An AC drive system for a battery driven moped

Author

Nandi, Sougata ; Sharon, Maheshwar ; Saha, Subrata ; Sundersingh, V.P.

Author_Institution

Energy Syst. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Bombay, India

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

8-11 Jan 1996

Firstpage

734

Abstract

A petrol driven moped is converted to an electric vehicle by replacing its petrol engine with a three-phase 1.5 hp, AC squirrel cage induction motor drive system. The motor voltage rating selected is 200 V to keep the DC boost voltage level to a reasonable value. The power source used is a high energy density, 24 V, 110 Ah, Ni-Zn battery. A modified indirect current controlled step-up chopper as well as a standard push-pull DC-DC boost power converter is studied for the boost scheme. A simple three-phase quasi-square wave inverter is designed along with suitable protection for driving the motor. Successful trial tests of the system have been conducted at the laboratory

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; DC-DC power convertors; PWM invertors; choppers (circuits); electric propulsion; electric vehicles; induction motor drives; secondary cells; squirrel cage motors; traction motor drives; 1.5 hp; 200 V; 24 V; AC drive system; DC boost voltage level; Ni-Zn; battery-driven moped; electric vehicle; laboratory tests; motor drive protection; motor voltage rating; push-pull DC-DC boost power converter; squirrel cage induction motor drive; step-up chopper; three-phase quasi-square wave inverter; Batteries; Choppers; DC motors; DC-DC power converters; Electric vehicles; Engines; Induction motor drives; Motorcycles; Petroleum; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems for Industrial Growth, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Delhi

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2795-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDES.1996.535870

Filename

535870