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COMMERCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL FEASIBILITY STUDY OF USING SOLAR E-RICKSHAW FOR SEMI-URBAN AREAS
COMMERCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL FEASIBILITY STUDY OF USING SOLAR E-RICKSHAW FOR SEMI-URBAN AREAS, 2017
This research paper basically deals with improvement in the mode of transportation. Due to the extinction of non-renewable energy, we are focusing on making current transportation fuel free. The energy generation as well as utilization, both should be from renewable. Our objective in presenting this research paper is to improve and upgrade e-Rickshaw, which are currently in use, with solar PVs in semi-urban areas of India.
In the current state of technological development, the future of vehicles seems to be with the hybridization of various energy sources. This sort of development in vehicles seeks to take the benefits from the best quality of each energy source and it is especially useful in urban driving vehicles. In cities of India one of the major medium of transportation is auto rickshaws, which is producing a huge amount of air pollution as well as greenhouse gases like CO2. Fuel, which is used is a non-renewable source and also which costs high as a result of that transportation charges increases. It would also affect the economy as well as the users of the auto rickshaw. Thus they should go for a reliable source as know that current trend of using the reliable source like solar energy which is available in plenty in country like India. Adopted SOLAR ENERGY as the additional sources in addition to the conventional IC ENGINES. They using the solar panel, controller and DC motor setup to convert the light energy as an electrical energy which is fed to the DC motor to obtain mechanical motion. The mechanical motion was transferred to wheels through chain drive in the propeller shaft which leads to cheap and effective transmission. Finally, fabricated a concept auto rickshaw with the help of modified transmission system and energized with solar energy to run it.
Journal of Engineering, 2016
This paper presents a case study to examine the economic viability and performance analysis of a microcontroller based solar powered battery operated autorickshaw (m-SBAR), for the developing countries, which is compared with different types of rickshaws such as pedal rickshaw (PR), battery operated autorickshaw (BAR), and solar-powered battery operated autorickshaw (SBAR), available in Bangladesh. The BAR consists of a rickshaw structure, a battery bank, a battery charge controller, a DC motor driver, and a DC motor whereas the proposed m-SBAR contains additional components like solar panel and microcontroller based DC motor driver. The complete design considered the local radiation data and load profile of the proposed m-SBAR. The Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) analysis, Net Present Worth, payback periods, and Benefit-to-Cost Ratio methods have been used to evaluate the financial feasibility and sensitivity analysis of m-SBAR, grid-powered BAR, and PR. The numerical analysis reveals that LCOE and Benefit-to-Cost Ratio of the proposed m-SBAR are lower compared to the grid-powered BAR. It has also been found that microcontroller based DC motor control circuit reduces battery discharge rate, improves battery life, and controls motor speed efficiency.
International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial and Materials Engineering 2017, 2017
Auto-rickshaws are used thoroughly in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan etc. countries for transportation of public and goods. The vehicles are small and narrow allowing for easy transportability in busy Asian metropolises. In Bangladesh, auto rickshaws/easy bikes commonly offer their taxi-services, as they are incredibly inexpensive to operate. Concurrently these three-wheelers running on fuel cause severe air-pollution and produce considerable amounts of greenhouse gasses (i.e. carbon dioxide). This paper presents a transportation system based upon auto rickshaws that operate in an eco-friendly way. Existing vehicles are to be substituted by a micro cross type system redesigned in a manner which boosts the efficiency of the vehicle. In addition, a recharging infrastructure is proposed that will allow for the power-packs to be charged using partially alternative energy such as solar power. Thus far, we have appeared at the existing vehicle and the environment, in which it operates and investigated recharging infrastructure requirements and designs. The goal of the research presented in this paper is to develop a compact, robust and affordable hybrid system as a way to significantly reducing fuel consumption and exhausts of auto-rickshaws.
International Journal of Engineering and Manufacturing, 2014
Rickshaw is the most common three wheeler in Bangladesh. Easy availability, less fare, openness in structure etc. have made this very popular vehicle for short distance travel purposes. Two types of Rickshaws are seen plying on the road, one is manual peddling type another is an electric motorized type which needs to be charged using electricity from the national grid. Each type possess its own disadvantages. The first one need to be pulled by a man, which can be very hard & laborious for the pullers. The second one needs electricity for charging purposes which is a burden on the national grid. In this paper, we tried to represent a new model of Rickshaw by mitigating the disadvantages of both types. The features, working mechanisms, structure, components etc. of the Solar Powered Rickshaw is discussed briefly with the necessary figures in this paper. The main objective of this paper is to relieve Rickshaw pullers from this kind of laborious job by using Solar Power Rickshaw (SPR) and help improving the power crisis in Bangladesh.
Performance evaluation of a microcontroller-based solar powered auto-rickshaw
2014 International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information & Communication Technology, 2014
This paper represents the performance evaluation of a microcontroller based solar-powered auto-rickshaw which can be used extensively in Bangladesh for transportation. The battery operated traditional auto-rickshaw is charged by national grid whereas the battery bank of the proposed microcontroller based solar-powered auto-rickshaw is charged by solar power. A PIC microcontroller is programmed to control the duty cycle of the dc motor and thereby reduce the battery discharge time of the battery bank. The life cycle cost (LCC) analysis has been done and compared with the traditional battery operated autorickshaw. It has been found that LCC/kWh of the proposed rickshaw is minimum. The practical measured results reveal that the performance of the proposed rickshaw outperforms the conventional battery operated auto-rickshaw.
The Global Environmental Engineers
The energy crisis and environmental impact are the major concern mf the present world. Three-wheeler auto-rickshaw becoming an important passenger transport vehicle in a developing country which are indirectly powered by the grid electricity through the batteries. Such vehicle consumes significant grid energy during charging which increases the load in the national grid and put extra stress on the electrification in line with the environmental impact. This paper investigated the existing facilities for charging auto-rickshaw in Bangladesh and designed a proposed solar charging model as a replacement based on the existing model. Then the energy and environmental benefit were estimated to reflect the significance of the proposed model and contribution in the context of the global energy crisis and environmental impact. The investigation found that the daily energy consumption is 290 kWh for a charging station capacity of 30 auto-rickshaws which is significant. The proposed solar model...
A Study of Socioeconomic Aspects of Motor Assisted Pedal Rickshaw and its PV Solution
Journal of Electrical Engineering, IEB, 2015
People all over the world have keen interest to look for a new way so that they can lead a comfortable life. Accordingly various technologies have been invented in transport system. Motor Assisted Pedal Rickshaw (MAPR) is a newly discovered technology in which the traditional cycle rickshaw has completely been reengineered with motor for the promptness, safety and comfort to passengers and to reduce the workload on the rickshaw-pullers. In this paper, an analysis in using MAPRs is studied pragmatically and an illustration is provided technically and financially. Results show that the MAPR has been flooded in Chittagong, consuming a substantial amount of electricity daily. A very effective idea of using solar based recharging station has been given to reduce consumed power from our national grid by a comparative analysis through this paper. The port city of Chittagong has been chosen as a prototypical area for this research activity. Citation: B. Sujoy, et al.: Elec. Engg., Instn. Engrs., Bangladesh, 40 (I&II), June & December 2014