Open to the climate: Design of electric drive systems for industrial applications and electric vehicles
As electric drive systems become standard in the automotive industry, enormous opportunities are opening up for innovative control and efficiency improvements with modern technology. In our course, you will gain in-depth knowledge of motor and battery technology, electric control systems and frequency converters - the tools that can replace complex transmissions and give you a competitive advantage.
The facts
Target group: engineers in mechanical engineering, technical design or similar, with a need to further develop their skills in electric drive systems and electric vehicles.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of mathematics, physics and mechanical engineering is required for admission to the course.
Start date: coming soon
Study time in hours: about 65 h
Course format: The course is given at 25% study rate and at a distance with a couple of meetings on site
Language: English
Price: 6 000 SEK
Electric drives are now common in both industrial and automotive applications. While electric drives have been common in stationary industrial equipment for several decades, the number of applications in the automotive industry is still increasing. More equipment is also gaining improved functionality through modern control systems such as variable speed drives, which in many cases can replace and/or reduce the complexity of transmissions in electric drive systems. In order to design and optimize electric drive systems, it is of utmost importance to have a basic understanding of the characteristics of different electric motor technologies and electric control systems as well as a basic knowledge of different battery technologies and the electrical grid, and that is what this course focuses on.
Course content
The course covers all components of electric drive systems at a basic level so that after completing the course, participants will have the skills to design, dimension and integrate an electric drive system into a machine. Both mains powered machines for stationary applications and battery powered applications for e.g. automotive applications are covered in the courses.
Deeper analysis necessary for further development of the actual components of the drive system, e.g. battery, motor control or electric motors, will not be covered in courses. The analysis and dimensioning of the drive system is mainly performed via mechanical and electrical quantities, such as force, torque, speed, power, energy, temperature, voltage and current. At the beginning of the course, such basic concepts are reviewed and practiced to enable further drive system analyses continued in the course and to enable the course to be suitable for a larger group of students, regardless of previous knowledge.
What you will learn
After the course the student should be able to:
- describe different components of an electric drive system: battery technology, power grids, motor control and electric motors.
- select, dimension and use different parts of an electric drive system with respect to electric power source, operating mode, efficiency and economy.
Implementation
The course will be based on lectures and design exercises where all parts of an electric drive system are analysed from a mechanical engineering perspective.
The material will also be practiced during home assignments where different types of electric drive systems will be designed and dimensioned at a basic level, for example for electric vehicles and electric drive systems in industry.
The course is given at 25% study rate and at a distance with a couple of meetings on site.
Teacher
Registration
- Register here
We will contact you when the start date for the course is set.
Luleå University of Technology reserves the right to cancel the course if there are too few registered.
Contact us
LTU Professional Education uppdragsutbildning@ltu.se
What is Open for the climate?
Open for the climate is an initiative funded by the Swedish government aimed at supporting society's climate transition through open, online-based education. The initiative is a collaboration between eight Swedish universities and offers short courses targeting professionals. The courses cover areas such as leadership for sustainable transformation, digitalization, circular economy, battery technology, and much more.
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