Analysis of four-stroke, Wankel, and microturbine based range extenders for electric vehicles

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 120-133

  Ribau, João ^a   Silva, Carla ^a   Brito, Francisco P ^b   Martins, Jorge ^b  

^a Instituto Superior Tecnico Institute for Mechanical Engineering   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

EV; Life cycle analysis; Plug in hybrid vehicle; Range extender; Series HEV

Indexed keywords

BASELINE VEHICLE; BATTERY MODULES; CYCLE ENGINES; DRIVING CYCLE; EV; EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; FUEL ENERGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MICRO TURBINE; RANGE EXTENDER; SERIES HEV; SUSTAINING OPERATIONS; VEHICLE SPECIFIC POWER; WEIGHT SAVING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HYBRID VEHICLES; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES; REGENERATIVE BRAKING; TURBINES; WANKEL ENGINES;

ENGINES;

EID: 84857025034     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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