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Solar Bicycle<br />

Nowadays, the price of oil keeps on increasing.<br />

People want to use electricity instead of oil to<br />

operate transport. In China, the industry of electric<br />

bikes has grown rapidly in these 10 years. The<br />

design of electric bikes trends to more<br />

environmentally friendly. Solar energy is one of a<br />

new ways to replace electricity. The energy from the<br />

sun can be used to run electronic devices.<br />

In this project, a solar powered bicycle was<br />

designed. The materials used are more<br />

environmentally friendly and the cost is much lower<br />

than the existing solar powered bike. The maximum<br />

speed of the bike is 20km/hr. The charging time by<br />

using electricity is 2-3 hours and 4-6 hours by using<br />

solar energy. The design fulfills the requirements of<br />

China’s government. Also, our target market is<br />

China. We have analyzed the market for of electric<br />

bikes to understand the needs of its citizens. The<br />

target customers want to have an electric bike with a<br />

light weight and don’t need to recharge frequently.<br />

They also care about the safety of the bike.<br />

The most important thing before starting the project<br />

we must clearly understand about the topic that we<br />

want to do. So by doing the literature review we can<br />

gain knowledge to make sure we fully understand<br />

and can complete the project.<br />

rider via the pedal of the bike. The rider of an E-bike<br />

can choose to rely on the motor completely, pedal<br />

and use the motor at the same time or pedal only<br />

(use as a conventional bicycle).<br />

Galaxy can improve the lifestyle of bicycle user and<br />

aim at convenience and environmental friendly.<br />

After we did the research, we conclude that Solar<br />

Bike can work on it. First, as the resource is<br />

exhausting, the world trend must be developed to<br />

use green power to reduce the speed of losing<br />

resource, and also those green powers are more<br />

environmental friendly. Second, if we want to get<br />

more market shares in the China market, our product<br />

need to have great quality and do the safety well. For<br />

further development, we need to improve the solar<br />

panel efficiency. That can improve the advantage of<br />

the solar bicycle.<br />

References:<br />

http://www.seminarstopics.com/seminar/7037/solarbicycle-project<br />

B. Prasanna<br />

EEE – III Year<br />

SOLAR IMPULSE<br />

The basic configuration of an electric bicycle drive<br />

consists of a controller that controls the power flow<br />

from the battery to the electric motor. This power<br />

flow acts in parallel with the power delivered by the<br />

Solar Impulse is a Swiss long-range experimental<br />

solar-powered aircraft project, and the name of the<br />

project's two operational aircraft. The privately<br />

financed project is led by Swiss engineer and<br />

businessman André Borschberg and Swiss<br />

psychiatrist and balloonist Bertrand Piccard, who copiloted<br />

Breitling Orbiter 3, the first balloon to circle<br />

the world non-stop. The Solar Impulse project's<br />

“Security Is Mostly A Superstition. Life Is Either A Daring Adventure Or Nothing.”- Helen Keller<br />

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