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Shell Eco Marathon : Electric Drive for World's Most Fuel Efficient Car

A direct driven permanent magnet synchronous machine with concentrated windings is optimized with respect to system efficiency. The goal is to win the European Shell Eco Marathon Urban Concept group using a hydrogen fuel cell and an electric motor. Considerations such as on-board energy storage, a freewheel for coasting, winding design and connections are taken into account. The result is a machine with higher efficiency at all loads and an optimal operation point at cruising speed, obtaining 93% efficiency. Considerations for further improvements in both power electronics and motor design are presented, along with a new philosophy for making very slow PMSM CW machines with multiple phases, both yielding higher efficiency and smaller requirements to structural stiffness.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:ntnu-9955
Date January 2009
CreatorsFaleide, Rolv Marius
PublisherNorges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for elkraftteknikk, Institutt for elkraftteknikk
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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