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ABSTRACT
In an era where energy conservation has become the latest
topic of discussion not only among the erudite but also among the
ordinary responsible denizens , fuel efficiency along with
minimum pollution has become the benchmark for any new
automobile.
And in the same context Hybrid Cars come as the latest
addition. By the name itself it can be inferred that a hybrid car is
an improvisation to the traditional gasoline engine run car
combined with the power of an electric motor.
The seminar on the above topic intends to bring to notice
the concepts associated with the hybrid technology through the
following topics components and constituents, need , efficiency,
performance,etc.
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INTRODUCTION
Have you pulled your car up to the gas pump lately and been shocked by the
high price of gasoline? As the pump clicked past $20 or $30, maybe you
thought about trading in that SUV for something that gets better mileage. Or
maybe you are worried that your car is contributing to the greenhouse effect.
Or maybe you just want to have the coolest car on the block.
Currently, Honda and Toyota have the technology that might answer all of
these needs. It's the hybrid car, and both manufacturers have begun selling
their versions in the world. You're probably aware of hybrid cars because
they've been in the news a lot. In fact, most automobile manufacturers have
announced plans to manufacture their own versions.
How does a hybrid car work? What goes on under the hood to give you 20or 30 more miles per gallon than the standard automobile? And does it
pollute less just because it gets better gas mileage.In this seminar we will
study how this amazing technology works and also discuss about TOYOTA
& HONDA hybrid cars .
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What Makes it a " Hybrid "?
Any vehicle is hybrid when it combines two or more sources of power. In
fact, many people have probably owned a hybrid vehicle at some point. For
example, a mo-ped (a motorized pedal bike) is a type of hybrid because it
combines the power of a gasoline engine with the pedal power of its rider.
Hybrid vehicles are all around us. Most of the locomotives we see pulling
trains are diesel-electric hybrids. Cities like Seattle have diesel-electric
buses -- these can draw electric power from overhead wires or run on diesel
when they are away from the wires. Giant mining trucks are often diesel-
electric hybrids. Submarines are also hybrid vehicles -- some are nuclear-
electric and some are diesel-electric. Any vehicle that combines two or
more sources of power that can directly or indirectly provide propulsion
power is a hybrid.
The gasoline-electric hybrid car is just that -- a cross between a gasoline-
powered car and an electric car. Let's start with a few diagrams to explain
the differences.
Figure 1 shows a gas-powered car. It has a fuel tank, which supplies
gasoline to the engine. The engine then turns a transmission, which turns the
wheels.
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Figure 1. Gasoline-powered car
Figure 2 below shows an electric car, which has a set of batteries that
provides electricity to an electric motor. The motor turns a transmission, and
the transmission turns the wheels.
Figure 2.
Electric car
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Hybrid Structure
You can combine the two power sources found in a hybrid car in different
ways. One way, known as a parallel hybrid, has a fuel tank, which suppliesgasoline to the engine. But it also has a set of batteries that supplies power to
an electric motor. Both the engine and the electric motor can turn the
transmission at the same time, and the transmission then turns the wheels.
Figure 3 shows a typical parallel hybrid. We'll notice that the fuel tank and
gas engine connect to the transmission. The batteries and electric motor also
connect to the transmission independently. As a result, in a parallel hybrid,
both the electric motor and the gas engine can provide propulsion power.
Figure 3. Parallel hybrid car
By contrast, in a series hybrid (Figure 4 below) the gasoline engine turns a
generator, and the generator can either charge the batteries or power an
electric motor that drives the transmission. Thus, the gasoline engine never
directly powers the vehicle.
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Take a look at the diagram of the series hybrid, starting with the fuel tank,
and you'll see that all of the components form a line that eventually connects
with the transmission.
Figure 4. Series hybrid car
Hybrid Components
Hybrid cars contain the following parts:
y Gasoline engine - The hybrid car has a gasoline engine much like theone you will find on most cars. However, the engine on a hybrid will
be smaller and will use advanced technologies to reduce emissionsand increase efficiency.
y Fuel tank- The fuel tankin a hybrid is the energy storage device forthe gasoline engine. Gasoline has a much higher energy density than
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y batteries do. For example, it takes about 1,000 pounds of batteries tostore as much energy as 1 gallon (7 pounds) of gasoline.
y Electric motor - The electric motor on a hybrid car is verysophisticated. Advanced electronics allow it to act as a motor as well
as a generator. For example, when it needs to, it can draw energy from
the batteries to accelerate the car. But acting as a generator, it can
slow the car down and return energy to the batteries.
y Generator - The generator is similar to an electric motor, but it actsonly to produce electrical power. It is used mostly on series hybrids.
y Batteries - The batteries in a hybrid car are the energy storage devicefor the electric motor. Unlike the gasoline in the fuel tank, which can
only power the gasoline engine, the electric motor on a hybrid car can
put energy into the batteries as well as draw energy from them.
y Transmission - The transmission on a hybrid car performs the same basic function as the transmission on a conventional car. Some
hybrids, like the Honda Insight, have conventional transmissions.
Others, like the Toyota Prius, have radically different ones, which
well talk about later.
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Parts ofan Engine
Figure 5
Here's a quick description of each one, along with a lot of vocabulary thatwill help us understand what all the car ads are talking about.
Cylinder
The core of the engine is the cylinder. The piston moves up and down inside
the cylinder. The engine described here has one cylinder. That is typical of
most lawn mowers, but most cars have more than one cylinder (four, six and
eight cylinders are common). In a multi-cylinder engine the cylinders
usually are arranged in oneof three ways: inline, V or flat (also known as
horizontally opposed or boxer), as shown in the following figures.
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Figure 6. Inline - The cylinders are arranged in a line in a
single bank.
Figure 7. V - The cylinders are arranged in two banks set at an
angle toone another.
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Figure 8. Flat - The cylinders are arranged in two banks on
opposite sides of the engine.
Different configurations have different smoothness, manufacturing-cost and
shape characteristics that make them more suitable in some vehicles.
Sparkplug
The spark plug supplies the spark that ignites the air/fuel mixture so that
combustion can occur. The spark must happen at just the right moment for
things to work properly.
Valves
The intake and exhaust valves open at the proper time to let in air and fuel
and to let out exhaust. Note that both valves are closed during compression
and combustion so that the combustion chamber is sealed.
PistonA piston is a cylindrical piece of metal that moves up and down inside the
cylinder.
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Pistonrings
Piston rings provide a sliding seal between the outer edge of the piston and
the inner edge of the cylinder. The rings serve two purposes:
y They prevent the fuel/air mixture and exhaust in the combustionchamber from leaking into the sump during compression and
combustion.
y They keep oil in the sump from leaking into the combustion area,where it would be burned and lost.
Most cars that "burn oil" and have to have a quart added every 1,000 miles
are burning it because the engine is old and the rings no longer seal things
properly.
Combustionchamber
The combustion chamber is the area where compression and combustion
take place. As the piston moves up and down, you can see that the size of the
combustion chamber changes. It has some maximum volume as well as a
minimum volume. The difference between the maximum and minimum is
called the displacement and is measured in liters or CCs (Cubic
Centimeters, where 1,000 cubic centimeters equals a liter). So if you have a
4-cylinder engine and each cylinder displaces half a liter, then the entire
engine is a "2.0 liter engine." If each cylinder displaces half a liter and there
are six cylinders arranged in a V configuration, you have a "3.0 liter V-6."
Generally, the displacement tells you something about how much power an
engine has. A cylinder that displaces half a liter can hold twice as much
fuel/air mixture as a cylinder that displaces a quarter of a liter, and therefore
you would expect about twice as much power from the larger cylinder (if
everything else is equal). So a 2.0 liter engine is roughly half as powerful as
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a 4.0 liter engine. You can get more displacement either by increasing the
number of cylinders or by making the combustion chambers of all the
cylinders bigger (or both).
Connectingrod
The connecting rod connects the piston to the crankshaft. It can rotate at
both ends so that its angle can change as the piston moves and the crankshaft
rotates.
Crankshaft
The crank shaft turns the piston's up and down motion into circular motion
just like a crank on a jack-in-the-box does.
Sump
The sump surrounds the crankshaft. It contains some amount of oil, which
collects in the bottom of the sump (the oil pan).
Parts ofan Electric Motor
Let's start by looking at the overall plan of a simple two-pole DC electric
motor. A simple motor has six parts, as shown in the diagram below:
y Armature or rotory Commutatory Brushesy Axley Field magnety DC power supply of some sort
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Evolution of the Hybrid
The hybrid is a compromise. It attempts to significantly increase the mileage
and reduce the emissions of a gas-powered car while overcoming theshortcomings of an electric car.
The Problemwith Gas-powered Cars
To be useful to you or me, a car must meet certain minimum requirements.
The car should be able to:
y Drive at least 300 miles (482 km) between re-fuelingy Be refueled quickly and easilyy Keep up with the other traffic on the road
A gasoline car meets these requirements but produces a relatively large
amount of pollution and generally gets poor gas mileage. An electric car, on
the other hand, produces almost no pollution, but it can only go 50 to 100
miles (80 to 161 km) between charges. And the problem has been that it is
very slow and inconvenient to recharge.
A driver's desire for quick acceleration causes our cars to be much less
efficient than they could be. You may have noticed that a car with a less
powerful engine gets better gas mileage than an identical car with a more
powerful engine. Just look at the window stickers on new cars at a
dealership for a city and highway mpg comparison.
The amazing thing is that most of what we require a car to do uses only a
small percentage of its horsepower! When you are driving along the freeway
at 60 mph (96.6 kph), your car engine has to provide the power to do three
things:
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y Overcome the aerodynamic drag caused by pushing the car throughthe air
y Overcome all of the friction in the car's components such as the tires,transmission, axles and brakes
y Provide power for accessories like air conditioning, power steeringand headlights
For most cars, doing all this requires less than 20 horsepower! So, why do
you need a car with 200 horsepower? So you can "floor it," which is the only
time you use all that power. The rest of the time, you use considerably less
power than you have available.
Smaller Engines are More Efficient
Most cars require a relatively big engine to produce enough power to
accelerate the car quickly. In a small engine, however, the efficiency can be
improved by using smaller, lighter parts, by reducing the number of
cylinders and by operating the engine closer to its maximum load.
There are several reasons why smaller engine are more efficient than big
ones:
y The big engine is heavier than the small engine, so the car uses extraenergy every time it accelerates or drives up a hill.
y The pistons and other internal components are heavier, requiring moreenergy each time they go up and down in the cylinder.
y The displacement of the cylinders is larger, so more fuel is requiredby each cylinder.
y Bigger engines usually have more cylinders, and each cylinder usesfuel every time the engine fires, even if the car isn't moving.
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This explains why two of the same model cars with different engines can get
different mileage. If both cars are driving along the freeway at the same
speed, the one with the smaller engine uses less energy. Both engines have
to output the same amount of power to drive the car, but the small engine
uses less power to drive itself
HybridPerformance
The key to a hybrid car is that the gasoline engine can be much smaller than
the one in a conventional car and therefore more efficient. But how can this
smaller engine provide the power your car needs to keep up with the more
powerful cars on the road?
Let's compare a car like the Chevy Camaro, with its big V-8 engine, to our
hybrid car with its small gas engine and electric motor. The engine in the
Camaro has more than enough power to handle any driving situation. The
engine in the hybrid car is powerful enough to move the car along on the
freeway, but when it needs to get the car moving in a hurry, or go up a steep
hill, it needs help. That "help" comes from the electric motor and battery --
this system steps in to provide the necessary extra power.
The gas engine on a conventional car is sized for the peak power
requirement (those few times when you floor the accelerator pedal). In fact,
most drivers use the peak power of their engines less than one percent of the
time. The hybrid car uses a much smaller engine, one that is sized closer to
the average power requirement than to the peak power.
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Hybrid Efficiency
Besides a smaller, more efficient engine, today's hybrids use many other
tricks to increase fuel efficiency. Some of those tricks will help any type ofcar get better mileage, and some only apply to a hybrid. To squeeze every
last mile out of a gallon of gasoline, a hybrid car can:
y Recover energy and store it in the battery - Whenever you step onthe brake pedal in your car, you are removing energy from the car.
The faster a car is going, the more kinetic energy it has. The brakes of
a car remove this energy and dissipate it in the form of heat. A hybrid
car can capture some of this energy and store it in the battery to use
later. It does this by using "regenerative braking." That is, instead of
just using the brakes to stop the car, the electric motor that drives the
hybrid can also slow the car. In this mode, the electric motor acts as a
generator and charges the batteries while the car is slowing down.
y Sometimes shut off the engine - A hybrid car does not need to relyon the gasoline engine all of the time because it has an alternate power
source -- the electric motor and batteries. So the hybrid car can
sometimes turn off the gasoline engine, for example when the vehicle
is stopped at a red light.
Figure 5. The frontal
area profile of a small
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y Use advanced aerodynamics toreduce drag - When you are
driving on the freeway, most of the work your engine does goes into
pushing the car through the air. This force is known as aerodynamic
drag. This drag force can be reduced in a variety of ways. One sure
way is to reduce the frontal area of the car (Figure 5). Think of how a
big SUV has to push a much greater area through the air than a tiny
sports car.
Reducing disturbances around objects that stick out from the car or
eliminating them altogether can also help to improve the
aerodynamics. For example, covers over the wheel housings smooth
the airflow and reduce drag. And sometimes, mirrors are replaced
with small cameras.
y Use low-rolling resistance tires - The tires on most cars areoptimized to give a smooth ride, minimize noise, and provide good
traction in a variety of weather conditions. But they are rarely
optimized for efficiency. In fact, the tires cause a surprising amount of
drag while you are driving. Hybrid cars use special tires that are both
stiffer and inflated to a higher pressure than conventional tires. The
result is that they cause about half the drag of regular tires.
y Use lightweight materials - Reducing the overall weight of a car isone easy way to increase the mileage. A lighter vehicle uses less
energy each time you accelerate or drive up a hill. Composite
materials like carbon fiber or lightweight metals like aluminum and
magnesium can be used to reduce weight.
and large car
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emissions vehicle (SULEV) standard. It is a four-door sedan that seats five,
and the powertrain is capable of accelerating the vehicle to speeds up to 15
mph (24 kph) on electric power alone.
Hybrid Maintenance
Both the Honda and the Toyota have long warranties on the hybrid systems.
The Insight has an eight-year/80,000-mile warranty on most of the
powertrain, including batteries, and a three-year/36,000-mile warranty on the
rest of the car. The Prius has an eight-year/100,000-mile warranty on the
battery and hybrid systems and a three-year/36,000-mile warranty on
everything else.
The motors and batteries in these cars don't require any maintenance over
the life of the vehicle. And the engine doesn't require any more maintenance
than the one in any other car. And because both hybrids have regenerative
braking, the brake pads may even last a little longer than those in most cars.
However, if you do have to replace the batteries after the warranty expires, it
will most likely cost you several thousand dollars.
Hybrid Mileage Tips
You can get the best mileage from a hybrid car by using the same kind of
driving habits that give you better mileage in your gasoline-engine car:
y Drive slower - The aerodynamic drag on the car increasesdramatically the faster you drive. For example, the drag forceat 70
mph (113 kph) is about double that at 50 mph (81 kph). So, keeping
your speed down can increase your mileage significantly.
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y Maintain a constant speed - Each time you speed up the car you useenergy, some of which is wasted when you slow the car down again.
By maintaining a constant speed, you will make the most efficient use
of your fuel.
y Avoid abrupt stops - When you stop your car, the electric motor inthe hybrid acts like a generator and takes some of the energy out of
the car while slowing it down. If you give the electric motor more
time to slow the vehicle, it can recover more of the energy. If you stop
quickly, the brakes on the car will do most of the work of slowing the
car down, and that energy will be wasted.
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Conclusion
Though at present the concept has been put in to maximum
utilization by Honda & Toyota,it is indeed an important researchavenue for other car manufacturing units as well.One can surely
conclude that this concept,and the similar ones to follow with even
better efficiency & conservation rate are very much on the anvil in
todays energy deficit world.
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