Objective
The objectives of this project is to demonstrate the efficiency of a power conditioning system in an electric vehicle which generates AC from DC without using transformers or inductive elements. The target is to achieve with this system an energy saving of 50% compared to electric vehicles not equipped with this system.
The system will be an ortronic prototype of 60 kW driving a 30 kW AC motor from a battery. A vehicle (Ligier Optima II) will be exhibited at 6 electric vehicle races in Europe in 1997. During these races, the performances of the new system will be measured.
The CARTRONIC project will demonstrate the achievements obtained from the energy saving and the rentability of the system, by mean of a real demonstration which will realise a defined work measured with total reliability.
A prototype has been built and succesfully tested in laboratory.
The project, is conceived to demonstrate the new dimension that the electric energy acquires to produce useful works, with regard to the claims of the new procedure patented with the name of "Procedure for the conversion of electrical energy, from direct current to alternating current".
A mass production vehicle manufactured in France (LIGIER OPIMA II) will be modified with the following components.
a) the original DC control system will be changed by the new conditioning power system which is a three-phase ortronic prototype of 60 kW power;
b) the original DC traction motor will be changed by a three-phase motor 30 kW power;
c) the batteries will be the same one in order to not achieve other advantages over the same vehicle without modifications. The claimed innovative aspects of the proposal includes:
1. Electric treatment of the negative power so they are converted into active or useful power in the "power conditioning system", reducing in consequence the active or useful powerthat the load need.
2. The negative power between the source (in this case the batteries) and the load (in this case the traction electrical motor) disappear and, consequently, any level of power taken from the source is a positive, active or useful power.
3. Regarding to the source, the fact of reducing the total or apparent power to the active or useful power reduces the energy taken from the source and the total current in the distribution lines, reducing the losses in the lines by Joule effect and eliminating the traditional system of power factor correction.
4. Regarding to the load, the active power is reduced by transforming the negative or reactive power into useful power so in consequence the active power need by the load is reduced and the source energy reduction is increased in the source. 5. From an economical point of view, the total saving being added up both the energy saved in the source and the energy saved in the loads, is much higher than 50%, depending on thepower factor of the loads.
6. The traditional technology demand loads with power factors as higher as possible, that is why the products of the market are made taking this point of view into account.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technology materials engineering amorphous solids amorphous semiconductors
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electrical engineering electric energy
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