| Group |
2016-8 |
Status |
completed |
| Title |
DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELECTRICAL DRIVE FOR A NOVEL ELECTRIC VEHICLE TRACTION MOTOR |
| Supervisor |
Dr. Rathore and Dr. Pillay |
| Description |
We are seeking the help of undergraduates from the Concordia Power Electronics and Energy Research Group (PEER) as to work on the development of an electrical drive for a next generation electric motor for the electric vehicle market called the EcoMotor, which project would be a joint collaboration with McGill University who is finalizing the design of the motor itself.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of McGill University has been working for the past 2 years, on the development of this motor. The EcoMotor is designed with the goal of being an ecological, affordable and powerful motor using the switched reluctance (SRM) motor technology along with carbon fiber, aluminum and iron alloys. The novelty and innovation of the motor lies in its segmented stator and rotor pole configuration and of its armature made of carbon fiber. The end goal is to produce a motor at half the cost and at half the weight of comparable motors of the same power output and to eventually commercialize it.
The project involves the research, design and eventual fabrication of a concept electrical drive for the EcoMotor as to drive the first 2 prototypes that will be built for testing purposes by May 2017. We are looking for undergraduates with good power electronics knowledge, keen on working on something that will be totally innovative and cool by producing and delivering a high voltage, high performance and low-cost electrical drive that is needed to propel the EcoMotor with built-in features such as redundancy and power regeneration, all in a spirit of collaboration and teamwork with McGill University.
For those interested, please apply quickly to Dr. Rathore as a planned project kick-off for both the undergraduates of McGill and Concordia by the commercial sponsor of the EcoMotor is planned for September 15th.
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| Requirement |
Knowledge, background and interest in Power Electronics, Drives, and Control |
| Tools |
PSIM and MATLAB; Hardware development and testing abilities |
| Number of Students |
4 |
| Students |
Kareem Gad,Alexandre Roy,Nathaniel Marrache,Sarah Mourad
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