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EPE 2007 - Subtopic 21-1 - LS: Education
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   Construction of a Hybrid Electrical Racing Kart as a Student Project
By KNOKE Tobias; BOECKER Joachim; SCHNEIDER Tobias [View]
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Abstract: In the student project presented here a hybrid racing kart was built on the basis of a conventional kart. Technical key aspects of the project were the connectional design of the structure, the sizing of the key components and the implementation of a control strategy. Beside technical aspects, basics of project management and teamwork were central topics. After a short introduction the students accomplished all work on their own responsibility. In particular they were responsible for the costs and schedule.

   Modeling the Space Elevator - A Project Oriented Approach for Teaching Experimental Power Electronics
By Thomas Friedli; Simon D. Round; Johann W. Kolar [View]
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Abstract: The â€œSolar Climberâ€, a model version of the space elevator, is a great project to introduce students to power electronics. In this project the students are faced with the elementary engineering problem of powering a vehicle (an electro-mechanical system) from a limited energy source such as a solar panel in this case. Apart from learning about and building a simple buck converter as their first power electronics system, they must also identify the interdependences between a limited energy source, energy conversion efficiency, weight and climbing speed. A buck converter is required to convert a solar panelâ€™s output to a voltage level suitable for the electric motors that drive the elevator towards â€œspaceâ€. This paper describes the motivation, the model space elevator, the learning outcomes and the experiences from this project. Further practical solar power projects, the solar car and mains interface, are presented that have proven to be excellent projects for teaching experimental power electronics.

   Virtual Laboratory for Combined Solar Energy System
By Janos Hamar; Rafael K. Jardan; Istvan Nagy; Hiroyuki Ohsaki [View]
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Abstract: The basic objective of the current paper is to present a remote laboratory for a combined solar-energy system. The system generates electrical energy as well as heat energy. The remote laboratory facilitates the Internet-based access to the electrical and thermal parameters during the operation of the system. Even external intervention to operation is possible for the remote clients. The virtual laboratory can be considered as an extension of an earlier started international collaboration, called Yoto project, where contributors from Europe, Japan and Australia are trying to increase the academic and industrial education by multimedia-rich e-learning tools and virtual laboratory. It can have an important role in the distance education too.

EPE 2007 - Subtopic 21-1 - LS: Education
You are here: EPE Documents > 01 - EPE & EPE ECCE Conference Proceedings > EPE 2007 - Conference > EPE 2007 - Topic 21: 'Education' > EPE 2007 - Subtopic 21-1 - LS: Education
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	Construction of a Hybrid Electrical Racing Kart as a Student Project By KNOKE Tobias; BOECKER Joachim; SCHNEIDER Tobias	[View] [Download]
Abstract: In the student project presented here a hybrid racing kart was built on the basis of a conventional kart. Technical key aspects of the project were the connectional design of the structure, the sizing of the key components and the implementation of a control strategy. Beside technical aspects, basics of project management and teamwork were central topics. After a short introduction the students accomplished all work on their own responsibility. In particular they were responsible for the costs and schedule.

	Modeling the Space Elevator - A Project Oriented Approach for Teaching Experimental Power Electronics By Thomas Friedli; Simon D. Round; Johann W. Kolar	[View] [Download]
Abstract: The â€œSolar Climberâ€, a model version of the space elevator, is a great project to introduce students to power electronics. In this project the students are faced with the elementary engineering problem of powering a vehicle (an electro-mechanical system) from a limited energy source such as a solar panel in this case. Apart from learning about and building a simple buck converter as their first power electronics system, they must also identify the interdependences between a limited energy source, energy conversion efficiency, weight and climbing speed. A buck converter is required to convert a solar panelâ€™s output to a voltage level suitable for the electric motors that drive the elevator towards â€œspaceâ€. This paper describes the motivation, the model space elevator, the learning outcomes and the experiences from this project. Further practical solar power projects, the solar car and mains interface, are presented that have proven to be excellent projects for teaching experimental power electronics.

	Virtual Laboratory for Combined Solar Energy System By Janos Hamar; Rafael K. Jardan; Istvan Nagy; Hiroyuki Ohsaki	[View] [Download]
Abstract: The basic objective of the current paper is to present a remote laboratory for a combined solar-energy system. The system generates electrical energy as well as heat energy. The remote laboratory facilitates the Internet-based access to the electrical and thermal parameters during the operation of the system. Even external intervention to operation is possible for the remote clients. The virtual laboratory can be considered as an extension of an earlier started international collaboration, called Yoto project, where contributors from Europe, Japan and Australia are trying to increase the academic and industrial education by multimedia-rich e-learning tools and virtual laboratory. It can have an important role in the distance education too.