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Essay / The simulation and design of an intelligent system...
Research problem statementFossil fuel vehicles have been identified as one of the main causes of some environmental problems, and global initiatives aim to eradicate the greenhouse gas emissions. One way to achieve this goal is to replace conventional gasoline/diesel vehicles with electric vehicles. However, the launch, marketing and consumer acceptance of electric vehicles (EVs) have been hampered by range anxiety. Nevertheless, by taking advantage of the newly developed means of energy regeneration with an intelligent energy management system, environmental problems as well as autonomy problems could be solved with little or no additional costs. Background of the Research Problem Range anxiety is the fear that a vehicle's battery does not have enough power to cover the range of its destination and would thus strand the vehicle's occupants (Tate, Harpster, & Savagian, 2008 ). This term, range anxiety, which is mainly used in reference to battery electric vehicles (BEV), is considered to be the main barrier to the widespread adoption of fully electric cars (Parsons, 2011). As a result, some very effective procedures have been implemented to try to reduce range anxiety. This involves the deployment of a vast charging infrastructure. The idea behind this technology was to build charging stations that would mimic normal gas stations. Battery swap technology Battery swap allows electric cars to extend their range by replacing their batteries at a battery swap station. Hybrid Electric Vehicle Concept (HEV) Hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) are a cross between an automobile with an internal combustion engine (ICE) and an electric vehicle. They combine an electric drive-t......middle of paper......). Super capacitor storage device. IEEETrans. on automotive technology; 58(8):3892-3904. Basu, S. (2007). Recent trends in fuel cell science and technology. New Delhi: Springer. Mehdrad Ehsani, Yimin Gao and Ali Emadi, 2010. Modern electric, hybrid electric and fuel cell vehicles. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. Garcia P, Fernandez LM, Garcia CA, Jurado F. (2010). Energy management system of a fuel cell-battery hybrid tram. IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, 57(12): 4013-4023. Subiyanto, Mohamed A, Hannan MA. (2010) Photovoltaic maximum power point tracking controller using a novel high-performance boost converter. International Journal of Electrical Engineering; 5:2535-2545.Farid Arafat Azidina,b, Mahammad Abdul Hannana and AzahMohameda, An Energy Management of Light Electric Vehicle,UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia