IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/renene/v22y2001i1p151-157.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The use of an axial flux permanent magnet in-wheel direct drive in an electric bicycle

Author

Listed:
  • Johansen, Per Roger
  • Patterson, Dean
  • O’Keefe, Christopher
  • Swenson, John

Abstract

The research described in this paper concentrates on the development of an electronic converter. Successful completion of this converter provides the final component for the larger electric bicycle project. The controller developed for the bicycle is rated at 400 W and is hard-switched. It uses MOSFETs as power switching devices. There are three Hall effect sensors placed 120 electrical degrees apart from each other in the motor for velocity and position sensing. The torque generated by the machine is controlled by hysteresis band current control. In order for the motor/controller to be commercially viable, particular attention was paid to the costs of the controller. The result, an efficient yet cheap controller. Measurement of efficiency is difficult in high performance power electronic controllers [Patterson DJA very high efficiency controller for an axial flux permanent magnet wheel drive in a solar powered vehicle. 2nd IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics Drives and Energy Systems for Industrial Growth, IEEE PEDES ’98, Perth, 30th November–3rd December, 1998.]. The paper includes discussion of a calorimetric method for measurement.

Suggested Citation

  • Johansen, Per Roger & Patterson, Dean & O’Keefe, Christopher & Swenson, John, 2001. "The use of an axial flux permanent magnet in-wheel direct drive in an electric bicycle," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 22(1), pages 151-157.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:22:y:2001:i:1:p:151-157
    DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(00)00051-3
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148100000513
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/S0960-1481(00)00051-3?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:22:y:2001:i:1:p:151-157. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.