Economical Solar Vehicle

ECONOMICAL SOLAR VEHICLE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT.......................................................................................................... 5

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS....................................................................................6  

LIST OF FIGURES.................................................................................................................7

LIST OF TABLES..................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................9

1. MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT.............................................................................................10
2. REPORT STRUCTURE..............................................................................................10

LITERATURE REVIEW.................................................................................................................11

2.1 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................11

2.2 ELECTRIC VEHICLE...........................................................................................................12

2.3 HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE...........................................................................................................12

2.4 FUEL CELL VEHICLE...........................................................................................................13

2.5 SOLAR VEHICLE...........................................................................................................13

2.6 CASE STUDY................................................................................................................14

                     2.6.1 HYBRID ELECTRIC            CAR......................................................................................................................14

                     2.6.2 ELECTRIC VEHICLE HISTORY.............................................................................................................14

                     2.6.3 HONDA FUEL CAR.......................................................................................................................15

                     2.6.4 TOYOTA SOLAR POWERED HYBRID VEHICLE................................................................................................................15

 2.7 CONCLUSION.......................................................................................................16

OBJECTIVES..............................................................................................................17

PROPOSED PLAN OF ACTIONS....................................................................................................................18

      4.1 WORK DISTRIBUTION ON THE BASIS OF MILESTONES.............................................................................................................19

THEORATICAL CALCULATIONS AND SELECTING COMPONENTS..........................................................................................................20

     5.1 MOTOR SIZE CALCULATION.........................................................................................................20

            5.1.1 REQUIREMENTS.......................................................................................................20

            5.1.2 CALCULATING FORCE.........................................................................................................................20

        5.1.3 CALCULATING VELOCITY.................................................................................................................21

        5.1.4 CALCULATING MOTOR SIZE.............................................................................................................................21

   5.2 MOTOR SELECTED.................................................................................................................22

          5.2.1 MOTOR SPECIFICATION........................................................................................................22

          5.2.2 MOTOR GEARING...................................................................................................................22

   5.3 SELECTING SOLAR PANEL.........................................................................................................................23

          5.3.1 SOLAR PANEL REQUIREMENTS.......................................................................................................24

   5.4 SELECTING BATTERY...................................................................................................................24

   5.5 CALCULATED TIME FOR CHARGING BATTERY...................................................................................................................25

PROJECT EXECUTION...............................................................................................................26

    6.1 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................26

    6.2 SOLID WORKS FRAME DESIGN.......................................................................................................................26

    6.3 SOLID WORKS FRAME STRESS ANALYSIS..................................................................................................................27

    6.4 VEHICLE FRAME PRACTICAL DESIGN.......................................................................................................................29

    6.5 VEHICLE COMPLETE DESIGN ON SOLID WORKS.......................................................................................................................30

    6.6 PRACTICAL COMPLETE STRUCTURE DESIGN.......................................................................................................................31