Background

Drive systems such as pedelecs and electric bikes have been in vogue for some time now. The benefits in everyday life and leisure are obvious. These positive characteristics can be transferred to other systems. The e-Rowboat project aims to develop an application that increases the range of an electric vehicle using arm muscle power.

Task definition

While the system is to be set up in a demonstrator in another project, the aim of this project is to design the associated control system for the drive system.

• Familiarization with the concept of the hybrid drive system

• Understanding the requirements and the control concept of electric bicycles. Transferring the results to the new drive concept

• Modeling of the route + control in Matlab/Simulink

• Implementation of the control on the system (Matlab Embedded Coder)

• Testing the system

• Detailed documentation

Prerequisites

• Students of electrical engineering / control engineering / automation technology

• Enthusiasm for practical applications and alternative drives

• Enjoyment of and interest in model making

The Department of Integrated Energy Systems

The research group "Integrated Energy Systems" conducts research into the transformation of energy supply systems with the aim of developing a system that is compatible with the atmosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere in the future. This system is applied to the two main subject areas of energy management and energy systems technology.

Contact

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Clemens Hoffmann