Impact of SiC devices on hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 912-921

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Tolbert, Leon M ^b,c   Ozpineci, Burak ^c  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; hybrid electric vehicle (HEV); inverter; plug in HEV (PHEV); Powertrain System Analysis Toolkit (PSAT); silicon carbide (SiC)

Indexed keywords

BATTERY BANKS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH POWER DENSITY; HIGH-TEMPERATURE CAPABILITY; HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE; HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE (HEV); INVERTER; INVERTER EFFICIENCY; INVERTER-BASED; LIGHT WEIGHT; MOTOR CONTROLLERS; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE; PLUG-INS; POWER-LOSSES; POWER-TRAIN SYSTEMS; POWERTRAIN MODELS; POWERTRAIN SYSTEM ANALYSIS TOOLKIT (PSAT); SIC DEVICES; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; TEST RESULTS; THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; TOYOTA PRIUS; VEHICLE SIMULATION;

AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; FUEL ECONOMY; POWER ELECTRONICS; POWERTRAINS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 79952936606     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2010.2102734     Document Type: Article

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