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ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY SOLAR ENERGY CAR
By:- Dinesh Kumar (12M328), M. Tech. (Thermal Engg.)Department of Mechanical Engineering
NIT HAMIRPUR
Solar Energy Car
A solar car is a solar vehicle used for land transport
Solar cars depend on PV cells to convert sunlight into electricity
FIRST SOLAR CAR INVENTED BY :-
William G. Cobb In August 31, 1955
Components
Solar Array
Power Trackers
Batteries
Motor Controller
Motor
Solar Array
Collect the energy from the sun and converts it into usable electrical energy.
How solar array change sunlight to usable energy
It consist solar cell, which produces an electrical current, when struck by light.
Power Trackers
Power trackers convert the solar array voltage to the system voltage.
Batteries
The batteries store energy from the power tracker and makes them available for the motor's use.
Use of battery
After the power tracker convert the energy to the energy that is usable for the car, it send to the battery then the battery store the energy.
This energy is send to the motor and controller to make the car run.
Motor Controller & motor
The motor controller adjusts the amount of energy that flows to the motor to correspond to the throttle.
The motor uses that energy to drive the wheels
Solar Car brake
Kinds of break:
Drum brake is only connected to the wheel that is spinning.
Disc brake is connected to all the wheels and this one brake all the wheels together and make the car slow down or stop at that moment.
Hand brake
In cars, hand brake can help for park the car.
Another way hand brake is also called emergency brake, e-brake, park brake or parking brake.
What Will Happen if There is No Sunlight
What Will Happen if There is No Sunlight?
If there is no sunlight, the emergency batteries will be used. Example in the situation that there was a large cloud cover the sky, this emergency batteries will be used.
ADVANTAGES
Solar powered cars do not require any expense for running
Solar cars are quite
Solar cars require very low maintenance
Solar cars produce no harmful emissions
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DISADVANTAGES
Solar powered cars can operate only for limited distances is there is no sun
If it is dark out for many days, the car battery will not charge and you this can seem as a problem to many problem. This is the main reason why people don’t rely on solar cars
A good solar powered car is expensive. It will cost $200,000 or more
Parts used in solar cars are not produced in large quantity so they are expensive
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REFERENCES
• Mathur Sharma “IC Engines” Dhanpat Rai Publications (1999) (Disadvantages of Traditional Fuels)
• Domkundwar, Domkundwar “I.C.Engines” Dhanpat Rai publications (1999) (Disadvantages of Alternative Fuels)
• www.seminartopics.com• www.zeropollution.com• www.mechanicalengineeringproject.com
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Thank You for Your Attention!
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