RVCE Solar Car Team

The RVCE Solar Car Team, Bangalore, India is an entirely student-run group that designs and builds solar electric vehicles.[1] The team currently consists of 40 students from R.V. College of engineering (RVCE) pursuing their Bachelor of Engineering in various fields- mechanical, Electronics and Communication, Electrical and Electronics, Computer Science, Chemical and Industrial engineering and Management engineering. The team was established in 2013, with an objective to primarily help promote the use Solar technology, as well as inspire the younger generations to think green. The team represented India in the World Solar Challenge 2015.

The RVCE Solar Car Team's first prototype- The Soleblaze!

History

The RVCE Solar car team was founded in September 2013, by Vikram R Nath, a Class of 2016 Mechanical Engineer, along with 4 of his enthusiastic friends from different departments of RVCE. Guided by Prof. M.S. Krupashankar and Lt. Mahendra Kumar, the 18 member team designed and built their first solar car "Soleblaze" from scratch. The team is now one of the largest, and most successful student teams in RVCE. The team made successful collaborations with about 30 leading companies from the industry, including Infosys, TCS, SunEdison, Wipro, SunPower, HHV Solar, Reinforced Plastic Industries, National Instruments, Altair, Weather Analytics, TE Connectivity, SanE, 3M, Mahindra Reva, Tritium, Keysight Technologies, Vicor, Molex, Ikoras Solar, Lapp India, Schneider Electric and many more. The team also received personal guidance from industry veterans, including Mr. Chetan Maini, founder of Mahindra Reva, Mr. Narayan Murthy, co-founder of Infosys.[2]

Projects

Soleblaze-1

Soleblaze-1 is the first prototype of the RVCE Solar Car Team, that was built by the founding team. The project was launched in October'14 [3][4][5][6] The car represented the country in the WSC'15. It was one of the few teams that cleared static scrutineering in the initial attempts.[7]

At the static scrutineering - WSC'15; From right to left- Lalit, Shivaraju,Vikram(Team Lead), Gamini, Sohan, Subbu, Lt. Mahendra Kumar, Prof. Krupashankar, Varun,Vaibhav, Akshar, Sharan, Ashray, Nancy, Nivedha, Aditya, Moiz, Gokul, Pramod
The team, working on the car before static scrutineering at WSC'15

Specifications:

Length 4485mm
Breadth 1790mm
Height 1235mm
Weight 277 kg
Suspensions Double wishbone suspension (Aluminium 6060 T6)
Steering Rack and pinion steering system
Brakes Dual circuit hydraulic brake system, Regenerative braking
Chassis Spaceframe Aluminium 6063 T6
Body Carbon fibre 1.5mm shell
Solar array 6m2, Monocrystalline Silicon Cells SunPower C60 Cells wired in 3 parallel strings boosted by an MPPT
Drivetrain Mitsuba 2 kW, Direct Drive in wheel motor.
Batteries 20 kg Lithium Ion Batteries Energy Capacity Estimate-5kWh
BMS Tritium battery management system
Telemetry National instruments- Compact RIO

Due to logistics related issues, the team could not race in the event.

Soleblaze-2

The second generation of the team, is now working on building the second prototype, a much improved version of the first car. The project is in its initial design stages, and is expected to be launched in April'17. The team working on the project consists of 25 students from various departments in RVCE.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "RVCE SOLAR CAR TEAM". solarcar-rvce.in. Archived from the original on 17 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Bengaluru's solar car fails in Australia's World Solar Challenge". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. The Economic Times. 2015-10-26. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  3. ↑ "RVCE students in World Solar Car Challenge". The Hindu. 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  4. ↑ ET Bureau Jul 6, 2015, 11.03AM IST. "Solar car designed by RVCE students will be India's entry at Australian World Solar Challenge - timesofindia-economictimes". Articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  5. ↑ "Indian solar powered vehicle Soleblaze to compete in World Solar Challenge 2015 : News". Indiatoday.intoday.in. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  6. ↑ Share on Twitter (2014-10-22). "RVCE students readying solar car - Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  7. ↑ "Courier dashes hopes of Bengaluru students at World Solar Challenge". Deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
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