Design of a docking station for solar charged electric and fuel cell vehicles

2009 International Conference on Clean Electrical Power, ICCEP 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 655-660

  Robalino, Diego M ^a   Kumar, Ganapathy ^a   Uzoechi, L O ^a   Chukwu, U C ^a   Mahajan, Satish M ^a  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric vehicle; Energy storage; Fuel cells; Photovoltaic power generation; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; AVERAGE SPEED; CHARGING RATE; DC-TO-DC CONVERTERS; DOCKING STATION; ELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTROLYZERS; FUEL CELL VEHICLES; HYBRID TECHNOLOGY; INITIAL COSTS; NORTH AMERICAN; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION; PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE; PLUG-INS; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; SHORT DISTANCES; SOLAR PANEL ARRAYS; URBAN AREAS;

DOCKING; ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY STORAGE; FLYWHEELS; FUEL CELLS; FUEL STORAGE; HYDROCARBONS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; VEHICLES;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 70350726912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCEP.2009.5211977     Document Type: Conference Paper

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