Impact of environmental conditions on the degree of efficiency and operating range of PV-powered electric vehicles |
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Author: | Schuss, Christian1; Fabritius, Tapio1 |
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1Optoelectronics and Measurement Techniques (OPEM) Research Unit, University of Oulu, FIN-90570 Oulu, Finland |
Format: | article |
Version: | published version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 16.3 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2022052338129 |
Language: | English |
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,
2022
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Publish Date: | 2022-05-23 |
Description: |
AbstractThis paper investigates the impact of environmental conditions on the possible output power of photovoltaic (PV) installations on top of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs). First, we discuss the characteristics and behavior of PV cells in order to provide an understanding of the energy source that we aim to integrate into vehicles. Second, we elaborate on how PV cells and panels can be simulated to estimate the potential extension of the electrical driving range (ERE) of BEVs and HEVs. In particular, we concentrate on the impact of the vehicle’s curved roof surface on the possible output of the PV installation. In this research, we present considerations for vehicles in both parking and driving conditions. More precisely, we demonstrate how the frequently changing environmental conditions that occur while driving represent significant challenges to the control of the operating voltage of PV cells. As the area for deploying PV cells on top of an electric vehicle is limited, attention needs to be paid to how to optimize and maximize the degree of efficiency of PV-powered electric vehicles. see all
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Series: |
Applied sciences |
ISSN: | 2076-3417 |
ISSN-E: | 2076-3417 |
ISSN-L: | 2076-3417 |
Volume: | 12 |
Issue: | 3 |
Article number: | 1232 |
DOI: | 10.3390/app12031232 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.3390/app12031232 |
Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
Field of Science: |
213 Electronic, automation and communications engineering, electronics 216 Materials engineering |
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Funding: |
Dr. Christian Schuss was funded by the Academy of Finland 6Genesis (6G) project (grantno. 318927). Prof. Tapio Fabritius is partially supported by Academy of Finlands FIRI funding (grantno. 320017). |
Academy of Finland Grant Number: |
318927 320017 |
Detailed Information: |
318927 (Academy of Finland Funding decision) 320017 (Academy of Finland Funding decision) |
Copyright information: |
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |