Design considerations in an efficient electric motorcycle

Author

Mohamed-Nour, H.L. ; Quigley, J.W. ; Das, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., California State Univ., Long Beach, CA, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

14-17 Jan 1997

Firstpage

283

Lastpage

288

Abstract

This paper presents the design procedure and experimental evaluation of an economical electric motorcycle. A commercial motorcycle, powered by an internal combustion engine (ICE), has been converted to run an on a DC electric motor fed by sealed Pb-acid batteries. A theoretical model has been developed and applied for predicting the motorcycle performance. After conversion the motorcycle was thoroughly tested on surface streets as well as on highways. The performance results obtained from these road tests have been compared with those predicted based on the theoretical model and a strong correlation was found. Other energy conversion schemes may be used to convert existing ICE based transportation systems to battery based transportation systems that will meet zero emission standards

Keywords

DC motor drives; electric propulsion; electric vehicles; lead; secondary cells; DC electric motor fed; Pb; battery based transportation; electric motorcycle; highways; internal combustion engine; motorcycle performance prediction; sealed Pb-acid batteries; surface streets; theoretical model; zero emission standards; Batteries; Economic forecasting; Electric motors; Ice; Internal combustion engines; Motorcycles; Power generation economics; Predictive models; Testing; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1997., Twelfth Annual

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

ISSN

1089-8182

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3631-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BCAA.1997.574118

Filename

574118