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RESEARCH PRODUCT
A measurement setup for electric bicycles powered from renewable energy sources
Rosario MiceliFilippo PellitteriV. FerraroVincenzo Di DioGiovanni CiprianiValeria BoscainoGiuseppe Ricco GalluzzoMarco Carusosubject
Battery (electricity)Engineeringbusiness.industrySystem of measurementelectric power assist vehiclePhotovoltaic systembattery packElectrical engineeringSettore ING-IND/32 - Convertitori Macchine E Azionamenti ElettriciAutomotive engineeringPower (physics)Renewable energymeasurement systemphotovoltaicfuel cellRange (aeronautics)ArduinoBattery electric vehiclebusinessdescription
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.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-01 |