A Novel Regenerative and Anti-Lock Braking technique for Electric Vehicles

Abstract

Sudden braking of vehicles traveling at higher velocities may lead to accidents due to wheel lock up. Anti-lock brake system (ABS) prevents wheel being locked up by using non-continuous braking. Most of the braking systems of modern vehicles incorporate ABS today. In the era of sustainable engineering, regenerative braking (RG) is a technique to save the energy in modern day electric and hybrid electric vehicles. It is challenge for engineers to develop control technique efficient functioning of both ABS and RG. In this paper, focus is on to develop holistic control strategy for ABS and RG together and to validate it experimentally. Slip ratio remains in safe range with functioning regenerative system saving 17% energy.