Smart Solar Charge Controller for Electric Golf Cart Promoting Green Transportation

Trivedi, Nitin; Gujar, Nikhil Shashikant; Sarkar, Subrata; Pundir, S. P. S.

doi:10.1109/punecon.2018.8745411

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“…However, contrary to what happened with road vehicles, the electric variant has always been more popular due to gasoline rationalization in the 1950s in consequence of World War II, when golf carts were experiencing their early growth, besides offering more safety due to slower speeds than the gasoline-powered golf carts and also due to lower noise and no emission of pollutants. In [364][365][366][367] are presented implementations of solar-powered electric golf carts, which, besides the battery, are comprised by photovoltaic solar panels in their rooftop, with a buck-type dc-dc converter being used to interface the photovoltaic solar panels with the battery. In [368] is studied a hybrid energy storage system for a golf cart, being composed by batteries, fuel cells and ultracapacitors, with only one dc-dc converter being used, namely a simple boost-type topology.…”

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A Review on Power Electronics Technologies for Electric Mobility

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Concerns about greenhouse gas emissions are a key topic addressed by modern societies worldwide. As a contribution to mitigate such effects caused by the transportation sector, the full adoption of electric mobility is increasingly being seen as the main alternative to conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, which is supported by positive industry indicators, despite some identified hurdles. For such objective, power electronics technologies play an essential role and can be contextualized in different purposes to support the full adoption of electric mobility, including on-board and off-board battery charging systems, inductive wireless charging systems, unified traction and charging systems, new topologies with innovative operation modes for supporting the electrical power grid, and innovative solutions for electrified railways. Embracing all of these aspects, this paper presents a review on power electronics technologies for electric mobility where some of the main technologies and power electronics topologies are presented and explained. In order to address a broad scope of technologies, this paper covers road vehicles, lightweight vehicles and railway vehicles, among other electric vehicles.

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