Laboratory-Scale And Real Experimental Study On The Performance Of Energy Regenerative Suspension System

Nowadays, getting more efficient vehicle to investigate the improvement in renewable energy is highly crucial for the automotive industry. The operation of most vehicles is with fossil fuel. However, there are some vehicles which apply varying energy resources. The previous EReSS using the magnetic...

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Main Author: Mohan, Ahmed Esmael
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spelling my-utem-ep.186072022-03-30T08:10:19Z Laboratory-Scale And Real Experimental Study On The Performance Of Energy Regenerative Suspension System 2016 Mohan, Ahmed Esmael T Technology (General) TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Nowadays, getting more efficient vehicle to investigate the improvement in renewable energy is highly crucial for the automotive industry. The operation of most vehicles is with fossil fuel. However, there are some vehicles which apply varying energy resources. The previous EReSS using the magnetic coil does not show satisfying performance in term of the voltage output. Therefore, the goal of this research is to investigate the improvement of the energy regenerative suspension system (EReSS) to obtain energy efficient vehicle (EEV) from the vibration of vehicle suspension system. The study began with the observation of the potential vibrations created by a vehicle running on a route that has been selected. The designed system has been put to the test on a test rig for the laboratory scale experimentation procedure to monitor its reliability and harvesting potential. At the laboratory, the EReSS test produces the maximum output voltage of 32.76 V at 400 windings. Additionally, the test is carried out to test the function of the EReSS system on real vehicle. In the next step, the device is installed on a passenger vehicle with minor modification on the suspension system. The vehicle works on the same route to observe the electrical voltage harvested during ordinary driving on the actual traffic. The EReSS recorded that the maximum voltage at the real car test was 17.6 Vat 400 winding. The tests are done with the help of the Data Acquisition (DAQ) system to record the reading of voltage produced by the EReSS system. The material improvement can boost the output voltage. According to the obtained results, it is observed that, the proposed system can lead to minimal energy wastage because of the vibration and it produces an effective vehicle in terms of electrical and electronic utilization. To add, the output voltage of the EReSS can be affected by the number of windings of the coil and its diameter. The study shows that with higher number of coil winding, higher output voltage is achieved. There is evidence that the EReSS harvests energy therefore, it can be used on hybrid and electric vehicles to develop the vehicle, in terms of the efficiency and it will further reduce the fuel consumption. 2016 Thesis http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/18607/ http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/18607/1/Laboratory-Scale%20And%20Real%20Experimental%20Study%20On%20The%20Performance%20Of%20Energy%20Regenerative%20Suspension%20System.pdf text en public http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/18607/2/Laboratory-Scale%20And%20Real%20Experimental%20Study%20On%20The%20Performance%20Of%20Energy%20Regenerative%20Suspension%20System.pdf text en validuser https://plh.utem.edu.my/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=100349 mphil masters Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka Faculty Of Mechanical Engineering
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Mohan, Ahmed Esmael
Laboratory-Scale And Real Experimental Study On The Performance Of Energy Regenerative Suspension System
description Nowadays, getting more efficient vehicle to investigate the improvement in renewable energy is highly crucial for the automotive industry. The operation of most vehicles is with fossil fuel. However, there are some vehicles which apply varying energy resources. The previous EReSS using the magnetic coil does not show satisfying performance in term of the voltage output. Therefore, the goal of this research is to investigate the improvement of the energy regenerative suspension system (EReSS) to obtain energy efficient vehicle (EEV) from the vibration of vehicle suspension system. The study began with the observation of the potential vibrations created by a vehicle running on a route that has been selected. The designed system has been put to the test on a test rig for the laboratory scale experimentation procedure to monitor its reliability and harvesting potential. At the laboratory, the EReSS test produces the maximum output voltage of 32.76 V at 400 windings. Additionally, the test is carried out to test the function of the EReSS system on real vehicle. In the next step, the device is installed on a passenger vehicle with minor modification on the suspension system. The vehicle works on the same route to observe the electrical voltage harvested during ordinary driving on the actual traffic. The EReSS recorded that the maximum voltage at the real car test was 17.6 Vat 400 winding. The tests are done with the help of the Data Acquisition (DAQ) system to record the reading of voltage produced by the EReSS system. The material improvement can boost the output voltage. According to the obtained results, it is observed that, the proposed system can lead to minimal energy wastage because of the vibration and it produces an effective vehicle in terms of electrical and electronic utilization. To add, the output voltage of the EReSS can be affected by the number of windings of the coil and its diameter. The study shows that with higher number of coil winding, higher output voltage is achieved. There is evidence that the EReSS harvests energy therefore, it can be used on hybrid and electric vehicles to develop the vehicle, in terms of the efficiency and it will further reduce the fuel consumption.
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qualification_name Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level Master's degree
author Mohan, Ahmed Esmael
author_facet Mohan, Ahmed Esmael
author_sort Mohan, Ahmed Esmael
title Laboratory-Scale And Real Experimental Study On The Performance Of Energy Regenerative Suspension System
title_short Laboratory-Scale And Real Experimental Study On The Performance Of Energy Regenerative Suspension System
title_full Laboratory-Scale And Real Experimental Study On The Performance Of Energy Regenerative Suspension System
title_fullStr Laboratory-Scale And Real Experimental Study On The Performance Of Energy Regenerative Suspension System
title_full_unstemmed Laboratory-Scale And Real Experimental Study On The Performance Of Energy Regenerative Suspension System
title_sort laboratory-scale and real experimental study on the performance of energy regenerative suspension system
granting_institution Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
granting_department Faculty Of Mechanical Engineering
publishDate 2016
url http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/18607/1/Laboratory-Scale%20And%20Real%20Experimental%20Study%20On%20The%20Performance%20Of%20Energy%20Regenerative%20Suspension%20System.pdf
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