Design studies of a series hybrid heavy-duty transit bus using V-ELPH 2.01 Academic Article

abstract

• Series hybrid transit buses reduce significant fuel consumption and exhaust emissions as a result of regenerative braking and uniform engine operation. This study discusses the steps involved in designing series hybrid propulsion for a full-sized transit bus with simulation results for fuel consumption and emissions for urban drive cycle. The HEV research group in Texas A&M University has developed a computer simulation tool, V-ELPH, to facilitate the design and analysis of electric and hybrid vehicles. In this paper a design example for a 40 series hybrid heavy-duty transit bus is given in detail, from design specifications to complete design, using V-ELPH with supporting illustrative graphs.

authors

• Butler-Purry, Karen
• Ehsani, Mehrdad

published proceedings

• 1999 IEEE 49TH VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, VOLS 1-3

author list (cited authors)

• Rahman, Z., Butler, K. L., & Ehsani, M.

citation count

• 13

complete list of authors

• Rahman, Z||Butler, KL||Ehsani, M

publication date

• January 1999

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• n1090-3038ISSN  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/vetec.1999.778469

start page

• 2268

end page

• 2272

volume

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/vetec.1999.778469