Project based learning using natural energy powered small electric vehicle for sustainable technology education

Author

Takahashi, Y. ; Uda, K.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Creative Eng., Kanagawa Inst. of Technol., Atsugi, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

20-23 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

788

Lastpage

793

Abstract

A sustainable education system using electric vehicles is proposed in this paper. University students are able to learn how to use ecological energy sources and the how to design ecological vehicles in step-by-step processes. Three energy sources are considered; sunlight, hydrogen produced from water extracted using sunlight and electrolysis, and bio fuel squeezed from plant seeds. We will explain the three levels of the program to apply to varying skill levels. Students will begin to learn from a basic level.

Keywords

biofuel; electric vehicles; electrolysis; hydrogen production; learning (artificial intelligence); photovoltaic power systems; power engineering education; renewable energy sources; biofuel; ecological energy sources; electrolysis; hydrogen production; natural energy powered small electric vehicle; project based learning; sunlight; sustainable education system; sustainable technology education; Education; Generators; Hydrogen; Photovoltaic systems; Roads; Vehicles; bio fuels; electric vehicles; hydrogen fuel cell; natural energies; photovoltaic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS), 2013 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Gwangju

ISSN

2093-7121

Print_ISBN

978-89-93215-05-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCAS.2013.6704020

Filename

6704020