DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR POWERED CAR

Authors: Johnson Jimba, Johnson Akindele JIMBA1, Abba SIMON2, Nnaemeka Aquinas OKEKE3, Innosuccess Destiny OGWUCHE4, Ayobami Joel IBILOLA5, Samson ODIAGA6, Osemeke Ohiolei ECHENIM7, Elliot OGBECHINA8, Sunday JOHN9, Faruk Olajuwon SANNI10, Chinenye NWOKOCHA11, Nurudeen ABDULMALIK12, Israel Jacob YUSUF13, Samuel Olaoluwa OLADUNJOYE14 Engr. Dr. Oluwafemi Ayodeji OLUGBOJI15, Dr. Nicholas MUSA16, Dr. E.A.P EGBE17 | Engineering Mechanical Engineering Research 11 pages 2,340 words

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ABSTRACT:

This project work is on the development of a solar powered car. It involves the design and fabrication of a solar powered car with a carrying capacity of two and a maximum speed of 30 km/hr, which runs entirely on a stand-alone solar system. The car is a unique prototype sedan car. It is designed with dimensions of 3 meters’ x 1.6 meters'. The maximum load carrying capacity of the vehicle is 700 kg and it requires a driving force of about 4.3 kW. The solar car uses a clean engine made up of direct current brushed motor rated at 13 kW output power and sourcing its required power from the stand-alone system. Cars running on fossil fuel do not only contribute to global warming and pollution, but they also have high running and maintenance cost, due to these challenges, the project seeks to alleviate these problems by adopting the use of alternative renewable source of energy for land transportation.


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