Vehicle Propulsion Systems Introduction to Modeling and Optimization /

• Main Authors: Guzzella, Lino (Author), Sciarretta, Antonio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Transportation.; Electric power production.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Mechanical engineering.; Automotive engineering.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Mechanical Engineering.; Automotive Engineering.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Energy Technology.

Automobiles are responsible for a substantial part of the world's consumption of primary energy, mostly fossil liquid hydrocarbons. The reduction of the fuel consumption of these vehicles has become a top priority. Many ideas to reach that objective have been presented. In most cases these syst...

Table of Contents:

• Vehicle Energy and Fuel Consumption — Basic Concepts
• IC-Engine-Based Propulsion Systems
• Electric and Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems
• Non-electric Hybrid Propulsion Systems
• Fuel-Cell Propulsion Systems
• Supervisory Control Algorithms
• Appendix I — Case Studies
• Appendix II — Optimal Control Theory
• Appendix III — Dynamic Programming.