Despite advances in technology, there has not been many systems developed to monitor the battery health for Electric vehicles and even any effective method for solar based charging. Due to certain criteria, there are many cases of battery exploding and unhealthy battery conditions. There are also situations for EV vehicles discharging and waiting in long queues for charging the battery. Hence a system is being developed for monitoring the battery health and maintaining the temperature, humidity and voltage of the battery. Also, a battery swapping technique being developed for charging the battery with solar power and then using it as a replacement for the existing battery.
The objectives of this project are to :
• Ensure battery safety and user safety.
• Constantly monitor the battery health and maintain the battery.
• Provide visual statistics about the battery.
• Implement solar powered battery swapping technique.
• Provide a faster renewable source of energy for the batteries.
Electron - EV Battery Monitoring and Solar powered charging by Battery Swapping Technique. Electron consists of two parts. One part is Battery Monitoring System and another one is Solar powered charging by Battery Swapping Technique.
Most EVs used rechargeable battery which is lithium-ion battery. Battery is the most essential component of any vehicle. So perfect maintenance of any battery is very much essential for it to function properly. Our Battery Monitoring System consists of ESP8266 Wifi Module, Rechargeable battery, DHT11 (Temperature and humidity sensor), Voltage Sensor and OLED display. The temperature of the battery is a very important parameter, as it decides the current state of the battery. If the temperature of the battery is high, it is a clear indication of the instability of the battery or to be more precise, it depicts the behavior of the battery under abnormal conditions. In order to measure the temperature, we go for a certain DHT11 sensor which will help in monitoring the temperature and humidity protocol. This DHT11 sensor will monitor and keep an eye on this parameter and will give an alert when it crosses a certain limit. The developed battery monitoring system is also consists of a web-based user interface. The user interface is capable to monitor multiple battery monitoring devices and the conditions of batteries. Therefore, the idea of the user interface has taken into consideration the situation where there is a need to monitor multiple batteries conditions. The main page for the web-based user interface shows the details about the battery monitoring according to battery health, measure the Temperature, voltage and humidity and will give an alert when a certain limit is crossed.
In the Electron, we charged the discharged battery with the help of Solar panel and Battery Swapping Technique which is an alternative that involves exchanging discharged batteries with the charged ones. Battery swapping is popularly used for smaller vehicles, such as two and three-wheelers, which have smaller batteries that are easier to swap. For this charging system we are using solar panel, DC-DC converter / Buck boost converter, charge controller and EV batteries.
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