Article

Received 12.02.2024

Revised 30.04.2024

Accepted 29.06.2024

Retrieved from Vol. 28, No. 1 2024

Pages 3 -10

Al-Ammouri, A., & Ishchenko, R. (2024). Using a wind generator to increase the range of an electric car. The National Transport University Bulletin, 28(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.33744/2308-6645-2024-1-58-003-010

Using a wind generator to increase the range of an electric car

Ali Al-Ammouri Ruslan Ishchenko

The object of the study – process of converting air flow energy into electric current. Purpose of the study – obtaining a formula for determining the coefficient of increasing the power reserve of electric car due to the use of the energy of the air flow entering a horizontal type wind generator, as well as establishing the dependence of the coefficient of increasing the power reserve of electric car on the speed of the specified vehicle. Methods of the study – for the purpose of the study, the following methods were used: analysis, synthesis, systematization, generalization, formulation of conclusions. In this work, a formula was obtained for determining the coefficient of increasing the power reserve of electric car due to the use of the energy of the air flow, which enters the wind generator of the horizontal type, installed in the underhood space of the specified vehicle. The key variable in this formula is the speed of the electric car. It was established that the coefficient of increasing the power reserve of electric car significantly increases with the increasing in the speed of the specified vehicle. The results of the article can be used in the development and implementation of energy-saving and recuperative technologies aimed at increasing the power reserve of electric car. Also, the results of the work can be introduced into the educational process during the teaching of disciplines of the cycle of professional training of specialists in the transport industry. Forecast assumptions about the object of study – an additional theoretical and experimental study of the specified method of increasing the power reserve of electric car by using the energy of the air flow is 10 planned in order to clarify the technical parameters of the wind generator, as well as the practical possibility of its installation on a real electric car

wind generator, airflow energy, electric vehicle speed, electric current power, electric vehicle range
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