4 ECTS credits
100 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4016316FNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen
Department
Electrical Engineering and Power Electronics
Educational team
Joeri Van Mierlo (course titular)
Mohamed El Baghdadi
Boud Verbrugge
Activities and contact hours
12 contact hours Lecture
36 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

The course gives an overview of following subjects : structures of electric and hybrid vehicles, batteries, electric drives, fundamental design criteria and infrastructure for chargers.
Following aspects are covered related to alternative propulsion systems:
• Electric vehicles with batteries and fuel Cells en hybrid vehicles
• series hybrid, parallel hybrid, combined hybrid typologies
• hybrid power management strategies
• components (drives, batteries, etc.)
Additionally following aspects are described
• tail pipe after treatment systems: catalysts, particular filters etc.
• Alternative fuels: LPG, natural gas, bio fuels and hydrogen

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Hand outs of the slides of the course
Course text (Required) : Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Traction, Handbook Edition 2023, Van Mierlo, VUB, 2220170009711, 2023
Additional info

- hand outs of the slides of the course
- up to date scientific publications

Learning Outcomes

General competences

-aims and objectives :
To learn the basic knowledge about the different aspects concerning environmental vehicle technologies, especially electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles.  To describe the technology and the fundamental design criteria.
-exam requirements :
The students must know the basics on the composition and the design of electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles.  Additionally the must have the basic knowledge about alternative fuels. They must be able to apply these basics by means of an open course book exam.

Scientific competences

Can collaborate in a (multidisciplinary) team.

Scientific competences

Can work in an industrial environment with attention to safety, quality assurance, communication and reporting.

Scientific competences

Can develop, plan, execute and manage engineering projects at the level of a starting professional.

Scientific competences

Can think critically about and evaluate projects, systems and processes, particularly when based on incomplete, contradictory and/or redundant information.

Attitudes

Having a creative, problem-solving, result-driven and evidence-based attitude, aiming at innovation and applicability in industry and society.

Attitudes

Having a critical attitude towards one's own results and those of others.

Attitudes

Having consciousness of the ethical, social, environmental and economic context of his/her work and strives for sustainable solutions to engineering problems including safety and quality assurance aspects.

Attitudes

Having the flexibility and adaptability to work in an international and/or intercultural context.

Attitudes

Having an attitude of life-long learning as needed for the future development of his/her career.

Knowledge oriented competences

Having in-depth knowledge and understanding of exact sciences with the specificity of their application to engineering.

Knowledge oriented competences

Having in-depth knowledge and understanding of integrated structural design methods in the framework of a global design strategy.

Knowledge oriented competences

Having in-depth knowledge and understanding of the advanced methods and theories to schematize and model complex problems or processes.

Knowledge oriented competences

Having a broad scientific knowledge, understanding and skills to be able to design, produce and maintain complex mechanical , electrical and/or energy systems with a focus on products, systems and services. E.g. codepo project, courses around renewable sustainable mobility, ...

Scientific competences

Can reformulate complex engineering problems in order to solve them (simplifying assumptions, reducing complexity).

Scientific competences

Can conceive, plan and execute a research project, based on an analysis of its objectives, existing knowledge and the relevant literature, with attention to innovation  and valorization in industry and society.

Scientific competences

Can correctly report on research and design results in the form of a technical report or in the form of a scientific paper.

Scientific competences

Can present and defend results in a scientifically sound way, using contemporary communication tools, for a national as well as for an international professional or lay audience.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 60% of the final mark.
PRAC Report determines 40% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Oral exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 60% of the final mark.

    Note: open course book

Within the PRAC Report category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Report about case study with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

    Note: report about case study

Additional info regarding evaluation

1st session : Oral examination (open course book)  60% + case study 40%
2nd session : idem

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Electromechanical Engineering: Sustainable Transport and Automotive Engineering (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Electromechanical Engineering: Sustainable Transport and Automotive Engineering
Master of Electromechanical Engineering Technology: elektromechanica met profiel vervoertechnologie (only offered in Dutch)