Prototype development of electric bicycle

• Grant number: 17/02634-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2017
• End date: October 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Transportation Engineering - Vehicles and Control Equipment
• Principal Investigator: Hudson Giovani Zanin
• Grantee: Thayane Almeida Alves
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação (FEEC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/02163-7 - Development of supercapacitors devices from graphene, carbon nanotubes and diamonds, AP.JP

Abstract

This project proposes the development of a prototype of electric bicycle. The starting point is a commercial bicycle, which will be powered by an electric motor. This engine will be feed by energy storage in supercapacitors, which are powerful storers with long life. Supercapacitors will be loaded by Dynamos at strategic times of ride or while the bike is stopped at a specific rack. The scientific and technological challenge will be the engine of the two-wheeled vehicle, the development of the supercapacitor bank and conversion, control, signal conditioning and protection circuits. After developing bench prototypes including buildings and characterizations, we assemble the prototype and study the possibility of legal protection technology via INOVA / UNICAMP and Incubation of a company via Incamp/UNICAMP. Many previous results of the supervisor and its collaboration network [1-32] opened the door for this election, which will enable the training of specialized human capital in the energy sector and possibly will be the seed of a Brazilian company in a new concept of electric bicycle. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

VICENTINI, RAFAEL; COSTA, LENON HENRIQUE; NUNES, WILLIAN; BOAS, OTAVIO VILAS; SOARES, DAVI MARCELO; ALVES, THAYANE ALMEIDA; REAL, CARLA; BUENO, CAROLINE; PETERLEVITZ, ALFREDO CARLOS; ZANIN, HUDSON. Direct growth of mesoporous Carbon on aluminum foil for supercapacitors devices. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS, v. 29, n. 12, p. 10573-10582, JUN 2018. (17/11958-1, 17/03371-0, 14/02163-7, 16/25082-8, 17/03640-1, 17/02634-8, 16/21941-6)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

ALVES, Thayane Almeida. Application of supercapacitors in electric bicycle of short journey. 2019. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação Campinas, SP.