Battery assisted wheel chair

Author

Rahulanker, R. ; Ramanarayanan, V.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore

fYear

2006

fDate

19-21 Dec. 2006

Firstpage

167

Lastpage

171

Abstract

Wheelchair is required for the mobility of the disabled people. It can be categorized into two categories: manual, powered wheelchair. This paper deals with series hybrid combination of manual and battery powered wheelchair. The control scheme used is simpler than other hybrid wheelchairs. It includes the sensor less control of the speed. Battery assisted wheelchair (BAW) has less number of components in its hardware. Effort made by rider is reduced considerably. The control scheme also includes the dead manpsilas switch feature. Speed loop is provided for the smooth variation of the speed. The current limit is governed by peak current mode control.

Keywords

angular velocity control; battery powered vehicles; electric current control; handicapped aids; power supplies to apparatus; wheelchairs; battery assisted wheel chair; battery powered wheelchair; disabled people; manual wheelchair; peak current mode control; sensor less control; speed control; Batteries; Friction; Microcontrollers; Pain; Permanent magnet motors; Power electronics; Switches; Torque control; Wheelchairs; Wheels; Current mode control; Joystick; Wheelchair;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics, 2006. IICPE 2006. India International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chennai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3450-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3451-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IICPE.2006.4685361

Filename

4685361