A Substantial Modelling and Analysis of Solar Powered e-Rickshaw Drive System

The current environmental apprehensions are fascinating the world to swift towards green technology. The development of renewable energy-based equipment and machinery are increasing the approaches towards a pollution free world. In this paper, the substantial modelling and performance analysis of a solar powered electric rickshaw (e-Rickshaw) for different drive cycles is presented. The modelling of the e-Rickshaw is done as per design methodology of solar charger, battery bank, electric motor, e-Rickshaw drive train suitable for different drive cycles and different components to provide the required traction. The e-Rickshaw is having onboard solar charging system with provision of grid charging through suitable DC power plug. The battery bank supplies the power to a dedicated electric motor to generate required mechanical torque and power to provide required speed to the e-Rickshaw through suitable converter. This paper also emphases on the performance analysis of various components of the e-Rickshaw, namely: Battery bank, Drive system, DC motor and Battery Management System (BMS) during solar charging and without solar charging for different drive cycles. The simulation is done for various loads and speed profiles using Simulink of MATLAB.