Design And Simulation Of Retrofitting Vehicles With Solar Powered System

Abstract

According to the current environmental conditions, the pollution percentage of pollutants exerted by the existing conventional vehicle is much higher than the estimated results. This paper presents a conceptual design of converting a conventional vehicle into a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) to reduce the pollution percentage in the conventional vehicle. The proposed propulsion system is configured as a parallel-hybrid concept. The vehicle will undergo with minimal changes. A model of variable drive systems provide a higher efficient drive axles in both front and rear wheels with respect to the source of energy used is defined. The front wheel could run with the IC combustion engine and the rear wheel with the in-wheel motor-hub, then providing the external control to the motor so that the speed of the motor can be controlled. A dual selection is provided at the choice of the user, to match their style of drive either in normal or electric drive modes. The model is built in the MATLAB /SIMULINK tool and its Performance analysis is done with the results obtained.Index terms: