TITLE:
Simulation and Implementation of Solar Powered Electric Vehicle
AUTHORS:
A. Bharathi Sankar, R. Seyezhai
KEYWORDS:
Photo Voltaic Panel, DC-DC Converter, Brushless DC Motor, Electric Vehicle
JOURNAL NAME:
Circuits and Systems,
Vol.7 No.6,
May
11,
2016
ABSTRACT: The rise in the price of
oil and pollution issues has increased the interest on the development of
electric vehicles. This paper discusses about the application of solar energy
to power up the vehicle. The basic principle of solar based electric vehicle is
to use energy that is stored in a battery to drive the motor and it moves the
vehicle in forward or reverse direction. The Photo Voltaic (PV) module may be
connected either in parallel or series, and the charge controllers direct this
solar power to the batteries. The DC voltage from the PV panel is then boosted
up using a boost DC-DC converter, and then an inverter, where DC power is
converted to AC power, ultimately runs the Brushless DC motor which is used as
the drive motor for the vehicle application. This paper focuses on the design,
simulation and implementation of the various components, namely: solar panel,
charge controller, battery, DC-DC boost converter, DC-AC power converter
(inverter circuit) and BLDC motor for the vehicle application. All these
components are modeled in MATLAB/SIMULINK and in real-time, the hardware
integration of the system is developed and tested to verify the simulation
results.