Autonomous Electric Race Car Inverter Development: Revving up the future with resource efficient drive technology

IF 2.5 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC IEEE Electrification Magazine Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI:10.1109/MELE.2023.3264921
C. Markgraf, Luca Gacy, Samuel Leitenmaier, Daniel Lengerer, Benjamin Schwartz, D. Gao
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As the electric drive finds its way progressively into important industry sectors like mobility, transportation, agriculture, production, and supporting services, it becomes increasingly important to have individually optimized technical solutions for the manifold applications. Therefore, a high number of engineers with interdisciplinary competencies will be needed soon to comply with the demand of the worldwide markets. A key component for an often-used variant of the electric drivetrain is the full-bridge inverter, which is subject to a wide spectrum of different requirements. In 2021, the University of Denver (DU), started a cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg (UASA) to develop a full-bridge inverter for an autonomous, electrical Formula Student race car, using four permanent magnet synchronous machines as an all-wheel drive. To improve the performance of the race car, the inverter must be lightweight, package optimized, electromagnetic compatibility compliant, safe, and reliable when it distributes a maximum of 80 kW instantaneous power from the battery at a voltage between 420 V and 600 V individually to the four wheels. This article documents the inverter development process using silicon carbide MOSFET power modules, with the goal of using future results in the race car and the knowledge transfer for the education of engineering students. This transatlantic partnership between DU and UASA also serves as a success story for intercontinental collaborative development based on modern communication and decentralized development techniques.
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自动驾驶电动赛车逆变器的发展:以资源高效驱动技术加速未来
随着电力驱动逐渐进入移动、运输、农业、生产和配套服务等重要行业,为多种应用提供单独优化的技术解决方案变得越来越重要。因此,为了满足全球市场的需求,将需要大量具有跨学科能力的工程师。一种常用的电动传动系统变体的关键部件是全桥逆变器,它受到各种不同要求的影响。2021年,丹佛大学(DU)开始与奥格斯堡应用科学大学(UASA)合作,为自主电动学生方程式赛车开发全桥逆变器,使用四台永磁同步电机作为全轮驱动。为了提高赛车的性能,逆变器必须轻巧,封装优化,兼容电磁兼容,安全可靠,当它在420v到600v之间的电压下将最大80kw的电池瞬时功率分别分配给四个车轮时。本文记录了使用碳化硅MOSFET功率模块的逆变器开发过程,目标是将未来的成果用于赛车,并为工程专业学生的教育传递知识。杜克大学和美国航空航天局之间的这种跨大西洋伙伴关系也是基于现代通信和分散开发技术的洲际合作开发的成功案例。
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IEEE Electrification Magazine ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC-
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期刊介绍: IEEE Electrification Magazine is dedicated to disseminating information on all matters related to microgrids onboard electric vehicles, ships, trains, planes, and off-grid applications. Microgrids refer to an electric network in a car, a ship, a plane or an electric train, which has a limited number of sources and multiple loads. Off-grid applications include small scale electricity supply in areas away from high voltage power networks. Feature articles focus on advanced concepts, technologies, and practices associated with all aspects of electrification in the transportation and off-grid sectors from a technical perspective in synergy with nontechnical areas such as business, environmental, and social concerns.
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