Design and Implementation of A PV Powered Tri-Cycle

Abstract

Solar PV technology is one of the first among the various renewable energy technologies that have been adopted and accepted universally in order to meet the basic needs of generation of electricity. The objective of this paper is to propose a tri-cycle that utilises the application of stand-alone photovoltaic (PV) system. A preliminary design and construction of a solar tri-cycle has been performed by evaluating and estimating the required panel size, battery capacity and motor power. Calculation in this paper exhibit that the solar power alone will be sufficient to operate a tri-cycle from one place to another.

Archives of Electrical Engineering

“…Some comprehensive principles are involved for the modeling and designing of solar tri-cycles. The detailed design for the same can be found in [8].…”

“…where C 0 is the initial cost of the product at the time of investment [8,15]. The recurring expenses occurring every year which eventually add up to the overall cost should be accounted for and for doing so the cumulative PW is determined by taking the sum of the individual PW of every element of the product in series.…”

“…The industries manufacturing the solar tri-cycles can be financially supported by the savings from the government investments on the fuel-based tri-cycles. This will result in the reduction in price of the solar tri-cycles, thus, encouraging and influencing the general mass to purchase and avail them [8].…”

“…There are some generic principles for designing and modeling solar tri-cycles. The detailed design can be found in [8].…”