Concerns with the environment have posed demands on high efficient and low contaminating vehicles. Solar powered vehicles are among the most promising alternatives. In order to develop the vehicle's efficiency to its maximum, an energy management plan should be made. The objective of this work is the development of an interactive program which simulates the performance of solar powered vehicles under different mechanical, electrical and aerodynamic conditions. Global position, time, road and meteorological conditions such as temperature and ideal solar insolation have been taken in consideration for the simulation. From this data, the vehicle's speed at which the net energy will be maximized subject to minimum total race time is determined. Different programs were developed in Quick Basic and Visual Basic to analyze hypothetical and real models. Vary parameters, their effects on the vehicle's performance and improve design or efficiency are graphically visualized for the user.
Energy management and design in solar powered vehicles using computer aided engineering
Rechnerunterstütztes Simulations-Anwenderprogramm zur Bestimmung der notwendigen Sonnenenergie, der Antriebsenergie und der Verluste für ein Straßenfahrzeug und ein Boot, betrieben mit Sonnenenergie, unter Berücksichtigung der Umweltparameter wie Witterung, Betriebsort, Betriebszeit, Straßenzustand und Geschwindigkeit
1995
6 Seiten, 4 Bilder, 9 Quellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
Straßenfahrzeug , Schiff , elektromotorischer Antrieb , passive Sonnenenergienutzung , Systementwurf , rechnerunterstützter Entwurf , Systemsimulation , Anwenderprogramm , Systemparameter , Parameterschätzung , mechanische Eigenschaft , elektrische Eigenschaft , Witterung , Fahrstraße , Energiebedarf , Verlustleistung , Systembeschreibung
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