Investigations on plug in hybrid electric two wheeler

Abstract

Growing concern over the environmental impacts and oildependence newlinehas prompted the investigation of alternate propulsion newlinetechnologies for motor vehicles Recently plugin hybrid technology has newlineemerged as one of the promising alternatives to reduce petroleum newlineconsumption and vehicular emissions Twowheelers are an important mode newlineof transport option in urban India and their high fuel consumption and newlineemission contribution needs to be attended to improve the air quality newlineThis work attempts to study the benefits of plugin hybrid newlinetechnology for twowheelers with a suitable retrofitting to a scooter newlineSimulation of energy and power requirements with a given driving cycle was newlinecarried In addition the battery mass required and the cost to meet the power newlineby battery alone were also estimated In order to estimate daily average travel newlinedistance of two wheelers a survey was conducted in the Coimbatore city newlineBased on the survey a control strategy has been proposed to suit the newlineheterogeneous city traffic pattern newline