16MEE56 Battery System for Electric Vehicles

Assignment 1

Let us consider a future scenario where the city/state/country mandates the use of zero-
emission vehicles for personal use from 2025. In the near future, owners of personal vehicles
have to shift from conventional internal combustion engine vehicles to buy a new electric
vehicles. They are looking at options currently available in the market to make a choice of
vehicle to buy. In this scenario, you as a knowledgeable person on electric vehicles notice that
there are several advantages to the electric vehicles like zero tail-pipe emissions, fast
acceleration and many challenges as well as long charging times and the high cost of the
battery. There are hence, many design trade-offs to make. In this assignment, you have to use
the knowledge gained in this course to design a battery pack for an electric vehicle and charging
system that people in the city/state/country can buy.
Take into consideration the local design parameters like the driving needs (km per day), driving
behavior (city roads or highways), auxiliary needs, charging facilities required, etc. come up
with a battery pack for an electric vehicle for your city that can meet the above needs. Ideally,
people want a vehicle that consumes little energy, drives very long on a single charge, can
charge itself quickly, can use electricity from sustainable sources of energy and of course, has a
low cost.
 1. Design your own battery pack for an electric vehicle of your choice.

2. Develop your design step-by-step.

3. Write a short essay describing your design choices and motivation behind them.

The design report should include;

a. Selection of suitable Li-Ion battery cells and formats

b. Modeling of the cells, modules and pack

c. Modeling of the battery management system

d. Vehicle layout and mechanical assembly drawings of battery system

e. Cost benefit analysis of battery and its sub systems

Try to include the above points in a report of at least 1000 words. If you include external

sources, please use referencing and add a word count. Try to aim for a maximum of 1500

words.

 Include headings for different topics you are addressing

 Use standard practices of design like system architecture, QFD, Decision

Matrix, MBD, etc.

 Provide, where applicable, quantitative analysis

 Provide calculations of how these characteristics were obtained

 Use drawings, tables, sketches and figures to substantiate your design

 Rubrics for Review of Assignment 1:
Criteria Level 4 (2 marks) Level 3 (1.5 marks) Level 2 (1 mark) Level 1 (0.5 marks)
Assumptions All the required All the required Some required Some arbitrary
assumptions are stated assumptions are made but assumptions are stated assumptions are
and are appropriate a few are not appropriate and are appropriate made
Calculations All the required All the required Some calculations are Some calculations are
calculations are performed calculations are performed performed and the performed
and the technical and the technical technical parameters
parameters of the design parameters of the design identified
identified appropriately identified
Scientific All the discussions and All the discussions and Some discussions and No scientific practices
Practice design choices are made design choices are made design choices are are used but
using established scientific using established scientific made using established discussions are made
practices and they practices scientific practices
substantiate the design
Structure Paragraphs organized; Paragraphs are poorly
use of sections is logical organized; use of
and allows navigation sections is illogical
of the document and hinders
document navigation

Drawings, All drawings, tables, All drawings are of good Some drawings are of All drawings are of
tables, sketches, figures are of quality and adequately poor quality and fail to poor quality and fail
sketches, good quality, professional support the text support the text to support the text
figures and strongly support the
text
Formatting Formatting of the Formatting of the Document is formatted Document is not
document is professional document is generally poorly and lacks a formatted
and includes a professional consistent and adequate, quality cover page and
cover page and index and includes a good index
quality cover page and
index
Language Sentences are well- Sentences are generally Sentences are poorly Sentences are poorly
written; there are no well-written; there are a written; there are written; there are
incorrect word choices and few incorrect word choices numerous incorrect numerous incorrect
the text is free of errors in and errors in grammar, word choices and word choices and
grammar, punctuation and punctuation and spelling errors in grammar, errors in grammar,
spelling punctuation and punctuation and
spelling spelling resulting in
Criteria Level 4 (2 marks) Level 3 (1.5 marks) Level 2 (1 mark) Level 1 (0.5 marks)
meaning not being
conveyed
References All sources are correctly Most sources are correctly Some sources are Fails to correctly
and thoroughly documented; appropriate correctly documented; document any sources
documented; appropriate citation forms are appropriate citation or to utilize
citation forms are utilized generally utilized forms are generally appropriate citation
throughout utilized forms