Saleh Abdusalam Ali Ali
A new charging technology for Tracked Electric Vehicles (TEVs).
- Email: s.a.ali2@ncl.ac.uk
Project title
Charging system for Tracked Electric Vehicle System
Supervisors
Project description
This project integrates the latest technologies into transport infrastructure. These technologies include dynamic road charging, autonomous driving, and smart city data. This will reduce greenhouse gases emitted by road transport in half within about two decades. It will enable much greater passenger carrying capacities compared with traditional highways.
In the TEV (Tracked Electric Vehicle) system, vehicles drive autonomously in platoons at high speed (200km/h), with no overtaking. We will base the charging system on dynamic road charging. This leads to an endless range of cruising with small and cheap batteries.
We are carrying out extensive research on:
- dynamic power transfer technologies
- power demand calculation and optimisation
- powertrain architecture of TEVs
- the power distribution system of the TEV lane
We are adopting an approach of conductive dynamic power transfer. Hence, we have proposed various topologies. We are developing a prototype conductive dynamic Current Collection Unit (CCU) for TEVs. The novel CCU will dynamically transfer power from two 750 V DC conduction rails to the electric vehicle via a stationary-rim wheel.
Publications
- Ali S, Pickert V, Patsios H. Grid demand reduction for high-speed dynamic road charging by narrowing inter-vehicle distance. In: IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC). 2018, UK: University of Nottingham.
- Ali S, Pickert V, Alharbi M, Patsios H. Load analysis of ground-powering systems for electric vehicles. In: EVS32 Symposium 2019. Lyon, France.
- Ali S, Pickert V, Alharbi MA, Patsios H, Li H. Tracked Electric Vehicle (TEV) Project. In: 28th Aachen Colloquium Automobile and Engine Technology 2019, 1–18. Aachen, Germany.
- Alharbi M, Dahidah MSA, Ali S, Ethni S, Pickert V. Current Ripple Minimisation Based on Phase-Shedding of DC-DC Interleaved Converters for EV Charging System. In: 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2019). 2019, Lisbon, Portugal: IEEE.
- Li H, Gulati I, Stainton S, Ali S, Pickert V, Dlay S. Sliding Mode Control for vehicular platoon based on V2V communication. In: Proceedings of the 32nd International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+) 2019, 2078-2089. Florida, USA.
Interests
In my leisure time, I have always preferred playing tennis or billiards. I also enjoy watching football.
Qualifications
- BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- MSc in Electrical Power Engineering