Analysis for the design of a unipersonal electric vehicle prototype with photovoltaic panels

Author

Villaizan R, John A. ; Pineda C, Cristhian A. ; Jimenez Moreno, Robinson ; Ramos S, Olga L.

Author_Institution

GAV - Mechatron. Eng. Dept., Nueva Granada Mil. Univ., Granada, Colombia

fYear

2014

fDate

22-24 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This article presents the results obtained by electric dimensioning combined with an aerodynamic study of a unipersonal electric vehicle prototype. Vehicle behavior is studied using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) which shows the drag impact generated by solar panels on the implementation over car body. At the same time, electric elements will be analyzed independently to reach the best components with optimal features, therefore it is obtained a system which allow good motor performance and long battery life. The results shows the electric devices which are used, the aerodynamic and energetic impact due to implementing solar panels, and the necessary power to start up the unipersonal electric vehicle prototype.

Keywords

aerodynamics; computational fluid dynamics; drag; solar cells; solar powered vehicles; CFD; aerodynamic; computational fluid dynamics; drag impact; electric devices; electric dimensioning; photovoltaic panels; solar panels; unipersonal electric vehicle prototype; Aerodynamics; Batteries; Drag; Electric vehicles; Photovoltaic systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering Mechatronics and Automation (CIIMA), 2014 III International Congress of

Conference_Location

Cartagena

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7931-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIIMA.2014.6983430

Filename

6983430