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CAD & FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF LOW-COSTPORTABLE SOLAR POWERED VEHICLE

Basavaraj Kawdi, Rajashekar Matpathi

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Abstract: Without significant societal changes over the next decade, the world will face a global environmental disaster, resulting in a scarcity of fossil fuels for power. The vast majority of vehicles on the road run on fossil fuels like gasoline. These vehicles emit carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and other pollutants as they burn this fossil fuel to power their engines, affecting both air and water quality and contributing to global warming and ozone depletion. In this paper, a three-dimension model of “Foldable Portable Vehicle” was designed using CAD tool Solid works and its dynamic simulation analysis are carried out. The new ergonomically designed low-cost vehicles can be folded and can be carried anywhere with zero operation cost. The module consists of 12W battery, 2 gear motors, solar panel, 3 push switches and the vehicle is fabricated by using local materials. The speed of vehicle depends on various factors such as gear ratio, torque of motor, and load applied. The vehicle is powered by a battery which is continuously charged by a solar panel. Optimization of time to full charge the vehicle and using the minimum number of solar panels required for fast charge is worked out in this paper. Also, the paper contains various design calculations and comparison of carious the parameters involved for satisfactory results. In this work the Utilization of renewable energy is cost effective and is environmentally friendly manner resulting in non-dependence on petroleum products and can be the boon for poor people for sustainable travel.


Keywords


Key words: Solar Power, CAD, Solid works, FEA, Foldable Mechanism

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