respected sir i m an engineering student. i have decided to do a project in solar. but i dont know how to select the solar panel (what is the tech. specification in terms of watts) in order to run a motor to drive a vehicle at a speed of 20km/hr. kindly help me soon. eagerly waiting for your reply rahul
Since you are a student you are meant to be able to *calculate* an answer to the question. This is a part of your education.
Using other ppl to provide the answer might make you a 'manager type' but certainly not an engineer.
You need to do the following......
Find the information that tells you how many kW are required to propel such a vehicle. Search through solar panel manufactuers' info to find a suitable power source.
It's likely to be tricky by the way . It's likely that the vehicle will need to be made ultra-efficient in terms of things like air and rolling resistance. I believe Honda made a solar powered car. Maybe you should google for that ?
Graham
how much energy does it take to drive the vehicle at 20km/hr
add about 50% (to compensate for mort and drive-train lsses) add more to coompensate for clouds etc...
Bye. Jasen
Add even more if you wish to go uphill.
John
Maybe check with some of these guys:
Good Luck! Rich
Maybe you should contact the group at TU Delft univerity (Netherlands) who won the solar world race twice(I think) ?? (Google solar race).
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