Electric and Hybrid-Electric Vehicles : Batteries

With production and planning for new electric vehicles gaining momentum worldwide, this book – the second in a series of five volumes on this subject – provides engineers and researchers with perspectives on the most current and innovative developments regarding battery technology for electric and hybrid-electric vehicles.

This book features 15 SAE technical papers, published from 2008 through 2010, that provide an overview of research on electric vehicle batteries.

Topics include:

• Charging strategy studies for PHEV batteries
• Electric vehicle and hybrid-electric vehicle rechargeable energy storage systems
• Strategies for reducing plug-in battery costs
• Cold temperature performance
• Lithium-ion battery power capability testing, crash safety, and modeling

Introduction
The Growing Surge in Electric Vehicle Activity

EV Batteries
Chapter 1 : Charging Strategy Studies for PHEV Batteries based on Power Loss Model (2010-01-1238)
Chapter 2 : Cell Balancing Algorithm Verification through a Simulation Model for Lithium Ion Energy Storage Systems (2010-01-1079)
Chapter 3 : Crash Safety of Lithium-Ion Batteries Towards Development of a Computational Model (2010-01-1078)
Chapter 4 : Prognostics and Health Monitoring of Li-ion Battery for Hybrid Electric Vehicle (2010-01-0256)
Chapter 5 : SAE J2464 "EV & HEV Rechargeable Energy Storage System (RESS) Safety and Abuse Testing Procedure" (2010-01-1077)
Chapter 6 : Available Power and Energy Prediction using a Simplified Circuit Model of HEV Li-ion Battery (2010-01-1077)
Chapter 7 : Power Capability Testing of a Lithium-ion Battery Using Hardware in the Loop (2010-01-1073)
Chapter 8 : Research on Large Capacity, High Power Lithium-ion Batteries (2009-01-1389)
Chapter 9 : Modeling of Li-ion Battery Performance in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (2009-01-1388)
Chapter 10 : Hybrid Vehicle Battery Technology - The Transition From NiMH to Li-Ion (2009-01-1385)
Chapter 11 : Impact of Real-World Drive Cycles on PHEV Battery Requirements (2009-01-1383)
Chapter 12 : Report on the Field Performance of A 123Systems' Hymotion Plug-In Conversion Module for the Toyota Prius (2009-01-1331)  
Chapter 13 : The Hydraulic Plug-In Hybrid and Other Strategies for Reducing Plug-In Battery Costs (2008-01-2765)
Chapter 14 : Evaluation of Cold Temperature Performance of the JCS-VL41M PHEV Battery using Battery HIL (2008-01-1333)
Chapter 15 : Thermal Response and Flammability of Li-Ion Cells for HEV and PHEV Applications (2008-01-0400)

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