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The document discusses the design and components of a solar vehicle, highlighting the importance of renewable energy as a sustainable power source. Key elements include solar cells, power trackers, electric motors, and batteries, all crucial for converting sunlight into electrical energy for propulsion. The overall objective is to create efficient solar cars for racing and utility purposes, while addressing the challenges of weight, strength, and safety in their construction.
Sayed hashim
- 1. Higher Technological institute. 10th Of Ramadan City Mechanical Engineering Department. Solar car By Name: EL-Sayed Fathy EL-sayed Hashim ID : 20121267 Under: DR: Adel kamel Sunday, May 3, 2014
- 2. Aim: • Our energy is about to end and we should search for renewable energy that supply us with power. • objective: • 1-searching for new energy. • 2-clean energy. • 3-renewable energy.
- 3. overview: Introduction Solar car Solar energy system SOLAR ARRAY POWER TRACKERS ELECTRIC MOTOR SPEED CONTROLLER CHASSIS BATTERY WHEEL
- 4. Introduction • The design of a solar vehicle is severely limited by the amount of energy input into the car. Most solar cars have been built for the purpose of solar car race. • Exceptions include solar-powered cars and utility vehicles. • Solar cars depend on PV cell to convert sunlight into electricity.
- 5. WHAT IS A SOLAR CAR? A solar vehicle is an electric vehicle powered by a type of renewable energy, by solar energy obtained from solar panels on the surface of the vehicle.
- 7. SOLAR CELL A solar cell converts solar energy to electrical energy. Photons in sunlight provide the energy that moves electrons from one layer of a semi- conducting metallic wafer to another. The movement of the electrons creates a current. Solar cells are devices which convert solar energy directly into electricity. The most common solar cells function by the photovoltaic effect. Photo- means light and -voltaic means electrical current or electricity.
- 8. SOLAR ARRAY The solar array is the vehicle's only source of power during the cross-country Race. The array is made up of many (often several hundred) photovoltaic solar cells. Solar array
- 9. POWER TRACKERS power trackers condition the electricity coming from the solar array to maximize the power and deliver it either to the batteries for storage or to the motor controller for propulsion. When the solar array is charging the batteries, the power trackers help to protect the batteries from being damaged by overcharging. The number of power trackers used in a solar car varies with each team's design. Power trackers can be very lightweight and commonly reach efficiencies above 95%.
- 10. POWER TRACKERS
- 11. ELECTRIC MOTOR An electric motor is the basic and the most important part of a solar car. It should work with optimal power and the efficiency should be high. An electric motor is a device using electrical energy to produce mechanical energy, nearly always by the interaction of magnetic fields and current-carrying conductors.
- 13. SPEED CONTROLLER The purpose of a motor speed controller is to take a signal representing the demanded speed, and to drive a motor at that speed. The controller may or may not actually measure the speed of the motor.
- 14. CHASSIS The primary challenge in developing an effective solar car chassis is to maximize the strength and safety, but minimize the weight. However, safety is a primary concern and the chassis must meet stringent strength and safety requirements.
- 15. CHASSIS
- 16. BATTERY Battery is the main power supply of a vehicle. A battery is a device that stores chemical energy and makes it available in an electrical form.