Title :
Hybrid wind/electric powered vehicle
Author :
Atieh, Ahmad ; Al Sharif, Samir ; Mohammed, Kadri ; Alnakhli, Mahdi
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Taibah Univ., Medina, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
Hybrid wind/electric powered vehicle is built and demonstrated. The vehicle uses bank of batteries to drive it. The batteries drive 3-phase brushless DC motor which moves the vehicle. The motor can rotate up to 2900 revolution per minute (RPM) at 3HP. A wind turbine; that is mounted at 1.5m on the vehicle, uses wind energy to generate electricity and charges the battery bank. A smart charging subsystem is proposed to enable efficient charging of the batteries. The minimum required wind speed to enable battery charging is found to be around 200 RPM.
Keywords :
battery powered vehicles; brushless DC motors; hybrid electric vehicles; wind power; wind turbines; 3-phase brushless DC motor; battery bank charging; distance 1.5 m; hybrid wind/electric powered vehicle; smart charging subsystem; wind energy; wind speed; wind turbine; Batteries; Blades; DC motors; Vehicles; Wind energy; Wind speed; Wind turbines; DC operated motor; hybrid wind/electric vehicle; smart charging subsystem; wind energy; wind turbine;
Conference_Titel :
Renewable Energy Congress (IREC), 2014 5th International
Conference_Location :
Hammamet
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2196-6
DOI :
10.1109/IREC.2014.6826914
