The design and implementation of an electric go-kart for education in motor control

Author

Cardoso, Carlos ; Ferreira, Julio ; Alves, Vítor ; Araujo, Rui Esteves

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Porto Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

23-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1489

Lastpage

1494

Abstract

In this paper we present an electric go-kart suitable for an instructional laboratory in electric drives. An overview of propulsion system design, power conversion structure and control is presented. A three-phase squirrel-cage induction motor is used as propulsion system. The motor is controlled at different operating conditions by means of a simple scalar control using a low cost controller board developed for light electric vehicles used in local areas. The prototype has been designed specifically to meet the requirement of low cost and it contains all of the active functions required to implement the control of the go-kart

Keywords

control engineering education; design engineering; educational aids; electric propulsion; electric vehicles; induction motor drives; machine control; power engineering education; squirrel cage motors; electric drives; electric go-kart; light electric vehicles; motor control education; power conversion structure; propulsion system design; scalar control; three-phase squirrel-cage induction motor; Control systems; Costs; Electric vehicles; Induction motors; Laboratories; Lighting control; Motor drives; Power conversion; Propulsion; Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion, 2006. SPEEDAM 2006. International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Taormina

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0193-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPEEDAM.2006.1650003

Filename

1650003