Title :
Formula Hybrid racing at Illinois Institute of Technology: Academic Year 2007/2008
Author :
Sibley, Jonathan ; Wirasingha, S.G. ; Emadi, A.
Author_Institution :
Illinois Inst. of Technol., Chicago, IL
Abstract :
The formula hybrid competition is a student event where teams compete against one another in a realworld engineering environment. Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) fielded a team to compete in the second annual competition in May 2008 against 14 other schools. A true passion for designing, improving, and racing hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) has evolved at IIT from this remarkable experience. The ACE team competed with two student-designed hybrid vehicles of different drivetrain types, composed of a wide variety of cutting edge technologies, including lithiumpolymer batteries, continuous variable transmissions, and permanent magnet synchronous machines.
Keywords :
electric vehicles; permanent magnet machines; secondary cells; synchronous machines; Illinois Institute of Technology; continuous variable transmissions; drivetrain types; formula hybrid competition; formula hybrid racing; hybrid electric vehicles; lithiumpolymer batteries; permanent magnet synchronous machines; realworld engineering environment; second annual competition; Automotive engineering; Battery powered vehicles; Digital control; Educational institutions; Hybrid electric vehicles; Permanent magnet machines; Propulsion; Testing; USA Councils; Vehicle driving; ACE Formula Hybrid; Education; Formula Hybrid competition; Hybrid drive train; IIT Racing; chassis;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, 2008. VPPC '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Harbin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1848-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1849-7
DOI :
10.1109/VPPC.2008.4677670
