Electric motorcycle charging station powered by solar energy

8th TSME-International Conference on Mechanical Engineering

Siriwattanapong, Akarawat^1 ; Chantharasenawong, Chawin^1

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King's Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 126 Pracha-uthit Rd., Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok

10140, Thailand^1

关键词: Bangkok , Thailand;    Charge controllers;    Electric motorcycle;    Energy generations;    Energy requirements;    Photovoltaic system (PVS);    Solar irradiation;    University of technologies;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/297/1/012060/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/297/1/012060

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This research proposes a design and verification of an off-grid photovoltaic system (PVS) for electric motorcycle charging station to be located in King's Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand. The system is designed to work independently (off-grid) and it must be able to fully charge the batteries of a typical passenger electric motorcycle every evening. A 1,000W Toyotron electric motorcycle is chosen for this study. It carries five units of 12.8V 20Ah batteries in series; hence its maximum energy requirement per day is 1,200Wh. An assessment of solar irradiation data and the Generation Factor in Bangkok, Thailand suggests that the charging system consists of one 500W PV panel, an MPPT charge controller, 48V 150Ah battery, a 1,000W DC to AC inverter and other safety devices such as fuses and breakers. An experiment is conducted to verify the viability of the off-grid PVS charging station by collecting the total daily energy generation data in the raining season and winter. The data suggests that the designed off-grid solar power charging station for electric motorcycle is able to supply sufficient energy for daily charging requirements.