vehicle needs to run continuously at 60 kmph and should have a peak torque of 150
Nm. A motor gives peak torque of 25 NM at 3000 rpm. What should be the gear ratio and
minimum tyre radius for the motor to be used by the vehicle?
Ans:
Gear ratio n:1, n is equal to ---- 6
Minimum tyre radius in m --- 0.31 to 0.32
Solution:
Vehicle Torque = Gear Ratio × Motor Torque
Vehicle Torque
Gear ratio (n) = Motor Torque
= 150/25 = 6
Vehicle Speed (kmph) 60
Vehicle Speed (mps) = 3.6
= 3.6 = 16.67 mps
Vehicle Speed (mps) = rps × 2π × r
Mptor rpm 300
Vehicle rpm = 𝑛
= 6
= 500
Vehicle Speed (mps) = (rpm/60) × 2 π × r = (500/60) × 2 π × r
16.67∗60
Hence r = 500∗2∗𝑝𝑖 = 0.318 𝑚
b) A EV battery has a capacity of 15 kWh. Assuming 0.9 DoD and 75% end of life, what is
the range that the vehicle (using 80 Wh/km) can support, when the battery is new. What
range will it support at the end of life? Assume, Auxiliary power used is 500 W
continuously, speed of 40kmph and the efficiency of motor and controller is 85% each.
Ans:
Vehicle range in km when Battery is new --- 105 to 125
Vehicle range in km at end of life of Battery --- 80 to 95
Solution:
Usable capacity of Battery when new = 15 × 0.9 kWh = 13.5 kWh
Usable capacity of Battery at End of Life = 15 × 0.9 × 0.75 kWh = 10.125 kWh
Max distance (km) that can be covered when new (without considering aux power) =
13.5∗1000∗0.85∗0.85
80
= 121.92 km
Max distance (km) that can be covered at EoL (without considering aux power) =
10.125∗1000∗0.85∗0.85
80
= 91.44 km
Now considering 500W continuous aux power
(13500−500∗𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑟𝑠)∗0.85∗0.85
Distance driven (d in km) when new = d = 80
𝑑
(13500−500∗ )∗0.85∗0.85
40
d=
80
d = 109.55 km
(10125−500∗𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑟𝑠)∗0.85∗0.85
Distance driven (d in km) when old = d = 80
𝑑
(10125−500∗ )∗0.85∗0.85
40
d= 80
d = 82.16 km