EV Thermal & Energy Analysis Notebooks

This repository contains small, explainable Python notebooks for estimating auxiliary (HVAC/thermal) energy usage and its impact on EV range.

These are intended as concept-level engineering tools with transparent assumptions.

Notebooks

• HVAC auxiliary energy budget and range impact (starter)

Planned additions

• Battery heat generation estimation
• Cooling power vs thermal load trade studies

Engineering Assumptions

• Constant auxiliary load during trip
• Fixed traction energy consumption
• No transient HVAC dynamics modeled

Future versions will include temperature-dependent loads and compressor efficiency curves.

• battery_thermal_trade_study.ipynb – Physics-based battery heat generation and lumped thermal model with sensitivity analysis.
• hvac_battery_combined_energy_thermal.ipynb – Coupled traction, HVAC, and battery thermal model comparing city vs highway driving scenarios.