A measurement setup for electric bicycles powered from renewable energy sources

Author

Caruso, Michele ; Boscaino, V. ; Cipriani, G. ; Di Dio, V. ; Ferraro, Vincenzo ; Miceli, Rosario ; Pellitteri, F. ; Galluzzo, G. Ricco

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Energia, Ing. dell´Inf. e Modelli Matematici (DEIM), Univ. degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

18-19 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper a measurement system for a pedalassist rickshaw is described. It has been designed and realized with the purpose of a deep analysis of operating time, range and general performance of the prototype vehicle. The three-wheel velocipede under test, developed in the SDES laboratory of the University of Palermo, is equipped with two battery packs, and a photovoltaic panel which is used to recharge one of the packs at a time. To further improve the autonomy of this mean, a fuel cell will be added as a power source, whose consequent improvement in performance could be easily investigated by the presented measurement setup. An Arduino board has been employed to receive and store all collected data into a microSD card, allowing a convenient accessibility of all gathered information.

Keywords

battery powered vehicles; bicycles; fuel cell vehicles; hybrid electric vehicles; renewable energy sources; solar powered vehicles; Arduino board; SDES laboratory; University of Palermo; battery packs; electric bicycles; fuel cell; photovoltaic panel; renewable energy sources; three-wheel velocipede under test; Batteries; Battery charge measurement; Photovoltaic systems; Regulators; Vehicles; Voltage measurement; battery pack; electric power assist vehicle; fuel cell; measurement system; photovoltaic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AEIT Annual Conference - From Research to Industry: The Need for a More Effective Technology Transfer (AEIT), 2014

Conference_Location

Trieste

Print_ISBN

978-8-8872-3724-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AEIT.2014.7002052

Filename

7002052