VIBRATIONAL ENERGY HARVESTING TO ELECTRIC TRANSDUCTION IN A HIGH EFFICIENCY ELECTRIC VEHICLE

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.8651931019

• Palavras-chave: Atena

• Keywords: Energy Harvesting, Telemetry, High Efficiency Vehicle, Battery Extension.

• Abstract:

  The high efficiency vehicles

  are those utilizes very small quantities of fuel

  to travel as longer as possible distances. To

  accomplished the target, it is necessary many

  efforts to improve mechanical and electrical

  solutions. This work is related to a project to

  enhance electrical source in three prototype

  vehicles projected by Federal Technological

  University of Paraná in Pato Branco. In the

  vehicle, the electrical energy is used in lights,

  sensors, displays and motor. The propose of

  this work is to use an energy harvesting system

  based in vibration to transduce the induced

  vibration from the floor and from the engine

  to the vehicle into electricity to supply the

  electrical demands of the vehicle and extend

  the car battery life. Coupled to the harvester it is

  proposed a controller project to drive the energy

  harvesting system to an optimized interaction

  between the external vibrational excitation and

  harvester resulting in an improved transduction

  result. It is expected an increase of the vehicle

  autonomy and a better result in the competition.

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