What you'll learn

Understand the purpose and objective of the Electrical System Form submission in Formula Student.

Understand the document submission development of the ESF at Formula Bharat.

How to approach each section of the ESF documentation.

Common mistakes made in ESF documentation.

Requirements

Engineering design understanding required. Background in Electrical Engineering recommended.

Description

Prior to a Formula Student competition, registered teams in the Electric Category must submit clearly structured documentation of their entire electrical system (including control and TS) called the Electrical System Form (ESF). At Formula Bharat, the template for the ESF is located on the Downloads page on the Formula Bharat competition website.The objective of the ESF is to spot rules non-compliances and poor design prior to the team's attendance at the competition. The documentation also reviews the system's safety mechanisms. The documentation covers a description of the entire system (System Overview) and a details of concept, circuitry and location of the various systems in the Electric Vehicle such as the Electrical System, Accumulator, Energy Meter, Motor Controller, Motors, Encoder, LV Parts, Overall Grounding and Firewall. The Electrical System section goes into detail of the following components and assemblies, namely, the IMD, Inertia Switch, BSPD, TSAL, TSMP, Discharge Circuits, Pre-Charge Circuit, HVD and RTDS. Participants who take this course will find it beneficial towards a successful submission of the ESF at their competition of attendance. It is the responsibility of the participant to ensure that they are submitting their documentation on the most up-to-date template with respect to the rules of the competition they are registered for.

Overview

Section 1: An entire beginner understand to the ESF

Lecture 1 About the Instructor

Lecture 2 About the Course

Lecture 3 Objective of the ESF

Lecture 4 Sections of the ESF

Lecture 5 Shutdown System

Lecture 6 IMD

Lecture 7 BSPD

Lecture 8 TSAL

Lecture 9 Precharge / Discharge Circuit

Lecture 10 HVD

Lecture 11 Accumulator

Lecture 12 BMS

Lecture 13 Fusing

Lecture 14 Charging / Chargers

Lecture 15 Common Mistakes in ESF documentation

This course is for participants at Formula Student events who are involved in engineering design, and ESF reporting.